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MY BARN FIND !!! KATAMA
Backriverexpress	#1  Posted on 06/17/15 - 5:35 AM
Member Personal Page Posts: 185 Comments: 1 Joined: 09/04/06	On my personal page is the 1972 BW Katama I found online in VA. The bottom has never been painted, there is no crazing !!!! Original Katama helm and helm seat, the buckets are gone but I have a line on some :) Check out the Ritchie Explorer compass at the Helm :) Also look at the original Tach in the dash :) I also have the center bar that goes between the seats he had it out to fit a cooler on the seat. Owner had her for the last 30 years !!! He was the second owner. Let me know what you think The last photo is my boat I had as a kid..... Edited by Backriverexpress on 06/17/15 - 5:43 AM 1970 Katama
huckelberry145	#2  Posted on 06/17/15 - 6:51 AM
Member Posts: 401 Comments: 3 Joined: 03/10/12	Great find!! Keep the photos coming of the restoration, well the polishing up of her. No need of a restoration on that one. Have fun.
Backriverexpress	#3  Posted on 06/17/15 - 9:14 AM
Member Personal Page Posts: 185 Comments: 1 Joined: 09/04/06	Thanks Huck..... Just added the forward bar between the seats Looks more "correct" now :) 1970 Katama
mtown	#4  Posted on 06/17/15 - 1:45 PM
Member Personal Page Posts: 610 Comments: 5 Joined: 07/06/08	Very cool find, especially with your specific interest in this layout. What is the grab rail shown in the "kids" picture? I am about to fabricate a grab rail above the wind shield of my "raised helm Currituck 1966" but had ruled out going all the way to the starboard gunnel. I only have a small depth sounder mounted on the flat portion of the console, but I like being able to step from bow/stern without using the "walkway" on the port side. Planning to have the new rail only extend the width of my raised console.
Backriverexpress	#5  Posted on 06/17/15 - 3:40 PM
Member Personal Page Posts: 185 Comments: 1 Joined: 09/04/06	The grab rail was an OEM rail that goes between the two bucket seats in the bow... If you look at the bottom photos of mine you can see I reinstalled it on the new boat :) 1970 Katama
Eddie M	#6  Posted on 06/18/15 - 6:26 AM
Member Posts: 20 Comments: 0 Joined: 08/04/14	My dad had two Katamas when our family was very young and living on the south shore of Long Island NY. I remember them well. One had a 100hp Johnson and one with a 135hp Evinrude. Great boats for water sports and going to Fire Island beaches. Brings back many memories. Enjoy showing the good life on a Whaler to your family.
bennythomson	#7  Posted on 06/18/15 - 7:39 AM
Member Posts: 66 Comments: 0 Joined: 07/30/14	Backriverexpress, I'm very jealous! Enjoy her 1967 Whaler 13
Backriverexpress	#8  Posted on 06/18/15 - 8:30 AM
Member Personal Page Posts: 185 Comments: 1 Joined: 09/04/06	Thank you both !!! I still can't believe I found her !!! I sold my old one to a good friend sent him an email last night with a photo Asked if he still had it, he said no, he had moved into a newer model ;) 1970 Katama