36' widebody cigarette
11-27-2024 | 11:02 AM
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That trailer had to weigh 5 -6 thousand plus. What was the deal back in the day with trailers having transversal bunks rather than longitudinal bunks ?
Back in 86 I rebuilt a 85 Sr302 Kaama boat for a guy who sunk it up on the beach . I got it done so we could meet up at a poker run that was at the big resort in Islamorada.
That heavy pig sat on tall bunks on the aluminum i-beam trailer so it could be fork lifted off. To top it all off his tow vehicle was a lifted New Bronco with 38s.
He had very little towing experience so he had me drive. We took 41 down from Naples to the Keys and I held on for dear life every time a semi blew by us from the opposite direction.
And the #1 stupidest thing you ever did ?
Still one of the best looking wide bodies out there. Loved the red deck and clean look.
Back in 86 I rebuilt a 85 Sr302 Kaama boat for a guy who sunk it up on the beach . I got it done so we could meet up at a poker run that was at the big resort in Islamorada.
That heavy pig sat on tall bunks on the aluminum i-beam trailer so it could be fork lifted off. To top it all off his tow vehicle was a lifted New Bronco with 38s.
He had very little towing experience so he had me drive. We took 41 down from Naples to the Keys and I held on for dear life every time a semi blew by us from the opposite direction.
And the #1 stupidest thing you ever did ?
Still one of the best looking wide bodies out there. Loved the red deck and clean look.
Most stupidest thing I ever did was putting a Kawasaki 500 on a go cart, Spent 3 days unconscious in the hospital after I flipped it in front of my parents house.
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12-06-2024 | 09:15 PM
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Towing that boat with my Blazer was the second stupidest thing I ever did. Blazer had plenty of power (I had swapped in a 454) but zero stability.
We lost control of it and wound up with the boat & trailer on it's side in the grassy median near Bowling Green just before sunrise. The "we" consisted of myself and Jim Gaffrig (rip).
TG I was compulsive when it came to strapping it down with 2 ratchet straps on each corner in the back and 4 on the nose. Boat did not move a single inch on the trailer with zero damage.
Thanks to our MacGyver skills and some amazing wonderful people in Bowling Green we managed to get back on the road before the end of the day.
ps - that was the last time I towed with the Blazer.
We lost control of it and wound up with the boat & trailer on it's side in the grassy median near Bowling Green just before sunrise. The "we" consisted of myself and Jim Gaffrig (rip).
TG I was compulsive when it came to strapping it down with 2 ratchet straps on each corner in the back and 4 on the nose. Boat did not move a single inch on the trailer with zero damage.
Thanks to our MacGyver skills and some amazing wonderful people in Bowling Green we managed to get back on the road before the end of the day.
ps - that was the last time I towed with the Blazer.
12-11-2024 | 02:49 PM
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Been in Emergency care for 2 weeks with terminal C complications due to chemo and multiple operations. A renewed thread like this is the best med for me.
Grateful to you boating fellows that got personal photos and memories. I've got John's Searace book and all the conversations with him before he got ill.
Connected him with the old friends of Don Aronow and John, the Boghammar offshore racing family and still manufactured, licenced by Don, Magnum Boats by Boghammar Marine
in Stockholm, Sweden. Happy Holidays to You All & yes, R.I.P. Lucky Strike Steve and I'm never forgetting his kind exchanging of info by phone and OSO pm's.
P.S. 40 lbs pounds of muscle gone and doctors have been saying maybe another 6 months for 2 years. The Swedish American Viking is still ready for his
Team Scarab 31 in 2025. Here's a wonderful video by Tim and Terri from Cowes 2024. There's plenty of other great ones on their channel. D.S.
Grateful to you boating fellows that got personal photos and memories. I've got John's Searace book and all the conversations with him before he got ill.
Connected him with the old friends of Don Aronow and John, the Boghammar offshore racing family and still manufactured, licenced by Don, Magnum Boats by Boghammar Marine
in Stockholm, Sweden. Happy Holidays to You All & yes, R.I.P. Lucky Strike Steve and I'm never forgetting his kind exchanging of info by phone and OSO pm's.
P.S. 40 lbs pounds of muscle gone and doctors have been saying maybe another 6 months for 2 years. The Swedish American Viking is still ready for his
Team Scarab 31 in 2025. Here's a wonderful video by Tim and Terri from Cowes 2024. There's plenty of other great ones on their channel. D.S.
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12-11-2024 | 03:51 PM
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12-11-2024 | 04:11 PM
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May God Bless you Lars!....to define a friendship is neither political nor asymmetrical, but one thing we share for certain is our love of powerboating. In this case your a solid friend...Fight on my friend!
12-12-2024 | 05:31 AM
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Yes, don't remember the hull number but I think I have some paperwork that shows it. Back then there was no hin.
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12-12-2024 | 05:33 AM
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Lars, best wishes. I echo the previous comments.
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12-12-2024 | 01:28 PM
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I’ll drag up some old school threads to give you some reading material . I would walk over a brand new hi tech cat to look at a 50 yo performance boat.
