Cigarette Flat Deck Wanted
 

I am coming to the end of a 5 year long restoration on my Magnum 27 Sport. Getting the itch for another classic Don Aronow boat so I am putting my feelers out there to see if there are any classic Cigarette Flat Decks out there for sale? The ride and performance of my Magnum is unreal but I want something bigger and with more freeboard so it is more friendly for the wife and young kids...... Any advice some of you experienced Cigarette guys could give me would be great, Mistress, Squadron, Top Gun??? How do these larger non stepped hulls perform compared to the modern light weight stepped hulls? Thanks!

I have what you are looking for. 1986 flat deck. 800hp engines 3a speed master. Pretty much all redone Ready for the water. Call if interested 708 935-9382. I can send pic

The older straight bottoms are great rides and feel very safe I had a 31 bullet for 4 seasons and just moved up to a 38 gun straight bottAm you will not be disappointed !

hotrod.......l own 3 Don Aronow boats and the flat deck is the most (as you say) friendly for the wife and kids...you won't be disappointed to own one!.....what year & power in the 27' Sport?.....post some pictures up!

The Magnum is currently in Florida getting some much needed upholstery work. Hoping to find a Cigarette that is either ready to roll or in need of only minor cosmetic and mechanical restoration work. The Magnum was a monumental project..... it was very rough to start with and I don't have the time for another project of that level. My Magnum is now powered by twin LS3 motors with bravo XR's

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---- Really nice Sport!!! Cant quite tell if or how the floor is dropped from the pictures. Do you have a picture that shows the floor area?........Bill S

Its good to see the LS engines gettin some luv, very nice HR62

I dropped the floor about 6", helped a bunch but another 8" or so would be great! only way to get any further would be to build drop boxes to stand in which I didn't want to do. I will post a link to the photo bucket page showing some restoration progress pics later.

Very nice

Sorry to go off in a different direction than your original post, but what year is the Mag sport? and where did you find her?.....Wonderful restoration!

The ride of a flat deck or mistress will be a lot more solid then most others, heavybtirds but worth it, the amount of structure in the old boats is much stronger then newer ones, takes power to move them though...

I have to agree with Scippy , I own a flat deck and they are cool boats. Solid ride in most any water. The mistress is equally cool but if freeboard is what you are after then the only choice in a flat deck is the 38 flat deck. RG.

Posting pics for Sonic700

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Sharp looking boat! I think a 38 is probably the best option, as Rick G said the Mistress still has a a pretty low freeboard. Is this boat for sale?

Yes it's Ryan's aka Sonic700. It's located in Chicago area

It's a great buy for someone wanting a turn key Flatdeck

Mark

As Mark said it is for sale. It is ready to hit the water.

I may part with my flatdeck if you are looking for a project

So your saying a glass boat is stronger than Kevlar and Carbon fiber ?? don't think so

F-2 Speedy . Re-read FF's post that is not what he said . He commented on structure and weight not build material . Quite the opposite of your interpretation . Just saying .
RG .

Correct, the amount of bulkheads and reinforcement makes them ride amazing... if 2 boats are built identical and one is 2000lbs heavier it WILL ride better....

shoot me some pics, depending on what kind of condition it is in I would be interested. Thanks!

I haven't seen the boat, but it looks pretty clean.
https://sandiego.craigslist.org/esd/boa/6028648601.html