Looks more like a Belmont than an Aqua Craft to me. Just a guess.
Ok, I thought I knew what kind of hull I had, but now I'm having doubts, thus I ask the knowledgable people here for help. On the title of the boat the hull is listed as "unknown." The year is in the late 60's, 68 or 69 if I remember correctly (title is obviously not in front of me). The guy I bought it from sold it from underneath his cousin for $800 (that included the v-drive, tandem axle trailer and all the hardware, I couldn't believe it) and said it was an AquaCraft. The boat was a piece of sh#t when we bought it, we completely restored it. The boat is rigged with a 12-degree Casale. Never found any numbers on the hull to help me out. The overall length is 19 feet, stringer measurements are approximately:
Outside to outside: 26"
Inside to inside: 22 3/4"
Stringer width: 1 5/8"
Following are some pics that may help. If there are any other measurements I could take to aide in identifying this, let me know.
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/...verall-med.jpg
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/...Edited-med.JPG
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/...ditted-med.JPG
Looks more like a Belmont than an Aqua Craft to me. Just a guess.
I'am sort of going through the same shit right now with mine, why can't you take the number's off the side and see what it was registered at when the #'s where put on, that is what I'am going to do....Cool looking boat by the way....( . )( . ).....'s!
I just rememembered, you restored it! Are those the same #'s it came with? If so, it should still work!
I don't think it's an Aqua Craft. I wonder about it being a Nordic?
I do not think it is a Nordic. If it is its nothing like mine.
Maybe an Eliminator....but it would help to show a pic of the deck and dash.
a BOAT THAT old wont have a serial number. The deck shown would have to be more wickens-aquacraft than regular aqua craft and the nose is too pointed to campare with mine. What seems odd is that semi semi v bottom transom! Never seen one up here like that. Stringer dimentions are the same as my boat. Sorrry
Mandella Marathon Race Boats ('60s) had that same Slight V in the Bottom. Is the Hull Clam Shell Type ? (seam down the Middle) Looking at the nose again maybe not Mandella (they were more Rounded) Nose on that Boat comes to a Point.....???
Not a Mandella! Mandellas have flared sides, a round transom with extended pillow blocks, a round nose, and the deck on top of the caprail..... Aqua Craft ran some boats in the Salton Sea races in the early, mid 60's..... Perhaps one of those boats?
Thanks to everyone thats weighed in so far, but it seems we do not have an agreement as to what this boat is. Since I would like to know, I took some more pics today that may shed some light on the situation.
Overall Shot:
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/500/540103.JPG
Side Shot:
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/...540101-med.JPG
BacK:
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/...540102-med.JPG
Dash:
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/...540105-med.JPG
Bottom down the Center:
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/...540106-med.JPG
Bottom down the Side:
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/...540107-med.JPG
Deck seam inside the boat:
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/...540104-med.JPG