http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072698/

It contains killer Magnum footage:drink:

Jeff

With Fred Mcmurray. Bottom line---Delamination got the boat not Bermuda Triangle.

wow totally correct, i saw this movie when i was 10 maybe.
and so many of you knew it! Shows the power of net!

Thanks Sr et al!

CDC

The yellow Magnum sport in the movie with the Volvo drives I believe turned up here on Lake St Clair around 1978, it was called Super Banana then ?? At least that was the story back in the day.

Here is a recent find from the E.C.H. archives, a short story about Ken Black and his LiL RHINO ! By the way the engine in the limo was also built by Jack Roush, it really could meltdown the tires. Today Ken and the TiKi bar are still a legend at Emerald City Harbor on Lake St Clair.

Found this 1980 38' Scarab on craigslist $6500.00 it's been for sale for some time, no engines. I had one like this, there great 55mph wave crushers with twin 400hp. http://porthuron.craigslist.org/boa/1091171787.html

Donzi Doral [P-300 HEAT WAVE]
 

Well I did it again, I just had to have Donzi from BACK IN THE DAY.. :lolhit:
I saw this 24' Donzi Doral when she was new at Markley Marine here in the Detroit area around 1975. Having owned a 16' Donzi in the past I thought this Doral would be a cool boat to have. She did not stay on the showroom floor long because the dealership went APBA offshore racing with her in the production boat class. They had to cut her windshield off to meet APBA safety standards but other than some racing numbers she was ready to race. This Donzi became P-300 HEAT WAVE raced by Jim Krause. I lost track of her over the years untill I saw her for sale on craigslist two years ago, I knew it was the old HEAT WAVE. I thought it sold but when she popped up again this year I knew I had to have her to add to my collection of old offshore boats. I did not realize how good of shape she was in till I got her home. It needs a good cleaning but it's all there, even the original interior is in very good shape. Other than rebuilding the engines I my have her done this summer. When done I will keep the windshield on but she will have all the old race numbers and name put back

That's a great boat Mark....glad to see you own it!

The owner of the boat was here on OSO about 5yrs ago his name was "Bankshot" search in the Cigarette section for his posts.

You collect boats, like I collect wives. Hope you have better luck.

Mark, The planets were finally aligned for you to take her home. Nice story that worked out well.

Me too! At least boats dont hire Lawyers!!!!! :eek::eek:

Aaron I was just going to use it for parts for the Magnum :eek: but it to cool to strip. :cool-smiley-011: It has these flip up seats, 270T Volvo drives, SS props, & Rocket railer.:drink:

The boat that became the original 24' sonic.. stretched versions became the 26, 28, 30 and 31 sonics...

Nice find Mark, Looks good and should be a easy retro resto !

The hull gel coat is good, it just needs some work around the deck & rub rail. The biggest question is the unique stringer grid system :eek: they used on these Donzi's. Will know more once she comes apart. Dorals aren't known for there speed but 50mph + is fast enuff so she should handel that.:drink:

-------Mark,,,You got it home already??? That sucker looks better than you described. Lets get it done for summer and we can have a DONZI 24 get together!!! Keeping my fingers crossed on the water intrusion. The El P was always kept out of the water and had no problems at all, and yours very well may be the same........Bill S

It was also the 24' Performer. When I worked for Performer we Had one that had Staggered 540's with #4 Drives and 24"x 24" K-Planes, it went 114mph with the Tabs all the way down, if you let the tabs up it would porpose so bad it would jump 3' out of the water on Glassy water. It was built to outrun Reggie in a race called the Rudee Run, From Richmond Va to Va Beach and Back- 200 Miles. The only boat that beat it was a Turbine V (around 1995) Reggie was 3rd overall but we won the Class. A few years prior we finished 2nd to Reggie in a 24' with a single 540ci and a Bravo, We had fishing poles in the Rod holders :)

I could not imagine this hull running that fast :eek: I'll be happy with 55mph.:drink:

Found these news paper pictures in my box of stuff from the June 1983 Detroit River Race. The race was 178 miles for open class & over 100+ miles for Sport, Modified, Production classes. Sadly this would be the last time we could race through the Bellisle bridge & on the upper Detroit river. The first pic is Home town Detroit racers Bob & Rob K in the 33' Active M-588 COUGAR, running next two them, the Shadow cat LOVE IT.:drink: In the second picture BIG Bob K was perfecting his wave to the spectators, while Rob [ironhead] sinks lower in his bolster.:eek: Next to COUGAR is Butch Ryan's 37' Active cat EXPRESS. :ernaehrung004:

Nice !

Very nice
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Can huggers

heck im counting the people on the belle isle bridge i dont think theres that many people living in the city anymore and big bob still loves to wave at ANYBODY and i no longer have to sink down gravity is dooin it for me

When I was at the 2010 Key West worlds I saw this 32' Active cat in the dry pits that was racing in the P-2 class. What a surprize, it was the old BLUE MAX :eek: Active cat from Lake St Clair. I believe it was hull #2 as the [M-588 COUGAR,, M-17 MOTOR CITY MAGIC] was hull #1, all built around 1981, 1982 in Algonac Mi. With the ad on beaks removed & new paint & rigging she looked very good for 28 years old, better than she did in the later days as Blue Max. :drink::drink:

Spoke with them in Key West. For a $13,000 race boat with a pair of 468 naturally aspirated BBC's it actually runs pretty good. They were racing some old 4 blade Merc propellers and Arneson 1600's.. Total Old School

THanks for the update! Always good to know where they are now!

Some new pic's I just received of Great Lakes race boats from BACKIN THE DAY.

Cool!!!!!!

Old photographs are priceless.

The 1st pic. yellow boat was Al Giordano's 28 Bertram Baron.

Thanks for the picture!

He was a friend of mine & a pioneer in the sport of offshore racing.
He lived in Jersey & unfortunately passed away about 2 years ago.

priceless pictures did anyone ever race a 21ft boat back in the day,

There was a very competitive A class back in the early 80's. 21 Shadows and 21 Superboats were the popular boats. I think the most famous one might have been JD Delia in his 21 Superboat, Breakaway.

Also, there was a cool 22 Velocity called Captain Maintained with twin OB's. Looked really cool.

Who's got the pics!?

Yes I did! I raced a 21 Superboat with a single 2.4. A Class in NPBA. Every racer should be forced to race something similar. What a great way to learn the sport. Most, like mine had a foot throttle, so you had to learn not only to drive, but to throttle as well. What a great experience.

thats awesome, i wish somebody would have a class for 21 ft boats with a single smallblock or outboard.

they tried to have a single ob class and only one boat showed up.....

Here is a 22' Velocity [OINGO BOINGO] :eek: that ran APBA A class in the Great Lakes in the late 80's, & early 90's. :drink:

I remember AJ Smith ran a 22 Velocity in Key West around 1994 in A-Class. He did pretty good for such a small boat. I think that year A-Class allowed a 30' Twin engine (RC Performance ?) that just barely beat The Hogs Breath Corsa for the win.

Yes I remember the 22ft Velocity with a big block that ran in A Class in 1994....A-911 "TEAM OVERDRAFT"...very,very cool boat..they ran well too..those guys had no fear.