Cigarette Accident - famous race driver dead
 

On April 9 famous class 1 race driver Jose Corti got killed.
Corti was also boat dealer in Monaco.
During a testride in a 30 ft. Cigarette on an Italian Lake with three customers all 4 people got thrown out of the boat during a turn. Only one survived
Corti was a very expiriennced driver who took part in several class 1 baot races.

This is third accident of a Cigarette in Europe in the last twelve month- first where people got killed.

http://www.worldofpowerboats.com/archive/?ID=104

http://www.my-sci.com/Powerboat,Clas...er_Bootsunfall


accident on River Rhine Germany 2008
38 Top Gun Twin 575 SCI

http://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/c...r-2005-tg.html

accident on River Schelde Belgium 2008
38 Top Gun Twin 700 SCI

http://www.atv.be/v3/newsdetail.aspx?mid=2&id=9668

Sad....

very sad to hear!! I wonder could this be the boat??

Sad. RIP

Man, that IS sad. I wonder how hard he was running that little boat to get out of shape?

sad

I hate hearing news like this... what caused them to get thrown out when they turned??? how was the water conditions and speed?

This is very sad. Anybody that owns a twin step cig should really beware of turns. You can't blame boating inexperience on this one.

I still wouldn't rule it out though.

At the risk of sounding stupid, I'm going to ask a question that I should of asked along time ago.

I've been noticing several comments lately about how twin stepped boats handle differently.

I've ran performance boats most of my life with never an issue. Just last fall I purchase an '01 Playboy T/S, jumped in and took off.

Can someone explain the handling differences and what you should not do with a T/S?

Thanks.