Fun Cat or what ????
 

Can someone tell me what this boat is? Some say Vengence Fun Cat till they look at the transom. It has a completly extended or notched or something weird going on with little fixed tabs. There is no parting seam across the transom, like its added on or something.Nobody near me has a clue and there is no name on the boat. It is an 1985 as per the metal plate glued to the inside of the well. this plate also says its NJ Safety Certified and has a HULL Number stamped into it. It has a 75 HP Suzuki on it so it must move pretty good for a little boat.

Thanks Anthony

Fun cats have steps. Can't see them in pic. Are they there?
Dash or cockpit pics would help.

its stepped, I was looking at it today

Fun Cats were built in NJ. The ferring looks right but but the deck looks a little off to me. It might be the black paint on the sponsons. I'm looking for pics of mine to compare but I'd say there is a good chance it's a Fun Cat. I sold mine to with a Johnson v4 90/115. It's on lake Hopatcong.

I still want that 16 Fiotch you looked at for me up there Anthony. Wonder what happend to that.

I saw that boat listed again on craigslist not to long ago. George probably knows where it is. Everyone says its a fun cat till they see the transom, ikk post some more pics today of it.

Anthony

Some more pictures.

Anyone else have any info? Its registered thru NJ as a homebuilt, I know it started out as a fun cat. I found many pictures on other site of the construction of the fun cats and it matches this one perfectly. Just dont know why this transom is different.

Anthony

Let me know if you see it again or know who has it.

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I have a 1985 Funcat my hull id number starts with FNB130****** let me know if that helps. John M.

There was one 'sick' vee bottom that used to run up against them all the time ..... :evilb:

http://sharkeyimages.zenfolio.com/im...1040588264.jpg

http://sharkeyimages.zenfolio.com/im...p603022965.jpg

Back up an take a picture so we can see more of the boat. Hard to tell with bits an piecs.:angry-smiley-038:

Looks like someone added a foot and more negative trim to that boat.

The HIN plate you have there it appears to be a home made State of NJ issued . They must have lost the title and went to the state for a new title and assigned HIN.


BTW, a link you may be interested in:

http://sharkeyimages.zenfolio.com/sportboat_spring_2012 :drink:






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Dude that is awesome, thanks for posting. Now I need to find a copy of that issue.

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What is the overall length? If it is 14ft not 13ft there was a guy named Vanray who owned it. He did the work himself Larry told him not to do it.

Boat it about 13'-8" depends on where you measure from on the slanted transom. Do you know where or who this guy is? How I can each him to get some info as to why?

Thanks Anthony

I suspect it might be Vanray's old boat as well... :eek:

That guy had all sorts of ideas for a boat....

Re-enforced for big power??? lol

Correct.

IMHO, I think he was part of the reason the mini boat races we used to run fell apart. He wanted to run a MODIFIED Mini Class . He wanted to be able to run 1/2 V6 Mercs on the boats. Yeah, a V6 running on 3 cyls. That was the type of thoughts he had going through his head. We barely had enough boats at the time to keep the races going and then he wanted to divide the classes up even more. Sound familiar ? Offshore as we know it.... :drink:

He may have even dropped the tunnel on that boat Anthony for more compression ?

He was talking back then (late 1980's) about an anti blow over wing design.

Funny now that I think about it, that is what was put on the Phenomenon :

So, I will give him credit there on the wing. They also run them on the hydros...

http://sharkeyimages.zenfolio.com/im...97193082-4.jpg

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Go to youtube put in FunCat Fever VOB. There is a old time video of the boats. I have the one in the video with the B 72 number on it. John M.

I'm in the market for something like that . Who has one for sale in the Northeast ?
I emailed Ocean Perf last week on one they had but received no reply so I presume theirs is gone .

http://youtu.be/Pnji_ZnF2Dk

the boat FUNCAT FEVER I owned for like 10 years and sold it to a guy in Lake Hoppy that restored it..

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I owned 1 of 2 B72's built for 20yrs. Have not seen Vanray since we stopped racing them long time ago. Plain and simple he thought he could get more speed out of it so he could win races. It did't work think it was slower. I can tell you this on a 13' original boat tunnel does not start working well til 70 mph. Did not see that with a 75 stinger had to put a 135 crossflow. Biggest hp i put on it was 235 crossflow.

What's up Billy ? :drink:

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All good. U?

Doing well. Thanks.:drink:

I'm just looking at the numbers here and certain parts of my body just puckered up. A 13' hull that doesn't work well until it's above 70 MPH or has a 235 HP engine screwed to the transom? You're a far better man than I!

Has anyone ever seen a Kar-Marine cat? I really like the size (18' or so) and the freeboard. I'd be really interested in something similar state-side. I just wish there was a manufacturer of a cat this side with a good tall tunnel that could handle some 2'-3' chop!

Yea OK I was the big kid on this block with a 75 till you posted:eek: Thanks:drink:

There is a reason behind this with the FunCat.

The Fun Cat was an exact scaled down version of the 30 ft Shadow. Therefore is ran the same way. The boats always had a hop in them until you reached a certain speed. Once over that speed the tunnel begins to start working.

Hop goes away and you now are running on a cushion of air and dancing on two pads....

Billy has the most R&D hours and HP ever put on a Fun Cat to my knowledge.

Here is a shot of Billy running behind me and my Bullet 130 but I will be the 1st to admit, alot of times that was not always the case... Great times back then ! :drink:

http://sharkeyimages.zenfolio.com/im...p606705326.jpg

That's cool looking little cat. Wow they where catching some crazy air for a small boat in those youtube videos

So when you come back up to the house ill jump in the Fun Cat and you can run the Cougar cub and we can tear up this lake....Maybe we can go do some laps during the Greenwood Lake Race..:eek:

Anthony

I also want one of these little cats, and theres a local guy with one for sale. The only name on the boat and title is 1987 Predator. It looks good to be in fair shape, has 87 2stroke merc and is 13'. Anyone familiar with this boat name. Ill try to get some pictures. thanks, JAIME

Also in the market for one of these if yall know of anyone.

Just for what it is worth as a reference!
 

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One of my old funcats was bought by a person named Hugh, he did a complete top notch restoration, no not a top notch, an over the top amazing restoration. He now has my brother Philip's 21 Superboat. Hugh told philip he knows someone with a set of molds had he is just itching to build some Fun Cats. Last I spoke to Larry he also told me he would build a few if he got a minimum of three.

Tim, do you have pictures back from that series we raced in jersey with the was it flat bottom club? I would love to see them.

I guess that 28Skater 300X Must be Billy Butterfield, hi Billy.
Michael Filippone

The 13' Biel like mine will be built again in the not so distant future with some nice refinements. You wont find a small boat that will run better or handle big power like these. Mine runs mid 80's with a stock 130. There is another with a 225X running close to 100mph and another that is about to get a 300 drag bolted to the transom.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVqCp...2&feature=plcp