C’mon Frick, first you don’t show up to PIB with the gun, now I gotta see you in loto gun-less again? Killin me smalls.

Seriously Frick, Connor's right...Get yer sh*t together!! LOL

Although, that CC of yours is a fantastic looking boat. Love it.

I hear ya buddy. Last year I put it away and didn't deal with it - all season. This year I am finding all the gremlins. Let's just say it's more than I bargained for:

#6 conversion
New trans
New cockpit
Heads rebuild (engine out service, both)
Blower rebuild
Carb rebuilds
Some body work on the transom, so all hardware removed, re-coat
Clean up bilge, recoat, replace maintenance items
And probably a few hundred hours of other stuffs

Awesome, let us know. I am in Hollywood a few times a year and I'd be interested.

Can you just cut the cord? an old Cig is just a hole in the ground to throw money at. It`s never going to stop.
I don`t miss mine one bit.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't you just do the same thing you did to your cig to your NT with the same outcome?

I wouldn't say it's the brand; it's the level of HP and high-performance parts people throw at ANY used boat.

yep, trust me it wasn’t my plan and last year I would have been better off with parting it. The six drives in the end weren’t going to cost me that much money, by the time I sold off everything else.

it’s the head repair that is costing and I didn’t see coming. Two reasons I’m putting time into it;

1. Didn’t want to deal with selling all the parts and 10-15 separate transactions
2. Didn’t want to get stuck with the hull and eventually see if go to the scrap yard.

who knows, maybe it will end up getting parted anyways.

someone will get a sweet boat when it goes up for sale. Didn’t you just dump a bunch of money, again, into an older boat that’s probably still worth only what you paid for it. So I don’t see the difference, or frankly, your point?

I pulled the plug on the engines as soon as I seen it going the same way as the Cig.
Had a reputable builder build me engines instead of trying to build my own.
Not going to be chasing 100mph for 12 years and changing drives and set ups like an idiot for 12 years.
First year with the cig the new owner had engines, transmissions and drives blow up.
I was $500k into a 1985 boat .. if I kept it I would have been in it for $600k plus and that`s where Frick is headed. These old boats are heavy and they eat engines/drives and everything else because of the high load and inefficient hull..Thank GOD I pulled that plug on it when it was working perfect.
AND I did all my own work, Frick doesnt, so I can`t even imagine if I had to add THOUSANDS of hours of labor to that $500k bill. F that.

Unfortunately, I can`t afford a OB cat because if I could I would never step foot in a bilge again and I`d boat stress free.

I`ve learned some lessons with the Cig that I`d hate for you to realize after it`s too late.
I`ve wanted to pull the plug a 100 times but always thought , well after this it will be great, however that was never the case.

The 3600 is 20 years younger, hit 120mph first time out, is set up perfectly from the factory, sit down boat is amazing and it rides on air instead of the constant hop hop of an old straight bottom cig.
I have half the money in it.
The definition of insanity is dooing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. I was insane for 12 years.
Give it a shot thou, maybe you`ll have better results.
Tanks boat seems to run flawlessly

Yes, if your goal is to get an old straight bottom over 100 it’s gonna take a lot of money, a lot of HP and a lot of work. Especially a flat deck cig or Apache. Heavy sum b*tches. But you have basically the same set up in your new boat as your old boat and if your happy with just doing 100 then cool. But if you want to hang with the outboard cats running 135…..you see my point? It’s always something. 😂😂 I’m glad you’re happy with your new boat. Always been a fan of the 3600. Think if I ever got a cat, that’s what I’d get. Huge bang for the buck, reliable, predictable hull, cabin, all around good boat. I look forward to seeing it at loto in June! 😁👍