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David Street's second cat. His 38' Apache cat he ran at the Key West World's in 1987.

Key West, 1983
"Jose Rodriguez' 38' Cougar Cat The Collection was second with a 102.6 mph pace...... The Collection's Second Effort surface drives reportedly had the only set of the new four bladed,...

Along that line, the first reference to What-A-Package in Searace goes this way, "In the 160 mile New Jersey Offshore Grand Prix off Point Pleasant, New Jersey on July 11, 1984....... Robert...

The 35' Conquest Catamaran that Mark Lavin lost his life in at the 1986 World's in Key West.:(

There is only one reference to Wild Turkey in Searace. In the 1979 Lombardo-Halter Classic, Frank Lach's 35' Cigarette Wild Turkey with twin 400 hp Mercruiser engines, took first place overall in...

Searace, John Crouse, Key West World's, 1984

"If there was any one boat that literally blew everybody's minds at Key West, it had to be the drab grey diesel powered 29' Buzzi cat Grey Iveco, the...

The Superboat

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The Chris Cat

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During the years, the race course has gotten smaller and shorter. In the Benihana days, the race was over 200 miles long running laps from NY's Fire Island to Seaside Heights NJ. One lap was about 80...

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AOKI FIRST IN POWERBOAT RACE
By JOANNE A. FISHMAN, Special to the New York Times
The New York Times, Published: July 15, 1982

POINT PLEASANT BEACH, N.J., July 14— Benihana, the 38-foot...

The boat was also the first boat on the scene to assist Bobby Saccenti and Ben Kramer when they stuffed their big Apache cat in 1986 in New York.

"In the June 8, 1985 Popeyes New Orleans Grand Prix, Modified class driver Gerry Billington averaged an incredulous 96.7 mph in the 30' Shadow Cat Love It Again to establish a new unofficial world...

Power Play was a new 32' Cougar Cat in 1982 with 600 HP Rahilly-Grady engines. In 1982 it won both the Sport Class and the U.S. Title. It's crew included Peter Huebner, Dominick Santarelli, and Jimmy...

Research so far, (hopefully accurate):

"Surgin" was supposedly the last Cougar built out of wood.
It was originally Eddie Trotta's Rampage, was bought by Howard Arneson, (with Tony Garcia), in...

"Surgeon Larry Spergel's 38' Cougar Cat". Searace

1982 World Champions World Kilo Record Holder Part 2


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1982 World Champions World Kilo Record Holder Joey Ratner Part 1


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1982 World Champions World Kilo Record Holder 100.127 mph " OO LA LA SASSON"
Driver Joey Ratner...

OO LA LA SASSON, according to Sea Race, was a 30' Shadow Cat driven by Joey Ratner. Joey won his first Modified race in 1983 at the Chrysler Laser 200 off of New York City in September. (A race where...

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From the Ocean Express Website:

The first catamaran built by Focht Design was the 33’ catamaran called “Active”. It was an awesome catamaran. It was everything Ross had hoped it would be: light,...

37' Active Cat "Panasonic" with Vince Vento and Keith Hazell

Maybe 1985?

This 38' Sutphen of Roger Mahan, Pleasure Seeker, made its debut in the notorious 1981 Michelob Light Chicago 200. That was the race where Betty Cook in her Scarab "Michelob Light" , leading in a...

This Miss Gallo Wine was Lew Cooper's second Miss Gallo Wine boat, a 32' Active Cat. Lew was was over 60 years old when he started racing offshore. If you look in your copy of SeaRace, on page 419,...

Eddie Trotta, correct? A 39' Cigarette he won the 1981 Bacardi with as a rookie?