74 Martini 7meter
 

Hi everyone,
New to the site.By any chance does anyone know where I can find pics of this boat as in the title...The boat was a tan with a brown, beige and some orange-ish color mixed in with the stripes;..Had the martini glass on the back as well with the name.
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I remember going out almost every sunday in one as a kid and would love to find pics of one..Can anyone point me in the right direction?

If I recall it Had a single 454 with a mercruiser 330hp outdrive (sticker had the power on it).


Some of you in Miami may remember an island called "beer can Island" just inside the haulover cut bridge...I remember going there many times as a kid. :)

I had a 1979 7 meter SS model that was almost like new about 2 years ago with the same 330HP TRS engine package. Great boat that I probably should not have sold. Bill

[ Great boat that I probably should not have sold.] Bill I have said that too after a sale, but we cant keep them all. Some time we have to let others enjoy them.... Mark

Nice; ty...a few different trim items but definitely the same deck and hull.

My step brother ended up with the boat but not sure what happen to it...He ended up getting a Corsa 26ft to race the APBA A class...maybe some of you remember a purple and white boat called "Subluxator"...Think the number was A-16...This is over 10-15yrs ago though I think or maybe longer ...Last race I recall was in pompano beach florida and team powerplay ended up running into them putting both boats out of the race..lol...Think hes won a championship or 2 with it...When he got out of racing the boat ended up being sold to someone in the Bahamas.

OOOHHHH so thats the part ive been missing --sell --

The boat pictured in post 2, was just recently on Detroit Craigslist-on Mullet Lake for 15k. Still looks super nice.

Mark, I thought my wife liked the 28' Warlock much better so I sold the Martini to a friend who used it for one season before selling it.

Yep, that's the same boat. It is such a time capsule boat that handles great that it is hard to believe it changed hands so many times recently. I helped my friend sell it to a guy and he is selling it now. It will eventually get into someone's hands who will never sell it. 25 degree deadrise true V hull handles the rough stuff.

this audda givr you a woody! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aJg_JfcaoE

I have always liked the Martinis. If I was shed of one of the boats I have now, I would be seriously checking that one out.

i thought it was a Excalibur????

Nope. Martini

I had the boat number wrong,,A-46

Team: Subluxator



Class: Offshore A
Hull Number: A-46
Length: 26'
Hull: Corsa
Motors: Single 750hp Progressive
Driver: Scott Mander
Throttleman: Greg Loman
Navigator: Ron Loman
Crew Chief:

Hey I know that boat! Thats my 1980 Martini SS. I've had it for 12 years and love it! It's a different boat from the day I found it in a field half covered with the Cigarette 1 oval sticker on it! It had a 454 with a TRS drive 60 mph was flying, but not enough! Three engines, three drives, and the bottom blue printed. I now have a turn key 80 mph rocket! One of these days I'll post my before and after pictures.

that is your boat? so that is you flying thru a no-wake zone at full throttle? nice looking boat, btw.

I'm not quite sure I know what you mean by "no-wake zone". That video was shot from my pier in my front yard. The only time that's ever been a no-wake zone is when the river is flooded. Thanks for the compliment, though.

Hello All,

Recently I purchased a 1979 26ft single 454 Offshore. The title says it is a Cobra, but the HIN starts with CBN, which is B&B Racing, bought out by Crusader. This boat has a very narrow beam, and a deep V, and greatly resembles a Martini. I did see that the owner of B&B Racing is Bill and Bob Bowers, who I think also owned Corsa. Can anyone help me find out what kind of boat I now own?!

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7 Meters is just shy of 23'. Corsa called it an 8 Meter.

huh?

Martini and Corsa - exactly same hull, same builders.

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Have you ever measured it to see how long it really is ?? Back in the 70's there were many boat companies called Cobra I have one that was made in HIALEAH, FL that has twin 302 Holman Moody Ford engines & is 24'. I see your hull has Michigan tags so it could be a Martini that Jim Klem sold, [KEMS GEMS ] the Sterpowr drive is the giveaway. Jim was selling them as he would buy the blank hulls & rigged them, this was before he made a nockoff of the 27' Magnum Sport.

Does anyone have any era pics of the Corsa called "Magic Rat" was arneson rigged with a turbo dry sump engine right from the start. My friend purchased it and is in the process of a resto, keeping the drive, the engine is gone but it has been replaced with a new 575sci. I'll post some pics up here when the boat is done.

This helps a lot. I am going to measure it this week now. I did speak to a guy from Corsa, and he said the HIN is definetly a Corsa HIN, so now I am a little confused again. My boat is a '79, Corsa bought Martini in the 80's, didn't they?

I have some pictures from when I owned it, is the restoration almost done?

I would love to have those Holman moody motors...they have some parts on them worth a small fortune...lol

A '74? Wow! The boat you describe was only the 2nd (or was it 3rd?) boat they ever made! At the Time, Bob Bower's brother - and partner with the boats - were sharing the same complex for two different businesses. It was the burgeoning point of Martini, while John ran his electrical contracting company.

If you were going, "almost every [weekend]," and beer can island was involved... we may very well know each other!!!

Do you remember another Martini, by the name of Miss Italia, it had a chevron of the Italian flag on it's side? It may have shown up at that island once or twice.

Although Excalibur and Martini/Corsa are similar, Martini bought out Excalibur and closed their doors.

Funny story about that too.

When the very first Martini was made, obviously the name and style of boat, associated with that name, was unknown. Bob Bower placed an ad in a local paper that simply read, "Excalibur type boat for sale." Apparently Excalibur didn't like this much and tried to sue Martini for the use of their name. But, to Excalibur's dismay and Martini's delight, Excalibur had not legally owned the exclusive rights to the name for the last 7 years. Bob Bower payed all the back fines and fees, associated with the name Excalibur, and the ownership of the name, "Excalibur," listed as HIS private domain dating back those 7 years. Martini filed a counter-suit against Excalibur, and won. The lawsuit basically all but put Excalibur out of business.

Although Excalibur did eventually make a comeback, they almost went out for good. But, Martini has never heard a thing from them since. Plus, they [Martini] received a nice influx of capitol, to help further finance their new company.

Business is business, I guess.

Cant say i remember that boat..i was pretty young at the time..i just recall going to the island...before my step dad bought it he had a little 16 ft.Phantom that was sponsored by sunshine airlanes as it used to be raced at the miami marine stadium back then..when he got it it had a 150 merc on it and was clocked at 72mph..I recall one day at the stadium a mullet jumping up and hitting him square in the face at wide open throttle....boat needed a good cleaning after that to say the least...lol

I honestly cant say what number the boat was off the assembly line..i just recall it was a light beige in color with a darker pin stripes in a darker beige a brown and a red'ish brown...was a triple stripe over the beige that ran just under the rub rails....Had the martini glass on the back and said 7 meter as well...single 454 and it said 330hp on the merc outdrive..also had trim tabs on it.

It is a Martini... I remember that particular boat sitting outside a while. The person who originally ordered the boat took a very long time to show up for delivery. I always loved the name and thought it was a very nice boat. After Miss Italia was sold, I remember hoping the buyer would never show up and Wild Thing would be relegated to show duty (which would have made her my new boat ... well, whenever I could have gotten the keys anyway.)

For the record: Martini/Corsa were owed by Bob and John Bower <-- no, "s". As for B&B racing. I have no clue who owned them. It may very well have been a Bill and Bob Bowers, but they were of no relation to the owners of Martini/Corsa.

Cute story about your Dad and the flying fish. LOL. I can almost picture it.

As for the island, I was pretty much a kid at the time too, 16-17 y/o. With my red hair, you - and anybody else - may have noticed me.