T-crafts- I know of a fish guide that customized a 24' Center Console for double duty inshore/offshore. He was running some hopped up Yamaha 250 on a full transom and a paralift bracket. He ran a low water pick-up and a big prop, he could jack it to the moon and run shallow with the flat bottom it did real well. It floated on top too. I liked it, it had 3/4" plywood for the deck and new stringers it felt solid as a rock.. Boat worked well offshore in the gulf too. There was a 26 Center for sale up near Homasassa recently, it was a I/O with a T-top. So I know of three near Homasassa. The other was a cuddy/hardtop painted yellow and towing boats for a living. That says something about the toughness.

Close friend of mine has a 24 T-craft. It's not the flat bottom one the flats guides like in Fl though. It has a small v berth like our V20s a hard top pilot house and a big wide cockpit for fishing. His has a 350 small block with a volvo penta I/O. It has a decent entry, but not quite as much deadrise at the stern as our V20s. Bgreene yours was probably a 21. They looked very similar to a V20. Some came with twin I/Os for power. The "T" stands for the owners name which was Thompson I believe and they were manufactured in Titusville FL until the factory burned down sometime in the early 80's. Old T-Crafts fetch a lot of money due to being highly desired. A lot of charter captains around Savannah used to run them in the 70's and 80's. The flat bottom 24 Ridge is speaking of is so versatile can be set up for flats fishing with a 250 on a jack plate or shrimping with an inboard diesel.

I'll try to find some pics.


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One for sale near me, notice the high price for what you get.

25' T-CRAFT with stainless trailer - $2500 (savannah)

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Great shrimp or crab boat 25 foot long 9 foot wide all stainless steel trailer no motor but it's set up for inboard 912-659-7024 call or text

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