Quote Originally Posted by yeller View Post
Greg, what did you mean by this? Are they different than the other Warlock styles, or different compared to the other Euros? Did any Euro ever get a stepped hull or pad?
Well yeller, there are a few permutations here.........

The first "Euro" was designed by Tom Stolarz, successful racer and founder of Team Warlock based in Corona, Southern Cal. He designed and then built the legendary "23 Offshore" initially in very early 1987, then in 1988 introduced the "24 Euro" model. He had been messing around with various designs from 1985 according to Jim Allen who I ran down a year or so ago. The 23 and 24 were both a part of the companies World Class model line-up of super narrow beam V hulls from Team Warlock but the 24 Euro's (contrary to many opinions) have a somewhat different bottom than the 23 Offshore, including a 25 degree dead rise. The Stolarz built 24 Euro's ended in 1995 although the molds survived and the same model was built on occasion by a different company through 1998 as requested. The word is that (8) 24 Euro's were built in 1998 with the absolute last one out of the mold actually being a full walk through open bow model with a Merc Blue 500 bulldog race motor. No steps, no pad, 25 degree V, narrow beam from 1989 through 1998. The brochure below says the beam is 7 foot, but that is not true, it is 6'8" at the widest point, but who's counting.

Sometime during his ownership period, Tom Stolarz must have decided to tool a 25' Euro and Dan Kirby, glass legend in SoCal (also ran a 200mph Corvette) who had joined Tom to run the Team Warlock glass shop operation, laid up a few 1994 hulls which had under bow facing jumper seats and a true 7' beam.

Then, at some point in 1995 Carter Read worked out a what I believe was a somewhat messy deal to buy Team Warlock from Stolarz. Stolarz evidently was getting more into his WPM steering systems business. Carter Read took Tom's 1994 25 Euro design and molds and built a few Ultimate 25 Euro's in 1995 only. Interestingly when you run across an Ultimate, they carry a HIN of UTC. In 1996 the name was legally changed to Ultimate Warlock and the bottom on the 25 Euro was tweaked including dropping the dead rise to 24 degrees and gaining a more useful under bow small bed as Carter Read raised the deck a little bit while maintaining the narrow beam and overall Euro look. Still no steps, no pad and a 7' beam on these Ultimate Warlock 25 Euro's from 1996 on.

Early 1996, Read introduces the Ultimate Warlock 28 Euro (29' LOA) of which I have only seen two, same bottom as the 25 in all respects, just more running surface. Then, in late 1996 the 29 Euro which is 30' LOA. Both these boats - no step, no pad, narrow 7' beam, 24 degree V. My opinion only is that both the 28 Euro and 29 Euro were probably based on the Team Warlock 28 Offshore hull which is also a narrow beam 24 degree. Probably an identical bottom with the completely different Euro deck and transom steps. The 28 Euro that's for sale above is very rare and has a B3 drive but the puny BBC engine which is too bad. That thing is a great value at $20k if it at least had a 454Mag with the B3. Instead it has the 310hp carb 454 and tops out at 53mph

Not until the Warlock 32 Euro was introduced yeller (the model was kind of an oddball) did they switch to use the step and pad bottom design specifically for a Euro. The 32 Euro is a very different boat though including a wide beam.

Now the -flat deck square transom- Ultimate Warlock's (renamed simply as "World Class" models by Read) started using the step and pad bottom design in late 1996. The first boat was the 29 built to race APBA. From there the 27 in 1998 and then the 25 in 2000. All of these kicked butt on the race circuit. The 25 foot World Class' bottom was tweaked a bit by Reed based on all the race success the 29 and 27 had and with its serpentine step, pad bottom 25 degree V it has clocked 78mph on radar with a 496HO and stock Bravo drive without low water pickup. Fast, efficient boats. Unfortunately, these Carter Read "World Class" models in 25, 27, and 29 were never offered as a Euro.

Sorry for the soap box, but in for a penny in for a pound. Both Tom Stolarz and Carter Read are still living in Southern Cal today.