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#62
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It's been said that the Mag 25 and the Cig 24 are the same hull and I believe that if you take the area above of the character line out of the equation they probably are the same . With the pic above of the dark blue Monza it almost looks to me as if they trimmed down the height a bit in the area above the character line in the forward 3 feet or so of the hull . That could impact on the amount of perceived flare in the forward section of the hull . The communication with Brownie posted above is all nice but bear in mind that the title of that was 'Info on old 1969 Monza 19' , a 26-28 was mentioned but nowhere was it said who actually designed it .
yea the clarification was a little foggy on the design. I asked Brownie who designed the 26 way back in the day when I first got on this site back up. 2005. He said he didn’t know.
The bottom does have a Ton Rocker in it though. When Century sent the Ultra to Powerboat magazine with twin 365s they commented it was the worst handeling boat they had driven because of the porpoising.
The one one I ran for a summer that my brother built was a porpoise machine with twin 260s
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Yep I Agree. I think their an Icon with the big windshield wings. Kinda like a 59 Caddie. I know where there is a Brownie
sitting in a field that needs a full resto with the outside running gear intact.
Think i would rather find a old well craft and cut the windshield down another 1/3 in height and build a modern back bench seat and engine hatch area like well craft did in 78 when they changed the style of windshield.
Though it does remove a lot of the functionality and room out of the cockpit
I like the Brownie boat for originality but I like what wellcraft did with them in 75 by lowering the windshield height a couple inches and introducing a little more rake into it.
sitting in a field that needs a full resto with the outside running gear intact.
Think i would rather find a old well craft and cut the windshield down another 1/3 in height and build a modern back bench seat and engine hatch area like well craft did in 78 when they changed the style of windshield.
Though it does remove a lot of the functionality and room out of the cockpit
I like the Brownie boat for originality but I like what wellcraft did with them in 75 by lowering the windshield height a couple inches and introducing a little more rake into it.
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https://www.proboat.com/2015/05/fast-company-at-a-clip/
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Very cool. Kind of nice putting faces with names. Interesting how the evolution of marine engineering was grown through passion and experimentation. Today , it seams, most new products are researched, developed, created, then tested in an all too quick process. I really have much respect for the people and products that are actually tested thoroughly before hitting the market. Years gone by, r&d involved a lot more hands on testing. Now, a lot of that is lost in technology.
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Some video of a meeting of the minds from back in the day.
https://www.proboat.com/2015/05/fast-company-at-a-clip/
https://www.proboat.com/2015/05/fast-company-at-a-clip/
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Thank so much for sharing. Fantastic stuff!
Looked up the article, by the moderator of this discussion, famous writer/author Dan Spurr, in Professional Boatbuilder and it's a great read. Enjoy, and look forward to Your comments:
https://pbbackissues.advanced-pub.co...=155&pageID=29
https://pbbackissues.advanced-pub.co...=155&pageID=29