Active Cats Back In The Day
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Active Cats Back In The Day
Active boats started out in the late 70s with a vee bottom, some racers in the Michigan area raced them with some success, but they never took off. By now wood and aluminum cats were racing with some success, but not without some problems. Buy 1980 Active built its first fiberglass cat. I don't think it was a Cougar design, this was it . Raced frist as Active and later as Butch Ryan's EXPRESS without much success.
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1982 was a bad year for the Active cats.
In only 18 days two crashes: In Europe the black Hublot of the Italian rookie(in open class 1) Walter Ragazzi blasted against the Channel waters.
Next 11 september Rocky Aoki found the system to stop definitively in the offshore competitions after the bad injuries payed for the crash of Benihana,former Quam's Flap Jack. Quam was aboard with Rocky.
The suspect was that those cats suffered structural defects.
In only 18 days two crashes: In Europe the black Hublot of the Italian rookie(in open class 1) Walter Ragazzi blasted against the Channel waters.
Next 11 september Rocky Aoki found the system to stop definitively in the offshore competitions after the bad injuries payed for the crash of Benihana,former Quam's Flap Jack. Quam was aboard with Rocky.
The suspect was that those cats suffered structural defects.
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That proud ol' gal was bought at our place by Pete in '74...48' Pacemaker. How many one-owner, freshwater-only battlewagons do you come across like that? We resold it for his family (who keep all their boats in gorgeous shape) and she's still in our harbor on Lake St. Clair.
I recall seeing her in the background in a bunch of H20's Detroit race pictures circa 1980
I recall seeing her in the background in a bunch of H20's Detroit race pictures circa 1980
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1982 was a bad year for the Active cats.
In only 18 days two crashes: In Europe the black Hublot of the Italian rookie(in open class 1) Walter Ragazzi blasted against the Channel waters.
Next 11 september Rocky Aoki found the system to stop definitively in the offshore competitions after the bad injuries payed for the crash of Benihana,former Quam's Flap Jack. Quam was aboard with Rocky.
The suspect was that those cats suffered structural defects.
In only 18 days two crashes: In Europe the black Hublot of the Italian rookie(in open class 1) Walter Ragazzi blasted against the Channel waters.
Next 11 september Rocky Aoki found the system to stop definitively in the offshore competitions after the bad injuries payed for the crash of Benihana,former Quam's Flap Jack. Quam was aboard with Rocky.
The suspect was that those cats suffered structural defects.
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I just had a coversation with Barry Garfinkle, previous owner of the 37' Active Cat Warcry...regarding it's lineage. Info was gathered during the repaint process as boat was endlessly sanded...
Original color was white/blue, subsequently painted white/gray/black. Names found on the boat were, Wolverine, Systems, Daddy Cool, Priority One (also Chrysler). Trailer title was originally from Michigan. Boat was purchased from detectives from Miami at the 1990 Worlds...then called Priority One. Barry sold the boat to a gentleman in St.Louis who had a place on Lake of the Ozarks,,,through Bob Morgan. It may very well be sitting in a field somewhere currently.
No doubt there were interim owners, and I'd enjoy discussing further details about the boat with any of them...offline. Drop me a PM...there was a paticular bit of "custom" glass work done below deck up towards the bow !!!!!!!!
Mike
Original color was white/blue, subsequently painted white/gray/black. Names found on the boat were, Wolverine, Systems, Daddy Cool, Priority One (also Chrysler). Trailer title was originally from Michigan. Boat was purchased from detectives from Miami at the 1990 Worlds...then called Priority One. Barry sold the boat to a gentleman in St.Louis who had a place on Lake of the Ozarks,,,through Bob Morgan. It may very well be sitting in a field somewhere currently.
No doubt there were interim owners, and I'd enjoy discussing further details about the boat with any of them...offline. Drop me a PM...there was a paticular bit of "custom" glass work done below deck up towards the bow !!!!!!!!
Mike
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I just had a coversation with Barry Garfinkle, previous owner of the 37' Active Cat Warcry...regarding it's lineage. Info was gathered during the repaint process as boat was endlessly sanded...
Original color was white/blue, subsequently painted white/gray/black. Names found on the boat were, Wolverine, Systems, Daddy Cool, Priority One (also Chrysler). Trailer title was originally from Michigan. Boat was purchased from detectives from Miami at the 1990 Worlds...then called Priority One. Barry sold the boat to a gentleman in St.Louis who had a place on Lake of the Ozarks,,,through Bob Morgan. It may very well be sitting in a field somewhere currently.
No doubt there were interim owners, and I'd enjoy discussing further details about the boat with any of them...offline. Drop me a PM...there was a paticular bit of "custom" glass work done below deck up towards the bow !!!!!!!!
Mike
Original color was white/blue, subsequently painted white/gray/black. Names found on the boat were, Wolverine, Systems, Daddy Cool, Priority One (also Chrysler). Trailer title was originally from Michigan. Boat was purchased from detectives from Miami at the 1990 Worlds...then called Priority One. Barry sold the boat to a gentleman in St.Louis who had a place on Lake of the Ozarks,,,through Bob Morgan. It may very well be sitting in a field somewhere currently.
No doubt there were interim owners, and I'd enjoy discussing further details about the boat with any of them...offline. Drop me a PM...there was a paticular bit of "custom" glass work done below deck up towards the bow !!!!!!!!
Mike
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I just had a coversation with Barry Garfinkle, previous owner of the 37' Active Cat Warcry...regarding it's lineage. Info was gathered during the repaint process as boat was endlessly sanded...
Original color was white/blue, subsequently painted white/gray/black. Names found on the boat were, Wolverine, Systems, Daddy Cool, Priority One (also Chrysler). Trailer title was originally from Michigan. Boat was purchased from detectives from Miami at the 1990 Worlds...then called Priority One. Barry sold the boat to a gentleman in St.Louis who had a place on Lake of the Ozarks,,,through Bob Morgan. It may very well be sitting in a field somewhere currently.
No doubt there were interim owners, and I'd enjoy discussing further details about the boat with any of them...offline. Drop me a PM...there was a paticular bit of "custom" glass work done below deck up towards the bow !!!!!!!!
Mike
Original color was white/blue, subsequently painted white/gray/black. Names found on the boat were, Wolverine, Systems, Daddy Cool, Priority One (also Chrysler). Trailer title was originally from Michigan. Boat was purchased from detectives from Miami at the 1990 Worlds...then called Priority One. Barry sold the boat to a gentleman in St.Louis who had a place on Lake of the Ozarks,,,through Bob Morgan. It may very well be sitting in a field somewhere currently.
No doubt there were interim owners, and I'd enjoy discussing further details about the boat with any of them...offline. Drop me a PM...there was a paticular bit of "custom" glass work done below deck up towards the bow !!!!!!!!
Mike
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