Sea Craft article

[THEFERMANATOR]

The MOSELY hulls are different. They were built more so off of the deep vee hull design like that of BERTRAM fame. The POTTER hulls are built on a variable dead rise hull where the V of the hull is constantly changing as you go from the keel up. This was designed so that you could use lower HP on the same size hull to plane out and get good performance, but still have many of the deep vee hull pros without the high HP and bad rocking cons. The last of the POTTER hulls I believe were in 83 or 84, and from what I have read the early TRACKERS seem to be the problematic ones in many of em.

[bigshrimpin]

The old mosley 21 and variations of that hull were the race boats that dominated the early offshore racing circuit. The 23 seacraft is basically a 21 with some modification to the hull and deck. I believe that the 23 seacraft designs were done by firm hired by Potter in the early 70's . . . similar recessed rail gunnel cap design was used on the 1970's 20 Master Angler beginning in 1975. The 20 seacraft is the same recreational inshore hull using the original mosley 19 bowrider hull.








Mosley's 25 (last design) incorporated a unique patented ballast system (that potter scrapped) has the sharpest V hull . . . and is being used for research by Steven Loui

http://www.navatekltd.com/index.html

Check out the V on the 25 Seacraft Seafari.

[bigshrimpin]

[spareparts]

I wish tehy had kept the shear line of the early models, they just look so goooood!

Hey BS, I think I may have found a 25 Safari, couldn't get close enough to it to make the 100% ID, but right now its just aging, waiting for me to finish the McKee, then the V. Have you ever ridden in a 25? Wonder how tippy they are at rest(bottom fishing)

[bigshrimpin]

Spares - My Good friend chuck strickland "strick" is in the process of restoring one. I've climb all over it, but it's parked in his yard. I only have second hand information about them including an email from Bill Potter. There was an owner that used his during a hurricane to cross b/w St. Thomas and St. John VI . . . told Bill about dropping off the face of 15ft seas and just kept on motoring. Strick has an email from Steven Loui who has made some mods to the hull for his project that runs a 480 hp Yanmar and Weismann drive. With the mods he says that they can't stuff the bow no matter how hard they try . . . and that's in Hawaii in some nasty nasty conditions. I'm not sure about the rocking, but I'm sure it's not too bad with the variable deadrise.

[spareparts]

its got the wheels turning, just need the time, money, and to keep every one in my family out of the hospital for a while

[shaneburris74]

BS- Would you agree with my assessement that the popular/uneducated opinion is that the Potter years were great and everything else sucks?
But, as you read into it that really isn't totally true. Some of the stuff I've read, and some of the stuff you've said says different. Or is that just my undeducated opinion?
Example: "The 20 seacraft is the same recreational inshore hull using the original mosley 19 bowrider hull." So, your saying the super popular 20ft CC is a Moesly hull actually?

[bigshrimpin]

Originally Posted by spareparts

its got the wheels turning, just need the time, money, and to keep every one in my family out of the hospital for a while

Spares - PM me your email address . . . I will forward you some things.