Attn: Andrew Corn, re: Aronow 27 Cat?

[HAR22883]

Hey Andrew-

Found something interesting the other day and wanted to pick your brain for a
minute. What do you know about the 27' Aronow Cat? I have found one for sale,
a 1990, sitting on a Target Trailer, without power or drives. What can you
tell me about this boat? Was it an Aronow design, or just labeled an Aronow by
Aronow Powerboats after Don's death? This particular boat is for sale at
$19,500 O.B.O., and it was formerly owned by rapper Vanilla Ice. Has a wild
paintjob and custom interior, setup for Merc power. I am thinking about a set
of custom 350's and either TRS or Bravos. I am going to take a peek at it
Friday. Let me know what you think via e-mail. Thanks for your time.

Harry

[Captain Ted]

A friend of ours who is a very knowlegable boater ran a 24' Aronow Cat in a
Poker Run on Oneida Lake. It stuffed in about a 4 footer and nearly broke
in half. the steering wheel ripped out with 3/4 of the dash, the deck
mostly ripped off and the hull cracked transversely almost to the water
line. The insurance co. totaled the boat. Whether or not that boat was
built by Aronow or in the same place as the 27', i don't know. That was the
only one i had ever seen.

Ted Z.

[Sperrl]

A better person to ask would be Benny Roberston, he worked there for Garbrecht
and I know he ran alot of those small cats

[Rvluhrs]

What happens when you split a 27 Cigarette (Magnum) down the centerline and add
a center er.....wing..yeah that's it a wing or was it a sponson connector?
Whatever, you prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that Don Aronow, rest his soul,
was definitely not a Cat guy....... or to put it more simply....piece of
junk.... made by a guy trading on his own name....with VERY little investment
in either time or money.

Rich

[Andrew Corn]

Well Rich that shows how much you know about how the designs were intended
to be used and came about.

They were not supposed to be cats as you know them, but multi v hulls and
they performed just fine according to the design, in fact the best and most
reliable boat that I ever built was a 39 with diesels and arnesons that ran
a respectable 64 to 68 cruise all day long on six blades and burned 144
gallons from Miami to Nassau. That boat ran in the roughest seas anytime
from Little San Salvadore to Southern Eluthera up to the pink sandy beaches
of Northern Eluthera and back. Ran over 400 hours with only one turbo
rebuild. Ran the same speed and comfort with 12 or 2 people. In fact it
was so reliable and constant in rough water that because of the
dissappointing performance of the Customs's boats with the gas engines, I
took the head of Customs out and beat all of his newer boats bound for
Texas. They put in for a change to the same config, but budget cuts killed
the project and it never made it back on the board.

The boat was not a race boat, it was a pleasure boat and it performed with
V-hull perfomance and cat stablility in rough water. It wasn't fast, but it
was marketable to a generation of people that could afford to purchase
without financing and wanted comfort more than speed. During that period if
you will remember the rates for finance were quite high. Also Don was under
contract not to build v-hulls from when he sold Cigarette to Integrated
Resources, Ltd.,

The 39 was built using for a plug a 37.5 Cigarette that I had layed up by
Dupont to replace the old Ajac Hawk/Cigarette Hawk.

As I remember the 27 was built on it's own. The first one was a wooden
hull, no deck, no flooring, no seats, just steering and throttle screwed to
a console with a exposed Mercs and TRS. It was not plugged from any boat
but was patterned after the 27 Squadron hull but short like the 24 Cigarette
and having a swim deck. It was not that much fun to ride in.

Don would take customers out in the 39 in rough water while I would take a
38 or a 35 Cigarette out and run along side. The difference in comfort was
what sold.

But probably the best person that knows the history of the hulls is not Ben,
but Mark McManus. He was the head of the project to build them and the 41
Apache Hulls, which was an extended 37.5 Cigarette off the same boat plug as
the Cats.

AC

[Mike C.]

Now this is a great history lesson! Thanks Andrew!

--
Mike Carter
Aquarian, Drum Workshop, Paiste
World Class Percussion

Andrew Corn <netadmin...@gte.net> wrote in message > Well Rich that

[hnattm...@my-deja.com]

I have a Motion 25 for sale in mint condition. I
was the original owner. Purchased in 1991. Since
have repowered in 1998 with freshwater only
2.4ltr EFI's. Never raced, limited use, full
interior, aluminum trailer, hoist lifted, no
bottom paint, lift stored. A must see!! Asking
29,000. Please call Bill or Mike at (732)477-6900
at work, or email back. See you soon...

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