1960 Magnolia cat resto

[greg malesev]

I inherited a side project of overseeing the resto of my boss' 1960 Magnolia catamaran. 1962 Merc 100's. Hope you enjoy the Pictures. Capt. Greg

[2us70]

Is this the boat I saw at Ted's in Boynton Beach a while back? It looks great.a real classic.

[delawarerick]

Great looks really good. About 3 Rumbles ago there was a yellow and white one with twin 110s on it. Could that be the same one? Rick

[greg malesev]

I can neither confirm nor deny that this was the boat at Ted's . I also do not think that this one was the yellow one. When it was acquired it had some sort of bracket and a single on it. El Hefe (the boss), has something for the Mag's as they have quite a bit of history 'tween each other.

[greg malesev]

If anyone has tips on how to resize the pics or do them in thumbnails, feel free to help me. "You see the thing is, Mister Coach Kline, Bobby(Greg) don't exactly have what you call social(computer) skills."

[Powercat]

Now that is a nice cat....
Danny Leger

[Instigator]

That is the one you are thinking of Rick and he still has it.
Awesome boat.
Whitey tried to get me a ride (at the Rumble) in it and I could'nt sneak away long enough to do it.
I watched him though and thought how cool that "old antique" was.
Until he launched it!!
Twin 2 blade brass wheels and all.
The thing was a freagin rocket out of the hole and flew too!
The sound of the twin old in lines was something else too.
Very cool!
Gary

[mattyb]

I grew up screaming on the water in one of these...and still have it. My dad is the original owner of a 1961 Magcat. He and his twin brother are both still around and just turned 82. I am looking into restoring it so that they can have a little fun in it.

Are there any others out there? Counting ours I think that makes 4 that I have seen. We are getting ready to dig it out of storage so I'll post some pics soon.

Matt

[KIRCHNER]

There gettin pretty rare. gave up trying to get my 2.4 220 running rite, have a 225 mariner super-magnum on it now. only slightly faster than the 2.4. 80 gps is about it. have my antique vessel decal. wide open it feels like your on a teflon shingle, lots of fun & awsome lookin! coolest ride ive ever owned and had lots of boats.

[GENE LANHAM]

1967 Gold Coast Marathon:

Third Overall:

Merc 1100's w/ SSM's

[KIRCHNER]

Wow thats a pic ive never seen before. i wonder how fast with twins?

[GENE LANHAM]

Wow thats a pic ive never seen before. i wonder how fast with twins?

I had been running a E class Allison; first time I had seen ‘70’ on the Keller!!

[2us70]

I remember that boat. Seems to me it was just about the last of the traditional twin engine cats. V-bottoms replaced the cats. 4 point hydros replaced the v-bottoms. Finally tunnels replaced them all.

[KIRCHNER]

i got my keller to 80. it sure feels like 80! im goin out tomorow 2nd outing with 225 pm, gonna really let her rip. i liked the 2.4 220 but just cant fix it. maybe a LITTLE slower than the pm225. i might sell the 220, some one with electrical know-how is gonna get a great fast hemi-head mariner mag. oil inj slill on, lord i hate to premix , what a pain/ mess. motor will need lower [ i needed it]. maybe u know someone interested?

[KIRCHNER]

i got my keller to 80. it sure feels like 80! im goin out tomorow 2nd outing with 225 pm, gonna really let her rip. i liked the 2.4 220 but just cant fix it. maybe a LITTLE slower than the pm225. i might sell the 220, some one with electrical know-how is gonna get a great fast hemi-head mariner mag. oil inj slill on, lord i hate to premix , what a pain/ mess. motor will need lower [ i needed it]. maybe u know someone interested?