Race Boat "charge it"
 

My boss has an old plaque that was giving to him. It is made out of steel and brass and is a 3d boat. Boat name is "Charge it" m588. There is a sponsor on the back which is Structural Steel Inc. The plaque is signed by Paul D Wellington. I tried to Google this info but came up with nothing. Just wondering if anyone on here knows anything.

The 27' Magnum sport? If so it was owned by several locals
and raced under several different names, OSO members
h2oboater and ironhead can give you all of the details.

structural steel went the way of many of business after 35 years and one of the largest steel fabricators and erectors in michigan closed, Bob is still around and boating at 78 years young in a cat that topps out at 80 mph the charge- it is now called "hot nuts" and was for sale on oso ,id love to see the plaque , put up a picture i might be able to stir up some more info from Bob.

Here is CHARGE IT!

It's really cool that there is so much knowledge and history on this site. I have a weird fascination for learning about all these classic offshore race boats. I own a 26ft cruiser now cause I had my first child 3 years ago. I needed more room then what my other boat had cause boating is kind of a way of life for us (as in fri-sun religiously) and I couldn't afford to buy a big offshore. Needless to say after I found the classic section on OSO, I just fell in love with all of the lines on these older boats and hope to soon find a retired race boat with a little history that needs a little TLC. Thanks for the info guys, I do appreciate it.

Rob,, The latest word on Bob's Mag is it was sold & went to Italy to a Magnum yacht owner. :ernaehrung004:

mike bennett i think had roger jarron make that both have left us, and boy those guys knew how to party, are you looking to sell it ??

It is not mine to sell but I would ask my boss on monday. Better yet shoot him an email. [email protected]

Rob,,, Katech small world. :party-smiley-004:

Mark ,

you most likely know Garry

Thank you
Jim

Jim I have know the owners of Katech [Fritz & Warren] for almost 40 years. Katech built our engines for the EASTERN EXPRESS + they also did Ironheads engines for his Apache cat.. :ernaehrung004:

Mark,

I figure you did
Do you know Caleb Newman, he use to work at Katech and left to start his own company Performance Design in Troy MI
I know his Mother in law from out here

I bet that Katech was busy with all the Corvettes engines at LaMans last weekend

Talk soon
Thank you
Jim

the corvette program is being done in house by chevy, katech is dong the camaro and cadilac programs with great sucess from what i seen in detroit grand prix

Thanks for the update

Jim