I was thinking about this the other day. Back in 1994 I joined SCOPE and shortly thereafter purchased my first Cigarette. It was a 1993 Cafe Racer with twin 525SC's. It was a great boat and definately made me a diehard believer in the "Oval One."

Today, SCOPE has approximately 12 or 13 members with Cigarettes. We expect that number to increase by about five within the next three to six months or so. I was curious as to the number of Cigarette owners in other clubs around the country. Also, do you guys tend to congregate together like we do. We are definately a fanatical bunch and we seem to always be the only ones proudly displaying the marque with our clothing, etc.

Just for information purposes here is a list and the boats in our club:

Ken (KWB) - 1999 Tiger, SSM #6, twin 900SC's
Jim - 1999 Tiger, SSM #6, twin 900SC's
Ron (DevilMan) - 1999 Top Gun, SSM #6, twin 1000 Paul Pfaff
Anna (BCC) - 1994 Top Gun, SSM #6, twin 900 Paul Pfaff
Jeffrey (Board God 1) - 2000 Top Gun F-2, Bravo Ones, twin 600SC
Eric - 2000 Top Gun F-2, Bravo Ones, twin HP500
Larry - 1995 Cafe Racer, Bravo Ones, twin 700SC
Gary (Cigarette1) - 1993 Cafe, Bravo Ones, twin HP500's
Kevin - 1993 Cafe Racer, Bravo Ones, twin HP500's
Storm - 1991 Cafe Racer, Bravo Ones, twin HP500's
Dan - 1989 Cafe Racer, TRS, twin HP500's
Arthur - 1989 Top Gun, TRS, twin 454's

Those on the way in shortly are:

Sean - from a 35' Fountain to a Top Gun
Jim - from a 29' Scarab to a Top Gun
Mike - from a 33' Scarab to a Top Gun

Definately a "cult following" forming.

There are no clubs that I know of in my area, but all of the cigarette guys usually hang out together at the docks.
If anyone in the Ohio Michigan area reads this and is interested in starting something, or already knows of an existing club let me know.

12 - 13 ...amateurs.
Just Kidding

LEOPA (Lake Erie Offshore Performance Association)
Has 17 Cigarettes all 31,35,38,42's
Our poker run this past weekend had 14 of the 17 attend.
No the cigarettes do not all hang together, everybody hangs with everyone. It is definately not a "cigarette' club

Fountain 9
Scarab 10
Formula 11
Baja 10
PQ 7
Saber 4

Dan

With 4 Sabers LEOPA might have the largest Saber contingent of any club!

Membership Statistics

Based on current Membership Roster of about 400+ members. There are many manufacturers represented in Florida Powerboat Club's membership roster.

The ranking within the FPC roster of the manufacturers with the strongest representation are:

1. Fountain Powerboats 56 members
2. Cigarette Racing Team 55 members
3. Wellcraft 35 members
4. Sonic USA 30 members
5. Baja Boats 26 members
6. Apache 4147 & Commanche 19 members
7. Douglas Skater 16 members
8. Formula 16 members
9. Powerplay 15 members
10 Black Thunder 12 members
11. Nor-tech 12 members
12. Active Thunder 11 members
13. Donzi 10 members

Representation by State and/or Country

1. Florida 170 members
2. Illinois 21 members
3. Michigan 20 members
4. New Jersey 17 members
5. Texas 15 members
6. Georgia 12 members
7. Missouri 11 members
8. Louisiana 9 members
9. IN, MS, NY, TN 6-7 members each
10. CT, AL, KY, MD, OH 4-5 members each
11. Canada 17 members
12. UK and Germany 2 members

dockrocker,

considering there are only 3 41 sabers in exsistence and we have 2 of them I would have to agree. We also have 2 28 sabers as well.

Tbone,

FPC keeps cigarette in business i think. Those are impressive #'s

Dan