Nordskog 39 Cigarette on Ebay
 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/CAM-3...1%7C240%3A1309

1977 39 Cig w/ Turbo motors. Buy it now price of 50k

If it is truly a 2900LB hull and deck thats one hell of a boat. I don't know if they built them that light back then, but wih todays power and drives/setups that could give some big Apaches a run for the money. seems lke a pretty good deal.

Well it didn't sell. Boat looks like it's all there. A 2900 lb hull is very light, woul have to be kevlar? I think it needs to be cleaned up, deck looks oxidized.

Wannabe

I got the boat yesterday.
Tomorrow i will do a better inspection of the boat and try to post some pics up as soon as i can. From what i saw this morning it is in fairly good shape. needs a good cleaning and a good run through on the engines but seems to be solid all aound.
The hull is Kevlar weighing at 2900lbs.
Original owner was Bob Nordskog and then it was signed away by Gerald C. Nordskog in 1995. It was recently restored by Barney Welch in Oklahoma in 2000. i will have to contact him for more info regarding the work done. Then it was purchased by cam-boat projects inc, in Largo, Florida which sold it to another person and now i bought it.
i will slowly try to track down all the info and pics of the restoration. If anyone has any info please post. thanks alot.

Glad to see someone pick this up. Congrats.

Gerald (Jerry) Nordskog stayed at my House a few months ago. I don't know how much he knows about the boat but I can ask him. The only people I could think of that would know the most about it would be Bob & Norm teague since they Raced it with Bob and Probably rigged it when new.

What an amazing rig. I can't wait to see some more detailed pics! Congratulations.

Congrats... you'll need to start a new thread w/ pics and updates!!

Barney is a very close personal friend of mine. I think he is visiting his daughter in spain right now.

So thats the boat you bought . Great boat,good luck with . Maby I will see you with it in NJ.

Congratulations.......HORBA has a lot of info on that boat and plenty of photos too. Let me know what you need and I'll dig around for you.

I raced against that boat back in the day. Norm Teague was the one who was more involved and also rode with Bob Nordskog during the races. Contact Powerboat magazine....they should have quite a collection of covers that this particular boat was featured on.

I hope you plan on running with us next February in the Miami to Key West race. Plenty of time to get the old girl ready.

Charlie McCarthy

HORBA is at www.historicraceboats.com

You may want to know why the side of a 39 footer has a "bump" up in the rub rail line as you get almost to the rear.

Don used to stretch a boat, by taking the back of the boat and adding on there. That is fine as long as the lines all match......but as you can see here, if the rub rail line was left as original, the deck would be close to being underwater as the boat sat at rest.......so they "bumped" it up to give it more freeboard.

This 39 footer is just the 35 footer stretched. Bob Nordskog always tried to get the first one from Don as he came out with new models......below is the first 35 made and as you can see it went to Bob.

fastdonzi,
If you can find out any info for me from Jerry Nordskog that would be awesome. im trying to find out as much as i can about this boat and plan on keeping it alive for a long time.
I want to find a copy of the original powerboat magazine it was on as well back in Oct 1988.
If anyone has info please post it up or send me a message. it would be greatly appreciated and great help in preserving the cigarette history.

cigracing1,
I would love to speak with Barney as well and figure out the details with this boat since i know he was the one who restored it at first and had it out in the water last.
If you talk to him anytime soon please let him know the boat is in good hands now. It will live on but i need to find out all the info about it. basically whats still original and i know he would have receipts from this project as well.
thanks for replying to my posts Cigracing1

Chris

Charlie,
im basically looking for any and all info about this boat. so whatever you have please let me know. ill be printing it all out and trying to make a little scrap book for this boat.
I feel that it's important to document all of this stuff so it lives on.
I will try to make the Miami to Key west race for sure. i figure I'll need approx 2 months to have her cleaned up well.
I also need to figure out all these Gas tanks on this boat. Basically want to know if Bob use to fill them separately or did he just pump them from tank to tank?
i cant believe this boat was restored and then someone just let it sit. its a shame but then again its great for me since now i have it.
Charlie, where about Florida are you?

Neat boat . I have a 39 of similar vintage but not that light . What drives / props do you have

I'll see if I can get his email and hook you up with him directly. No Problem.

TheFever29,
Did you by any chance receive any emails from the seller after you placed a bid? I was also bidding on the boat but stopped after I received several "questionable" emails from the seller.

no i didnt receive any questionable emails. he was very helpful. but i guess not knowledgeable about boats since now that i have the boat here with me and looking things over i might have to redo alot of the hoses which i already started. said this boat was ready to go but that was far from true. if i put this thing in the water the same day it would of sunk because all the water pickup lines were snapped which i noticed today way under the engines. also he tried to install a flush kit which is completely wrong and takes water on. so thats the next project.
also the trim tabs lines all cracked. batteries shot. expensive to get those 18 foot stainless cables made. so alot of work to get her ready again. it will be worth it though.
once i have most of the work done ill post pics up.

Fever 29, You better replace ALL the hoses. After sitting for years, all the rubber hoses just dry-rot. Anything that's rubber needs to get replaced, nomatter how new it looks, even the braided. Just my $.02, but also the propshaft seals, drive bellows for SURE, and check the transom seal on the transom plates. Replace the mechanical fuel pumps, as they too have a rubber diaphram in them. It's always better to do it up front, then asume they're all good, and have a problem leaking fuel, or taking on water while out an hour from shore. :cool:


BTW, congrats on one hell of a boat. Cheers !!!:ernaehrung004:

Frank

That boat sat most of this past winter in Tampa, with the cover off, so look around for any water problems from the rain sitting in there too.

Do you have a copy of John Crouse's SEARACE book? There are a lot of photos in there of this boat. John has discounted the book now, to get rid of some extra he had in storage...ck the HORBA site out and click on SEARACE. www.historicraceboats.com

Congrats on the boat! I am glad to see its not going overseas!!!! I hope its not a big project.
Jr.

Did you actually weigh the boat???? I seen all of Nordskogs boats up close....Can you walk on the deck if you can its a bit heavier than 2900 lbs if you cant then I am sure that the one you can climb in the forward section and have somebody hold up their fingers up on the sunnyside of the boat and you can count them then its the light layup one....if memory serves me right that was the 35 though and not this one!!!!

Congrats on your purchase good luck with her she ran great in her day!!!!

That boat was the buy of a lifetime...Congrats.

you cant walk on the front deck unless you want to tip toe. otherwise your gonna go straight through to the gas tanks and water tank

[QUOTE]Fever 29, You better replace ALL the hoses. After sitting for years, all the rubber hoses just dry-rot. Anything that's rubber needs to get replaced, nomatter how new it looks, even the braided. Just my $.02, but also the propshaft seals, drive bellows for SURE, and check the transom seal on the transom plates. Replace the mechanical fuel pumps, as they too have a rubber diaphram in them. It's always better to do it up front, then asume they're all good, and have a problem leaking fuel, or taking on water while out an hour from shore.


BTW, congrats on one hell of a boat. Cheers !!!/QUOTE]

frank,
thanks alot. i just pulled the boat up to PA so i can actually work on it in some decent weather. i may consider pulling the engines out and cleaning them all up. basically a solid inspection. will start a posting soon with the boat and pics.

charlie,

thanks for the link. im going to order the book this week.
does anyone actually have the original powerboat magazine from 1988?

Big thumbs up to you on your purchase! Congratulations. Nice to see this historic boat get the proper care.

Has it been put in the water yet??

Still say it was the buy of the century

Damn dude! I figured you bought this one for the barn! :D

no still changing the lines and trying to install a GPS. with work and everything its gonna take some time, but hopefully by the june 20th NYC poker run.

It took everything I had to NOT pull the trigger because I didn't want to unloos the cash. Now I found the other boat I was looking for, so I am kicking myself in the azz for not doing it.

whats the other boat you were looking for?

Just a little something for putting around here on the lake

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...3AIT&viewitem=

Should be here tomorrow. Went to Lauderdale over the weekend and tried it out. Wanted to take it to the keys, but that didn't work out.

very nice boat. looks like u got it for a nice price as welll.
its funny you bought from that seller because i bought my fountain off of danny in lauderdale. he has some great deals once in awhile.

Hope to see you at NYC!! Great boat you have there. Would love to see it in person!

Now wait Guys !!Isn't this the type of powerboat to Run in the BIMINI OCEAN race ??Where are all the true Offshore powerboats ????
I heard that a 28 cigarette original is registering for the Challenge !:drink:
Ther is still plenty of time to enter ....www.siboffshore.com
June 12th-14th 2009

flash-man,

would of loved to enter but the boat is up in PA now being worked on. maybe next year for sure. Once this boat is all done i will be taking it to alot of places.

fountain40icbm,

Hopefully i get it to the NYC poker run. ill get a better idea if i will by the end of next week. do you know which other historic boats are going to be there?