Restorations of old race boats
 

Restorations ???

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We are planning some changes for the HORBA website and one of the areas that will be updated is the ..."Restorations".

I just want to check and make sure that we have info on all the restorations that have been completed or are going on now.

Here is what we know of:

Restorations going on now.....boats not running.

Benihana, 35 Cigarette
Long Shot 39 Cigarette
KAAMA Cat 38 Cougar
KAAMA 38 Scarab
BAM 36 Cigarette (former Kiekhaefer boat)
White Knight 28 Magnum
Thumper, 29'9" Magnum
Kiekhaefer Aeromarine IX, 36 foot Cigarette

Restorations completed...boats are running.

Dry Martini, 35 Cigarette
Powerboat Magazine Special, 39 Cigarette
Needle Nose, 38 Bertram
Bertram Competition, 38 Bertram
Bounty Hunter, 39 foot Cigarette
Great Adventure, 30 foot Sutphen
Warpath, 41 foot Apache
Michelob Light, 38 foot Scarab (Racing under different name)
Apache banner boat, 41 Apache (Clone with deck cut open for seats)
Kiekhaefer Aeromarine III, 36 foot Cigarette
Infereno, 30 foot Sutphen

Boats awaiting buyers who will restore them......present location.

Mongoose, 32 foot Bertram, California
Daddy Cool , 35 Cigarette, Florida
Holacaust, Nordskog 28 foot Formula, Ill or Indiania
Broward Hawk, 38 foot Broward Aluminum Cat, Florida

Please update with info on any other boats that you might know of.

Thanks

HORBA www.historicraceboats.com

whats up with the 32 bertram? for sale and how much? how bad /good is she? thank you Robert

Brownies tandem twin engine 24' Nova has just started it's Resto. I Believe Mark signed up for Horba & OSO...

Magnum 29'9
 

Charlie we have the 1973 Magnum 29'9 single engine 482, APBA 1977 Champion. It was run under Thumper Two 1973-1976 by Jim Armington and The Head Hunter 1977-1978 by Vaughn Szarka.Currently it is at Roger Munns shop in Naples waiting for some free time so he can look it over and most likely start the rebuild. Have pictures when it race as Thumper Two from Jim and current pictures. Bud

Cinzano which was restored last year just won the Cowes-Torquay-Cowes a few hours ago.

Bounty Hunter sadly didn't make it to the start line as it blew an engine on the way to the race.

ahem....my Aeromarine IX is still on hold but it exits....

Boat restoration's
 

Charlie, As you know,start I'm waiting for "Man O War", 32' Cobra, to be in the "Limelight" once again! A World & National Champ, Raced by Randy Sousa.

Dave....I wasn't sure if you had the boat yet or were just doing some research on what you thought was Man O War.

If you have it, that's great....now what happens to Inferno?

That answers my question over on Boatmad!

Apparently it is sitting in a field in California. HORBA was contacted by a broker who was trying to put a value on it for the owner. A couple of guys followed up, but no definite sale yet.

The red boat is Bob Nordskog's Formula. It is sitting in a field in Indiana or Illinois waiting too.

We will add it to the list.
Thanks

That is fantastic.....there is still so much life left in these old boats, they will be like the Ferrari Daytonas and 250 GTO's of the next decade.....we can't let them stripped and cut up.

Jerry Jacoby who ran the 37.6 Cigarette, AJAC HAWK, decided he wanted to go with a cat, so he contracted with Broward Marine in Florida to make an aluminum cat....BROWARD HAWK.......didn't go very well and the project was abandoned.

Boat is on the west coast of Florida just above Tampa in a storage yard.

Don't give up.....that is a very important boat in the history of the sport.

Daddy Cool is ready to go and only needs motors. Has everything restored already including exhaust and is a steal at the price they want for it. pic is from two weeks ago

Old race boats
 

Charlie, I have the paperwork, Bought the boat. "INFERNO" is up "FOR SALE", 2 much goin' on in my world! Dave

Dave,

do you have any history on Bad company??

Here are some videos from a few weeks ago:drink:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ij5my3UOuTg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iq1ogOXzHQ

Charlie,

Do you know who owns this boat now?

T

Gary and I ran Bad Company in "Miami Vice." I tried to buy the boat from Pete Pack. a few years ago... it was white w/ turq. stripes. Offered 18... I think it sold for 22. Tried to make a deal on Inferno 10 years or so ago. Great boat. What are you looking to get for her?

T

Wondering what that would sell for .

The Aluminum Cat....Broward Hawk is in a storage yard on State Road 54, about 100 yards west of the Harley Davidson dealer in New Port Richey, Fla.

I'm sure the owner of the storage yard would have the boat's owner's info.

Old raceboats
 

Mid Ocean, Wil pm you with price for "INFERNO", Also the Bad company Rick has is a Pantera,From up North. I also tried to buy " Bad Company", The Sutphen, But it sold Fast! Hey Rick, Nice Vid!!

Like a fine glass of wine!!

i know the second 1979 cigarette 39 foot bubble boat is sitting in Louisiana waiting for an owner.

How could I forget......GLH has brought back DRAMBUIE ON ICE ....the MTI cat.

Maybe he will post some photos of it running this summer.

That particular 40' of DonQ was exceptional. Fast and great in the rough. Best race I ever saw was that boat vs. the old 46' WHM in Corpus Christi, Tx, in 2000. Unreal.

I'll never forget that race eather. I broke 3 rib's when we barrel rolled in the F2 race. What was the name of that aircraft carrier? Jo

.................................................. ...............................I know the owner of that boat, I bought my lamborghini from him,I saw it on Ebay, nice looking boat , driven by Chuck Norris I think, I will tell you that the owner is a very trustworthy guy, He helped me alot, If I had the $$ I would buy the bubble deck,!

If any of these boats are being restored in the Northeast, feel free to give me a call on bringing the interiors back to life.

Doug
603-520-0364

is there anyone who knows how much can cost shipping a 20 - 28 cig from us to Italy ??

MF,

Call Rich at Dolphin Brokerage in West Palm Beach, I do not believe a 28' cigarette will fit in a sea box. But they can ship it " Ro-Ro" is what it is called. The boat would need to be shipped to Jacksonville, Florida or Savanna, Georgia or Charleston, South Carolina. The boat & Trailer will be shipped
open with in the covered decks of the ship, this is why Rich
will need the over all dimension to give you an accurate proposal. His phone number is 1-561-683-2064 good luck.

Regards,

Crash- Box