I do have to say I was treated very well at the cig factory. I've heard many great things about the way Reggie treated his customers, love him or hate him you have to respect that.

that's bad azz.crazy how those old straight bottom fountains can turn.

For reference when my 12 meter had 496 strokers making 550ish the boat ran 73-74 all day long.

Joe any idea what yours weighs? Everything I find is 86-8800 dry

For a 12 meter? That sounds like the early 10 meter.

Last 35 staggards were 9600-9800.

FWIW, the spec sheet on my 10 Meter listed it at 7500 dry. It sure felt a lot heavier than that, especially when towing..

Reggie said the 35's were 4 tons of fun about 8,000 lbs

Honestly I personally never weighed my boat but, I'm sure it's closer to the 10,000 mark with some fuel and average boating crap.

I just looked at my survey and it says 8500 dry so that must be what it was listed as new. I don't buy it but I don't really care either.

Just remember dry is empty tanks and before a lot of other stuff is added. No gear. On the older boats no swim platform. Interiors not as fancy. Couple thousand pounds easily in all that.