Early 40' Cig's Raceboat ?
10-02-2006 | 12:37 PM
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From: Risoer ,SOUTH NORWAY
Re: Early 40' Cig's Raceboat ?
Top Banana, is it safe to assume that :
"Bounty Hunter 1" was a 40 ft Cigarette
"Bounty Hunter 2" was a 35 ft Cigarette
"Bounty Hunter 3" was a 39 ft Cigarette, kevlar with round deck
also does anybody have a adress or tlph number to Billy Martin ?
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"Bounty Hunter 1" was a 40 ft Cigarette
"Bounty Hunter 2" was a 35 ft Cigarette
"Bounty Hunter 3" was a 39 ft Cigarette, kevlar with round deck
also does anybody have a adress or tlph number to Billy Martin ?
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10-04-2006 | 12:59 PM
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Re: Early 40' Cig's Raceboat ?
Originally Posted by littlenige
I think Peter Dean owned several different Slingshots, so we´re probably all correct! Perhaps someone out there can confirm.
Dean's Slingshot was two boats: the first was a Cig.40' that raced in 1977 in Key West World championships like in the pic above,then he bought a new 39' sister boat of Nordskog's Powerboat Magazine pitured in the post by Littlenige.
This one was lenghtened in 1979 by Dean to 44' and became a Dean Special 44',still named Slingshot and raced the World Championships in Melbourne in 1980 where Meynard won with the wodden Cougar 38' Fayva Shoes,because was the only driver (together Toleman)to come in Australia with a cat where alls thought that the waters of the Melbourne Bay would be rough.
10-04-2006 | 01:05 PM
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Re: Early 40' Cig's Raceboat ?
Originally Posted by MidOcean
the boat they used by the way was the old "Diamond Don" which caught fire and sat in front of Offshore Marine(the more famouse locations of Doller Offshore) in Ft. Lauderdale for a time n the 80's...
10-04-2006 | 01:18 PM
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Re: Early 40' Cig's Raceboat ?
Originally Posted by Top Banana
That boat started out as the Cigarette factory race boat for Billy Martin, called Bounty Hunter and it was a 39 foot boat....it was sold to Michel Maynard and run as Fayva Shoes and then Copeland bought it.
Then Copeland re-sold it to Meynard?
10-04-2006 | 03:22 PM
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Re: Early 40' Cig's Raceboat ?
Originally Posted by 36widebody
Top Banana, is it safe to assume that :
"Bounty Hunter 1" was a 40 ft Cigarette
"Bounty Hunter 2" was a 35 ft Cigarette
"Bounty Hunter 3" was a 39 ft Cigarette, kevlar with round deck
also does anybody have a adress or tlph number to Billy Martin ?
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"Bounty Hunter 1" was a 40 ft Cigarette
"Bounty Hunter 2" was a 35 ft Cigarette
"Bounty Hunter 3" was a 39 ft Cigarette, kevlar with round deck
also does anybody have a adress or tlph number to Billy Martin ?
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10-04-2006 | 03:30 PM
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Re: Early 40' Cig's Raceboat ?
Originally Posted by Black Tornado
In 1979-80 Meynard had a 39' "rounded deck" bought from Martin. Then there was the white Popeye's of Copeland,39' "rounded deck",Cigarette/Halter numbered 15/5 for Wayne Vickers in dark blue colours,then in 1983 in Key West Finals there was the same dark blue renamed Fayva Shoes......are alls the same boat?
Then Copeland re-sold it to Meynard?
Then Copeland re-sold it to Meynard?
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10-04-2006 | 08:48 PM
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Re: Early 40' Cig's Raceboat ?
About 6 months ago I tracked down the current owner of the atlantic highlands cigarette. I talked to him about the history of the boat and I determined fairly quickly that he was out of his mind. When he told me he was asking 20 grand for the boat as it sat it confirmed he was out of his mind. I nicely told him that he would be lucky if someone would take it and he could never get 20G for a boat in that condition. I later got a call from his daughter who said she tried to tak to her father and explain the real value of the boat and he did not care. Oh well....I guess it will rot right where it sits.
10-05-2006 | 04:57 AM
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Re: Early 40' Cig's Raceboat ?
Originally Posted by Qball
About 6 months ago I tracked down the current owner of the atlantic highlands cigarette. I talked to him about the history of the boat and I determined fairly quickly that he was out of his mind. When he told me he was asking 20 grand for the boat as it sat it confirmed he was out of his mind. I nicely told him that he would be lucky if someone would take it and he could never get 20G for a boat in that condition. I later got a call from his daughter who said she tried to tak to her father and explain the real value of the boat and he did not care. Oh well....I guess it will rot right where it sits.
The same thing it happened to me some mounths ago when I asked to the owners of the old Cigarette 36' Lady Nara(the famous winner of the CTC in 1971). Those guys shot 120.000 euros(over 150.000$) complete with a couple of igniominous diesel engines.....
Only few years ago the same guys wanted 38.000$ for the same unselled boat.
The power of the rising vintage.....
