New Chris Cat Owner
 

Hello Everyone,

I recently purchased the 84 Chris Cat that was on OSO classifeds, it was the last one....30' of Thunder with the HP500's.

This is my first Cat and first twin engine boat. I had the boat mechanically inspected and surveyed prior to purchase. The buyer was VERY flexible with the price and I think I got it for a good price.

Can any of you tell me anything about the boats? I hear they were limited numbers built, and that this is a rare boat? They were all kevlar and cored construction?....I basically am looking for general info on them. I know they are now AO 3100's...

Thanks,
Steve

Congrats and hope you can afford gas?
I just got a Stinger 390X with twin mags and am leary about summer fun with oil being over 100 bucks a barrel.

Let's keep our fingers crossed that gas will still be at a reasonable rate for us poor folks with boat mortgages!:hitfan:

Congratz BIG Daddy and best of luck , See ya out there on one of the runs :cool-smiley-011::cool-smiley-027:
ROCK ON !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

wich one did you buy? the orange one? or the white and blue? post pictures!

Here she is....

http://www.offshoreonlyclassifieds.com/files/20274.jpg

Hey BIG Daddy what did you park it at Maryandmarks house :D:D

Did the trailers give it away Bill?........lmao...j/k

They are great boats, do a search on the forum and there is lots of info. The original designer is George Linder and he is on the board also. I have had one for the past 12 years and am only selling mine because i want BIGGER. THIS IS A TERRIBLE DISEASE WITH NO KNOWN CURE!!!! I was told when i got started that they only built about 110 of these boats between 83 and 86. There were 3 sets of molds, one was sold to American offshore and they build it now. One went to Awesome. One of the Jims from Awesome said there boat is way different however after 2 people with 2 tape measures side by side for ten minutes, we could not find the difference. The third set is supposedly sitting in FL somewhere. The Awesome and the American will run faster because they are lighter, mine is built like a tank. We did have the bottom come out of an Awesome and sink on the Potomac river in MD so maybe heavy is not all bad. If your drives are mounted at the correct height for speed the boat may eat bravo's if it is run hard or in the rough.:( Good Luck:D
Jeff

Congrats Steve,

So you were finally able to settle the deal. That is great! If you got the boat for the price you told me on the phone, you practically stole the thing. ; ) Let me know how she performs when you run her.

Jared

NO it was the MARYLAND license plates :D LMAO

you practically stole the thing ???? Carefull how you pronounce stole :cool-smiley-027:
ROCK ON !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Ok Ok, so she has been here for about 2 hours and I still cant get over how F*CKING BIG the boat is.....this thing is a MOFO monster!!!

It REALLY needs a good buffing and I have worked on the front port side for like an hour and made a HUGE difference, but covered very little area....man what a job!!

The boat cant go to the water today, needs a shift cable installed, one fuel pump and a set of batteries....I have everything but the shift cable....anyways...here some pics to enjoy for now...

Steve

have fun and keep us posted!

Quit your whinin and start buffin :cool-smiley-011: you'd have it done already if you were'nt surfin porn on the internet , and b/s in with Stecz on the phone LMAO :D

Congrats and good luck !
I love my Chris Cat .
The boats were all cored , early ones used balsa . No kevlar was used though .

Congrats bro!

Definintely keep us updated on the progress!!

Congrats!-
I had a 1985 Chris Cat for years and sold it to Andy (search Greencard) a couple of years ago. Great boats, good in rough water and fast for their day.

Take your time learning how to trim, turn the boat and remember: when you're running fast and you need to chop the throttle, give yourself time to let the boat unpack air. You might be surprised how long the boat can "coast" after cutting the throttle!

If you don't have cat experience taking a class from Tres might be a good idea.:D
Due

Sounds like you got a great deal! I was wondering when someone was going to scoop that one up. She should run in the 90's with that power, I picked up my 1st cat last season (31 Awesome) & she ran 80 with a pair of 454's - It got pretty boring to drive by the end of the season. After redoing the interior, & exterior, I'm now in the process of building a pair of 540's 650ish hp - need to get into the triple digits,
good luck with it, let us know how she runs.. you will love the ride in the chop - here's a pick of mine

congrats,, the 31 Chris Cats/AO/Shadow's/Vicious/Awesome ect have always been one of my favorites!

Thanks for all the compliments you all....I'm really happy to be amungst you all as a fellow Chris Cat/AO/Awsome/Vicious cat owner.....I really like the boat...

No big plans as for now, the last 2 days have been cleaning the poor girl up.....havent even fired it up yet.

The boat was not stored inside by it's last owner, and now she wont ever be outside unless it's at the lake. I have enough room keep her in a climate controlled warehouse...so before she gets too comfortable a good bath was in order.

The port drive needs a shift cable installed into the drive, I have to install a new fuel pump on the starboard motor and put in 2 new batteries and she is set to go out this weekend..

Today the sign shop people were there taking off the 30' of Thunder and laying new stripes on the deck....still thinking of a good name to give her....any idea's, they are appreciated...

stolen boat!

According to the price you got the boat!

MASHERS BIOTCH :D:cool-smiley-011:

Congrats
 

Great boats, stable design and they love the rough water. These are early cats, in 1983 there were very few cats available.

Wannabe

how come you advertised it in classified? you just got it 2 weeks ago!

another new cat owner
 

I just posted after yours, I also just bought a ChrisCat, how did you upload the pictures in your posts, I am brain dead today.

Congrats , Ron . Welcome to the fraternity .
When you get to the post reply page on the top tool bar there is a paperclip , hit it and the upload page comes up .
Good luck bro , get them pics posted !

I've seen your boat in your avatar on e-bay like... 4 weeks ago? How's the boat?

New cat
 

Yes that is the one I bought, real nice, contacted him before the end of the ad and made an offer if it didn't sell, he called and took it.Attachment 332894

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now I remember! I had bid on that one. 2 times! looks clean!

Congrats on your buy....I saw that boat when it was on ebay....there is one currently on ebay with triple 2.5 OB's...I'm pretty content with keeping mine as of now, but did consider selling it not long after getting it.....it is very intimidating to drive....more seat time and I will be ok....

intimidating? really? how come?

triple outboards
 

Believe it or not, the guy in Penn. with the triple outboards, I sent him a $2000.oo deposit and two days before I was leaving he called and wanted to keep the boat. I didn't mind because I leaned from him that they were stock outboards and had to mix the oil and gas, I really wanted the one I bought anyway, so I let him off the hook he returned my deposit by wire transfer and I went to FL and picked up the one I now have.

I have no twin driving experience and no cat driving experience.

The boat is very "large" on the trailer and sites roughly 6-9 ft on top of the trailer.....the look of it is intimidating....On the water its like driving a Cadillac, the boat feels HUGE and has a great ride....mentally there is allot going on in my head when running mine and its just the learning curve of operating it....

Really in all honesty...I have had the boat for a month and driven it once due to the "ramp issues" I had taking it out for the first time.... Long story short, a buddy backed the trailer in too far and the trailer went off the ramp....I broke one of the axles on the trailer and bent the other axle.....new axles get here Monday and I will take her out next weekend for more seat time...

I have ALLOT of little things that need to be fixed or tinkered with on mine....thank god nothing major is wrong with my boat....

OK, I'm extremely confused. I just called the number in the ad for the "30 thunder" boat to let him know it was still on there after it was sold and the guy claims he has a deposit on it. But according to your post (long duck dong) and pictures you have the boat. I guess I'm confused as to how the same guy has it for sale with a deposit when you have possession of the boat. Please explain.

http://www.offshoreonlyclassifieds.c...o20274-en.html

Yep, I bought the boat....It's inside of my shop right now and I acutally put new bilge pumps in it today....Dont know what the guy is talking about??....hmmm??

I think the ad actually expired?.....after I bought it the ad was gone but now it's back?...wierd...

Congrats on the purchase, I wanted that boat bad. Something weird is going on with that guy. He was rather rude when I was just trying to assist.

Best of luck with it. I just got back from looking at the triple o/b one from ebay

Rude guy
 

I didn't mean to be rude, I purchased the twin outboard, the orangy/yellow one out of Florida. The one from PA with the triples, I had a deposit on it and he called a couple days before I was leaving to pick it up from him and he wanted to keep it , that is what he told me anyway, he returned my deposit .
I was at Visious Marine today with Sparky and I was on the computer and I went to EBay and saw that the triple was back on, I guess he didn't want to sell it for $24000.00, thats what we agreed on, well it looks like he %#@#$^ anyway, I think there was only an hour left on the auction and the bids were really low, Shame on him, he lost and I got the boat I wanted in the first place, sometimes life works like that.
Sorry if you misunderstood me.
Ron

Here I go again
 

I "misspoke again", I thought you were talking about my reply, but after going back a few messages I understand now that you were talking about the owner of the 30' of Thunder boat.
Yes he is wierd, before the auction ended I called him and asked what he would want if it didn't sell, I couldn't believe it, we ended up with me giving him my 1996 Mustang convertable and $24000.00 cash, he said he was a car dealer, but he was strange, I am glad someone took that nice boat away from that idiot.
Ron

Ron, No worries with me....I didnt take anything you said as being rude...

I bought 30' of Thunder off the OSO Classifieds...I saw your boat with the Twin OB's when it ran on ebay a few months ago. Now there is another Chris Cat on ebay with Triple 2.5 OB's.....As far as I knew there were 3 out there for sale and you and I bought two of them....the only one left is the triple 2.5 ob's boat....appearantly it didnt meet it's reserve on ebay...

Steve

Hi Steve, ya, that guy with the triples thought he was a smart one, only you and I ended up with the best boats. I never owned a CAT or outboards either but don't let it intimidate you, it is only a matter of wheel time to get used to anything. In all my years of racing on land the statement I remember most is when I was an SCCA Driving instructor, I started by telling my students, " Don't be afraid of your car, but respect it, it can kill you, if you think you are in over your head step down, thats when you kill someone else." I don't think this applies to you, you are already respecting your boat.
Have a good and safe season.
Ron:cool-smiley-011:

Looks better with out the name,looks a lot bigger in your shop