Cigarette 28 Specs.
 

I have started looking at "entry-level" boats - I have been considering mainly new or nearly-new Fountain, Formula, Donzi, plus a variety of west coast custom builders - in the 27-28' range. On another forum, someone pointed out the Cig 28 as an alternative. I have only seen pictures on-line at the usual locations - just fom looking it appears as if the 28' has a lower freeboard than the others, which if true is not fatal, but I do like the boat to be reasonably deep. I live and will be boating in the Pacific Northwest - so a decent windshield is preferred. I also will be towing whatever I get (and we have a few mountains around here), so size and weight are issues. If I did go for an older classic, the main thing would be a decent hull. I can always re-power - probably with the smaller blocks 350Mags or 6.2's. I would appreciate any comments/opinions - and, if anyone has a spec. sheet or an old brochure etc. I would appreciate if it could be faxed to me. (Just send me a private e-mail and I'll forward my personal fax # which is toll-free in North America) Thanks!!!

Well the winshield does absolutely no good, it is a really shallow boat. I can mesure from the floor to the rail tonight to give you an exact measurement. As far as the hull is concerned, it is built like a brick ****house. They are heavy boats and handle rough water awesome, they are really fun to drive. the cabin is decent size for a 28ft. boat w/a half cabin. My only major ***** about mine is that the engine compartment is very very tight..in order to pull the motors you first have to pull the Drives off of the back and then take at least one tailstock off, not to mention all the pumps and filters of of the front wall:mad: and strip the motors halfway down....asuming the boat has trs drives w/ trannys. They supposedly offered the 28 w/ big blocks but I wouldnt wanna even think about trying to work on those:p Its a fairly easy tow, I tow mine 4hrs. round trip to Lake Erie every weekend with a 3/4 ton chevy with a 5.7L 350 with no problem. The boat weighs 5k lbs. + a 2k lb. steel trailer. The boat has an 82gal. fuel tank in the rear, some of them also have a 30gal. tank under the cabin.

All in all it is a solid boat and a lot of fun. I love mine

Let me know if I can help you with anything else. Sean from the board is a great Cig historian, check out his site www.thunderboatalley.com it is loaded with pics and info on all the classic Aronow boats.

Here are a few pics of mine.;)

another

this is when it was trashed when I first bought it

engines 300 Tempests

The front of the engin compartment actually hangs over the front of the engines about 6 inches, that is why it is such a pain in the ass

I just redid my entire interior this winter, I will try to post some pics of that in the near future;)

Best of Luck,
Tony

That`s a sweet looking 28!!!

Looks like a mini version of Too Old`s Mistress.

Nice job!

Mike

Nice to see you on the good forum! Thrillseeker has a sweet old 28'. His is the low windshield I told you about - a better looking boat than my old high windshield model.

Thill, I had always heard the old 28's are around 6500 lbs - dry?

Another

Rebar, you could be right. That is just the number that I got from the Loadmaster Trailer Co. on the weight of the boat. I will have to put it on the truck scales tomorrow to find out for sure;) I love the black paint it gives the boat a very mean look.

Thanks for the compliments Biggus:)

Mike, are you the one who was asking about the 28 on fastboats dot info?

Oh yeah, Mike it is 2' 8" from the floor to the rail at the rear bench and 3' from the floor to the rail at the helm. Its real shallow but you can see everything that is going on in front of you;)

I first posted boat under Mike.M - opinions on 27-28' boats. I also posted on the Fountain forum on this site - 27 and 29 Fever top speeds. Since I probably won't be buying until next year, its pretty good to get all the feedback - and take my time checking out as much as I can. Thanks for the measurements on the 28 Cig. The low windshield can easily be replaced, so thats not a problem. One other thing I look for is my own comfort - I have a bad back. I found the Fountain bolsters quite comfortable for my height (~5'11"). Cheers!

Bad Back, and you are gonna buy a 27ft. offshore:eek: :D

Of course!!! Decent seats and anti-inflamatory's... that's all I need. Can't live and avoid pain - just manage it. There is not much short of stepping on a land-mine thats going to stop me from doing it!

Now thats what I like to hear;)

Here is a picture of ours in the water..... :frog:

Hey, isn' t that one of them Cigar boats :p

Thrill : The Cig looks GREAT !!!! Get some more pics up...
Those other 28's are sweet to !!! Great lines on those 28s

:D

zoom zoom...... Procharged.

not a great pic

The aluminum fairing makes a huge difference.

And the Top Gun bolsters.

Back seat and hatch

Hi Fred!

Our friend Mac at Doller oversaw the entire project. The Fairing, bolsters, rails, dash, and engine hatch were built by the same company. Unfortunately, I can't remember their name! They build all of Cigarettes swim platforms bolsters and various other things. Mac will know for sure if you want to call him. Your 35 can be fitted for a fairing as well.

Personally I think that it make the biggest initial change for your money.

No expense was spared, and it was worth it. What's wild is that most of my buddies like riding in the 28 better than the 38 TS! They like how fun the 28 is on the lake. The 38 is obviously incredible, but it is such a smooth, pure, fast ride that it really doesn't give you "the rush."

And it's hard to do this in the 38................:D

Here I am the day after I purchased the 28 in 96. It went to Florida 2 weeks later for the restoration/update/rebuild/ whatever. :D

check this out...hopefully it helps...

http://www.thunderboatalley.com/gall...Specifications

talking with thrillseeker and I was wondering if anybody else has 3 fuel tanks? mine has 68gal rear 50 gal mid 30 gal bow. 1976 28ss

yes my friend has one with three tanks.