Baja History "The Thread"
01-15-2010 | 04:27 PM
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From: Beautiful North Carolina
Doc,
Lane remembers this boat well. It was the only one to have a padded motorlid with the scoops installed, and it was quite a job to do. It is the only one produced by Baja, but I think we built a blank that was simular, at a later date? What did Mike's B-36 have in it for power?
XT
Lane remembers this boat well. It was the only one to have a padded motorlid with the scoops installed, and it was quite a job to do. It is the only one produced by Baja, but I think we built a blank that was simular, at a later date? What did Mike's B-36 have in it for power?
XT
03-11-2010 | 06:04 PM
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So I am trying to get back into boating after selling my 32' Chaparral Laser...
I'm looking for cool, cheap, safe, not necessarily fast - and some of the Baja's fit that mold - plus I am an "old boat" fanatic, so when I saw this thread I had to troll..
Anyway...
A few people asked and it was never really answered, so I will ask again. Does anyone know how many of the Baja Cat's were produced? I have never EVER seen one for sale, or in the water. As a matter of fact, that N-Force pic is the only time I've seen it at all. It looks almost exactly like that Wellcraft Cougar Cat to me from pictures..
+1 on the sidewinder being cool.. I love the interior and especially love the center shifter.. Only drag about that boat is that the windshield bubbles make it look like a bug a little - and also you cant turn the chairs around to put your feet up on the rear bench - other wise what a cool boat, and possibly what I might end up with - though a tad small.
Bandit - killer cool boat and has always reminded me of old CVX Glastron Carlson's with the smoked windscreen - but even more reminds me of the 21' VIP Vindicator I had for a while though I think the vindicator was a little more low profile than the Bandit.
Wet Vette - is that simply a bandit hull with some paint and other refinements, or did they change more than that? i.e. is the profile the same?
Twilight Cruiser???? Not one I'm familiar with - and it was just a drawing in the catalog page that was posted, so I assume maybe it was a prototype or still in preliminary stages at the time of that brochure - I am absolutely going to go googling after posting this as that size, and the fact that its old enough to be cheap are both things I'm interested in.
Finally - the 405... Wow.. As much as I like Sonic, Cig, etc for "big boats that I'll never be able to afford" that thing is a really neat looking boat. Maybe in 20 years right??
Thanks for the great thread!
I'm looking for cool, cheap, safe, not necessarily fast - and some of the Baja's fit that mold - plus I am an "old boat" fanatic, so when I saw this thread I had to troll..
Anyway...
A few people asked and it was never really answered, so I will ask again. Does anyone know how many of the Baja Cat's were produced? I have never EVER seen one for sale, or in the water. As a matter of fact, that N-Force pic is the only time I've seen it at all. It looks almost exactly like that Wellcraft Cougar Cat to me from pictures..
+1 on the sidewinder being cool.. I love the interior and especially love the center shifter.. Only drag about that boat is that the windshield bubbles make it look like a bug a little - and also you cant turn the chairs around to put your feet up on the rear bench - other wise what a cool boat, and possibly what I might end up with - though a tad small.
Bandit - killer cool boat and has always reminded me of old CVX Glastron Carlson's with the smoked windscreen - but even more reminds me of the 21' VIP Vindicator I had for a while though I think the vindicator was a little more low profile than the Bandit.
Wet Vette - is that simply a bandit hull with some paint and other refinements, or did they change more than that? i.e. is the profile the same?
Twilight Cruiser???? Not one I'm familiar with - and it was just a drawing in the catalog page that was posted, so I assume maybe it was a prototype or still in preliminary stages at the time of that brochure - I am absolutely going to go googling after posting this as that size, and the fact that its old enough to be cheap are both things I'm interested in.
Finally - the 405... Wow.. As much as I like Sonic, Cig, etc for "big boats that I'll never be able to afford" that thing is a really neat looking boat. Maybe in 20 years right??
Thanks for the great thread!
03-11-2010 | 07:09 PM
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From: ankeny,ia.
So I am trying to get back into boating after selling my 32' Chaparral Laser...
I'm looking for cool, cheap, safe, not necessarily fast - and some of the Baja's fit that mold - plus I am an "old boat" fanatic, so when I saw this thread I had to troll..
Anyway...
A few people asked and it was never really answered, so I will ask again. Does anyone know how many of the Baja Cat's were produced? I have never EVER seen one for sale, or in the water. As a matter of fact, that N-Force pic is the only time I've seen it at all. It looks almost exactly like that Wellcraft Cougar Cat to me from pictures..
+1 on the sidewinder being cool.. I love the interior and especially love the center shifter.. Only drag about that boat is that the windshield bubbles make it look like a bug a little - and also you cant turn the chairs around to put your feet up on the rear bench - other wise what a cool boat, and possibly what I might end up with - though a tad small.
Bandit - killer cool boat and has always reminded me of old CVX Glastron Carlson's with the smoked windscreen - but even more reminds me of the 21' VIP Vindicator I had for a while though I think the vindicator was a little more low profile than the Bandit.
Wet Vette - is that simply a bandit hull with some paint and other refinements, or did they change more than that? i.e. is the profile the same?
Twilight Cruiser???? Not one I'm familiar with - and it was just a drawing in the catalog page that was posted, so I assume maybe it was a prototype or still in preliminary stages at the time of that brochure - I am absolutely going to go googling after posting this as that size, and the fact that its old enough to be cheap are both things I'm interested in.
Finally - the 405... Wow.. As much as I like Sonic, Cig, etc for "big boats that I'll never be able to afford" that thing is a really neat looking boat. Maybe in 20 years right??
Thanks for the great thread!
I'm looking for cool, cheap, safe, not necessarily fast - and some of the Baja's fit that mold - plus I am an "old boat" fanatic, so when I saw this thread I had to troll..
Anyway...
A few people asked and it was never really answered, so I will ask again. Does anyone know how many of the Baja Cat's were produced? I have never EVER seen one for sale, or in the water. As a matter of fact, that N-Force pic is the only time I've seen it at all. It looks almost exactly like that Wellcraft Cougar Cat to me from pictures..
+1 on the sidewinder being cool.. I love the interior and especially love the center shifter.. Only drag about that boat is that the windshield bubbles make it look like a bug a little - and also you cant turn the chairs around to put your feet up on the rear bench - other wise what a cool boat, and possibly what I might end up with - though a tad small.
Bandit - killer cool boat and has always reminded me of old CVX Glastron Carlson's with the smoked windscreen - but even more reminds me of the 21' VIP Vindicator I had for a while though I think the vindicator was a little more low profile than the Bandit.
Wet Vette - is that simply a bandit hull with some paint and other refinements, or did they change more than that? i.e. is the profile the same?
Twilight Cruiser???? Not one I'm familiar with - and it was just a drawing in the catalog page that was posted, so I assume maybe it was a prototype or still in preliminary stages at the time of that brochure - I am absolutely going to go googling after posting this as that size, and the fact that its old enough to be cheap are both things I'm interested in.
Finally - the 405... Wow.. As much as I like Sonic, Cig, etc for "big boats that I'll never be able to afford" that thing is a really neat looking boat. Maybe in 20 years right??
Thanks for the great thread!
20* bottom) paint and ZR-1 Corvette engine.
Mercury marine evidently made the ZR-1 Corvette
engine for GM, this boat was was something to showcase
that.
03-30-2010 | 03:59 PM
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I had the privilege of help loading “The Green Monster” on Sunday while at Lake of the Ozarks. It was a balmy 44 degrees with a light mist. Daniel was running the 700 Sci’s at 4,100 w/no windscreen and that isn’t a feeling I will forget soon! 
Becker she should be up at your place by now?
Becker she should be up at your place by now?
