a stretched v20 in disguise?

[wellcraftv20step]

i agreewith bruce, it looks like a dusky. she's a beauty good luck.

[maritimer]

Thanks for all the input so far, there doesn't seem to be many old cobia boats out there on google images but I'm going to keep digging till I find some history on these boats.

Here's a few more pictures of the hull as she sits on her trailer. I'll take a top down picture of the bow next time I'm on it. There's evidence that the cap was off the boat once before but I have yet to see any signs of the transom being rebuilt. I'm going to get a surveyor in to look her over and get an insurance appraisal in the next month or so once I take care of some much needed cleaning.

http://s1105.photobucket.com/albums/h350/ThisOldBoat/

I have her ready for the water as far as the mechanical side of things go and took her for a few trips out the mouth of the harbor. It's given a smooth dry ride so far and it handled the 1' - 2' chop in the basin and through the narrows like it was a flat lake. It rode great through the swells of the open ocean but I took it at low speed and didn't venture very far because I'm still working on building trust in the boat and my skills at the helm.

It's a lot of boat for the 5k I have into it so far with the purchase of the boat, new everything (except coupler and winch) that wasn't aluminum for the trailer and the new exhaust manifolds with a full engine tune up.

[Genie Aye]

Chris Craft would use other Manufacturers from time to time for hulls---is this the case here?? Maybe.

I know that CC used Uniflite Hulls in 2 of their rare but much wanted models.

[nipper]

I don't think it is a Chris Craft. Chris Craft made a very similar boat in the 70's but it had lapstrake sides. It is a beautiful boat, however, and whatever brand it might be.

[nipper]

Did a quick google search using search terms "Hull Identification Number ZZZ" and came up with many sites describing how to decipher the HIN, each of which used ZZZ as a generic for the first 3 letters of the HIN, which identifies the manufacturer. Also, ran across a reference to a USCG searchable database of HIN's. Give it a try and maybe you will find something:

http://uscgboating.org/recalls/mic_database.htm.

[bradford]

AnaCapri.

[THEFERMANATOR]

Originally Posted by bradford

AnaCapri.

I never thought of that one, but it defiately could be as they used some lines from other manufacturers.

[richardk5457]

this may be one of the boats i built in 1972, built 5 of them. the keel width at transom will tell me what it is. she's a very well balanced boat and excellent running. you will really enjoy how she performs good luck

[maritimer]

Bradford, thank you so much, I think you're correct. I've found a few pictures online of anacapri boats and my boat has the same lines.

RichardK, I'll take some measurements later today and post them here, It would be great if you could provide more history on this old girl.

It's currently powered with a 75-77 built mercruiser R233 (ford 351W), did anacapri power boats with mercruiser inboards from the factory?

[maritimer]

Richard, you seem to be a guy that was on top of the boat building industry in your area, any information you can provide on this boat is greatly appreciated.


The keel width is approx. 6' 5", the width at the bottom of the transom bulge is approx 5' 2", at the 2nd set of strakes it's 3 feet and the flat portion is about a foot.

These are just rough measurements taken with a beer in one hand and measuring tape in the other.

One thing I feel worth mentioning is that in the pictures I've found of anacapri boats, there's only 1 or 2 lifting strakes while on this boat there's 3, 2 start at the bow and a 3rd starts about 1/3rd of the way back from the bow high up on the keel, you can barely make it out in this picture, look above the crooked trailer fender, this is the 3rd strake that lines up with the edge of the transom bulge, the 2nd highest strake continues to the back and it about halfway up the keel and the lowest strake continues to the point where the keel is flat on the bottom near the stern.