I tell you what has caught my eye big time, I think Ferm even complimented the gent on another site

http://www.thehulltruth.com/boats-sa...11-500-va.html

I'm trying to get in touch with the guy on the SEACRAFT now, but also found a NICE looking HYDRA-SPORTS 21 footer with a factory bracket. I've also considered calling this guy up and getting the low down on it.
http://tampa.craigslist.org/hil/boa/1501992548.html

I would LOVE to be able to get a boat like this one, but by the time I get a trailer to haul it I know it would be outside my budget even after selling my 2 boats I have now.

I have been talking with him, lots of mods on that boat which has me a little concerned. It was originally a twin I/O converted to a bracket boat and then back to a single I/O.
That always scares me when you don't know the quality of the work done by multiple re-works and hidden under glass and paint.
I like that style of boat though, comfortable to run in all day in any weather, ride like a dream in most seas and still be economical the way it is set up.
Plus like our V's, it looks like a classic boat that gets the job done and done well.

The 25 BERTRAM is a timeless classic right up there with the 23 FORMULA and it's big brother the 31 BERTRAM. A trailerable 25 footer with a 10 foot beam and a 24 degree dead-rise hull that can be powered by a single I/O and still run good speed and milage numbers is hard to beat. And even though it is built on the 24 degree dead-rise hull like the FORMULA is, it doesn't rock and roll and then throw you due to the wide beam and the lapstrake hull design. The guy with the SEACRAFT called me back so I'm probably gonna go take a look at it when the wife gets home.

If you run into a I/O project, I know where a Volvo XDP drive and transom plate is, plus a 5.7 that needs freshioning