The origin of the term "cigarette boat"

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12-05-2018 | 11:29 PM

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f_inscreenname

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So what you are saying is the term didn't come from a 1980's Bayliner???

12-09-2018 | 05:02 PM

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The joker

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I tried to post pics of a donzi sweet 16 I recently painted and restored the cap for a client. But site won't let me post pics yet. Maybe I'll revisit the thread later

12-09-2018 | 09:46 PM

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So what you are saying is the term didn't come from a 1980's Bayliner???

I think you have that mixed up with a “cigar” boat. 😉

12-21-2020 | 09:29 AM

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Here She is.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/6821...4727459358066/

Tom

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12-21-2020 | 02:00 PM

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Also a bit of trivia........Don named is white English Bull Terrier after Brooklyn gangster "Vannie Higgins" who operated the 50' rum runner "Cigarette" in the 1920's

12-21-2020 | 05:54 PM

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Also a bit of trivia........Don named is white English Bull Terrier after Brooklyn gangster "Vannie Higgins" who operated the 50' rum runner "Cigarette" in the 1920's

I had to google ‘Vannie Higgins’. Definitely an interesting read on the wiki. Thanks for the content.