Matt Trulio

Cigarette's unveiling in Miami is just one week and a couple of days away, http://speedonthewater.com/in-the-ne...-set-for-miami

Nate5.0

Always looking e seeing these builds.

Can't wait

Jupiter Sunsation

One neat thing this year is the Cigarettes will all be in the water, not sure if they are floating the car on a dock or what.

Wonder how many "fresh water die hards" will be worrying about all the boats corroding for 5+ days straight?

Matt Trulio

Only the owners of the boats ... not sure why this concerns irks people so. Your boat, your money, your choice, right?

Jupiter Sunsation

It doesn't irk me one bit but some on here fear salt like nuclear contamination!

They usually never understand that all the Nortechs, Cigarettes, Outerlimits are all tested in salt also.

altamate

Maybe, We just don't have any experience cleaning all that salt off a boat and refuse to learn?

If I lived in Florida I'd learn but that's not an option, so... salt is Cancer

Nate5.0

That might be the worst explaination I have heard to date lol.

Matt Trulio

Well, of course I know you're being lighthearted, but it "irks" you enough to poke fun at it—and humor is a sign of "irkage," a new word I just invented.

But I think you're missing the point—a lot of high-end custom boats are customer boats (most of these guys don't build anything on spec). If the customer says he doesn't want his boat in saltwater—for any reason—the builder will respect that. Why wouldn't he? I'm not making up this stuff for fun. Ask a high-end builder±—Skater's Peter Hledin would be a great guy to start with.

A lot of folks won't put their boats in saltwater, for any number of reasons (saltwater is, in fact, rough on boat parts (read Ron Potter's recent column on flushing, http://speedonthewater.com/boat-rest...not-your-money) including the resale value and appeal of boats that have only been used in freshwater. But don't take my word for it. Ask someone who sells pre-owned boats, such as Scott Sjogren of Shogren Performance Marine.

Last ... only the boat on the the outer rings of the temporary docks will be in the water for five days. Think about how a boat show is built: Whether inside a convention center: first boats in are the last to leave, and they arrive several days before the show opens. So some of those boats will be in the water for more than a week.

But whether it's one week or one day, it's up to the owner of the boat ... just as it would be up to you if it happened to be your boat.