Diamond in the Rough?

[allisonracer]

I bought this center console a few months ago b/c it looked pretty cool and was a good deal on craigslist. I thought it looked like a performance boat so i bought it. After looking around i believe it maybe where the 19' reactions came from. I say this because my boat is titled as a 1970 20' Seabreze....i believe they were built here in florida as were the reactions. Anyone ever heard of theses before and know if the is any truth to my thoughts?

[Action Dave]

It looks like a Raction. I don't know much about Seabrezes, but I would bet that boat is a lot newer than 1970.

[action17]

it looks just like a reaction.

[action17]

just talked with Andy Frost he designed the reaction molds from scratch.

[Action Dave]

just talked with Andy Frost he designed the reaction molds from scratch.

I'm guessing that is a Reaction that got "re-titled" as something else for whatever reason. That boat looks about mid 80's vintage.

[allisonracer]

yeah i figured it was a 1980's to 90's boat but saw the title when i got it home and was shocked it said 70'. Maybe when they repainted it and stuff they put a diffferent title on it. Well anyways i was gona sell it but recently decided to keep it and re do it. I know the boat was bright yellow at one point in time and it came from orlando..incase anyone on here ever had one that color.

[allisonracer]

That is what i was thinking. Because i noticed this boat has a few different things in it. I couldn't really tell about the serial number b/c the boat was repainted and it looked like they stuck on a homemade serial plate. I feel whatever i got here, once i redo the hull i should have a nice performace boat. Thanks for the help guys. if anyone else has any pics of seabrezes or reactions i would love to see them.

[WSJR1]

Sounds like a great deal ... isn't there a Reaction on here right now for sale for like 16k?

[bluecheckmate]

Second reaction i've seen that doesn't have the gas tank underneath the floor. A buddy of mine has the same console and his gas tank is inside the console in the front. Interesting.

[bluecheckmate]

Actually he's selling his and here's the link so you can take a look.

http://miami.craigslist.org/mdc/boa/2336676543.html

[allisonracer]

There is a built in tank that is as long as the boat...I'm not using it b.c idk what kind of stuff is left in there from yrs of sitting. I will take it out when I redo the boat and prbly put in a plastic tank under the console area. I'm gona take the boat out today and see what kind of speed it will run even being rotted and water logged.

[FUJIMO]

Second reaction i've seen that doesn't have the gas tank underneath the floor. A buddy of mine has the same console and his gas tank is inside the console in the front. Interesting.

Old idea really. Many smaller, older, center-console fish boats went this route with the fuel tanks. It was the best place to put them since there was no bilge depth. The 1960's & 70's 20' SeaCrafts had them under the consoles for instance. Its weight was centered in the boat, and easy to simply place a deck fill right above it. Some were even made out of semi-clear fiberglass in the center, as a site glass, to tell at a glance how much fuel you had left. Typical of the great Florida boat building ideas of the past, that helped developed much of what we have today.