90s-early 2000s Howard 26 Cat

[NoOtherWay]

Awesome looking boat. You don’t see too many ugly ones. Every one I’ve seen has great colors and cool simple gel coat graphics. Same as the older DCB 26 cat.

Perfect boat for before kids.

That’s it. Carry on!

 

[Tank]

Awesome looking boat. You don’t see too many ugly ones. Every one I’ve seen has great colors and cool simple gel coat graphics. Same as the older DCB 26 cat.

Perfect boat for before kids.

That’s it. Carry on!

Buddy bought an early 2000’s 26 cat hull, saddles and tanks from Gene. Rigged it with an HP500 and bravo. Open bow blue and white colors. Fun boat. Little bit of a bumpy ride in the rough though. He sold it and I saw it one
Other time in havasu a few years back. Think
It’s still floating around on havasu.

 

[CLdrinker]

The red one that had the full page ad in Hot Boat years gave me a stiffy.

Believe this is it. Couldn’t find pic from the ad

 

[Shlbyntro]

The red one that had the full page ad in Hit Boat years gave me a stiffy.

Believe this is it. Couldn’t find pic from the ad

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same as a or similar to Warlock SXT cat??

 

[Rayson1971]

Totally different bottom. Talon bottom. Alot closer to American offshore on top with minor changes .

 

[OldSchoolBoats]

My buddy Brian has a bad ass 26 Cat. 120 MPH boat. Original owners.

 

[CLdrinker]

same as a or similar to Warlock SXT cat??

Pretty sure it’s different as mentioned. I think the Howard mold ended up at Adrenaline maybe? And they put the god awful deck on it

 

[LargeOrangeFont]

The red one that had the full page ad in Hot Boat years gave me a stiffy.

Believe this is it. Couldn’t find pic from the ad

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Saw that one Monday in the channel.

 

[92562]

When I had my Bullet built in '04 Gene told me that the 26 cat was a splash from a hammered American Offshore that someone brought in. There was another mold that sat at a shop off the 15 in Norco for years but that wasn't the one Howard made. Of course their layup and rigging made for one badass cat! I remember the red one above from the first regatta, I think a fireman owned it at the time. It could have been John who also worked as a rigger back then. Who knows, I'm old now and remember things "my way"!

 

[Bigbore500r]

Plaster Dave's 26 Howard was a bad mofo....."Petty Cash" I think it was named.

 

[Bigbore500r]

The red one that had the full page ad in Hot Boat years gave me a stiffy.

Believe this is it. Couldn’t find pic from the ad

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@JJK94 isn't this your buddies Howard I saw you on, at RBV this weekend?

 

[CLdrinker]

Didnt Peter from here have a bad ass Howard back in the day. He has the blue 26DCB now.

 

[hallett21]

I’ve always been surprised to hear that they ride a little rough in the snotty water. Always assumed that the cat bottom and heavy Howard layup would be a perfect rough water combo.

Still one of my favorite boats.

 

[counterpart7]

Did this bottom become the Sportdeck and/or 288 bottom? Seems all of their cats could share a very similar bottom?

 

[gqchris]

I had my Warlock 25sxt on a trailer next to a Talon and it was damn near identical. I even measured the tunnel depths. Didnt most builders splash the Talon bottom?

 

[hallett21]

Did this bottom become the Sportdeck and/or 288 bottom? Seems all of their cats could share a very similar bottom?

I believe they chopped up a blank hull and created the 288s.

I know someone bought the 26 molds. I think it was @plasterdave

 

[JJK94]

@JJK94 isn't this your buddies Howard I saw you on, at RBV this weekend?

the one I was working on is the one from hot boat its been resurrected from an 18 Year sleep
@LargeOrangeFont The one im referring to was not in the channel. We were at Topoc Sunday morning
@CLdrinker Do you know where/when that picture was taken. I got it from the original owner

 

[CLdrinker]

the one I was working on is the one from hot boat its been resurrected from an 18 Year sleep
@LargeOrangeFont The one im referring to was not in the channel. We were at Topoc Sunday morning
@CLdrinker Do you know where/when that picture was taken. I got it from the original owner

No idea. It’s been around awhile though.

 

[02HoWaRd26]

I sold mine in 07, bought with 9 hours on it, TCM power IMCO drive ladida, had option to buy back super super cheap in 2010 but life got in the way. Have NEVER seen a photo or it since i sold it.

 

[hallett21]

I sold mine in 07, bought with 9 hours on it, TCM power IMCO drive ladida, had option to buy back super super cheap in 2010 but life got in the way. Have NEVER seen a photo or it since i sold it.
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How would you compare this to your DCB now?

 

[retaocleg]

pretty design......

 

[02HoWaRd26]

How would you compare this to your DCB now?

I’ve had a lot of boats between, i will say that boat ran great, rode amazing, someone said there’s didn’t run that great in the slop, mine didn’t have any issue. It’s the same Talon hull as so many others it’s a well known, well versed hull. No rattles etc, came from a Cheetah Stiletto so it was a huge upgrade specially in the ride and hull creaks.

 

[JFMFG]

@JLG614 just got one and loves it. Rumor mill says he pussy foots it tho……. Jk Josh.

 

[ToMorrow44]

I feel like back in the early 2000s there were a bunch of these boats running around with blower motors sticking out of the hatch…yet you never see them anymore. Is that just me..?

 

[BLOWN HOWARD]

I sold this one yrs ago

 

[JLG614]

I just bought one. Supposedly the only one rigged from the factory with twins but that’s just what I was told. I absolutely love the boat so far. I’m not sure why people say they don’t ride well in rough water. I’ve already had mine in some pretty decent water and parker on memorial was nuts but the boat handled it super well and has never done anything sketchy. One of the best riding cats I’ve been in. I think it’s a more fun boat to drive than the F26 with twins that my parents had

 

[NicPaus]

I just bought one. Supposedly the only one rigged from the factory with twins but that’s just what I was told. I absolutely love the boat so far. I’m not sure why people say they don’t ride well in rough water. I’ve already had mine in some pretty decent water and parker on memorial was nuts but the boat handled it super well and has never done anything sketchy. One of the best riding cats I’ve been in. I think it’s a more fun boat to drive than the F26 with twins that my parents had
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It looks great on the water. Saw you in front of Echo. My Buddy at Echo has 1. But it sat on the trailer memorial.

 

[ChrisV]

Saw this beauty over the weekend. So fucking clean . Good chatting with you!

 

[counterpart7]

Saw this beauty over the weekend. So fucking clean . Good chatting with you! View attachment 1246228

No fenders??

 

[ChrisV]

No fenders??

They were still setting up

 

[JL95]

That fiberglass hatch goes insane. Any other models that have a flush hatch like that?

 

[ChrisV]

That fiberglass hatch goes insane. Any other models that have a flush hatch like that?

That was the first thing I noticed. Definitely will try to make something similar for my boat.

 

[counterpart7]

They were still setting up

Okay good hahah!