Help identifying 1987 Duracraft

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spanky543

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Hi guys I am looking into another boat mainly because of capacity. I am trying to identify this 1987 Duracraft boat. I have looked up the Texas parks and wildlife info and it says it's 14' long. The guy selling it says it measures 15'-6". With the bottom of the boat being 4'-10" wide. Not the beam width... Trying to figure out what model it is to research capacity. He also said it can have a 40 hp motor but he can't read the capacity plate in the boat for people or weight. Any help would be awesome...
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My duracraft is a 1974 model 1720. It measures 16' 6" long with a 48" bottom. The gunwales are 20" high. What I've found is they assigned model numbers from the length and gunwale height. My grandpa had a 16' that was 15' 6" long with a 42" bottom and 20" gunwales that was called a model 1620. I would assume that in 1987 model numbers were assigned the same way. Depending on the gunwale height it could be a 1620 or 1622 since you have the added width. Just a guess.
 
Buckethead said:
My duracraft is a 1974 model 1720. It measures 16' 6" long with a 48" bottom. The gunwales are 20" high. What I've found is they assigned model numbers from the length and gunwale height. My grandpa had a 16' that was 15' 6" long with a 42" bottom and 20" gunwales that was called a model 1620. I would assume that in 1987 model numbers were assigned the same way. Depending on the gunwale height it could be a 1620 or 1622 since you have the added width. Just a guess.

Ok thanks for the info! What is the capacity for your duracraft?
 
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Ok I will check for that when I go look at the boat. Thanks for your help!
 
Well I went to look at it and its not 15'-6" its 14'-6"...and the usgs plate was under the carpet...didnt know you could legally do that... Its a 3 person or 740 lbs of total capacity... No bigger than the one I have now...darn.

Oh well I will keep working on the one I have lol.
 

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