Mike those are some great shots. Thanks for posting them. I hope you don't mind if I adjusted the shadows out of some of them... I wanted to see some of the details and figured a few others might as well.:drink:

Thanks Nigel!

mikiedreb,you said that Warcry was rebuilded; It seems that the lenght had not remained 38'.

Its not the 41' its a 39' built in 1988

Enjoy.........

T2x

Found a couple of pics taken early on during rigging...
These were the original mechanical timed Lucas injected motors, custom Stellings y-pipe.

Here's the fuel system, trim pump assembly and stand-off box/gimble ring install....

Three of the four partners....sportin' shorts back in the day....some may recognize Paul Abreu, throttleman and owner of PSA Marine (pre-gray years)....leader of the pack!!!!

Pretty much the same as 'Clarke International'?

Last pics.....Replacement Merc 750 EFI's.........and instant 15 mph gain over previous motors, sitting on some trick roll-arounds and another pic of WARCY in action. Stellings built a custom one-off float-on trailler a bit later in the game. Best speed on radar was 119. Weight including trailer was around 13,000 lbs.

Tanks mikiedreb!
Is it still a 38'? Was that Active former something?

Black Tornado...I called it a 38, but may have been a 37. Never actually took a tape to it. I'm not sure if the bustle mounted on the transom was included in the length. I seem to remember this Active Cat being the former Chrysler Laser boat.....

It seems that Chrysler Laser was the former Wolverine. But Wolverine seem is still alive somewhere.
But for this I think it's better open another thread.

Red's Chrysler Laser was the Benihana.

Wolverine became AJ JRs MR Roberts

Ok.....lastest info on WARCRY.....formerly Wolverine, Systems, Daddy Cool, Priority One...then WARCRY. Canopies installed and bottom work performed by Westerly Marine in Cost Mesa, Ca., rigging done at PSA Marine in Alameda, Ca. Boat ultimately went to Lake of the Ozarks where rumor had it to be fitted w/turbines.

Sorry but you have the wrong Active cats, the early Active cats did not have the tunnel extension, the pic in post #55 of A J Roberts clearly shows that. Go to Back in The Day post to read the rest.

Tunnel extension was clearly added on at some point....not part of original mold. Pics of the boat as "Priority One" have it in white with grays and black trim......looks pretty familar.

Ok guys I think that we must open a new thread dedicated to the Active cats!
However it seem that Wolverine was not next Chrysler-Gallagher Systems but next AJ Jr'S Mr. Roberts.....can we put exact order to all that?!

the real question on the warcry 50 boats id is this!
there was a picture molded into the front sponson when glassed up at the factury, it was XXXXX. unfortunly it was lost when i had the front foamed and sealed up when boat was re done. mikeiered knows of the pic. does this help in identifing?
also when sanding to paint warcry we found chry logo on sides
it was blur and white, then systems paint sceam, etc
thanks
barry warcry 50
owner driver

i have lots of pic's of re do of boat from start to finish
i'll dig them out and give them top mikereb for posting
barry
warcry50

correction mikiedreb

bob morgan from big thunder marine in the lake of the ozarks might have some light on active cats since he had one before he started racing 46 skaters.
bob @ bib\g thunder marine

Welcome on board warcry3.
I'm wait your pics with interest.

i just have to take some time and go through boxes of photos
i"ll get it done t his weekend
thanks barry
warcry3

Hello,

I'm new to this but I believe this is a cougar 41? Used to Race in NZ until 1996 where it suffered a large accident in Auckland harbour. I used to love watching this boat race and is what inspired me to get into the Offshore racing scene!

http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l1...leetlease1.jpg

http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l1...fleetlease.jpg

http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l1...388misc126.jpg

It was then shipped to Australia where it was rebuilt and has since had a couple of new canopies. Its also currently for sale although looks incrediably different.

link here: http://www.aopc.com.au/classifieds.htm

http://www.aopc.com.au/images/classifieds/cat42.jpg

(These pics don't belong to me just ones I found on the web)

warcry has turbines
 

I have been working on the WARCRY boat for about 3 months and thought that I would do a little research on this boat. My name is Jim Grasham owner of Principle Propulsion Systems. I am doing a power conversion to the WARCRY boat for owner Michael Meyers from Lake of the Ozarks. WE started on WARCRY in March 07 and hope to have it in the water by 9-11-07. I would love to talk to anyone regarding this boat. The boat has been in AZ for at least 5 years and has some damage due to the heat but WARCRY will get wet again this summer with a pair of Lycoming T53 engines producing 2000 SHP each. I would like to know more about this boat if anyone has any info. This is WARCRY. And yes there is a picture I found while crawling up the sponson wiring the lights. Nice guys. We are working on this boat with alot of passion. WE upgraded the crash box with the scs gearbox. Feel free to contact me at 520 245- 2849 or e-mail me at [email protected] if you have any questions.

This boat started in UIM Class1 in 1990 as NOTAREAL driven and owned by JP-Mattila from Finland who became world champion 1992 ( thats one up for the Swedes, Again, in Motorsports):drink:
Sad to see the Deck is all "spoiled" although it became lighter as the deck is a composite one.
pics provided by www.boatmad.com / Graham Stevens ( thanx..to me and my powerboating countrymen they are priceless).

http://media.boatmad.com/gallery/d/4...eal+_1990_.jpg
http://media.boatmad.com/gallery/d/2073-2/Notareal.jpg
http://media.boatmad.com/gallery/d/1...eal+_1990_.jpg
http://media.boatmad.com/gallery/d/1...l+_1990_+2.jpg

PS.. anyone looking for it´s original engines ?

I'm about 2 months late on this, but man is that Conquest Jesse James a great looking boat! Shame there weren't more of them.

Thanks for the awesome reply MikeyFIN :D

You´re welcome, I was searching for that boat quite a while...almost tired to contact JP Mattila himself but didn´t know which castle he´s locked in currently...the federal or one of his own...

I'm three months late on this as well..Thanks for the compliment....

We actually built one other hull identical to the 35' Jesse James, for Stu Hayim. Stu insisted on different powerplants and setup and the performance, predictably, was nothing like the Lavin's experienced.

When Mark was killed I was negotiating the sale of approximately 6 of that design with some people from Japan. As I have stated too often, I lost all interest in building boats after Mark's death and we completed only those boats that were under construction (Captain America and What-a-Package), and later accepted the project from Mark's father to build the big 4 engine superboat.

T2x

The Surface Drive with rudder and hydrofoil
 

Hello mikiedreb, bringing back an old thread. May I ask, which boat had the tubular surface drive set up? thanks PS: was it Gentry's?


https://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/...ve-kw-1986.jpg

yes it was the Gentry boat