Re: SportCraft 225 Anybody Have One or Have Info On It?
It never ceases to amaze me that people will ask for information about a boat AFTER they say they have bought it.<br /><br />SportCraft is out of business. They were built in Perry, Florida. The company bounced in and out of bankrupcy for the last 8 or 10 years. It was bought out by the guy who was the President of Pro Line and his son about 4 years ago, they ran what little was left of the company into the ground in about 2 years. The doors were closed last fall and the molds sold. There ain't gonna be no more SportCrafts.<br /><br />The boats were well designed and the molds were true. The quality control at the company was about as bad as it gets but the hulls themselves were so overbuilt that it didn't matter. The things are tank, but tanks built with short cuts. The major shortcuts with them come in after market parts. Simply put they used whatever was cheapest at the moment. Sometimes they found good deals on good stuff and sometimes not. Anyway you can expect to have to replace just about everything that is screwed or bolted to the boat at sometime in its life, and that time comes early for most of it.<br /><br />The wireing will be about as bad as it gets. Probably the worst wireing I have seen in any boats, even old Bay Liners were better. So figure on a complete rewireing.<br /><br />Other than that they are suprisingly good boats. They were very well designed, and that goes across all of their models. They make very good use of space, they are heavy, but they stay together. It is to your advantage to try to keep them half way dry though because if you really go digging in the hull I can guarantee you that you'll find some exposed wood somewhere. Might as well find it now and seal it, its easier than replacing it later.<br /><br />Thom
