Cute SeaCraft Runabout info please

arabbit · #1 08-25-2012, 12:15 PM

Hi Everybody,
I'm new here looking for info on this SeaCraft I'm very interested in buying.
I'm in negotiations with the owner now. I was looking for a tin boat but this one is so cute I had to jump and would like to know anything about this model as I'm getting ready to pull the trigger.
It's a 1978 and I think it's a 14'.
I haven't been able to find anything on the web about it so anything anyone wants to tell me would be appreciated.
Does this have wood stringers?
Here's some photos:

Thanks for any replies and thanks for this great resource!
Rabbit

arabbit · #2 08-25-2012, 01:12 PM

Found out more about the boat. It's a 15 footer and is called the "Ultra."
Heading out to buy it next week so will be a SeaCraft owner.
Still haven't found anything on the web. I guess they didn't make many of them.
Cheers,
Rabbit

McGillicuddy · #3 08-25-2012, 01:28 PM

Sorry arabbit,

Welcome aboard. You need to read a bit more about SeaCraft to learn what they look like and what they are all about... That boat has no relation to the family of SeaCrafts this site addresses. Start here:

http://www.classicseacraft.com/specifications.htm

http://www.classicseacraft.com/literature.htm

There is a SeaCraft brand that is made in Australia but has no relationship to the boats on this site.

The boat you are looking at has only one thing in common with SeaCrafts on this site - it floats... If you like the boat by all means buy it. If you want a SeaCraft, read the literature and the specs pages and keep looking... For more about the SeaCraft brand check out www.moeslyseacraft.com where you'll see a brochure of the "Real" cute 15' SeaCraft known as the Scampi. Good luck.

arabbit · #4 08-25-2012, 02:53 PM

Thanks for the reply.
I have to assume the guy knows what kind of boat he has and I also have to believe you know what you're talking about which leaves me in a quandary over the I.D. of the boat.
He mentioned I wouldn't find any info on the web. Said it was basically one of a kind so I'll just have to see when I get there.
Anyway you got me thinking maybe the guy confused Starcraft with Seacraft but nothing matched and I recall Starcraft having aluminum boats. Also checked Australian SeaCraft and nothing.
If it turns out to be American SeaCraft I'll post a photo of the nomenclature plate.
Thanks again. It was nice of you to take your time.

NoBones · #5 08-26-2012, 07:09 PM

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Originally Posted by arabbit

Found out more about the boat. It's a 15 footer and is called the "Ultra."
Heading out to buy it next week so will be a SeaCraft owner.
Still haven't found anything on the web. I guess they didn't make many of them.
Cheers,
Rabbit

SeaCraft did not make ANY, that look like the one you are showing us!
Even the early American Mark Boats when Carl Moesly bought that company
and started SeaCraft, they did not look like yours!!
Sorry to bust your bubble, but it looks like a Starcraft to me...
Most novice owners of boats make the same mistake all the time and
call their boats SeaCrafts..

The Pacific Seacraft is a blow boat that you will find on the net.

If you like the boat that is all that matters, then go for it..

Good luck either way.

strick · #6 08-25-2012, 03:31 PM

Make sure you match up the hull ID with the title. If you give us the hull ID # then maybe we can help you find out who the MFG is. There are a lot of boats that end with word "craft" in their name so it is easy for an owner to confuse the names. I once almost bought a Spacecraft instead of a Seacraft because the owner was advertizing it as a seacraft.

strick

gofastsandman · #7 08-25-2012, 06:29 PM

That would have been one fine spacecraft.
rip Neil.

Put up more pics of that hull. Someone may know what it is.

The original designer of SC would not have let those lines leave his brush.

Ever.

Dont shoot the...

strick · #8 08-25-2012, 07:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gofastsandman

The original designer of SC would not have let those lines leave his brush.

Ever.

Sandy you have such a way with words

RIP Neil

strick

DonV · #9 08-25-2012, 07:51 PM

There are events that happen in our lives that you always remember exactly where you were, all the details, etc., for me the first man on the moon July 20, 1969 is one of those events.

Yes Sir, RIP Neil.

Mikem8560 · #10 08-25-2012, 10:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DonV

There are events that happen in our lives that you always remember exactly where you were, all the details, etc., for me the first man on the moon July 20, 1969 is one of those events.

Yes Sir, RIP Neil.

I was in the 4th grade in california in class watching a TV in School.
Second time was the challenger accident a delevery driver left one stop the. Ext stop everyone was in shock watching tv.