31 corsa
 

I got one,can anybody tell me any history,facts,speeds with outboards and i/o's thanks tripps

There use to be several on the race circut back in the early 1980's. One of the more successful boats was "Tight Rope". I think they were reffered to as a 30' . Other race boats were "Boogie Bear" and "Big Green Machine". They were great rough water boats. There were a few 40' Corsa raceboats, "Copper Kettle" and "Challange". Don't know anything else about their history.
An old 30' is/was sitting behind a car dealership in Brick NJ, don't know if it is/was for sale.

Hello Robert,
"Cocktails" was a Corsa also. Pretty fast rough water boat.
at one time had some paperwork on them. Sat in one at the Miami Boat show in the mid 70s.and talked to the owner of the company,, he raced Cocktails at the time

Thank you
jim

Dam, how did I forget Cocktails? The most successful Corsa raceboat-at that time.

Tom Murphy owned Cocktails.. M-class boat. He sold it to a guy in Jersey or NY he named it Triton. Roger Munn throttled Triton. It then wound up in Pompano Beach Fl & renamed
" Yuck Fou ". Then it sat for years outside in the Florida weather.

Here are photos of my uncles old 30' Corsa. It ran on the great lakes in the mid-late 70's. Great rough water boats.

this is corsa 31 feet 1984 !

Very Nice Boat !

Very Nice Boat for Poker Run with 525EFI and Imco Drive !! run 85MPH+

Has anyone copied that hull?

I really like this boat's deck. Mine has a tall deck. Who designed this boats?

I have a tall deck,lotsa room under it!! what kinda power u have on it??? tripps

Pair of 225 optimax 24" bravo props, 5750 rpm, need to go to 26"

A guy named Paul Haggerty was involved with Corsa and did the design Later He had a company called PH factor custom boats.Now that could be the "Sprint deck" on the boat in the picture Also Cocktails had a Sprint Deck there were a couple real fast Corsas racing out of his shop near 58th street in Miami Cocktails was One Doug Janish did the motors and it was a National champion in M class.

Thanks, JTXPRESS

Hello JT,

Where do you keep your Corsa on the Island?
I just got back from the Island on Saturday.

Thank you
Best regards
Jim

Cangrejos Yatch Club, Isla Verde. It's located inland right after Isla Verde Municipal or Public beach. Right beside the Corsa is my dad's Shadow and is named JT XPRESS TOO
Thanks, Jorge

Weren't Doug Janish and Bill Sirois partners in an engine building company in the 1970's named Black Widow?

Yes they were. They rigged and also did the surface drive system for Tommy Adams 38' Signature. Didn't work!!

Yep Two guys that were real standouts I liked working with Bill.

I knew I remembered that correctly. They built my dad's modified motors in 1976 for his 28' Maltese Magnum. Fast!

There was a story about them checking out the Stadium races then showing up with a black Widow powered boat with an outdrive killed the field with Bill driving. Dougs motors were real good.

Hello Jorge,

Good Day
I was across from your area the first week of September, stayed with some friends at the Millenium Condos near Club Nautico SJ, also was in Farjardo for a few days and then over in Cabo Rojo for a week. I ve have seen many of races on the Island a few years back .

Thank you, Will keep in touch, never know when the next time I will be there.
Jim

Do you mean "Big Red Machine"? It was a mid 70s 30' Corsa that was featured in the old Corsa ads. I've heard some pretty wild stories about that race team.

Rich,
You're right. The boat was "Big Red Machine" , the green boat I was thinking of was the "Adjuster".

I found the ad, I'm sure it has been posted on here before.

If anyone knows anything about Big Red Machine let's hear it.

I havent been on this site latlety,but outerlimits,is that boat 4 sale??? tripps

Corsa's Were Heavy, But Great For Rough Water! They Ran Great! Also, Same As Mid, Carrera, Starfire, Excusive 30' And More. One Was For Sale Last Year As "open Fish" For 3500 With 1979/235's Red W/w Deck Off Davie Blvd 1-95, Floor Soft And Many Prob's But Was Good Deal. I Passed Was Busy Then! C-27

Corsa was the follow up company to the Martini which was the company started by the Bower Brothers. I had a 26 Martini and then later a 41 Corsa that was custom built with straight drives and surface piercing props. Neither were exceptionally fast but they were a great rough water ride. Better then my 24 Excaliber which was one of the first built by Bob Farmer an innovator in the early Go Fast boat market. His 31 was the original Reggie Fountain boat.

Bill Farmer

Knowing that this hull was used by so many companies, I have a 24' P&D that raced in a duel outboard sportsman class late 1980's early 90's Is this the same hull or something they made on thier own?? I do know its epoxy / kevlar layup with AWLGRIP prmer and paint and it needs a home.

Anyone have any info on the P&D boats ?

Pedro and Domingez (sp.)
Miami based

Can you post pics, my dad had one built in the early 80's with an inboard and brings back many memories. It was a great boat.

pretty sure P&D was the same as Martini etc ...more or less I think they were all splashed off Excalibers, but it gets fuzzy...

The original boat was called Gara powerboats With Frank Thomas and Paul Hagerty. Nick Chapman did the lofting and molds with his son. Cortez was the glass team "Head Man" They only made a 30' first then a 40'. The first "glass"
40' went to Billy McDonald and was raced with a teak Ply deck for the first few races called the Impossible Dream, then when the "new" glass deck was ready ...it was
installed. Soon after , Ed Simms of Brigantine,NJ purchased it from Billy and with his throttle man Ron Groller
ran it in a few races. It had it's home under the Brigantine bridge at the Rum Point Pub that Ed owned.Ed named his boat "Rum Runner" Gara and Corsa boats were NEVER a copy of any other boat.

The original boat was called Gara powerboats With Frank Thomas and Paul Hagerty. Later turned to a new name Corsa Powerboats. Nick Chapman did the lofting and molds with his son. Cortez was the glass team "Head Man" They only made a 30' first then a 40'. The first "glass"
40' went to Billy McDonald and was raced with a teak Ply deck for the first few races called the Impossible Dream, then when the "new" glass deck was ready ...it was
installed. Soon after , Ed Simms of Brigantine,NJ purchased it from Billy and with his throttle man Ron Groller
ran it in a few races. It had it's home under the Brigantine bridge at the Rum Point Pub that Ed owned.Ed named his boat "Rum Runner" Gara and Corsa boats were NEVER a copy of any other boat.