Baja History "The Thread" - Page 3

Dock Holiday · 10-10-2006, 02:44 PM

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Originally Posted by thisistank

The spiderman boat was supposed to BE a Baja NOT a Skater but Baja backed out. too bad. The original drawings of the boat the way it was going to look in pleasure form were interesting. It had four seperated seats with a solid piece of fiberglass running down the center of them. When Baja decided not to go forward with the project Skater swooped up the hull added thier own deck and whoola, the 399 Vee Skater was born. Nice boat with a little Baja heritage. But dont bring this topic up to the haters, it puts them in a tail spin.

Doc, you have those original drawings?

An interesting Fact.

Guess who still OWNS the mold?

Baja

There is a rummor that next years poker run boat could be....?

Sorry that is a secret.

SinkorSwim · 10-10-2006, 03:00 PM

A sit down boat similar to the Fountain Poker Run style....

Dock Holiday · 10-10-2006, 03:00 PM

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Originally Posted by thisistank

By the way, anyone know if they ever built any 40 Outlaws with staggared twin set up instead of the tripples?

The only one I know for sure was last years 40 Poker Run boat with 850's.

Let's face it, a true deep ve hull does not work with staggered engines. With it needing a lot of bow lift the staggered setup works against you.

SinkorSwim · 10-10-2006, 03:01 PM

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Originally Posted by thisistank

By the way, anyone know if they ever built any 40 Outlaws with staggared twin set up instead of the tripples?

There was a 36 with staggers...

Dock Holiday · 10-10-2006, 03:04 PM

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Originally Posted by SinkorSwim

There was a 36 with staggers...

That is correct. I have heard a lot about it, but never seen any pictures.

I hear it did not work well either.

SinkorSwim · 10-10-2006, 03:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Dock Holiday

That is correct. I have heard a lot about it, but never seen any pictures.

I hear it did not work well either.

I was told the boat was one of the first built 97 model year. 24OL cockpit... 40OL sunpad

Dock Holiday · 10-10-2006, 03:08 PM

Our very own OSO buddy "High Tide" owns Baja 40 Outlaw hull #2.

Actually some could argue that it is hull #1 since the first one did not work and went to the shredder.

He has triple 500 EFI's that have been worked some and is running in the 90's.

VERY nice boat that you will see in the Tampa area.

Dock Holiday · 10-10-2006, 03:13 PM

SinkorSwim, where is that boat now, do you know?

Any other pictures would be greatly appreciated.

Dock Holiday · 10-10-2006, 03:16 PM

A little history regarding the Baja 36 Outlaw.

Do you know what #1 company built the mold that the 36 came from?

[SIZE=4]CIGARETTE[/SIZE]

Yes, Cigarette built the mold and from what I understand never went into production with a 36. Then the mold was purchased by Force 10. Shortly after the plant burnt down and the mold was outside and survived the fire.

It was sold to Baja and the 36 Outlaw was born!

SinkorSwim · 10-10-2006, 03:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Dock Holiday

SinkorSwim, where is that boat now, do you know?

Any other pictures would be greatly appreciated.

Was for sale on Ebay about a year or so ago... Thats all I really know.. I posted some stuff on MWBP about the boat and the information I supplied is what I was told..