markief mantaray tunnel hull

**jpryorx2** · 11-02-2025, 08:56 PM

has anyone ever seen one of these boats? my father inlaw built them in the 80's i came a crossed one recently and bought it but now i'm wondering how many are actually left. i have found 1 other one this week and there are 5 unaccounted for.

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**FUJIMO** · 11-02-2025, 09:32 PM

...martin bielecki - the paint machine - body shop - van dyke street - detroit - sold him a very nice early 80's blue stripe 200 mercury V-6 outboard. martin was your father inlaw. wow. small world. not many people know about these tunnels. forget which boat he copied the bottom/hull from. it was sortof his own weird shaped deck though...

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**jpryorx2** · 11-02-2025, 09:43 PM

my father in law is actually keith but yes the paint machine the markeif is mar for martin and keif for keith the bottom was a copy of dutchman that they cut up and the top was there own design modeled after a corvette. the silver one that i bought is actually martins personal boat dads was brown but i've never seen that one

**108** · 11-03-2025, 10:38 AM

Originally Posted by FUJIMO

Looks like Sammy's vette from action marine

**largecar91** · 11-03-2025, 07:19 PM

My guess is a copy of a Magnum Missile or Dutchman. I love the Vette.

**FUJIMO** · 11-03-2025, 08:53 PM

Originally Posted by jpryorx2

..."the bottom was a copy of a dutchman"...

...he did mention this. if not too heavy, and they were rigged properly, they probably ran o.k. for back then...

**jpryorx2** · 11-03-2025, 10:47 PM

Originally Posted by FUJIMO

...he did mention this. if not too heavy, and they were rigged properly, they probably ran o.k. for back then...

dad said the hull i have is the lightest of all of them. at just over 700 pounds it had a 18 gallon fuel tank up front to help keep the bow down. when i worked at the shop back in 1995 martin told me stories about how good it cornered and their days of racing guys on the weekends and i've wanted one ever since. after talking to my father inlaw and telling him we wanted to repaint it back to the original black he just laughed and said get to sanding the silver was painted over the gel coat so he says we can just sand it off and polish the black gel coat. so that is going to be my winter project.

**TLH101** · 11-04-2025, 07:38 AM

I had a Dutchman back in the mid '80s, with a 150 Merc. I can tell you cornered hard. Was good hull in those days. Threw more than person out, when making a hard turn, without a warning. (Forgive the shabby pics)

**jpryorx2** · 11-09-2025, 09:32 PM

i was able to make a deal on the blue one and will be picking it up later this week. it's not in anywhere near as good of condition as the picture as they were taken in 2019 and it's been sitting outside ever since. i'm getting just the hull and trailer and it will need a new transom and seats for sure but hey i found 2 of them still would like to find the other 5 just to know where they are now.

**Zonkercraft** · 11-10-2025, 09:15 AM

Did you get the one that sat beside Martin's brother's shop on Hayes Rd, in Clinton Twsp?

**jpryorx2** · 11-12-2025, 11:13 AM

Originally Posted by Zonkercraft

Did you get the one that sat beside Martin's brother's shop on Hayes Rd, in Clinton Twsp?

do you know what color that one was? i didnt know jimmy ever had one . each one was a different color the black one was martins that they later repainted to silver (which were putting back to black) and the brown one was dads. i found the blue one in pa where is has sat since 2013.