Sorry for any confusion, Phil ran his 47 Apache as Lucky Strike in a number of races, PTM Express in others.

Ive used the name Lucky Strike on quite a few of my Cigarettes since 1976.

Understood. No offense intended. My current boat is “Shaken Not Stirred” and those darned James Bond people stole my name! Lol. I now remember your board name from OSO for years, my bad.

Interesting comparison . Which was faster with the same or similar power . I am restoring a 27 magnum. . Cheers RG

My 1972 Magnum Sport had Stock 350 Crusader Scorpions with Volvo 270 Drives. 56 MPH

My !st 28 Cigarette was a 1976 28 S.S Standard build with warmed up 350's and Volvo 270 T's with Speedmaster lowers .61 MPH

The second 28 Cig S.S. was a 1976 built for P-Class in APBA with Stock 280 Merc's with TRS drives. Light layup and thinner cabin wood. 63 MPH

The third 28 Cig S.S. Which I built in 1979 for P-Class In APBA .Stock 280 Merc's with TRS Drives mounted much higher. Much lighter layup & cabin 68 MPH

Thanks LS , I am going to run a pair of 454’s running about 420 to 450 hp with TRS drives. I will set the X dimension a little higher than stock as prop selection is much better these days . hoping to to see high sixties maybe even seventy . But time will tell . Planning to leave cabin pretty bare bones . Great info thanks again .RG

In P-Class back then you needed the cabin to be like a pleasure boat cabin.

The bunks were 1/2" Plywood.... So we made them 1/4 inch in the 79.

Good luck with your project. Put up some pics of it here.

You can do lots of other tricks to a hull
to make more speed without touching the engines

I own one of the last 28 Magnums produced. Factory twin big block /TRS. The Factory high X dimension put the top of transom assemblies in to the area of the rubrail.

LS , I will probably blue print the bottom but I don not want to play with the strakes. I notched my 38 Flat Deck not sure it will make much difference on this hull with the power package contemplated . Cheers RG

my Magnum Sedan has old carbureted 350 mags. 66 on radar