New here, have a rare boat ,need help with finding info, advice

[Bowlgarte]

Hello my name is Andrew, I bought a 21' tripple stepped hull boat about 2 year's ago and have been trying to find any info since, and there just is none, so coming here i thought would be a great next step, i would like to restore her back to OEM, but dont know some details and how they should be, all i have for info on the boat came on the registration ,and said 1988 seyler ( renegade vso cabriolet is what the boat stickers say), and after alot of searching i did come across the F-22 center console FV, that Steve French made ine the same era, and the hull looks almost the same ,

[Bowlgarte]

I'll be posting full boat pictures soon, and questions

[Bowlgarte]

This is the seyler F-22ccFV

[Bowlgarte]

I was told this boat got clocked at over 100mph!

[Bowlgarte]

these are some more pics i took the day before i bought her!!

[XstreamVking]

100 mph? Not with that motor on it. 300 hp maybe?

[Bowlgarte]

I still have the 90 hp Evinrude, never used it , i dont know much about speed ratios and boats why im here to try to learn a littl, i do know the 3 ' stainless steel 15° racing transom was added, and the motor supposed to have some work to the bottom end for better performance ,but haven't poked around to find out for sure

[Hot Shot Merc]

That is the strangest boat I have ever seen. Good luck with it

[Bowlgarte]

It is strange, i got a good deal and i love rare things, and restoring them, think it was a prototype since seyler boats closed in 1989, can't wait to see how she goes!

[Bowlgarte]

Ive showed it to every boat guy ive met and they all say never seen anything like it, she does look fast in person, some crazy design work here , good or bad ugly or pretty i love it!

[Sunburnt]

A good friend of mine bought a new F22 center console at the New England boat show back in the mid 80's. It had the new then Merc V6 150 Hp. (what ever year they were brown stripe). I always loved the look of that hull with the radical steps. It always ran nice and flat, it was a really nice boat, it ran about 45. If I remember correctly it was rated for 270 Hp. It was no light weight and well built. He towed it with a big full size bronco, one time putting it in the water in Plymouth at low tide, backing down the slimy ramp, the weight of the boat and trailer pulled the whole rig down the ramp, tires screeching as the brakes on the bronco were locked. That turned a few Heads!!

[Bowlgarte]

I need to find front seats from that era , that I could reapolster , i have all the back seats, and need to figure out how other apolstry would of been, and make it, think the salon hatch would of had it to lay on, there is also snaps everywhere think for a cover, not sure if it would of had a windshield??

[Bowlgarte]

Also guessing the salon would of been and future option for a inboard maybe on another model , if ever made ,but think this is one of a kind, need to figure out what outboard setup would be best on this tripple hulled boat

[roadkill636]

If you want to run that boat over 50 mph looks like you will need a V6 for sure.

[Hot Shot Merc]

If you restore this boat you have to make the sink functional