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Old 08-10-2008, 07:54 PM
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Does anyone have any history of who owned or raced a 1985 30' Chris CAT with 4 outboards?? I believe the number was
P22 or P27, or might have been called ACR Spirits. I just purchased the boat and would like to know the history on it. Any help or direction would be great.
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Don't know much about the boat, but I took this picture of it back in 1984 in Key West at the worlds..
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Does anyone have any history of who owned or raced a 1985 30' Chris CAT with 4 outboards?? I believe the number was
P22 or P27, or might have been called ACR Spirits. I just purchased the boat and would like to know the history on it. Any help or direction would be great.
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The only 4 engine Chris Cat I ever saw was "Sick" Nick Casaula's....... and that wasn't a P boat.

The P class cu. in. rules only allowed three engines and ACR (Lance Ruble) only had 3 motors anytime I ever saw it.

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Does anyone have any history of who owned or raced a 1985 30' Chris CAT with 4 outboards?? I believe the number was
P22 or P27, or might have been called ACR Spirits. I just purchased the boat and would like to know the history on it. Any help or direction would be great.
Ray
T2x is correct. That boat only had 3 2.4's. The next owner might have rerigged it. Lance drove and I believe Bill Gazelle throttled. The boat was fast and was always a contender.
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I saw that boat when it was for sale here in IL....it was rigged for 4 OB's...didnt it go out east and get repainted??? Black with silver flames or something?? Heres a few pics of it when i saw it. Pics suck for some reason...
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few more...you can see its rigged for 4 OB's
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Doing it's thing.........
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Wally you are right the boat is black with flames I got it from a guy in upstate NY.It seems to be a solid boat.How did the boat look when you seen it in gel coat?And do you know who rigged it for the 4 OB's?Thanks for the info and pics
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When i saw it it needed an update...it was still solid but weathered...it needed a new interior and at the very least a hardcore buffing......probably why they guy repainted it. No idea on any of the rigging
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