I believe it had Merc speed #3 drives, here is a pic of them.

I believe that Todd, "Mid-Ocean", has Armed and Dangerous for sale. It was near Charlotte, NC. There were several current condition photos posted by him, it looked very restorable.

A friend of mine said he saw it on the race coarse and it was awesome.

I believe Mid Ocean has sold it & it's now out of the country.

We raced against it with our Eastern Express Skater in C class, that Mirage rocked in big water.

How fast was the 36ft with 502s trs drive set up?

My 36 best I've seen 69mph on gps with 502's and speedmaster 3's

How many 32s were made how did they ride?

Was Byng Goode Midnight Express better than the Cortes Mirage ? Ironically I think Pedro Medina at one time or another worked at both boat builders.

A few for you guys
 

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Great Pics! Thank you for sharing.

Yes Thanks for sharing the pictures. My boat was Bob Latham s. I think he was throttling Evil ways at that time. He also throttled Magic Gems and Man O War.

I throttled M-44 that year.

That Mirage was built as Great Adventure
.It speared a wave in the first race of the year in California & tore the deck off.
That was the end of the GA Mirage for the team.

Here is a Lake St Clair Mirage that upset many racing in the APBA P class back in 1976 the HAWK,:eek: as it had staggered Merc 280TRS engines. This is one more classic that has vanished.

We had late model 3As 1.68 ratio on the boat those drives in the pic are not the ones we ran, cortes only made 4, 32s

Interested in this boat. Does anyone know what happened to it or if it sold?
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The Mirage posted above was sold. Does anyone know if there are any 25 foot Cortes-built Mirages out there?

I never heard of a 25' Cortes Mirage, the dealer here in the Detroit [ Pete Smith,, Wolverine ] area never sold one that I know of..

yes they made a 25 looks just like the 30,, but very few

Theres a 30 sitting for years in a boat yard in freeport LI ,i will get some info if u want

Lightspeed, I would be interested in more info. Not too many Mirages out there. Thanks.

Right you are I forgot about this thread, if you red post # 4 they mentioned them.
http://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/c...32-mirage.html

I wonder how close in design my 29 Cary is to the Mirage. Mine measures 29'9". Is the Mirage exactly 29'?

gunwale length 29'8' centerline length 29' even.

Thanks for the info Thriller. Bottom probably same 24 degrees all the way to the transom.

Compare strake width at the transom between the Mirage and Cary.

Jeff

Yes. It's 24 degrees all the way down

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My strake width is aprox. 3 1/2"

4" on the mirage

So this tells us that the Mirage is most likely popped from a 28 Cig and the Cary is popped from a Magnum.
Cortez worked for Cigarette with Sonny and Bob at the time the 28 was built. They used a Magnum hull, added the second rub rail line and widened the strakes by a 1/2".
Makes sense,

Jeff

Maybe Jeff, I think Brownie would know. They look very similar. I'm curious as to why they still called mine 29 when the center line length is 3" shy of 30'. Almost always the company's rounded up. I think this hull becomes a Power Play . Bob Latham told me he got it in 1980. They were removing the sign on the building and putting up Blackfin as he was leaving.

Does anyone know the first 3 letters (HIN) of the original Cortes Mirage?

----Wonder how many of the center consoles they built?.......Bill S

CDB is what my title says

There is a 29 center console for sale on south Florida craigslist with twin outboards

Here is a pic of the 29' Mirage CC, looks like they built them also as a single engine...

----That's what made me think of it, Mark!.......Bill S

Hey guys. Just discovered Mirage and found a couple in my price range. Wondering if anybody can tell me more about them.
Thanks.

http://www.iboats.com/sites/northstar/site_page_11197/item_425864.html

http://www.yachtworld.com/boats/1977/Mirage-SS-1294674/Harsens-Island/MI/United-States#.WUvXR_cpDqB

http://www.boatersresources.com/boat-for-sale/1977-Mirage-9-Meter-SS-Used-402684?

1976 Mirage 9M SS
 

I just posted my 9M SS today on Ebay as item #332313642646
The engines are in good shape but will likely need a valve job in the near future.