Thank you. Rolling with the punches and taking it one day at a time. ;)

Sweet looking boat! Hope things turn around for you!

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On a scale of 1 - 10, the sea-trial today was an absolute 10!!!!! Tomorrow, a day planned on the boat to enjoy the fruits of my labor. Wish me luck!!!!!

Ahh, yes.....and a special shout out to Native Racing Engines and Dixion's Speed and Marine for their help, support and extraordinary service!!!!!

that good to hear, im takin mine out sunday to watch the blue angels air show, first time this season were seeing 75-80deg weather i hope mine performes as good as yours!

NICE, we do that in Cleveland - actually, that was the day I got hooked on buying a Cigarette - I was watching the Celveland Air Show from the water - Have a great time!! WAHOOOOO!!!

After 8 months trying to work the bugs out mechanically, I think we’ve finally nailed it. An entire weekend of fun, with all of the fluids the proper color, odor, and water free!!!! It was kind of windy on Sunday, so the audio isn't that great (but) you get the idea. ;)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vioZAcY7ARw

A few photo's from the weekend.....

Finally Dad!!!! F...i...n...a...l...l...y..........

Congrats!!! The boat looks fantastic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

maan it was an awsome show those guys put on, also the boat ran flawless it was a great day to be on the water!

AWSOME!

That's great dude!!!! Patience and persistence wins the day! :)

I was rooting for you. Im happy its all set! Is it stayin now? OR still for sale?

Thank you, that is very true. Don't forget $$$$ too!! LOL!!! ;)

Thank's Kreed!! Me too. I'll be happy a month from now, once I have a handful of weekends under my belt. Still on egg shells....... I'm at the point, where I'm just waiting to see what, if anything, is next. But, hopefully, I'm done, and she'll be dependable as she should be, and should have been.

Still for sale......hmmmm......I'll say this....my ad is going to expire in the next two weeks. At this point in time, I don't think I'll be in a hurry to re-new the ad. ;) I think it's time that I start to reap the fruits of my labor.

It's always great to hear that someone's boat is running flawlessly.... :) An 87' too, like mine. That's really great!!! :) I hope you have many flawless days to come......

Well, I didn't want to remind you about that! :lolhit:

Read your thread.. let´s be positive, the economy is picking up globlally.. slowly but steadily !

Boat is fabulous so congrats.. wish it was me living there and boating year around.:coolcowboy:

Well......so far so good. Another successful day of boating on Saturday. However........not sure if I'm being paranoid, but, the transmission fluid in one the the motors is burgundy, while the other is bright red. Now, one transmission was re-sealed, and obviously has new fluid, but, it seems that the other one should still be bright red, no? It doesn't smell burnt. I'm gonna have the mechanic check it out tomorrow to get his opinion. Maybe we'll flush that one out and re-fill with fresh fluid, then, keep an eye on it and see if the color changes. Anyway..........here are a couple of videos from Saturday.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaV-VuYGhoo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFE_NRGfcoc

I hear ya..........taking it one day at a time, ya know? We definitely have the advantage with year round boating, that's for sure. Except, the summers are way too hotttt!!! Now the winters.......PARADISE!!!!!

You should be very proud, that is one of the nices Cigarette I have seen, period. Great job.

I am...thank you. I absolutely love the way it came out. Very classy.

Thank you very much!!!!!

Man looks and sounds great! Congrats!:coolcowboy:

Now.....that's one polished rear end!!! :)

Boat looks FANTASTIC! Congrats!

Thank you! No too bad for an '87 huh?? ;)

Boat looks great!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just a photo to share from one of the weekends that my brother used the boat.

I wish i was your brother. Boat looks great.

Absolutely stunning. Perfect choice in paint. I'm so done with the "kitchen sink" paint jobs.

Any updates on my dream boat? This is how they all should be done!

I may have a broken gimbal pin on the starboard drive....just found out....by accident actually. Hopefully nothing major.

Other than that, knock on wood, it appears that ALL of the gremlins have been worked out. Starts every time, fluids and temps. are good. She's been an absolute joy.....and I love her. In fact, I stand back at gauk at her....personally, there isn't anything that I'd do differently.

Well......I did it again!! I've listed her for sale. Somebody better pick this thing up quick before I change my mind again!!! The family is giving me the full court press to keep her a little longer.

http://http://www.offshoreonly.com/classifieds/recently_restored_cafe_racer-o37469-en.html

Yeah....ya know, it really doesn't help reading all of the positive messages and continued support throughout this thread either!!!!! Kinda cool though.....a walk down memory lane. =)