Hey guys, cool site.
HotRod56,
Lots of questions...I'll try to answer them in order.
There were no options on pump brand, you got a Berk JG or you got another brand of boat. Later, when Berkeley pumps were hard to find, this rule might have been broken. But that was in the 90s. I'm going back and thinking now (and it hurts) that might not be true. I think I can remember see a few C bowls along the way. But Always a Berk. Hmmm, I'm calling Roger again next week to shoot the bull some more, I'll ask him. Spoke with him last week, he's enjoying the retired life at Havasu.
All Rogers were built with one thing in mind, quaility. There were no stinger options either, full length, or none at all. lol. Some of the race boats did have thinner stringers, but still full length.
Production stopped when Roger retired, about 3 years ago. The last few years only a couple of boats were done each season. Lots of repair work was done too, he re-did many of his old boats. So I believe the last one built was in 2003.
There was never a 23' cruiser built in 1986, biggest he did then was a 21. Back in the 70s he did offer a double stepped deck that was 22 feet or so. I've only seen one of them.
Super cool guy, grew up with and is the same age as my mom. There's 2 or 3 guys that I worked with or for since the early 70s that I really miss hanging out with... he's #2, the other would be my dad.
