another sea pro question

[stackz]

the more serious I get on my boat search, the more weird "info/tips" I get from friends, etc.

most of the time its people I know trying to unload their boat on me so I take it with a grain of salt. This one though has me curious how much truth is in it.

good friend yesterday was saying how he knows two people with a sea pro 210 cc (what I'm looking at) and says they both love them but they are called dock anchors as apparently the boats are known for sinking at the dock.

any truth in this? I questioned a little more about it and he said something about thru hull fittings failing. I dont know of any thru hull fittings failing aside from the transom plug? I mean maybe a live well inlet?

One thing I have noticed on most of the ones I've looked at now is that even though they have self bailing decks, there's an abscence of sea cocks on the transom drains so obviously what goes out and easily come back in. I still dont see this as an issue as the boat will always be trailered and I dont really plan to leave it in the water overnight and such but it still has me curious as heck lol.

damn friends getting me all paranoid and such.

 

[vollymall]

Re: another sea pro question

Never heard of them sinking at the dock more frequently than anything else. You're right on the transom drains, other than the little rubber flaps., but you'd have to have a significant amount of water on board to put them under water. I guess you could install some sort of cap.

 

[IllesheimVet]

Re: another sea pro question

My 02 235 WA came with the rubber flap and a ping pong ball type check valve to keep water from flowing back into the cockpit. Don't know if the 210 CC has the same setup or not, I've never had a problem with mine. I wash out the drains to keep debris out and ensure the valves (balls) move freely.

 

[stackz]

Re: another sea pro question

yeah, thats the type I had on my last boat. the pics of the 210 I'm looking at doesnt look like it has anything back there.

I guess since I cant see through them in the pic they might be an internal flap type as vollymall suggested? because other than that, there's nothing from stopping water from coming in from what I can see.

also, volly I see you're in georgetown. how far are you from the bridge on 17? the one you hit when leaving myrtle beach and where the taco bell is? thats where this boat is. might be nice to have a local look it over before I drive an hour and a half from charleston :cold:

 

[Home Cookin']

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you can always add flaps.

One thing to loook for on any of the self-bailing boats is how much water they ship back in through the scuppers when you stand back there (the flaps are not watertight no matter what they say and primarily protect from back wash while in reverse). Sometimes this is the effect of a too-heavy motor, or poor design (not enough deck height at the waterline), or a waterlogged boat. When shopping, you really wouldn't know unless the gas tank is full.

My sea hunt ships a little water in the stern when two big people are back there but no higher than the sole of my shoe, so no big deal to me. When I wash the boat in the water the water can pile up back there too. I have heard of baots, though, that constantly stay wet while at rest so I would not want one of them.

 

[Home Cookin']

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now that i look at your picture, I wouldn't call those two plug holes "scuppers" and they seem too small for self bailing quickly. But if you ship green water it will flow out over that low transom with no splashwell! I know a lot of boats are built that way but it makes me uneasy.

But I also see no reason why that boat design would be at risk of sinking at the dock. Be sure all your deck plates and openings are sealed so that rain water drains out the scuppers (sic) and not into the bilge where you have to rely on the pump.

 

[stackz]

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yeah thats the other thing that gets me about these boats. a lack of a splashwell to be honest.

its weird to me that there wouldnt be a secondary water barrier past the transom. I mean what if you get stuck somewhere in rough water for whatever reason. Though, it would be easy to just fab up a removable plate like my friend's wellcraft and just have it restrained against the front of the two rear rod holder forms.

 

[Home Cookin']

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I've seen the removeable plates on what I call "wash-through" hulls.

Although I have a higher transom and a splashwell, I have with some trepidation let some large wakes hit my stern to see what happens. Although they seem towering at the approach of the hole, I get very little water over due to the hull flotation (what white-water canoers call "recovery" as to the bow breaching waves) as well as forward motion. And that's why stern-anchoring is deadly.

 

[vollymall]

Re: another sea pro question

Those drains will just be pipes with a flap on the outside of the transom. I don't end up in Gtown much, but if I do soon Ill let you know. I'm happy to look at it.

Is that a 2000ish hull? It is nearly identical to mine, but bigger

 

[stackz]

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ok, so which came first sea pro or sea boss?

I think sea boss is who bought sea pro? or were they sister companies?

curious as I stumbled onto this on my local craigslist and even though its a 19' boat...its got the exact same interior design.

also, cant really tell but I think the deadrise in the front isnt as high as on the 21' sea pro boats I'm looking at? so basically same interior design with a different hull more suited to bay use?

*Sea Boss 190CC FRESH Water Boat* (Extra Clean)

 

[greenbush future]

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Sinking at the dock seems it would/could only occur if those two holes are blocked, then I could see were a monsoon rain could maybe accumulate water in back. Otherwise I don't think the statement is really valid. I'm betting there is a bilge pump for that anyways right?

 

[vollymall]

Re: another sea pro question

I think Sea Boss was produced by Sea Pro. Sea Pro was bought by Brunswick (I think) and closed during the recession.

 

[Home Cookin']

Re: another sea pro question

there were lots of boat companies with "sea" in the name producing similar boats, but I wasn't aware that any were related or merged. I recall that sea pro simply went out of business, and that was just before the recession. It makes sense, though, that another company might buy some of the assets of a closed company, including molds, work in progress and inventory.