The Official Cafe Racer Thread

[Airpacker]

A friend of mine had a 91 I believe, 525sc hawks and trs drives. It was a "Carbon 70" and had a paint job almost identical to this little Apache seen below. Anyone know where that one went?

[Sea-Dated]

Is this the Cafe' you are thinking of? I don't know the owner but the boat is on Grand Lake in Oklahoma.

[Airpacker]

sure looks like it but the scoops are a newer addition. I wonder if the owner knows it history. We hurt that thing pretty bad on Georgian Bay one snotty afternoon. She twisted so bad that about 15 ffet of strbd and 10 feet of port rub rail and all the screws "shot" out of the hull. Broke a bulkhed loose too.













It was really rough, I mean should not be out here rough.

[SKRAMER]

Looks Great.....

Thanks!!!

[J-Bonz]

A friend of mine had a 91 I believe, 525sc hawks and trs drives. It was a "Carbon 70" and had a paint job almost identical to this little Apache seen below. Anyone know where that one went?

Here's another

[stecz20]

one of them if im not mistaken got burned up pretty good.. think it had like 3 As on it.. i forget the owners name....

[yesrej]

one of them if im not mistaken got burned up pretty good.. think it had like 3 As on it.. i forget the owners name....

was that one for sale last year? i think it was from loto.

[stecz20]

i think so....

[Nova26]

Larry's 95 Cafe w/Pfaff 1000's. Boat was sold to Japan.

Is this the boat that was for sale in CA?

[Hollowpoint]

Love those Cafes! Seaford, how did your boat do all year? Did you ever see what your GPS top speed was for your boat? Hope to see you on the water soon.

[Seafordguy]

Love those Cafes! Seaford, how did your boat do all year? Did you ever see what your GPS top speed was for your boat? Hope to see you on the water soon.

Well - boat did as well as could be expected. Fought a constant small leak into the bilge and narrowed it down - I think both my swivel seals are leaking so I am going to pull both engines this winter to replace, and I might go ahead and pull the gimbal assemblies off, have them blasted, repainted, etc...... depending on condition.

Fastest I have ever seen on the boat was 72 or so on the HRPA Poker Run in some nice chop - FULL fuel load, FULL liquor load, FULL beer load, Full clothing load so I was pleased. Really a testament to the fact that those flatbottoms are faster in 3's than in 1's. We were supposed to have a full boat but had some back out at the last minute - I would have seen if you wanted to ride if it wouldn't have been so last minute.

[Tank]

Is this the boat that was for sale in CA?

Not the one that was recently for sale here. I saw that one too but that one did not have the scoops and Larry's boat for sure went to Japan about 2 years ago.

[Hollowpoint]

I'm always there if someone wants or needs a deckhand that has some gas money for a ride, especially since mine was down. And for the record, the 2007 HRPA PR dock party saw me awake (and able to talk) the entire night! So the "little" incedent with me checking out early at the Ocean Marine PR party was not the norm! Of course, it helped that there was a nice boat babe that wanted to see the sun rise and talked non-stop to keep me awake!

[BDiggity]

First post!

Here is ours in its current state, #85.

[BDiggity]

Slow day at the office, so another for us Cafe guys.

This one was down in Houston at beginning of year when we first started looking. Not sure of status now.

91 Hawk w/ 572's in non running state, interior in rough shape. Wife & l liked the graphics better on this one but had too many warning signs to stay away.

[Tank]

First post!

Here is ours in its current state, #85.

Did you buy that boat a couple years ago? I think I almost bought it back in 03 before I found our gun. I remember the pink motors. Wife liked it

[BDiggity]

Did you buy that boat a couple years ago? I think I almost bought it back in 03 before I found our gun. I remember the pink motors. Wife liked it

We bought the Cafe in April. We wanted Grimmy's Top Gun in Vegas but at the time was just out of our reach.

[cigracing1]

My Cousins boat: 1991 Cafe 540/625hp Zuls.. less then 200 hours on the boat since new. Next boat is in the works.

[cigracing1]

couple more.

[Seafordguy]

My Cousins boat: 1991 Cafe 540/625hp Zuls.. less then 200 hours on the boat since new. Next boat is in the works.

Sharp Boat - I can't wait to redo my interior.

Maybe if I can swing it in the spring we'll see.....