A friend of mine purchased a classic Cigarette boat this past winter. At first I was told it was a 28, then I heard it had a single and I was confused. Finally go to see the boat and I was like "oh, 24x7 mold Martini/Corsa". This completely pissed him off. He has a title and registration that clearly states 1978 25.9 Cigarette.

So he told me this is one of just a few that Don himself hand built and put his name on. A martini Cigarette....this is what he claims?? So, tell me the history

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Well for starters that name belongs on a cruiser or sailboat

Martini is one of the oldest names in offshore powerboating.

Someone should have some good info, but things were not as organized as they are now. (Heck, it's still not cut and dry; reference "repo molds" from being leased etc. etc.) Many folks swapped molds and laid up each other's boats way back in the day. The HIN and title process was spotty at best.

Cigarette or Martini?

Friend of mine had a boat with the same "error" on the title, On title under Manufacturer it says Cigarette, but the H.I.N does not start with CRT so it is not a Cigarette, if the DMV or Secretary of State would cross reference the HIN to the Manuf they would of caught it, but they don't, so many boats fall through the cracks in the system.

What is the H.I.N number on your friends boat?

On another note.send me some updated pics of my old boat when you get a chance.

The HIN is MP825140M78D

Nothing new on your old boat. Its summer so the work has halted. We are in the process of rebuilding a 575sci for it however. Gonna see what that little magic rat can do with 700hp pushing it along

usually the HIN's start with 3 letters....and I don't think they end with letters either....there is nothing that comes up on those letters on the coastguard MIC search....but there is an MPD company...wonder if someone made a mistake and transposed the letters around?...anyway the MPD comes back to
BRUNSWICK MARINE POWER PO BOX 517/201 STARCRAFT RD TOPEKA IN


here you can search for yourself: http://www.uscgboating.org/recalls/mic1.aspx

The first 3 letters of Corsa marine HIN code is MPB

Is it possible someone mistook the ''8" for a ''B''

Could be, I got the vin from a crappy cell phone pic he sent me. I just looked again zoomed in, looks like an 8 but not sure


Can anyone tell me if a boat of this size was ever a cigarette?