The sport misses marathons

[Mark75H]

I think I can see the separate throttle and shifter slots on the stbd side motor on #105 in Danny's pic ... that would make them 61's like 194268 says.

[lilabner]

That was the first 6 Hour Race in Kissimmee, Fl. 1960. Just about everybody ran Speedmasters or Sportmasters. Olegator can fill in the blanks.That was his neck of the woods.

[lilabner]

Steve:
Power Cats for sure are;
#5 ( or is that a 9?)
#56

Pretty sure on;
#41 ( modified )
#105 ( very modified )

Definitely not;
#32 and #63 - JavCats

The others can not say for sure, I can not see the normal styling cues
that would id them for sure. They could be Stylecraft if they are not
Power Cat although not many Stylecrafts made it to Florida. The other
cat brands from this era like Custom Craft or Magnolia don't fit the look
of any of these.
I can't help further on the year either as Sam has said, most likely 60 or 61.
Danny Leger

I think 105 and 106 are cut down JavCats. Rodney Thompson is one of them..B-58 is a Speed Queen..9 is Dave Craig..and that is a Jones, probably George Thompson..Olegator, PLEASE HELP HERE..

[Capt.Insane-o]

The sport misses the likes of Randolph Hearst and Bernie Little too...

[Powercat]

I was doing some research of old newspaper clippings and came across mention of a St John's River Marathon of 300 miles in the May of 1960 issue of the Portsmouth New Hampshire Herald. It says that a 18 year old high school senior by the name of Jim Hunt won the event with a 14ft Aluminum utility boat with a 45hp motor in a time of 6 hours 45 minutes averaging over 40mph... The article goes on to say that the high schooler hopes to make
a career in the marine industry after graduation from school.

[seeroy]

[QUOTE=Powercat;2061848]Here is another photo shot of that group of cats..
The nose of the boat in the foreground I believe is a
Raveau Cat to add to the list..

Perhaps this one. We need to get Bobby Walwork onboard here

[Capt.Insane-o]

How common were the tunnel tabs back then?

[Mark75H]

I'd like to hear about how many used tabs, too.

The Raveau clearly has throttle and shift, so its motors have to be 61's.

[T2x]

What the sport misses more than marathons is ... sponsors

Not really. We had no big sponsors back then...except boat and motor companies, who would still belly up if there were enough boats to make a race.

[lilabner]

[QUOTE=seeroy;2062021]

Here is another photo shot of that group of cats..
The nose of the boat in the foreground I believe is a
Raveau Cat to add to the list..

Perhaps this one. We need to get Bobby Walwork onboard here

That is Gus Weckhorst from Eau Gallie..I think that is the boat Velox got hurt in, as did Gus..But it was a beautiful running cat.

[lilabner]

How common were the tunnel tabs back then?

Everybody with a cat ran them..usually with a porta power jack..

[T2x]

How common were the tunnel tabs back then?

I had one on my 15C Powercat w/ twin 100's in 1964.......... it used a hydraulic "Porta Power" as an actuator. Most of the bubble cats had them as I recall.

[T2x]

Look at how deep the engines were on the Raveau cat..... By '63 or '64 we were running 5" higher with some form of surfacing prop.

[lilabner]

I'd like to hear about how many used tabs, too.

The Raveau clearly has throttle and shift, so its motors have to be 61's.

The engines with shift had a different mid housing I am pretty sure..They had a plate covering the powerhead bolts..None of the racers I knew ran shifters..You needed the DR for the Speedmasters and Sportmasters. The Raveau cat never ran stock units..You are seeing the cable slot, and the black plastic end of the cable, at WOT..The control boxes are DR..

[Mark75H]

Not really. We had no big sponsors back then...except boat and motor companies, who would still belly up if there were enough boats to make a race.

So you believe if we build it, they will come.