magnum missile marine

[Gilles1]

I came across a vintage cool boat yesterday.. A magnum missile tunnel hull are these desireable??

[Fish]

depends on what you mean by desirable. There were not a lot of them made and are somewhat of a collectors item to the right buyer. They are in the don arronow lineage. In that respect, it is desirable to the right buyer. If you are looking to flip it, you might try posting something on the donzi boards www.donzi.net www.donzi.org or www.performanceboats.us There were a few collectors on the .net site looking for one a while ago, but since I don't go there anymore, not sure if they are still around. The other two are where a lot of the donzi folks have gone that left the .net site for one reason or another.

As far as a performance boat, it is not as desireable. They pack a lot of air, and are no where near as efficient as tunnels built in the 80's, 90's, or 2000's. Additionally, they were designed when the inline six was the biggest motor you could find and probably in the 115 or 140hp range. You can go over pretty easy even with the power of that day, and today's power would likely put you wet side up sooner than later.

BTW, does it have an engine on it?

[Action Dave]

I agree with Fish. The missle was a fairly popular boat in South Florida during the 70's but were very unstable from what I've heard. Once Hydrostream and Action began selling here, they were pretty much obsolete. Unless you want a vintage-looking "classic" boat with an older inline 6 that doesn't really run that fast or handle that well.:o

[PARKER RABE]

post some pictures of it !:)

[BUIZILLA]

I was in one that blew over backwards in north Biscayne Bay with a 115 or 125, can't remember which.... :eek:

didn't take much to make a kite of it either... :rolleyes:

[H2OPERF]

I had one for years never blew it over, had a worked over evinrude 2.6xp on it.Cracks in the floor are common due to it being so wide without much support,look under if it has carpet .They are fun boats and will take some fairly rough water,I wish i still had mine.Dave

[PARKER RABE]

theres plenty of pics of them in the hammer down gallries

[PARKER RABE]

heres one

[Fish]

here's another...

Parker, didn't you learn to drive tunnels when you were about 6 years old on one of these?

[The Other Scott]

Never blew one over, but managed to blow a 13 whaler over twice.. Most folks who blow em over are wfo.. The boat prefers to have a little throttle left, then you can drive the bow down if (when :) ) it catches air.. They track like they are on rails, a pretty neat little boat actually.. I believe total production is like 35 - 40 hulls. Rabco also built em for awhile..

[Mark75H]

I bet they made quite a few more than that; I think I've seen more than that just here on SnF. Brownie would know for sure.

[Still Crazy]

Back in the 70's, I knew two people that had these boats. Both had the transoms come apart with inline six Mercs. Structurally, I would not think they could safely handle today's power.