What used to be boat of choice for smugglers in the 70's/80's????
10-27-2007, 07:58 AM
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they used every boat possible,from flats skiffs to to shrimp boats,the "lucky too" 40' hull #1 used to be called the "black bean" and reportedly brought in alot,it is now a deep sea fishing charter,open fish scarabs were very popular boat,they arrested half the fire/police dept. here in the eighties.keep in mind that all of this new technology,and manpower still only halts about 6% of the drugs coming into the country.
10-27-2007, 08:05 AM
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Being in the boat business in SE Florida since 1979, the only boats I KNOW were "transporters" were a 36' Cigarette, a 36' Mirage, a 36' Scorpion, a 33' Carrera and the center console Midnight Express. A dead giveaway was a low x-dimension, high fuel capacity and a 36" square foredeck hatch.
The aforementioned boats either came up for auction or were for sale when I was selling brokerage boats back in the early 80s.
I remember the Cigarette was dark green and the Midnight had 800 gallons fuel capacity and 4 200 Mercs. The Carrera had such a low x-dimension, it wouldn't respond to outdrive trim. The 36' Scorpion had #3 SSM drives and 6 hours on the meters. If I remember anything else, I will post again.
The aforementioned boats either came up for auction or were for sale when I was selling brokerage boats back in the early 80s.
I remember the Cigarette was dark green and the Midnight had 800 gallons fuel capacity and 4 200 Mercs. The Carrera had such a low x-dimension, it wouldn't respond to outdrive trim. The 36' Scorpion had #3 SSM drives and 6 hours on the meters. If I remember anything else, I will post again.
10-27-2007, 08:52 AM
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Being in the boat business in SE Florida since 1979, the only boats I KNOW were "transporters" were a 36' Cigarette, a 36' Mirage, a 36' Scorpion, a 33' Carrera and the center console Midnight Express. A dead giveaway was a low x-dimension, high fuel capacity and a 36" square foredeck hatch.
The aforementioned boats either came up for auction or were for sale when I was selling brokerage boats back in the early 80s.
I remember the Cigarette was dark green and the Midnight had 800 gallons fuel capacity and 4 200 Mercs. The Carrera had such a low x-dimension, it wouldn't respond to outdrive trim. The 36' Scorpion had #3 SSM drives and 6 hours on the meters. If I remember anything else, I will post again.
The aforementioned boats either came up for auction or were for sale when I was selling brokerage boats back in the early 80s.
I remember the Cigarette was dark green and the Midnight had 800 gallons fuel capacity and 4 200 Mercs. The Carrera had such a low x-dimension, it wouldn't respond to outdrive trim. The 36' Scorpion had #3 SSM drives and 6 hours on the meters. If I remember anything else, I will post again.
what would be the benifit of a low X dim?
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10-27-2007, 09:16 AM
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It's exactly like the story I posted a few years back.
You obviously have long term loss of short term memory from smokin too much mexican dirt weed from Tommy's buddy.
Great story, Tommy. It reminded me of a guy I knew who drove to Mexico in the 70's with a motorhome, packed it to the ceiling with bales and drove all the way back to NC. Said he did it 3 times and made a LOT of $$$ but the stress was unbelievable. He quit while he was ahead.
You obviously have long term loss of short term memory from smokin too much mexican dirt weed from Tommy's buddy.
Great story, Tommy. It reminded me of a guy I knew who drove to Mexico in the 70's with a motorhome, packed it to the ceiling with bales and drove all the way back to NC. Said he did it 3 times and made a LOT of $$$ but the stress was unbelievable. He quit while he was ahead.
10-27-2007, 09:26 AM
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10-27-2007, 09:34 AM
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10-27-2007, 09:47 AM
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bgchuby- I wish I still had some of the photos...
back then very little was grown in the US compared to now-- it is the largest cash crop in several states. It had to be imported and a lot of it came from the caribbean and south america by boat.
10-27-2007, 10:37 AM
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