"The Cigarette"
11-25-2004 | 05:28 PM
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Re: "The Cigarette"
Ratman
Type in any search engine.... John Crouse Searace .....and it will come up with Johns website. You can buy a copy directly from him and also get info on the new book he is writing which has even more inside stories of the sport.
There is another thread going on now with this same subject in general discussion with a lot of information, I think it is on page three or so.
Type in any search engine.... John Crouse Searace .....and it will come up with Johns website. You can buy a copy directly from him and also get info on the new book he is writing which has even more inside stories of the sport.
There is another thread going on now with this same subject in general discussion with a lot of information, I think it is on page three or so.
01-07-2007 | 05:26 AM
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Re: "The Cigarette"
I read in the book Searace, back in 1972 "The Cigarette" had been shipped to Austrailia. Don had sold the boat to Val Carr, who at the time was Austrailia`s most famous ocean racer. Carr was a two-time national champion and at the time considered the father of the sport in his country.
According to the book,on March 26, 1972, Val and his brother Paul were killed during the "Schwepps 80" offshore race in Sydney, Austrailia. Val was a father of six young children under nine years. Paul left eight children from infants to 17.
The boat was later sold to auto dealer Arnold Glass, of Sydney. He had won the same race in it the following year and won five other races and the 1973 Austrailian championship.
The only other mention of the boat in this book was in 1976 it was now owned by another Austrailian, Norm Jenkin. It had placed third in the race mentined.
Who knows where it is today?
Kurt.
According to the book,on March 26, 1972, Val and his brother Paul were killed during the "Schwepps 80" offshore race in Sydney, Austrailia. Val was a father of six young children under nine years. Paul left eight children from infants to 17.
The boat was later sold to auto dealer Arnold Glass, of Sydney. He had won the same race in it the following year and won five other races and the 1973 Austrailian championship.
The only other mention of the boat in this book was in 1976 it was now owned by another Austrailian, Norm Jenkin. It had placed third in the race mentined.
Who knows where it is today?
Kurt.
01-07-2007 | 07:16 AM
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Re: "The Cigarette"
if it is there why doesnt somebody go get it and restore it...................Just a thought why dont we all chip in and buy it and have oso campaign that at the poker runs and races.....Cant tell me that isnt a boat everyone on here wouldnt recodnize.....
01-07-2007 | 09:03 PM
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Re: "The Cigarette"
We have a HORBA member in Australia, that has been on the trail of this boat for the last few months......some dead ends, but not the end of the trail by any means.
www.historicraceboats.com
Also, we have found 100 original copies of SEARACE still in the original sealed plastic, inside the original cardboard carton they were put in in 1989.
For sale at theoriginal price of $69.95 on the HORBA site in the store.
