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OK, finally stripped and sanded one side here is one pic.
Will post others as long as i have time to resize them....
By the way original gelcoat is white (quite of) and the boat was all painted in black.
Original 1972 builted, no numbers on transom.
Will see when i sand the transom if the numbers may be erased (but i think not, the gelcoat seems original).
Deck is screwed and glassed from the inside with two or three layers of mat.

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Marco:

Looks like you are doing a great job so far!! It's a lot of hard work but it'll be worth it when finished.

Very interesting pictures - looks like someone butchered up the bulkheads to make room for a cabin somewhere along the way. I am going to dig through some old pictures to see if I've got a stringer layout pic for the 36' - something doesn't look right to me in that photo - can you post a few more / different angles?

Now that we know it was originally white gelcoat then perhaps that will narrow the field down a bit. Check along the sides toward the front under where the rub-rail should be for etched numbers too...although I don't think they numbered them that early on it might be worth a shot...

Anything else look unusual on it? Can you see any traces of a number or name on the sides in early morning dew?? I know on my boat I can just make out the old name I had on it in the early am...

Here's a couple more 36's. Maybe your boat is the old "Dry Martini" 36' as there was a 36 & 35 raced by Dr. Bonomi...??

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it's amazing some bone head tried to turn it into a cabin cruzer...how lame

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Damn, that was alot of effort someone put out just to create that monstrosity. If it turns out to actually be a Cigarette, it's one hell of story. Talk about bringing one back from the brink..................

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That Cig.36' was one of two the former Fino of Rautbord.
Exactly that raced in Europe in 1972,winning three races and helping the World Title.
Then this yellow striped was sold to Bonomi that raced in Key West iin novenber 1972 renamed "Red Venceange".
In 1973 Bonomi recalled it "Dry Martini-Red" and distinguished by the coluors with the famous white "Dry Martini".
In 1974 was sold and trasformed for fast cruising in the aspect that we can see in the first pictures posted by MF.
In 1976 named "Kangol" raced the Viareggio-Bastia-Viareggio with the rookie Guido Niccolai.
I write that because I worked in this boat when was trasformed in the Commander Petroni yards.
I have preserved one of the originals sides 4 air-scope when was Fino.

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Wow! Interesting reading!! :evilb:

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took 10 mos but someone figured it out, Thats wild

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Got to love this place!!!

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Sweet........a Cig 36 with staggered motors.......it had to be race boat.

Somehow I knew Black Tornado would figure it out.....:)

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Anyone know the latest on this thread - is the boat nearly finished now?

By the way, even though the mystery is now solved through the vast knowledge of Black Tornado, you may be interested to know that an englishman found the old 36' white Dry Martini and restored the old paint job. See attached. Shame about the dreadful windshield and leisure set up!!