Here comes a legend.........32 Cary
 

We have the first photos of the 32 foot Cary that was donated to HORBA. This was the original Thunderballs as raced by Peter Rothschild in California. It is the last of the original 6 32 foot Cary's that Don built before he started the Cigarette boat company.

The boat was raced on the west coast and Hawaii. It was sold to an auto dealer in Hawaii and painted all red. It was brought back to California and painted white again years ago, and now has been donated to HORBA for restoration.

Our plans are to restore it as Don Aronow's 32 Cary...The Cigarette. White deck and bottom, black sides and red boot stripe. The added windscreen will come off and the engines will be replaced with modern ones. Period correct trim tabs will be added at the proper angle, as they were mounted back then.

HORBA's intent is to use the boat to educate the public about the history of offshore powerboat racing and to use the boat in poker runs and boat shows in the coming years.

We will be starting a donations fund to help with the cost of the restoration and are looking for industry partners to help us with product donations also.

Here are some shots of the boat as it originally raced as Thunderballs and of The Cigarette or how it will look after the restoration.

Some more photos of the present as is condition of the boat.

Obviously the scoop on the forward deck was replaced along the way with the Bomar hatch....that will be removed and the deck filled in solid again.

As we can see clearly, the under the deck bulkheads were a little lighter than we used later on in offshore race boat building, these will be strenghtened.

Fuel tanks under the deck for the long races as well as fuel tanks in the engine compartment as saddle tanks.

The unique gold anodized rub rail that was also used on The Cigarette.

The look at the stern shows where the number 2 speedmaster drives and the cutting edge 2 blade speed props pushed the boat.

That is an awesome piece. It's in very good hands; I can't wait to see updates as the project gets started!

Just noticed.... 'Thunderballs' turned into 'Hot Load' :lolhit:

Thanks....the boat is in California and is being picked up by Bobby Sheer with his semi rig in a couple of weeks. It will just ride right on top of his trailer...with the Cary trailer never touching the ground.

It will be going to Florida and the first stop will be the old racers gathering at OFF.

Someone is going to donate all the photography coverage costs of the entire resto from the arrival of the boat in Florida to the first splash.

I am sure that this resto will be the talk of the boards over the winter. That is why we hope some of the industry will help out with products. Everywhere the boat goes after that, they will get credit for providing the products we used in the resto....not a bad deal in this economy when regular marketing plans are dead.

That is a very cool piece of offshore history.

Looks like you have your work cut out for you Charlie.

Looks like a lot of work, but a very historically significant boat. Thank you for sharing!

Nice, were the tabs big enuff??

The tabs and the angle of mounting on there are not period correct....they were added in the 70's by an owner along the way.

if it ever comes to rhode island for work inthe winter i will donate my labor for a weekend or to to help out

Sick Project !!:party-smiley-004:

Very Cool Charlie.Good to see one 32 Cary salvaged to make a replica of the Cigarette.

Heading to Italy next week where we stay only a couple miles from where the 1st 36 built sits rotting on the side of a mountain.

Charlie,

Will you be bringing the Cary to Cadillac's place for OFF? I'd love to see it, both with my eyes and through the lens of my camera!

Hope you're doing well.

Harry

Hey do you know that OSS Class is racing on the Stresa Lake 1 -2 - 3 October ?
WIll you be there ?

It wasn't until I realised that this old beauty was a Cary 32' that I appreciated what a stunning looking boat the 32' is...............was this the only tandem cockpit configuration? I suspect so! Anybody know what happened to it before or after? Boarhog? Memco?

Nigel,the outboards versions of the Cary 32' were distinguished by having the sides lower than the 32' with inboards engines.
There are two proven versions of the 32' with seats in tandem.
One is the most famous in Europe was Cigarillo in 1970-73 without knowing the future after 1973.
Most famous in the U.S. was the last "Andrea" of Dr. Magoon in 1969-70. The latter was then drove in subsequent years by Matheson and the future creator of the Scarabs boats Larry Smith .
Nothing to do with Boarhog and Memco.

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My Cary 32
 

1969 Bahama 500
Probably the sweetest boat I ever ran. - Steve Sirois

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The Business End
 

Ralph Seavy's Cary 32
 

This is Ralph's boat testing at Lake X before it was given to Jerry Langer to run in 1969 Bahama 500

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Hi Steve,you know if those 32' with outboards were derived from an original mould with the lowest side or a classical mould of the 32' like The Cigarette and then cut horizontally?

Sorry Marco, but I have no idea. I was in and out of the Lake often and seldom knew where the boats came from....They just sort of showed up. :boat:

God those hulls were GORGEOUS!

I am running on a tight itinerary and leave for 4 days for Spain on Sunday, but would like to go to the races on Saturday. Do you know the race schedule ? we could not find any info.

OKAY WE NEED SOME HELP HERE !!!!

The donated boat is in California.

Bobby Sheer said that he wouild bring it back to Florida for fuel and expenses. That amount was covered by a donation by Catastrophe.

The West bound boat has been cancelled and we have been waiting for a couple of weeks with no one else wanting a boat shipped to California.

Does anyone know of a boat that needs to be shipped to California or the West coast? We need that outbound to get the inbound boat back to Florida.

Thanks for helping here.

where in Cal? and how much to ship a 26 open fish from MIA to there?

The boat is located in Napa Valley, but Bobby said anywhere in California would help.

I'll post his contact info on here in the morning. He is moving a 47 Apache to Miami by the middle of the week, so he would be ready to go soon.

Anyone having a lead for a west bound boat to California, please contact Bobby Sheer at his cell 954-646-6070

Thanks

Any progress on this beauty?

She is on her way back east.....on the trailer and headed to Florida at this very moment.

I agree!

Just passing Houston, Texas...... and riding very well.

Halfway home!

The boat is in Florida and heading for it's new home.

Nice!!

Plymouth Ma
 

Gents,
what ever happened to the race in Plymouth? Anyone remember the boat "outrageous"? lets get another race going out there!!

Outrageous is alive and well.

A race is being planned for next summer, not Plymouth, but pretty close to that area....stay tuned and start working on a boat to enter.

Hmmm New Port, R.I. maybeeeee

Goat Island would be an Idea location for wet & Dry pits.

Am I warm yet T.B. ?

TB,
I remember sitting on our family beach in plymouth watching the races!! I used to ride around as a boy in the Peterbuilt that pulled Outrageous. Now i am the proud new owner of a 24Cig.
Do you recall the course in cape cod bay?

In 1975 (I think) - We raced our 36ft. Bertram (a Bertram Test boat that had a 1/8 inch thick plywood deck when I got it) - around Cape Cod - ONE WAY - from Buzzards bay to the mouth of the Canal - boat tore off the rear running strakes (they were to be moveable for testing) -and it almost sank - A great Venue - hospitable people - a fun time -

Photos - one in the middle of Cape Cod Bay - finding we were standing in sea water- (means the V of the boat was filling up with Sea water) we stopped to see how bad things were - needless to say - we got underway again ASAP - I was in no mood to beach the boat either !

Second Photo - is After passing the finish line to win our class, with the Coast Guard in hot pursuit - with lights and Sirens blaring - we stopped and they pumped us out - we could not stop for help before finishing or we would have been disqualified -

Great Memories !