So both of my jet boats are Canadian built form California Marine in Richmond BC.
They called them “Catalina”and they were a lightweight hull.
Back in the day they were a competitive boat design.
The blue one has the small block and the yellow has the ls6.
View attachment 78614View attachment 78615View attachment 78616trailer before rebuild,two men can lift the yellow hull it can’t be over 300lbs as a bare hull.
View attachment 78618freshly painted rebuilt Catalina trailer.
View attachment 78619View attachment 78620They used Catalina logos off a Pontiac Catalina.
View attachment 78621I’ve polished the light weight gas tanks
View attachment 78622I’ll be doing a complete cut and polish before I’m finished.
View attachment 78624The small block Catalina
View attachment 78625View attachment 78626top speed out off the small block was 56mph.
View attachment 78627View attachment 78628View attachment 78629View attachment 78630View attachment 78631 I bought the big block in pieces but the original owner from new told me that his top speed was 91mph.
I’m hoping to find 9 more mph out of her.
Hoping that I can take it to BC to race this year but am thinking COVID will kill the races again this year.
The blue boat will be up for sale come spring time.