Interesting Mystery

[eggsuckindog]

In posting on the thread about which is better 20 SF or MA, I got to thinking and if correct could be an amazing turn of fate.
I was a saleman at Interbay Marina, S Tampa upscale top of the line stuff SeaCraft, Mako, Stamas and new guy on the block Grady White the low end, rigging was our specialty and Jack was a master.
Quite frankly the boat Jack McGaughy got had to be one of the first MA's ever delivered and I saw it in 1975 and he rigged it for himself with the new badass 175 Black Max and may be the actual boat I have now. The marina was in S. Tampa, I bought the boat in S. Tampa from a very longtime S Tampa guy. The marina would have received that boat in '75, one of the first, as we were a big dealer and Jack was the wizard of baitwells and transducer intsalls. He may have even suggested the idea of the design w/ a baitwell to Potter on a visit, because of our need for baitwells on the west coast Jack made his own mold, probably the first, for the transom baitwell on 23 I/O's which we sold a bunch of. Grady White put a baitwell where he was on his own in the 20' Overnighter just after it was introduced, he was good.

This boat would have been carried by the marina for a year as a demo for Jack and titled in 1976 as mine is, wonder if its the exact same boat, it has a sweet thru hull in it, just like Jack would do as the previous owner didn't know anything about it - they just put a transom mount on that came with the Lowrance.
I just got to wondering if that was the exact boat that became my dream boat that many years ago, pretty wild thought, plus when I found it, it was only 2 blocks away from Susans on the same street getting a water pump put in. It was the first day of the listing on Boat Trader and the first day I did a search, a tuesday, for 20 Seacraft's. This was after a discussion late Sunday at Anclote about getting a bigger boat and she knew it would be a SeaCraft.

If all these points of fate are really true, that would be quite a jounry for a boat I saw in 1975 and becoming a dream may actually be in the driveway, pretty wild- any body want to try and figure it out from the HIN, I have no idea how.

[3rdday]

There are no accidents!
I will be sending you a PM to help you find out!
Be well,
Brian

[Rich]

So what's the HIN?

[eggsuckindog]

SECF 00830176 - Actually the one he got was a later than the first ones now that I think of it, he mentioned he waited for the 175 Black Max to come out and that was '76. The marina would not have titled the boat until sold usually after a years use, so that doesn't help.

[GradySailfish]

That would be pretty surreal, but you know what, I'm willing to bet thats the case. !

Interesting story about my MA. I bought the boat from a dealer in Shinnecock, about 65 miles from my house. I was able to do a title search on it and found out the 3 prior owners all lived within a couple miles of where she is now. The first owners lived in the same town as me and the most recent former owner lives only a couple blocks from where the boat is now. I guess she went full circle.

If you want email me at [email protected] and I'll run a VIN or Reggie number search, but those records usually only go back a few years at best so they may not help you.