Where are the Seahawks?
 

Great boat, wondering where they have gone.

Hello
in the Middle 80s some one in Ohio said he had the molds and trying to sell boats
both sizes the 28 and the 32 I think.
But then they disappeared again.
Haven't seen any of the finished race boats in many years

Thank you
Jim

The Cougar 36' was modified in the deck and became Reporter drove by Steve Curtis in 1988-89 in Europe. Then was sold to the Frenchman Palchetti.
The Cougar 38' was sold to another Frenchman, Marret, that compete in Europe in 1988 renaming it Divin.
The Cougar 41' was sold to the japanese magnate Kobayashi that give the toy to him son without results.
The Apache 41' mono was sold to the Englishman Gervaise-Brazier and Falk and raced the Guernsey event in 1987.
About the Production class monos I don't know the story.
About the two firsts cats I think they're resting somewhere in Cote' D'Azur or in the Principaute du Monaco.
About Sal Magluta and him band I think they're resting somewhere in a US Federal Prison.

Tornado, It is the production class mono hulls I was referring to, Thanks. Tom

I understood that after the post of Dammmagnum.:p

They were good looking boats.

Here's Sal's old boat...

Yes, they were good looking boats and ran pretty well in their day, Shame that there aren't many or any around and the molds seem to disappear.

Thank you

Jim

there is/was a company here in miami making a 32 open called( blackhawk powerboats?) the boat locks alot like it...those molds us to split in half and are supposed to be costly to reproduce so im willing to bet they are the same molds....

heres a link:http://www.yachtworld.com/core/listi...1&photo=1&url=

Yeah, that looks like the same hull.

I agree. Anyone know anything else about the company making this boat?

I sold this one last year it's a 1983 31' Seahawk

One more

There is a Sea Hawk on Ebay now selling cheap

This picture just came up on scream and fly in the RABCO galleries. This was one of Sal's first race boats.

WOW, thats a nice boat there. Wonder how fast she is ?!

I just purchased a 1985 28ft seahawk project boat. It is pretty much just a bare hull and a trailer. It was built to run twin outboards. It has the throttles and steering. It will need paint, upholstery, and motors. I came across this thread while searching for info about seahawk boats. So feel free to inform me if you have anything interesting to add. I will post some pics as soon as I can.

Ryan,

Do you see who's yellow boat is in the background? Too bad he never made it over to the west coast to race her that weekend.

T

Blackhawk Boats had the molds and produced a few boats in Miami a couple of doors down from Concept. Closed the doors a couple of years ago.

This is my 28ft Seahawk project boat I previously mentioned.

http://profile.imageshack.us/user/okkarner/

Cant figure out how to post pics. This is the best I could do.

What are you going to put on it for power?

Blue bottom... I'm about 90% sure that's my old boat. I sold her to Larry Womack of Womack Auto Parts/ Houston Tx back in 83. Back then all race boats were sold on a bill of sale... he converted to a title around 85. Does any of this make sense?

T

Not sure about the power yet. I am only 26, I have a family of four to support, no rich parents, and money doesnt grow on trees in oklahoma, so this boat will be built on a budget. I am shooting for 15K. I have to paint it, do complete interior and supply power. I am going to try and do all the work myself and am confident I can do most of it. The rest will be experimenting. I am new to powerboats. I have always had wakeboarding boats. I am thinking twin 250's. Any suggestions?

About the blue bottom, yes it is blue. I think the top got attacked by a spray can at some point. Do you(Midocean) have any pics of when you had it or do you have the HIN #. Then I could verify if it was yours or not. I bought it from Tony Mansfield, who bought it from James Browning, who bought it from Richard Schubert. Thats all I got.

Also, the wiring is a mess on it. Does anyone know where I could get a wiring diagram for this boat or a universal one for a twin outboard setup? It has a very old looking "circuit panel" if you will with relay after relay after relay under the dash. It looks sort of home made. I would like to maybe gut it and start over. Does someone make a universal wiring harness?

Was the boat an old racer? they used to run twin small blocks and would scream. Sals blue seahawk was pretty fast back then.Good luck with the project if you decide not to keep her put her for sale in Miami someone will show up with cash.

I don't know if it was a racer or not. Since it is stripped down to the bare hull already it's hard to tell what it was originally it does have an opening going into a bare glass cabin and has a dash with the steering wheel and throttle on same side. That makes me think it wasn't but it is hard to tell what it was originally. You can tell by the cockpit area that it was built to run outboards. I put it on here to try and find out some info on it so if anybody knows anything else please let me know. Everything sofaf has been great. Thanks.

just get the wiring harness for the outboards you use(ebay?) merc, yamaha or which ever.

seahawk 28
 

this one here is mine,i have it in europe now.it has a big ss marine bracket on it and i will run it with twin 225 yamaha´s.
can anybody tell me more aboat what years these were made and where? i am quite sure that this one is original but i have no paper work on it. what i know is that it was original Red gelcoated with red and white interior. but was painted white before sold to europe from florida area. any help of previos owner or factory will be greatly appriciated

Mine is identical to yours. I have searched all over the internet and yours is the 1st I have seen with the same cockpit setup as mine. I posted a thread on performanceboats.com about the history of Seahawk Boats and this is what I got. Dont know if all of it is true or not.

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It looks like you've got one of the infamous Seahawk V-bottoms built by Sal Magluta, a well-known Florida offshore racer from the late 1970s to the mid-1980s. Sal and his buddies were very competitive racers, but they did tend to stray to the opposite side of the law from time to time. Interesting reading about Sal and his cohorts (see below) from an article in the Miami NewTimes reported by Jim DeFede, February 12, 1992. While you're doing the resoration, you might want to be on the look-out for any white powdery substance or tightly wrapped water-proof packages perhaps left behind in a concealed bulkhead. Actually, the boats ran quite good, especially in rough water.
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Falcon, Magluta, and other competitors gathered at marinas, comparing boats, boasting about their business exploits, and betting on each other's races. Falcon raced under the team name Cougar; Magluta's team was Seahawk.

For a time Falcon and Magluta were among the sport's very best. "They had the best boats, the best equipment," says Marc Mercury, president of the Offshore Power Boat Racing Association. "They were fierce competitors. They were there to win. They would hang it right on the edge, pushing it to the limit. Like my grandmother told me: `If you go to fight to win, you're gonna lose; if you fight to kill, you're gonna win.'"

(The members of Falcon and Magluta's organization all fought hard. Juan Barroso, a navigator aboard Magluta's Seahawk team, was arrested in 1990 after allegedly dumping 548 pounds of cocaine in the waters off Dania Beach in Broward County. Coast Guard agents found the 249 individually wrapped kilo bricks floating in the water. Barroso and another man were found stranded offshore in a disabled $100,000 speedboat. Investigators say that once the boat broke down, Barroso dumped the coke and waited to be rescued. Ten days after being booked into jail and released on bail, Barroso was shot five times when another drug transaction went sour. He survived, only to be arrested once more in May 1991.

Author John Crouse says it was common knowledge within the powerboat racing industry that Falcon and Magluta were involved in drug smuggling. But racing association president Marc Mercury says he knew nothing about their activities until he heard they were fugitives. "It blew me away. I couldn't believe it," says Mercury, who also worked as a stunt man and water stunt coordinator for Miami Vice. "These were the kind of guys that if you were broke down on a highway with a flat tire, they would stop and help change your tire."

One of Magluta's last races took place at Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana, on June 6, 1987. The water was rough, and Magluta, piloting the Seahawk, capsized and sank during the race. After that, says Crouse, "He never came back as a racer."

SOMEBODY'S HEAD
In 1985 Falcon and Magluta were arrested in a Los Angeles sting, after they had set up a multi-kilo cocaine deal with undercover officers. The partners had been conducting their West Coast business under the aliases Wilfred Fernandez (Falcon) and Angelo Maretto (Magluta); they had a complete set of driver's licenses, credit cards, and other identification. Authorities released "Fernandez" and "Maretto" on bail, whereupon Falcon and Magluta promptly left town. A year later, the California police detective who had arrested them was sitting at home, watching the 1986 Miami Grand Prix auto race on television. There on the screen - Maretto! But the announcer was introducing him as Sal Magluta, the reigning powerboat champion, being thanked by race organizers for helping to sponsor the annual event.

By August 1987, the last of Falcon and Magluta's appeals from their 1979 conviction was denied in the U.S. Court of Appeals in Atlanta. Faced with the prospect of turning themselves in, the pair went into hiding, traveling around the country, investigators say, often winding up in New York and Las Vegas. But their base of operations remained in South Florida.

On March 30, 1988, Magluta's luck seemed to have run out for good, when he bumped into an old classmate from high school. Jorge Plasencia, a Metro-Dade Police detective, had stopped at Dolphin Office Products, at 300 NW 27th Ave., with his partner, Alex Alvarez, to pick up a new note pad and journal. Magluta was there to buy ledgers and other office supplies.

Plasencia, who was a year behind Falcon and Magluta at Miami Senior High, remembers the pair as being very popular in school. "Everyone wanted to be around Sal and Willy," he recalls. Magluta, he says, was outgoing and personable; Falcon was a track star. "Willy was well-known for being a speedster," he says.

"He didn't remember me," recalls Plasencia, who was aware when he saw Magluta that he was wanted in connection with the 1979 drug conviction. Magluta used his "Maretto" alias when confronted by the two cops outside the store, Plasencia recounts, and provided the same false ID he had given California officials three years before. "But we knew him," says Alex Alvarez.

At the police station, Magluta acknowledged his identity and said he was aware that he was wanted. Initially, he was held in the Metropolitan Correctional Center, then transferred to the South Florida Reception Center for prisoners. While he was in custody, DEA agent David Borah even paid a visit to ask Magluta a few questions in connection with his agency's ongoing investigation. Magluta had no comment.

Your boat is looking good. Did it have a large compartment in the floor of the cockpit? Mine does. I am not sure what it was used for. There is no kind of hoses or rigging going to it. What are your plans for a wind shield? I am going to do a low fiberglass one.

thanks for the info more is welcome related to the factory type ect. yes mine had a big hatch in the cockpit with the fuel tank in there..it is me who has made the new cockpit floor. i think the original ones where under the benches in the cabin but for some reason they have been moved aft. if it is a good solution or not time will tell. i have the original windscream for it but i am not sure i will use it,most probably i will make a closed new one to give it a more modern look.do you have any more photos around the helm position? as you can see on my pic i have sealed all the old holes and i am looking for ideas to build a new helm station.

My boat is plumbed to have dual tanks under the seats in the cabin like you say, but also has the compartment in the floor. So I have been wondering what the best place for the gas tank would be also. I have heard some people say that seahawks were greate boats but they need more bow lift. Putting the tank in the cockpit could correct this, or could backfire and leave the boat dragging its a$$ leaving the motors setting too low and also risking the possibility of water rushing over the rearend. I dont know. I guess you cant go wrong with the dual tanks in the cabin. Since I am going to fabricate my own windshield out of fiberglass, I am going to redo my helm as well. I am going to slope the face for the gauges down from just under the top of the windshield and build an armrest type thing to hold my throttle controls. Almost all the info I have came from this forum. I havent found much of any other info on Seahawks besides what I posted earlier.

hey
have a look in the photos,i compleated mine and it is now in the water. how is yours coming?

found an old pic of my seahawk
 

this is from around 1989 i would guess..cant get it to work??
email me if you want to check it out [email protected]

pics
 

link to some old seahawk and my other toys
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?ai...1&l=95dd6f4476

It looks great. I am jelous. How does is run with the 225's? What pitch are your props? Mine is a slow go. I have done some trailer repair and added brakes. I am now fixing to start on some fiberglass repair to a small damaged area on the bottom of the hull.

There is a guy that is wanting to buy my seahawk (pics on earlier posting) for $5000. Given its history, and its condition of course, do any of you guys think this is a good deal? I paid $1000 for it but me nor the guy I bought it from knew anything about its history. What do you guys think?

Sell it, take the money and run. There is very little historical significants with this boat.
I owned the original 1969 World Champion "Maltese Magnum" Race boat and had trouble selling that hull. There are very few people who would give you $5,000 for the Seahawk hull. Besides the raceboat, I just sold a 27 Magnum hull, and had trouble getting $3,000 for it. I had it listed for two years.
Just my opinion.

Is this Sals boat the triple outboard 2.4 bridgeports? Was it called "Shogrun" dark blue with red stripes early eighties?

Shogun was black with blue, red and yellow. Identical to Willie's P-20 and my P-68.