The first two Cigs were Justin and myself rolling in together..we both are out of Venetian..then Ryan showed up from CIC shortly after..the last Cig the guy just bought it..no idea who he was but we talked to the guy that sold it and was trying to get him to buy Justins..who knows we may have had a beer and BS not knowing

Chris was supposed to roll into Kellys that day as well but he left PIB early that morning and headed for home..something must have come up..you planning to boat into late October?

The first 37.6 Cigarettes were made by Jerry Jacoby asking Don if he could block the 39 foot mold. Don agreed and Jerry pulled his AJAC HAWK out and rigged it. Jerry had raced a 35 Cigarette with the same name the year before.

The name 37.6 referred to the length of the boat and this was in 1978. The first race that it ran in was the World Championship down in Mar del Plata, Argentina. The boat showed up in the pits there and we all wandered over to see just what this boat would look like. Positive reaction from just about everyone there. The boat was being throttled by Babby Saccenti and everyone gave it a good shot at the win.

The water was so rough for that race that many boats,broke or had problems and the Italians won with an aluminum boat. First race of the American season was in California......I won that race with my newly designed JC Simon 38 foot TOP BANANA, the next boat a mile back was the 37.6 and Betty was a mile behind him in her 38 Scarab Kevlar special KAAMA.

A few years later the movie TOP GUN came out starring Tom Cruise and the Cigarette began using that name for this model. From the inside scuttlebutt that I heard, during the transition from,one owner of the Cigarette company tot he next, there was a rush to make new tooling. Whoever made the new tooling, did not get the bottom right and the hulls that came out had problems. How bad? Well a couple of Cuban brothers set up a business that would straighten out the bottom problem for the new buyers of these boats and they had plenty of customers.

Regardless of what year you buy, always have the bottom checked and if needed, blueprinted, so you know for sure your boat is the way it should be.

Ahh, ok, you got the 20th anniversary Cig. I checked it out on the rack. I really dig the paint on that boat. My pops gun is just a few boats down with the full blue cover. It looks like the last cig is from MC. We probably did cross paths. Not sure if I will be back anytime soon. 2 vacation days left... Yay....

WTF! J? You were in town and didn't reach out?! We could've hooked up and grabbed a beer! Pat didn't tell me either.... Fu$&er!

Tres pretty much said the same thing. Some of these boats will hop in flat water no matter what you do. Tres said he can fix them if you think yours is doing it excessively.

Hah, we were only in for a short time. Some how we managed to get to kelleys for a few hours. Didn't even bring the boat back.... Next time brotha!

WTF Dennis..I was at the islands EVERY WEEKEND and you didn't reach out..We could've hooked up and grabbed a beer!! :lolhit:

Actually your pops gun is right next to me..I met him early in the season..what a great guy..hope hes doing well haven't seen him in a while..we talked boats for a good hour before he dropped in and went for a run! I like the classic colors too and was on the fence as to whether I was going to do a drastic change or just re lay the stripes on the bow this winter..although keeping up the hand painted emblems is a pain I like the nostalgia..As you can see she is my project boat but I see what she can be in a few years..for now she runs and floats so she goes out as is for now! Im actually out at sea working until early October but I plan to squeeze the last few weekends left in October out finishing the season off at PIB for Halloween and of course one last Sunday Funday at Kellys before I have to put the ol girl on the trailer and away for the winter work!

Lol! This summer was so F-ed up that I actually made it over 2 times and both on Monday's.... No one is around on a Monday, so I know better than to plan chit for weekends....

Hopefully the weather cooperates a little still and we can get out a couple more times....