Unusual Cigarettes in Monaco
 

I know the Med has a few Cigarettes but they also have a few they call Cigarettes that probably don't qualify under the American definition of Cigarette. (Poor photos-old phone camera)

Saw these last week. First one is a 65 Millenium berthed at Antibes.They say it was built by CRT but is it really a Magnum hull? Not a bad looking boat but not a Cig as I know it. My guess is an old Magnum carrying the Cig logo.


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Second one is a 45 Heritage. Good looking boat sitting at Port Fonteville Monaco. Once again, looks like a Magnum with a Cig logo. Any thoughts?

This third one (Port Fonteville also) is an absolute shocker and I apologize to Cig owners for posting these pics but can anyone pic the hull? Is it a Magnum hull? Didn't have anything on it to say what size but I'd guess about 45' so maybe Magnum as well. Looks like they just added a raised deck onto an existing hull. They should at least have the decency to remove the logo!

Still struggling to come to terms with this boat, it's just so wrong!

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Otam has a "Cigarette Model". Not sure of the marketing details between the two companies.

Decals are very inexpensive....

I think the first two were short lived marketing relationships, officially "Cigarettes" but made elsewhere. The third may actually be an 1980s Cigarette Huntress highly modified?.

Back in 2006-2007 Skipp built several 55 with the Cigarette name but were being built in Europe i beleive as he was doing it for the Eurpean market. That didn't last to long.

http://i1344.photobucket.com/albums/...psrh4ba1yb.jpg
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Around this same time Cig introduced the 49 Grandsport which was built in Opa locka for the European market but again that didn't last long either.

http://i1344.photobucket.com/albums/...psufbyejy9.jpg

Wow that 49 is pretty cool.

Back in the Friedman/Torter/Laken days, CRT had a distribution & license agreement with OTAM for 45' & 55' models.

Magnum sued Giancarlo Rampezzotti/OTAM/CRT in Federal court in late '90s over this...don't know outcome.