Sam Ervin Custom Boats?

TrueMileageUnknown · #1 08-14-2018, 05:56 PM

Hello all. I just bought a '74 SC20 and I'm new to this site.

I went to the DMV to transfer title to my name, and the title clerk says my HIN comes up as a "Sam Ervin Custom Boats". My HIN is SECF0372M74C, and I can tell you by looking at this boat that it is a Seacraft (I attached a photo).

What can I do to straighten this out, because I now hold title to a Sam Ervin Custom Boat that looks a lot like a Seacraft?!

Any help is greatly appreciated.

77SceptreOB · #2 08-14-2018, 07:15 PM

Looks like a SeaCraft to me. Is it possible that one of the previous owners bought it without a title and registered it as a "homemade" boat claiming that the repairs and rebuild were more that the value of the original hull? Maybe his name was Sam Ervin?

Jim

NoBones · #3 08-14-2018, 07:32 PM

Humm,

The "RK" in your FL number tells me this was done within the last year..
I bought a 19 ft G3 in March of this year and the new FL registration is "RN"

Hard to say how to set this straight with the state...

Honestly would not lose sleep over it my 1970 is titled, Make "BLANK"
Body VS , WT-L-BHP 20'

We all know it is a SeaCraft

Welcome Home !

jtharmo · #4 08-14-2018, 07:53 PM

I love a research project. I don’t have a chance to read through all of this but here’s an old thread, check out post #2. Unless your boat is a sailboat built in Hawaii the problem is with the DMV. It looks like Sam Ervin got “SEC” after SeaCraft changed. Maybe the USCG can clear this up?

http://www.classicseacraft.com/commu...t=14280&page=3

strick · #5 08-15-2018, 08:30 AM

DVM problem.... they can screw up even the most simplest stuff. I don't think the coast guard will be able to do anything... I would just keep pressing DMV to fix it...because its all on their end. Strangely I have not had this happen over here in the peoples republic of California whose DMV's has probably the worst reputation of all. If you can show them maybe someones else's seacraft title that is labeled properly then maybe that will motivate them to fix it.

Nice Boat

strick

TrueMileageUnknown · #6 08-15-2018, 08:48 AM

Many thanks for the help, gentlemen. I know (or at least was told) my boat was purchased from the original owner last year, who kept it in a barn in GA since new. The title had to be transferred to FL, so it got new FL numbers last year.

I've done some digging and found this list of USCG registered HIN prefixes:

https://boathistoryreport.com/direct...urers/?page=47

Going off this list, it does appear that "SEC" was taken by Sam Ervin after SeaCraft was sold, and then again by "Seabird Construction LLC" (maybe a DBA for Sam?).

Either way, I was just checking to see if there is an easy fix for my conundrum. I'd like to hold title for a SeaCraft, but I won't be selling this one anytime soon, so I guess it doesn't matter much.

Thanks again for all the help!

dirtwheelsfl · #7 08-15-2018, 08:58 AM

Went thru a similar thing a few years back. Its an FWC thing now actually, DMV cant really dig into it. And i can tell you you wont be at the top of FWC's priority list haha.

I would just live with it. Or use one of the shadier DMV's down that way if you really want it changed...

captainDH · #8 08-15-2018, 10:01 AM

love the bootstripe with logo. where to get one like that?

TrueMileageUnknown · #9 08-15-2018, 01:47 PM

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Originally Posted by captainDH

love the bootstripe with logo. where to get one like that?

Thank you sir, but it came with the boat, so I'm not sure.

TrueMileageUnknown · #10 08-15-2018, 08:32 PM

I went to a different DMV office today and got everything straightened out, I've got a title that reads "SeaCraft" coming in the mail.

When they transferred at the other location, they went the easiest route and allowed their system to autopopulate the incorrect manufacturer. The clerk that I spoke with took the extra 5 seconds to click "SeaCraft OOB" on a drop menu under "Vessel Manufacturer" and did a title correction (free of charge, might I add).

I'll call it a win!