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Tom:

Since I posted that I did some digging...I know the Playboy.... The boat I speak of that was kind of like a Sidewinder copy, was a 17' Switzer. Rounded nose like a Super Sport. The transom had wrap back wings like the later editon Super Sports...But, the side ran up like the Sidewinder, and connected at about the same height to the windsheild similar to the Sidewinder. Dont know this model name, but, the time frame was 1970/71. Our neighbor bought one new from Carl Stirn's Marine with a 125 Johnson.

About 1977, some genius running with no lights 4th of July night after the fireworks T boned him and we ended up working hard to get him to shore before his boat sank. The boat was a total loss...Anyway, that is the boat, any idea what model it may have been? There were not too many made at all. If you see Bobby, he may remember the boat, it was Aqua Marine metal flake.

Skooonz the Switzer Playboy was first molded in 1965 but not released till 1966. The Switzer Playboy was a Square nose V bottom that looks tri hull in design but actually is a V. This boat was a hybrid combination of the Switzer Holiday Hull and the Switzer Shooting Star Deck. They made only 50 of these boats; 25 14 footers and 25 16 footers. I was able to find an original 1965 before the fins in back were changed from pointed to flat. Captain Nabbers Boat Shop in Morris Illinois pulled a mold off that boat,modified the motor well and built me a new one,which sailed for the first time last fall. You can see it on my site at www.freewebs.com/switzercraftreunionregattas/ ...Now I have seen what looks like a Switzer SK 175 on the Switzer Yahoo site that matches your description but the SK did not come out till 1977....Tom Arambasich...Come on Summer!!!!

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Tom:

Since I posted that I did some digging...I know the Playboy.... The boat I speak of that was kind of like a Sidewinder copy, was a 17' Switzer. Rounded nose like a Super Sport. The transom had wrap back wings like the later editon Super Sports...But, the side ran up like the Sidewinder, and connected at about the same height to the windsheild similar to the Sidewinder. Dont know this model name, but, the time frame was 1970/71. Our neighbor bought one new from Carl Stirn's Marine with a 125 Johnson.

About 1977, some genius running with no lights 4th of July night after the fireworks T boned him and we ended up working hard to get him to shore before his boat sank. The boat was a total loss...Anyway, that is the boat, any idea what model it may have been? There were not too many made at all. If you see Bobby, he may remember the boat, it was Aqua Marine metal flake.

Hey i just remembered,there are pictures of a Switzer like that on the yahoo sites with a V4 on it. It has replacement seats in it. Has an original SS bottom with that football indented pad and looked like a 1977 Hydrostream vector where the winshield would hook all the way back to those wings.
Sorry this answer took so long. Tom Arambasich