Can a Uniflite 36DC be an "Interesting Boat"? Take at look at the interior pictures of this one.
"There has been a ridiculous amount of time and money put into ENTRE AMIS...the all new hardwood interior will make you weak in the knees if you like high quality wood and craftsmanship!"
WOW - POs were in love with their Uni!
I owned 1973 31' sedan sport fisher Uniflite with flybridge. Nice boat!
Uni's were very well built. Mid 1974 was last time they were constructed with the "correct" ingredients in their gelcoat. After that, due to some sort of U.S. govt regulations, Uniflite altered their gelcoat ingredients. This was due to thousands of 31' Uniflite boat hulls ordered for Delta patrol in Vietnam [same hull design as the 1973 31' Uni I owned].
Long and short of what happened to Uniflite [i.e. what eventually broke their financial back]:
When Uniflite began manufacturing thousands of boats for Vietnam war, using the govt's mandated new gelcoat formula, the Uniflite company began also using the new gelcoat on all their boats... pleasure boats included. Well... unbeknownst to anyone the new gelcoat formula was long term unstable. In that, after a few to several years in the sun it would "bubble", horribly every where the sun hit it! This "bubbling" surface effect was unsightly at least and unrepairable at worst. I've seen Uni's that looked like chicken pox had attacked their gelcoat surfaces.
What happened then was an enormous class action suit by private owners. Owners won, Uniflite went broke!
I carefully looked at all photos and read most words about the Uni you provide link to. Did not notice any bubbles in photos and did not read any mentions of bubbles. Perhaps this Uni was a lucky one that had different gelcoat used than what the govt had mandated. Maybe it had been boat house stored, out of the sun's rays! Belonging to a Uniflite forum for some time I had read that in some cases there were Uni's built using the pre govt gelcoat.
If no bubbles exist - the Uniflite in your link is surely a great classic pleasure craft to own and enjoy!
Happy Uniflite Daze! - Art