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02 Rayson Craft 25' Cat Need Info?

Talk to me, is this a good hull, manufacture?
At first I thought it was a 25' Daytona.
It has a 502, only does 70 but appears to be a clean boat.
Owner's asking $25K he's the second owner BTW
Thanks for any feedback

Here it is...again, at first I thought it was a Daytona.
Owner told me "it's the exact hull as the 25' Daytona"

It's a Talon based bottom, which most cats are.

Rudy Ramos gave his blessing to a guy named Johnny Ray...last name slips me right now.

Long story short, Johnny did a prison stint over nefarious activity in building these boats, my buddy at LASO put him away.

Had a former neighbor with the same year model/hull, had some issues with one of the sponsons as I can recall. There was definately a gap in quality of these boats based on the shady dealings behind them, check it out well before purchase, could be a very good boat though.

I would just check it over and if it fits your likes and needs buy it. You won't find a better riding hull. It is the original 25 Talon hull and most other 25 and 26 ft hulls are a copy of it . For some reason the raysoncraft rides perfect. I have been beating up on mine since 2005 and it is holding up great. Only have some new stress cracks in one area from pure driver error ( huge tuna boat roller wake=airtime )
sounds like a sweet deal $$$$$

racer

BTW the hulls are all registered as 26 ft but really measure around 25'8" I believe. Big difference in insurance costs from a 25 to a 26 FYI

Johnny Ray Whitsett,

Should be out of prison by now, real BS king for sure.

Thanks for the further feedback > think I'll check it out on the trailer and craw around it a few times.
Rain here for the next few days but maybe I'll know more after this weekend.
The owner said 70 mph with the 502, and have no idea about the hours on the engine or drive.
I would like to get something more versatile than my 21' Daytona Jet, time will tell.
sooooo > if it's clean in and out, $25K is a decent price > really???

Originally Posted by LowRiver

It's a Talon based bottom, which most cats are.

Rudy Ramos gave his blessing to a guy named Johnny Ray...last name slips me right now.

Long story short, Johnny did a prison stint over nefarious activity in building these boats, my buddy at LASO put him away.

Had a former neighbor with the same year model/hull, had some issues with one of the sponsons as I can recall. There was definately a gap in quality of these boats based on the shady dealings behind them, check it out well before purchase, could be a very good boat though.

Who's Rudy Ramos > and what bearing does he have to this hull?
What kind of "sponson issues" ?

Rudy Ramos invented Rayson Craft back in the 50's, he was a legendary Vdrive racer whose hulls rivaled Schiada, Howard back in the day.

This cat and the bigger boat molds were brought in by Johnny Ray and Rudy gave his blessing (he was in retirement), to use the legendary name.

Thanks for the further feedback > hoping to see this thing closer Sunday.

Guys, I kinda know what to look for in and around the boat > stress cracks, root etc however >>> I have no idea what to look for when it comes to the outdrive and all related hardware/parts.

Originally Posted by Airpacker

Does it have a full depth center pod like a Talon or is it cut down like a Daytona?

Full length center pod. I. Have my propshaft height even with the center pod.

Racer

PROBLEM > I can't find the owners phone number, unless I catch him on the water again too bad for me

Just Sunday my neighbor said, "no problem, you can keep a second boat on my property"