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Re:Calling all Day-Cruisers! 12 years 5 months ago #47252

heres my old seaking,1964 built by starcraft.it now sits across the road from me,the neighbor girl bought it for her and her boyfriend but then they broke up and its still just sitting over there ,i lost most of my pics of it when my computer crashed,i didnt paint it ,it was painted when i got it,john
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\"too soon old,too late smart\" my pap

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.“

---Mark Twain

Re:Calling all Day-Cruisers! 12 years 5 months ago #47256

Heres a quick pic of my "big" newly acquired day and night cruiser

its a 1976 Glastron Vagabond Camper 21-1/2'
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Re:Calling all Day-Cruisers! 12 years 5 months ago #47259

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mrho455,

That tri-hull design lends itself well to some nice space inside I bet. Any interior photos?

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Re:Calling all Day-Cruisers! 12 years 5 months ago #47318

jepstr,

is this what your looking for??
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Re:Calling all Day-Cruisers! 12 years 5 months ago #47319

the fellow that has it said ,its a 1960 lone star ??

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Re:Calling all Day-Cruisers! 12 years 5 months ago #47320

here is the 1959 cutter avon sliding hardtop,that ed and i wil restore someday.its eds boat,john in these pics the hard top is part of the way back,and thats mom and ed .
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\"too soon old,too late smart\" my pap

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.“

---Mark Twain

Re:Calling all Day-Cruisers! 12 years 5 months ago #47325

Pics are showing for me now. They sure are pretty. How bad shape is your old cruiser in now John. I always liked it.

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Re:Calling all Day-Cruisers! 12 years 5 months ago #47333

im not sure robert,its been sitting uncovered for awhile now,but i do think its for sale,they bought it from me for 800 bucks,on payments.
it was a great little cruiser,john

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\"too soon old,too late smart\" my pap

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.“

---Mark Twain

Re:Calling all Day-Cruisers! 12 years 5 months ago #47342

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woosterken,

Yes, and no. That is a Sea Lion cabin and top, but it is not a Sea Lion Hull. I'm not sure what that is. Larson had 2 plants. Perhaps that was a southern 'lion and I'm used to the northern, Little Falls MN 'Lion.

Curious.

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Not so curious. That is a Surfmaster. One size bigger boat without the unique swooping gunnel.

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Re:Calling all Day-Cruisers! 12 years 5 months ago #47353

Heres a couple of shots of my 67 crestliner explore 16. They made them from 60-68 i believe. I haven't decided if I am going to close it in or leave it open.
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Re:Calling all Day-Cruisers! 12 years 5 months ago #47360

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The answer is clear with a simple question. Will bugs bight you while you sleep if it is left open?

If I get this Sea Lion, I will want the enclosed bulkhead version. Minnesota has some nasty bug infested nights!

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Re:Calling all Day-Cruisers! 12 years 5 months ago #47501

Here's a shot of my 19' Uniflite. She is actually pretty well equipped with sink, head, etc.



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1975 Chris Craft 25' Tournament Fisherman, Twin 181 FL inboard

Re:Calling all Day-Cruisers! 12 years 5 months ago #47502

It's more of a Day-Dream-Cruiser for me but I do have a place saved should one come into grasp. Looks like a spaceship. Pic from the FG libary
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Re:Calling all Day-Cruisers! 12 years 5 months ago #47519

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Here's we old 62 Dorsett.
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Re:Calling all Day-Cruisers! JET CAT 12 years 5 months ago #47522

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Cat Fin:
That scan is from my collection.
Interesting story behind it.
There used to be a Cathouse site for old fiberglass power catamarans online, I think Jeff Bowman owned the site.
Around 99 I bought the Jet Cat brochure off ebay and we put it up here on FG and Jeff's site.

Then Rick who used to be on here a lot was with his wife in Mexico of all places and on the way home sees the Jet Cat sitting next to a fire station. It was being used as a kids playhouse. So he made a deal with the guy on the spot and ended up bringing it back to the USA. He's still married too! It had twin Evinrude 75hp V4's on it. He still has it. It is a heavy boat, huge room in the cabin.
I got in touch with one of the designers' son, then Rick got in touch with the guy that owned Fiber Resin Corp. They made 4 as I recall, I think two were inboard and two were outboard. One had Cadillac engines in it.
I made copies/scans of the brochure then sent the original to Rick so it could be with the boat.
All that took place a long time ago.
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Re:Calling all Day-Cruisers! JET CAT 12 years 5 months ago #47526

The one in the lower right hand corner is on my top 5 wish list. It's a photo so at least one was made.
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1959 Glastron Seaflite
1959 Tomahawk Spirit

Re:Calling all Day-Cruisers! 12 years 5 months ago #47532

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Say billr, who was the designer of that Jet Cat Cruiser? What a great find. (even just the brochure) One of 4 made! Does he still have it? Use it? Twin V4s......80 gallon fuel tank?

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Re:Calling all Day-Cruisers! 12 years 5 months ago #47541

vagabond pics
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Re:Calling all Day-Cruisers! 12 years 5 months ago #47542

trying to load inside pics of Vagabond
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Re:Calling all Day-Cruisers! 12 years 5 months ago #47543

vagabond cabin
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Re:Calling all Day-Cruisers! 12 years 5 months ago #47580

BillR...'99 would be about the time I first found FG and your scan, thank you. Are the pics in the FG Library the one from Mexico? I thought I saw it for sale about 2 years ago. I remember we were busy with the move and it will not fit in a container. 1 known and 3 possable I'm not givin' up hope, it's my first choice to fill the cabin cat space. Cataloge pic looks to have Mercs, maybe they 2nd outboard one. I always pictured that one was red, white & blue. The twin Caddy one would be an epic find.

jepstr67... It was designed by Till Schmid. Hull design was based on Albert Hickman's 1902 patten for the Sea Sled. Check out the library the story is a good read and spec sheets. www.fiberglassics.com/library/Jet_Cat Would be a tuff restore, but would look awsome "as new" restored.

Some history on the Sea Sled factory www.rosenfeldcollection.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=rosenfeld.search&startRow=1¤tPage=1
Search Sea Sled

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Re:Calling all Day-Cruisers! 12 years 5 months ago #47601

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Rick at www.retroboats.net owns it now, check his site for pics.
As far as cats I like the ones attached too, notice the one piece automotive glass windshields. One is in CA, this one in TX was from NV.
Better put my daycruisers up so I don't hijack the thread with cat stuff:
The aqua/black/white boat is my 1958 Skagit 20.
The blue boat is my 1960 Dolphin.
The white boat is my 1966 Dorsett San Juan.

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Re:Calling all Day-Cruisers! 12 years 5 months ago #47606

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Bill must have a shed the size of a stadium to keep all this stuff! :laugh:

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Re:Calling all Day-Cruisers! 12 years 5 months ago #47635

This is my 1963 Sea Ray 808 Cruiseabout. Sea Ray came out to the house and did a photo shoot of it to put in their magazine "Sea Ray Living". I'm hoping that it will be in the spring edition. How neat is that?
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Re:Calling all Day-Cruisers! 12 years 5 months ago #47640

Here is one I found this Saturday in Granby Co. $850.
Do not know what kind, but it is cool and could be brought back to life,,,,but not by ME !!
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Re:Calling all Day-Cruisers! 12 years 5 months ago #47699

The one in Colorado looks like a Uniflite to me. I like it

Bill, you have a beautiful fleet there
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Re:Calling all Day-Cruisers! 12 years 5 months ago #47819

Nancy and I got started with this whole boat thing when we were given a Cuddy Cabin outboard Starcraft. When researching what we had I was told by "experts" that the stand-up steering (aft helm) as opposed to the interior cabin steering (forward helm) was the distinction between the Cuddy and Day Cruisers. I'm partial to the Day Cruisers that have a continuity to their design as opposed to the ones that are runabouts with built-in tops and windshields added-on. I like all of them though and even the SeaFair Sedan that's so obviously a modified Avalon. Beautiful boat.

Of course, the Day Cruiser we found is the most beautiful. It's for sale and listed in the boats for sale here and at www.boatsinthebelfry.com

By the way, it needs cabin glass but has a new aftermarket windshield for the top.

This photo is a photoshoped image to show it's originl colors.
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Re:Calling all Day-Cruisers! 12 years 4 months ago #49914

Hi everyone, new member here. Picked up my first cuddy cabin today. 1959 Winner Baronet. Came with a older Suzuki outboard on the boat, and in the process of getting the boat loaded, the owner came out and gave me a 57' Johnson Golden Javelin 35hp outboard motor with it!!!!! The price was amazing!!! $50!!!
Anyway, here she is:
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Re:Calling all Day-Cruisers! 12 years 4 months ago #49922

nice cruiser surfer,but i "think" the golden jubilee is a 1959 ,that was their anniversry addition,i have one in my basement.

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\"too soon old,too late smart\" my pap

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.“

---Mark Twain

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Nice find, and a great deal Malibu! Welcome aboard. ;)

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Morning John,

Are you saying that your old boat might be up for sale again? Maybe you can get her back for less than you sold it. That would be a real deal!

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Re:Calling all Day-Cruisers! JET CAT 12 years 4 months ago #49935

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Hey Bill,

I love how you add, "He's still married, too" in there. Single guys just don't know the extra mile we married types have to go sometimes for our hobby. I'm very lucky. Wife is supportive for the most part - until I hit the Ebay boat parts listings, that is.

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Re:Calling all Day-Cruisers! JET CAT 12 years 4 months ago #49949

Here's a '59 Thunderbird we bought. Normal size back then, but compare it to today's trailerable cruisers! This is a future project (after our Howie Craft).

Jerry
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Re:Calling all Day-Cruisers! JET CAT 12 years 4 months ago #49950

Will try to post photo.

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Re:Calling all Day-Cruisers! 12 years 4 months ago #49964

todd,i know she will sell it cheap,but i already have 6 boats in the yard and an unhappy wife,lol,i have plans to get rid of two of them,john

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\"too soon old,too late smart\" my pap

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.“

---Mark Twain

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I just purchase this one. I liked the looks of it. I have installed a Nissan 30 hp, but think it will not be sufficient HP. Will take it to the water in a couple of weeks
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Re:Calling all Day-Cruisers! JET CAT 12 years 4 months ago #50113

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Morning Haynes,

That pic makes me laugh! In its day, the red/white cruiser was a bigger boat, but, as you say, the larger boats got even larger in the years that followed. The lines on the old cruiser are classic and will always hold the attention of old guys like us all on ehere.

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Morning John,

Yea, I'm pretty maxed out too right now. The Mrs is being supportive but I believe I could blow that quickly by bringing home another stray. She sure is pretty, though.

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Re:Calling all Day-Cruisers! 12 years 3 months ago #51782

do you still have your exeter?

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Re:Calling all Day-Cruisers! 12 years 3 months ago #51783

i have had mine for a year boat is done i have motor issues. i added bow rails and inlaid bow nav lights in bow

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