NEED PRICE HELP!!

[fdheld34]

I am looking at a 20 Seacraft 1972, center console with the I/O setup and trailer..no bottom paint. All in working condition..and all original//all there..some soft spots on deck (more than likely will have to be replaced down the road). Only one I can find in my price range ...is $2750 a fair price...I dont have any pictures!!!
Any advice appreciated!!!
-FRED

[fdheld34]

anyone???
-FRED

[McGillicuddy]

Hi Fred, I paid 28 for may Seafari 2 yrs ago. I think the market has softened since, but I think when you break it down that's a fair price. You sure ain't gonna find the parts hull, power and trailer for that.

CC is certainly more desirable in a fishing app, and an i/o is nice feature if a bit less valued in resale...probably a better ride

you'll still have a Seacraft and left over money...

What's up - I thought you were stepping up to a Sceptre or 27 Seamaster ?

[fdheld34]

Gillie-
I do have a Tsunami up in MS but it is my father's. I was going to trailer down and have a bracket etc. put on it..He was going to help out with payments etc...but I dont know when that is going to happen....
I am now just looking to get back on the water in a Seacraft of course and on a budget!!!
Thanks for your info Gillie-
-FRED

[Fr. Frank]

First of all, I think that sounds like a pretty good deal.

I have come to realize that I'm a SeaCraft nut. I mean certifiable.

I'm about dead broke as a part-time pastor, but I borrowed $1500 two days ago to try to buy a '73 20' SF in Citra I saw advertised on the Ocala 4 Sale website. I showed up just 15 minutes after another guy who ended up buying the boat. Yes, for $1500, boat, motor, and trailer.

It had a '94 Mercury 225 w/ a 25" shaft on a manual jack plate mounted to the original 20" transom. Seastar hydraulic steering. Motor had 58 hours on the hour meter since a new powerhead was installed in 2003, but has not been run since 2007.

Deck had been re-cored with plywood a few years ago, and the original 47 gallon tank replaced with a 110 gallon poly tank, eliminating the below deck livewell, and the deck drains through the hull bottom. Deck now drains through two scuppers exiting the hull sides.

It came with a late 90's Magic Trail galvanized single axle trailer with surge disc brakes, in great shape except for very rusty springs. Small stainless T-top frame with no canvas.

The bad parts were a very flexible transom, and a small but cosmetically poorly repaired section of the cap forward where the owner said an oak tree fell on the boat in '05, and 40 years of accumulated bottom paint.

When I told my wife about the deal I just barely missed she made me aware that if I had actually bought the boat without discussing it with her, I would have been sleeping on it or the Seafari indefinitely.

[JOEKEN]

Sent you a PM.

[Ryank]

I sold a 20 Seafari a couple months ago here for 750, that Ran and had a good bimini. Trailer had needed new axles and springs, but floor was solid. Engine ran and outdrive worked. Market is very soft and if it needs a floor I would offer a lot less.