The sad end of .."The Cigarette"
11-11-2013, 08:24 PM
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Christian with your permission and Ian's I would,like to include that whole story with photos on our HORBA site. We are revamping the site and will probably be going live around the Miami Boat Show time in February. I will give you last look at any of this material for errors before we go live with it.
Thanks so much for sharing this with the offshore world.
Thanks so much for sharing this with the offshore world.
11-11-2013, 08:39 PM
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Charlie, it is our pleasure, we would all be honoured to have our very small part of Offshore history on the HORBA site. Hope to see you at Cowes next year.
Kind regards
Mary, Ian and Christian Toll
Kind regards
Mary, Ian and Christian Toll
11-11-2013, 09:19 PM
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The smaller Cary 29 that was also called Beep Beep had an 8 foot beam, the 32 foot Cigarette had a 9 plus foot beam. Later they took the dimensions of the Cigarette and multiplied them by 1.5 and they now had the first 50 foot Cary (actually 49 feet) It never ends what these guys would try...sometimes it worked great and other times a dismal failure, but the objective was always the same, beat the other racers.
(and this is a 32 footer)
11-12-2013, 05:33 AM
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Christian with your permission and Ian's I would,like to include that whole story with photos on our HORBA site. We are revamping the site and will probably be going live around the Miami Boat Show time in February. I will give you last look at any of this material for errors before we go live with it.
Thanks so much for sharing this with the offshore world.
Thanks so much for sharing this with the offshore world.
It's my pleasure telling it, I am glad you enjoyed it. It is certainly a story which has been close to my heart for many years and is something that I have wanted to share on here for a long time but it needed to be delivered at the right moment. With you and Gene showing some interest, I thought it should be now............
11-12-2013, 05:36 AM
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Hi Charlie----must have been quite a week?? A trip down memory lane?? Tavares---Key West---all the good old boys----I realized over the weeekend that Saturday, November 9, was Bill Wishnick's Birthday!!! He would have been 89!!! Bil WAS Boss O' Nova----
(and this is a 32 footer)
(and this is a 32 footer)
Gene, that’s a cracking photo, so are you going to tell me that you were on this one as well??
It’s funny because I was talking to Jeff Hall about 32’s just the other day and I was searching for a decent picture of Boss O’Nova II and couldn’t find a really good one in colour…….but here it is.
I think Bill Wishnick bought that boat to Cowes and raced it in the ’71 CTC. This is a lovely article about it.....
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11-12-2013, 10:58 AM
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11-12-2013, 03:32 PM
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That's a pretty impressive shot as well. The guy on the right seems to know what's coming next! Were you on board when this was taken?
I guess if you put 1250hp in a 32 footer, it's gonna get lively!!! I'm also guessing you may have run out of hull with that power??? So was it good for 90's?
I guess if you put 1250hp in a 32 footer, it's gonna get lively!!! I'm also guessing you may have run out of hull with that power??? So was it good for 90's?
11-13-2013, 12:57 PM
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That's a pretty impressive shot as well. The guy on the right seems to know what's coming next! Were you on board when this was taken?
I guess if you put 1250hp in a 32 footer, it's gonna get lively!!! I'm also guessing you may have run out of hull with that power??? So was it good for 90's?
I guess if you put 1250hp in a 32 footer, it's gonna get lively!!! I'm also guessing you may have run out of hull with that power??? So was it good for 90's?
10-15-2021, 03:56 AM
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I just joined so I could share three photos my late father took of this original 'The CIGARETTE' at the Australian Offshore Powerboat Championships on Port Philip Bay in the mid 1970s, including one of the engine compartment.
However, the forum won't let me upload them because I haven't made ten posts :-(
However, the forum won't let me upload them because I haven't made ten posts :-(
