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    Just found this thread again, Harold has had his Holo-Star at the Switzercraft Regatta 3 times including 2010.
    Bob Switzer told me they use to inter mingle hulls and decks to create different models. The most popular was the
    mixture of the Holiday and Shooting Star decks and hulls. What you have in these pics is a VERY RARE Holo-Star.
    A Shooting Star hull and the Holiday deck. The Holo-Star,Holiday,Shooting Star and Playboy came in 2 lenghs, 14 & 16 footers.
    Not really sure about the Holo-Star coming in 14 but I do know that the Holidays came in 14,16 & 18 and the star came in 14 & 16 footers
    which were the 2 sizes of the Playboy and Shooting Star.....Hope this helps...2011 Switzercarft Regatta & Hot Boat Rally will be on July 16 at THE BIG BASIN MARINA
    in Channahon Illinois.....
    1987 Switzer GL-21 OMC V8 Prototype/ Replaced by another V8
    1983 Switzer SS-20-C/Evinrude V6
    1983 Switzer SS-20-B under renovation
    1972 Switzer "Flatback Transom" Super Sport (in storage to be rebuilt at another time)
    Replica 1964 Switzer Playboy 1968 125hp Merc Short Shaft
    1977 Switzer Super Sport**sold** Reaquired on Sept.29,2016

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    The ugly deck your talking about belonged to the Switzer "Holiday"(The Switzer version of a family Tri Hull,even though it was not a true Tri) And when that deck was combined with the Shooting Star hull
    it was known as the Holi-Star. Harold Simbarger has one in "new condition". I would have to ask Bob but I am sure there were not many made.
    Besides Harold's, this is the second one I know about. Before this years (2011) Regatta I am going to try to get together with Bob and try to print up a flow-chart on the History of Switzer Craft, mainly the glass boats but I will try to get some info on the woodies too. Tom
    1987 Switzer GL-21 OMC V8 Prototype/ Replaced by another V8
    1983 Switzer SS-20-C/Evinrude V6
    1983 Switzer SS-20-B under renovation
    1972 Switzer "Flatback Transom" Super Sport (in storage to be rebuilt at another time)
    Replica 1964 Switzer Playboy 1968 125hp Merc Short Shaft
    1977 Switzer Super Sport**sold** Reaquired on Sept.29,2016

    Join us at The Switzer Regatta & Hot Boat Rally

    https://www.facebook.com/switzer.craft.7

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    I was going through the old posts and I'm not sure if this is the type of Star Rich was talking about but it's not a Shooting Star it's what the Switzer's called the Halo-Star. It was a hybrid of a Shooting Star hull with a Holiday deck. Very rare boat, I've only seen one of them owned by Harold Simbarger, who brought it to a couple of Switzercraft Reunion Regattas.
    1987 Switzer GL-21 OMC V8 Prototype/ Replaced by another V8
    1983 Switzer SS-20-C/Evinrude V6
    1983 Switzer SS-20-B under renovation
    1972 Switzer "Flatback Transom" Super Sport (in storage to be rebuilt at another time)
    Replica 1964 Switzer Playboy 1968 125hp Merc Short Shaft
    1977 Switzer Super Sport**sold** Reaquired on Sept.29,2016

    Join us at The Switzer Regatta & Hot Boat Rally

    https://www.facebook.com/switzer.craft.7

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