Chris Cat - New owner
 

Hey everyone was talking with another chris cat owner and he wanted me to post my pics, well here they are. I bought this boat last year and had a blast with it. Its a 31 with twin 650hp 540 engines and it runs great. I took on quite the winter project and am redoing the entire boat. The only problem I had last year was with my RH drive. I had TRS uppers with #2 lowers and I trashed the RH upper twice. I am putting #3s on it. As you can see in the pics the boat is a bare hull I just got it back from paint last week. I allready rigged everything for installing the #3 drives (what a pain in the ass) so its all ready to go back together. I rebuilt my motors, dynoed them and rebuilt my transmissions. Completly rewired the boat and am installing all new gauges by elite along with a new interior which is allready been made. It is new stlye with bolster seats and looks great. Well I plan on having the boat completly done in three weeks. I will post pis. Just wanted to share my boat with other guys who might enjoy it. Thanks, Jeff @ J&J Marine.

Nice Jeff,,,why don't u stick some #4's on boxes on there ????
or even on the transom with 2 inch spacers ,,,much better !!

But non the less real nice can't wait to see her done !!:ernaehrung004:

Nice!

I sure your rite Scott but sometimes you have to go with what you got and I have two sets of #3As and three sets of transom assembles. Maybe next year. Thanks, Jeff

Looks good keep us updated with pics.

The transom assmbl fit the 4's ,,you know that right ?!

I actually have a set of 4's in 1:33 ratio and may trade for the 3 a's + a little cash.:ernaehrung004:

Did u ever get that piec you where looking for ??? i checked and could not come up with anything.

keep in touch .:drink:

Yea Scott I know that the transoms are the same but why do you think 4s are better than 3As? Iv got quite a few boats we have put together with big power running on 3As and they dont break. Well any way I need to use mine because I use a 1.50 ratio but thanks for the offer. I found another tail shaft so Im good with that dont worry about finding one. Thanks, Jeff

Jeff,,they don't break,,its just that cat's like high X-dimensions and i found that they run real good with #4's and 1:33 ratio ,since a cat realy don't need much to get on plane and once the tunnel is air packed they GO .

But still ,,,, keep us posted on the cat and hopefully some pics running !!!:ernaehrung004:

Nice cat.
Ron Luks

You tend to see these boats with # 2 Speedmasters or # 4's. I don't know why but it seems they did not install # 3 's in them. I have the original # 2's that came with 400HP merc's. Your gonna love the way these boats eat the waves. I am suprised the upper unit went on you. The TRS upper is good to 700 hp I am told (?). The weak link is the # 2 lower. Maybe your alignment was off. i do not know any better cat hull in the same length. Your boat looks great, keep up the good work.

Wannabe