THE CIGARETTE: how many they were?!
02-05-2007, 06:19 AM
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A friend of mine - Purchased the Lil Cigarette - with the teak deck I belive in and around 1975 or so - his name is Malcom Smith - I will try to locate him, find out what happened to the boat - It was kept in Arnolds Marina Beaver Dam - (Dales Yacht Basin) - along with some of my boats - I will get more information eventually -
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02-07-2007, 06:12 AM
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Malcolm Smith - bought the 31 Lil Cigarette in 1974 (approx.) - it had a plywood thin vanier deck - he kept the boat 2 years approx - then sold it to Bill Pace - Bill Pace had financial problems - at that time - I was told it could have been sent to the Miami or south Florida area - some people were interested in the running gear - Malcolm does not know what happened to the boat.
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02-07-2007, 07:41 AM
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I remeber distinctly that Bill Wishnick bought Billy McDonald's Cig "Impossible Dream" for $45,000 in about 1972. In 1971 he had the red Bertram, "Boss O' Nova".
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Therefore two was the The Cigarette 32’ drove by Aronow in Usa and one was sent in Europe in 1969.
Then Aronow sold two The Cigarette 32’ to Balestrieri’s Tornado Racing Team(that “European” and that winner of the Bahams 500) and the other one of Usa to the Carr brothers.
The former “European” The Cigarette was transformed in 1971 with a new wodden deck and cutted on the sides becoming 31’. That boat was drove by Hal Sahlman in 1974 like “The Little Cigarette”(see photo below)
The former winner of the Bahamas 500 was drove by Balestrieri until 1972 and maybe became the boat of the photo below.
The third less glorious The Cigarette was drove by the Carr brothers until the fatal accident in 1972 then became the first boat of the Aussie Champ Arnold Glass. In another thread we know that was gone lost.
I would like to know the opinions about it of someone,that even can find my errors or others informations helping us to make clearness about one big piece of the Offshore History.
BT
Then Aronow sold two The Cigarette 32’ to Balestrieri’s Tornado Racing Team(that “European” and that winner of the Bahams 500) and the other one of Usa to the Carr brothers.
The former “European” The Cigarette was transformed in 1971 with a new wodden deck and cutted on the sides becoming 31’. That boat was drove by Hal Sahlman in 1974 like “The Little Cigarette”(see photo below)
The former winner of the Bahamas 500 was drove by Balestrieri until 1972 and maybe became the boat of the photo below.
The third less glorious The Cigarette was drove by the Carr brothers until the fatal accident in 1972 then became the first boat of the Aussie Champ Arnold Glass. In another thread we know that was gone lost.
I would like to know the opinions about it of someone,that even can find my errors or others informations helping us to make clearness about one big piece of the Offshore History.
BT
Im George Carr, My Uncles where Val and Paul.. I have some more Great pics of there Boating days if you would like to contact me im happy to share
[email protected]
I believe after Norm Jenkin had the boat it was Burnt..
But im not too sure..
Cheers
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