Question - How did Don come up with the name Cigarette for his new line of boats?

Ron, wasn't the name inspired by a Prohibition Era rum runner named Cigarette that was rumored to be uncatchable because of its speed?

Here is one:

http://www.crimemagazine.com/higgins.htm

Someone has that old rum running boat and was going to restore it I can not find the link now.

The orginal Cigarette

http://www.wwcacbs.com/waterlinehtml/spring.html

from the web site:

Our last stop was the Mt. Clemens Marine Center which is owned by George and John Malcovitch. The tour of their facility featured viewing the 70' Gar Wood commuter "Cigarette". Built in 1923, this huge boat was the fastest commuter ever built and must have been quite a thing of beauty in her day. Seeing this boat in her current condition brought mixed emotions. She is in need of a major restoration. The Malcovitch's have plans to do just that as funding becomes available. For now, the best that can be said for her is that she floats and at least plans are being made to prevent this boat from becoming another discarded hull lost to time and history.


vtec

Does anyone have any information on a boat called "MammaMaritime" ?It was a boat my father built transmissions on in 1967. It was an alu vee bottom with Ford mustang motors and shaft drives. The boat had a swirl polish finish and 66 was its #. Any info would help.
pat W

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There was an old Turbine offshore race boat with that name that got Like banned forever in the 60's..

Which is the way Race organizations sometimes deal with the better Ideas and equipment.

Likewise it was Aluminum Swirl finish. IMHO Allied Marine built it.. ring a bell??



Browine where are you?

hey pat. i believe it was a formula with the turbines but i could be wrong. it was great seeing you in milwaukee. mike stancombe

How big was the Maritime? I owned a 1967 21 foot Maritime that had been converted into a workboat for a local marina. I was told that it was raced offshore in 1968. I always assumed it was in an outboard class because you could see where the transom had been rewelded and built up. It still had a ballast tank in the bow but all the plumbing had been dissconnected. It did have the engined turned finish on everthing but the top sides. The Maritimes had a strange hull design, it was deep vee with two very short sponsons. We used it for years as a dive boat and since I was young we were always out in water that we shouldn't have been in. Never let us down.

I do recall reading about a Maritime, with a Turbine, that was disqualified. I think it is in an old Power Boat mag.

The Maritimes were built somewhere in Ohio, maybe some of Ohio members know something about them.