gtdad

I bought a used boat from a guy and he told me it was a 42 sprint cat, but after further exploration on this site, i've begun to question whether it is a stryker. I'm new to the boats and was wondering if there was anything I could look at to tell which one it could be?

I have been an avid boater at "full" scale all of my life, and it is common practice for a boat builder to either sell it'smolds, or go out of business and someone else buys in and changes the name of the hull. Sometimes there are suttle changes to either the bottom or top cap and then they can actually "steal" a mold from another builder and since there are "differences" to the mold, they are "leagally" a different boat. This may be the case in my situation....I'm not real sure.

My reasoning for this, is I want to squeeze every mph out of this baby, and like everything else, set up is everything!! I have been searching for set up tips on the sprint cat, but I may be barking up the wrong tree.

Any info would be greatly appreciated - scott

martno1fan

Some pics would help people be able to identify which hull you have?.
Mart

gtdad

ya, i've taken some pics, just having a problem uploading the m into my pc....i think i have the "facebook virus" I was looking at Wally's pics on here and noticed his transom is not flat on his but mine is flat across ( except where the bottom and cap meet).

Dan S

the Sprint Cat is made by Aeromarine and they are still around making boats,
you can visit there site and have a look at which sprint cat you have.

also, depending on how old the Cat is, Aeromarine laminates their sticker inside the hull with name and number (I think the name is there).

here is my Stryker for comparison.

Dan.

gtdad

yes, that is what it looks like from the rear and my cowl is cut back behind the cockpit.  are there any distinguishing marks that only the stryker has?

MrMikeG

The stryker is 1" wider in the tunnel.

gtdad

how wide should it be then if it's a stryker?
-scott

MrMikeG

Look on the aeromarine website for the width of a sprint, then measure yours.

gtdad

ahhhhaaaaaaaaaaa here we go...my good ole buddy dockman helped me out! threw in a couple of pics of my real boat....it's like minnie me!

Dan S

looks like a Sprint Cat with the Aeromarine hardware.

Dan.

Dockman

Why don't you show us a picture of the back that boat? lol

gtdad

here is just the mystery boat....looks awful strykerish to me

Dan S

if its not a sprint cat,
I don't know what this one is.

Dan.

gtdad

ok, well wally's transom on his protrude out where the strut mounts, and mine is flat

gtdad

there is a drive on it in these pics...they are from last summer

Dan S

do you have a pic of wally's Cat?
is he on this site?

sorry Scott, I may not quite understand the transom part.

Dan.

gtdad

yes, its on "lets make my sprint cat go 70 mph" his are in the back of a truck...one green and the other white i believe

Dan S

ok Scott,
I know who wally is now (Tahoe1970).

the Green and white boat are PPB Drag Cat, not the same has the sprint or the Stryker.

this is also one of wally's boat, unpainted Sprint Cat and I believe he had that cat in the low 70's mph, actually I think this one went 80 (don't quote me) but one of his Sprint did.

Dan.

gtdad

yep that looks just like mine. thise drag cats are some sweet rigs tho.... ok then, i'm satisfied that mine is a sprint cat. now with that out of the way i can get down and dirty with the set up. the guy i bought this from was roundy rounder so i'm sure it's pretty close to being right, but never know, technology changes all the time when it comes to anything that has to do with compitition and testosterone. lol! so off i go to start a new thread....


THANKS A LOT EVERYONE

-scott

Tahoe1970

Yup...Definately a Sprintcat I'am always suprized when I see threads with my name talking about cats especially on RCU...I'am not on here that much...LOL

Wally

gtdad

well come back tahoe!!! i need ya!!! would love to pick your brain sometime....i know i have nowhere near the mill you have, but but it seems to have pretty good power.

really tho wally, i pm'd ya with my email and phone number i would love to hear from ya and dockman would dred it!! hee hee



ever since i found this site, my fantasy football team has gone downhill..

Dockman

Your fantasy football team probably sucked anyways.

gtdad

it's still too early to tell, but i'm definately not helpin it any on here......
i got ahold of chris at deboata and one of the Wally special props are $70...ouch! Welp, speed costs money - how fast do you want to go!!

MrMikeG

That looks like a complete MidWest built boat, Cornell did that radio box set-up on all his builds.

Dockman

Worst part is you don't know how fast you are going now? Get a baseline before you start tuning.