Purchased a Seacraft / Not sure what I have

[gofastsandman]

Originally Posted by DonV

Trying to be a nice moderator.........but my secret "moderator power ring" was stolen by GFS!!

However Mr. Marsh Bear you stepped in a really big pile of poop!!! Wipe your feet.......

You only get to moderate pictures.
Sent you a new ring.

[Islandtrader]

Originally Posted by Capt Chuck

It's worth what you just paid for it

Originally Posted by Marsh Bear

Thanks for your encouraging words of wisdom, Chuck. I am just trying to learn more about what I have. What I am not looking for: quotes from dead people, inert rhetoric, and people that take everything as a joke. I went out on a limb to make an investment on this and am looking for true blue information about it. The whole "It's worth what you paid for it" grandpa speak is not at all helpful; especially if you don't know what I paid for it. I hope that other members of this community are a little more helpful and professional.

Lets be fair here...when you asked what the boat is worth...you really got a concise answer. It may have been a little trite, and not the answer you wanted, but it was the correct one.

Now your reply was a little over the top (already covered by others). We are a helpful bunch, but you have to keep the tone down until you have at least 250 replies...(joke).

Now to answer a your question...IMHO if you paid under $500 your good. Clean it up and you might make a few bucks. Unfortunely Seacraft is not a Wooden Chris Craft so investment grade its NOT.

So now just ask away and we will help you out.

[ericallen01]

Marsh Bear,

Make sure it's the boat you want - Just finished restoring a 76 20' Sceptre I/O (transom, engine rebuild, gas tank + some finishings). I love I/O's for the weight balance and mpg - and the V8 302. But I'm sentimental - it's absolutely a bad economic decision compared to an outboard. With restores, you might get back 1/2 your restore dollars back if its an outboard, less for an I/O.

Good luck!

[Marsh Bear]

Thank you all for your help. It's been a wealth of information from everyone. I certainly didn't mean to offend anyone with my comments. I just figured Chuck was thinking "Who's this idiot"? It was one of those days and my words were off base and out of place; for that, I apologize.

[deepsushi]

"After that my guess is that you will never hear from him again. The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he did not exist. And like that... he is gone."

Virgil --- "The Usual Suspects"

[DonV]

Good!! Neither do the CSC regulars care if you are gone! We're talking about the SeaCraft folks who actually add something to the well being and success of this site.......not like your useless dribble.

[DonV]

Thank You for the reply, we needed to verify your IP address.

[flyingfrizzle]

Originally Posted by gofastsandman

Pics of the Nascar museum?

The museum is boxed up and has been for some time now. It lays out across about 1/3" of my mothers attic space. Many boxes, many dollars and many failed expectations.

But.....I have them cause I like them or did at that time, one day I will buy an house in Florida and display them in one of my spare rooms once the kids are gone and I am retired. I will invite yall grandpa's over to gander at the collection if you all are sill around.

[flyingfrizzle]

Marsh Bear , This site is one of the best sites on the net far as a group of people that are kind, caring and willing to help. The other boating sites are not so friendly and you will get mixed replays when it comes to asking for help. There are few bashings over here and for the most part little to no name calling, trolling or bad natured post. Sometimes things don't get out to a good start and people may take things the wrong way. I meant no harm in my comments as well as I don't think the others did either. These boats can be worth priceless amounts to some and bring very high premiums. Metan has made a ton of cash restoring SeaCraft hulls. There is not much money to be made in restoring them and flipping them like some one would do with a house or such. They do hold their value tho. One well built classic seacraft hull kept in the same condition will bring the same return year after year or gain value. Not many boat manufactures can say that. Not many hulls are even worth restoring to start with. To me these hulls are a timeless piece of history and will never go away anytime soon. I think many other boats will come and go but there will be very few along the way that will be worth the effort to save an keep alive. Your hull may not be valued high far as market value but it sill hold a very high value far as an classic design that was well before its time when produced. Very well worth saving and worth the time to restore. Some people can do the work them self and have a very nice hull. In the end for a reasonable amount invested that will be way less than a new production boat. It will also more than likely be a better built and smoother riding boat once complete. Not to mention you can fix it up or design it just how you would like it. I have seen some older potter era (1969-1980) seacraft hulls get listed for over $100,000 and one listed for near that. The quality in these builds are second to none and they are nicer than most other comparable hulls out there. I have seen some that were done to a lesser standard but still turned out to be very nice restores. They were done in some ones back yard with pride and joy and still sell for over $10,000 in the end once they part with them. When it comes to worth of one of these hulls it is a hard value something like that. I am one of the few lucky ones that have a very rare seacraft race hull. Only like 10 built and 3-4 left existing. You would say its got to be worth a ton and to me it is priceless. In todays market it maybe disappointing to see what it would sell for. What Im getting at is a SeaCraft hull has a totally different type of value. It has heritage, classic looks and lines. It has a deep, rich history that was started by one of the best builders of his time. The boats were light years ahead of their time and copied over and over threw out the years. When you get to build a hull like this and bring it back to its original stature or to your personal likings there is a certain pride that comes along with that. The value holds in that experience and in the outcome of your completed project. It comes after many years of hard labor and work you put into you hull that you love like a kid. To some its just another boat. To most up here its a little more than that. It is not for some one that wants to buy in cheep and flip just for an fast profit cause there is not none there to be had. But for some one that wants something special that is different from what every one else has, that comes with the rich history and back ground these hulls have, then it may be for you. There are so many knowledgeable, helpful, and smart people on this board willing to help you along every step of the way. Knowledge from many different back grounds ie- engineers, home builders, professional boat builders, designers and on and on. The wealth of knowledge found here and direction, all for free to those that have their heart in it and willing to listen. This site is more than a place to show off our seacrafts, (that is welcome too) but a place for sharing information, helping one another out and for friendships to develop and form over many miles all across this country. All because of a common interest in these respected classic hulls. Not to go on and on but take it for what its worth. If you can make it threw this long babble of words (im not even looking forward to reading back threw it) Take the time to get to know the people here, introduce your self properly and be part of what makes this site great.

[TomParis]

Well said