G'day it's great to see a website has been setup for Stingrays. If you know of one or have one consider entering it in the boat register. Heres the link

www.stingraycatamaran.com

regards

Cool cats! Look similar to the Tornado. Are they really only 200lbs all up?

LOVE the name on this one!

Yep, light and fast the bow shape makes you concentrate down wind. Unfortunately some dope has stashed the "Cherry" moulds somewhere so only timber ones can be made new.
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That would be the same "dope" that took a heap of money for a heap of boats then skipped out of town... bloody crook!!!

would have been a great boat if they didnt set the main beam so low. the updated molds had the main beam on top of the deck and used a bridal foil like nacra between the bows.

I've never heard of that setup Dazz it'd be a lot drier and an unbelievably fast boat to have, do you have any photo's?
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http://www.catsailor.org/STINGRAY.pdf

of course I do

Thanks for the link. it doesnt say the weight there, do you know if they were trying to make it heavy like an F18? I added weight with bulkheads in my Cherry mold boat to make it rigid like an F18 after the hulls collapsed but it ruined it as a Stingray.
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Jeff,
My understanding is that there were only one or two made to be sent to Europe. They were not for the Australian market as they would not be class legal and no point splitting the class again. Possibly lessons learnt from the intro of big rig back in the 80s.
I visited the factory while they were being made. The guy building them was really passionate about his boats. My understanding is that the company went belly up. It is a damn shame. The changes made would have made it an even better boat.
It's good to see that the Stingray has a web site to help showcase the class.

BTW:- the guy who had the Cherry Stingray moulds also had Cherry's Cobra moulds. I wonder if the Cobra guys know where they are.

Regards,
Phill

The name of the cat in that PFD file "Convicts Revenge" sound very familiar, I am pretty sure there is one at my club with that name (although it did look slightly abandoned).
I will take a look next time I'm there.

Cat Factory (not the same Cat Factory as the new WA boat builders) in Newcastle built several Stingray and Cobras mostly for local distribution. A few were packed up and sent over the Belgium to their new dealer Austral Cobray. They were also to produce an F18 not based on the Stingray, which myself and my Tornado crew were asked to race for them.

From what I heard from the owner of the Cat Factory, boats were sent over the Belgium to the new dealer without $$$ being exchanged and no money was later forcoming. Meanwhile companies who supplied goods to the Cat Factory expected to get paid and they went belly up. This is only one side of the story though. I never spoke personally with the owner of Austal Cobray.

I just found this thread! Thanks for Posting Jeff!

FasterDamnit - Fubar is actually a cobra!

I was just sent the 'Convicts Revenge' article today. It is funny the article says "It took 5 people to come up with a copy of the tornado" (or similar)... what it doesn't mention is it was designed at the same time as the Torny - The 60's


Interesting moving the beams to the decks - The stingray beams are so small (by todays standards) that I feel they NEED to be glassed in to the hull for rigidity. The review mentions a lot of twist!

Either way they go like S%&# off a shovel and handle a kite really well - Quite similar to an F16 (slightly heavier, but bigger kite and longer)

Mitch

PS any good photos will make it to the website!

Hey guys,
just found this today!

phill - We do have the Cherry Cobra moulds, and i am trying to build a new cobra myself!

The cobra is almost a 16ft stingray! and we have a website - cobracat.com

It looks like a Prindle 18-2 to me

Nice boat