info on 26' corsa ''tabu''

[Cigster]

Well you've got yourself a great boat with a very impressive history. Why are they always for sale when I can't buy??? I'm focused on becoming a daddy right now....but I can't help but asking...what's the number you're looking for? A buddy of mine owns another Corsa with a really wild race history and couldn't get a decent offer for it, so he's now shifted gears and is restoring it to race again (knowing this guy, he'll be much happier.....with his almost uncanny talent with peformance restorations and the boat's proven history he really can't go wrong). It's a tough market!

[gofastrandy]

I purchased the boat it sounds like i got a awesome boat with a great history I know nothing about the "TABU" please fill me in I bought the boat minus motor everything else is there

[Fast Shafts]

Go,
Congratulations! Any chance you'll race it??

[gofastrandy]

The only racing the "tabu" will see now is up and down the mississippi river. Anyone that know's anything about the "tabu" please respond also anyone got any old pic's or history info

[SpeedDoc]

I'm sure freeze frame has it on video....

[tcelano]

Yes, I was the owner of Tabu from 2004-2009. I actually bought it for the purpose of putting the diesel in, and got it to run about 55 mph with it. I gave it up due to lack of intercooling capacity and realizing how much it would cost at that point to fix that.

I also got married at that point, and decided I wanted a reliable boat, and not a science project, so I had a 600hp 540 built, and I ran the boat for the 2005-2009 seasons, about 40 or so hours easy, no racing or poker runs. With the power and setup the boat had, it would go 75 mph in fresh water at 5150 rpm. Full of fuel and two people onboard, it would run about 72. The fastest I ever had it was 77 on GPS with low fuel.

There is a 25 lb weight plate bolted in the nose. If you put bigger power in the boat, and want to spend more time running 60 mph or better, you could take that out. If you want to cruise 50's, leave it in there.

The drive was gone through by Skip at MRD in early 2005, and received new seals, 1.33 upper gears, and (1.5 overall), and a new cardan joint. With the prop that is on it, you'd have really nice package with a 750 that would turn 5600 rpm or so. It should run deep in the 80's with that. Beyond that, you'd be looking to upgrade the drive probably. Transmission was built by Mike at Harbor Marine in Everett, WA.

Tullio

[boatman2014]

The boat is for sale once again. It made its way all the way up to a small town in Iowa. The guy is asking a VERY cheap price for the racing history on this boat, only 10,000 dollars and is offering a supercharged big block chevy for an additional fee so if anybody is still interested its up for sale he doesn't have pics but he is e-mailing them to people i believe.

[tcelano]

Would be interesting to see some pics for nostalgia, especially with a blower motor in it. I haven't seen the boat since it left my driveway almost two years ago. The boat was a neat rig that looked a lot bigger than it was due to its narrow proportions. It ran really nice, but I always regret that I didn't have more power in it. If I had the boat again, I'd put a 750 or 800 in it. If it's still in good shape, it should make somebody a nice, economical poker runner.

[waterboy1]

Looking at a picture on my wall of "TABU" from the 1994 Key West Worlds...such a cool boat;would love to see it racing again!