I once owned the original SIZZLER from the movie JAWS 2.
I purchased it from Steve Curren yacht sales in Marina Del Rey California in 1990. I lived in El Segundo at the time. I was a novice sailor at the time and my father thought this would be a good goal for me.
The cat was in a yard behind the main office and I could see it from our slip where my dad and I would sail from. We had to get a jib made for the cat because it was missing from the sail bag. There was two main sails. One was white with a mural of a shark on it and one two tone red. I was able to confirm the boat was the actual boat from the movie by examining the film in a particular scene where my SIZZLER cut through one of the upside down Tornadoes. My boat had the scratches in the paint and a dent to match the damage seen in the movie. In 1995 I moved to Salem Oregon and stored to boat at my mothers property. I moved back to L.A. in 1996 and a few years later my mom lost the property to foreclosure. I never saw the boat again. Too bad because my father and I did a lot of work to it and it was a joy to sail. I deeply regret not getting my SIZZLER back from Oregon. Where could it be now?
SIZZLER from JAWS 2
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Posted: Aug 09, 2022 - 09:06 PM
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Posted: Aug 10, 2022 - 07:50 AM
I used to live near Steve Curren yacht sails and remember that boat sitting in the parking lot! Very unusual to say the least. Was it made of aluminum? I also remember a very unusual paint job, flames all down the hull, correct?
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Bill Townsend
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Posted: Aug 10, 2022 - 02:11 PM
did some checking on the www. the first link was to this site. good article here.
https://www.thebeachcats.com/news/116/the-sizzler-catamaran,-aluminum-beachcat/ -
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Posted: Aug 10, 2022 - 04:54 PM
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Posted: Aug 18, 2022 - 04:45 PM
My father had one as a teen in the early 70's. Boat I learned to sail on. It was like something out of the future
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Posted: Aug 20, 2022 - 08:54 PM
When I was a teen MN3. My father was in his 30's. It was actually a cool boat. Had a SS keel and us kids hauled it up and down the seawall. Fairly light Aluminum with foam core. I remember feeling real cool one summer as it was the only cat on the lake thus fastest sailboat. Really, know one ever seen one before. -
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Posted: Aug 22, 2022 - 08:13 AM
I always thought you were "real cool"
Miss ya Screaming Jim!!!
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