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Taylorman
05-15-2021 09:59 PM
Boat brand made by eliminator
Eliminator use to make a boat a while back under a different name. It had steps in the rear of the hull to get into the boat. Anyone remember the name of these boats?
harsin
05-16-2021 07:23 AM
Obession boats were eliminator hulls built in wisconsin in the 90s.
Slippery
05-28-2021 01:29 PM
Originally Posted by harsin
(Post 4789794)
Obession boats were eliminator hulls built in wisconsin in the 90s.
I vaguely remember the name "Obsession", but we were a dealer for Eliminator / Shawano back in the day, and they were called Eliminator...The way it was explained to me was they were an independent manufacturer licensed by Eliminator to build their boats in Cheese Land.
The quality was not up to that of the west coast boats; I don't remember a single boat without either build or rigging issues. Or both. They were great people, I just think demand overwhelmed them and the builds got rushed.
I'm thinking it was Eliminator first, and they either decided to stop paying royalties to Eliminator or Bob Leach rescinded his blessing, and they continued to build boats under the Obsession name for a while.
When the shop closed, Ron Baker started "Rapid Craft" with a boat called a "Riot" which was an Eliminator Scorpion with the bottom redone for outboard power (Daytonas and Scorpions were originally designed as jet botes).
boomer
05-28-2021 06:21 PM
I think it was Virage ?
exaeh007
07-18-2021 02:24 PM
Eliminator also used to build Stokers
Quality Time
07-18-2021 07:59 PM
Next.
phragle
07-18-2021 09:19 PM
they built the outerlimits 29 for a while
KCHOTBOAT
07-18-2021 09:36 PM
Originally Posted by boomer
(Post 4791609)
I think it was Virage ?
Virage was very short lived around 97
. I do think the company built or rebranded a few Eliminators and HTM's.
