Let's move to Active Thunder....
03-29-2019 | 07:42 AM
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37 AT has a much better cabin with full standup head, bigger cockpit, runs the same speeds, and has about the same rough water capabilities as a 38 TG, but will be about 60% of the price of a comparable TG. But atleast if you own a Cigarette you can brag to your buddies how cool you are that you own a Cigarette and how 60 years ago Don Aronow was the ****. 
Hustler has a slogan “lb for lb the fastest offshore boats built” and I always told my buddies “$ for $ Cigarette is the slowest offshore boat you can buy”
Hustler has a slogan “lb for lb the fastest offshore boats built” and I always told my buddies “$ for $ Cigarette is the slowest offshore boat you can buy”
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03-29-2019 | 09:40 AM
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From: Paducah, Ky
Might check the AT group on Facebook, not sure if he ever decided to sell it. But I had talked to a guy on there named Grant, and he had a nice 99 37 AVS with 650's and XR's. This was a little over two years ago and he decided not to sell at the time, but might check and see. I bought my Gun that wasn't for sale through a FB message haha
03-29-2019 | 09:44 AM
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From: ft. myers, fl.
My first boat was a 26' Sonic, and I skipped the 31/32 state by holding the 26' for a season or so longer, and bought the 37' AT. My 26' Sonic sold sight unseen to a guy in Montana, who sent a check and a shipper. Several years later, he ended up saving his neighbor's son's life who became stranded on their lake due to an abnormal windstorm, that contributed to his PWC becoming disabled. The Sonic was the only boat that could go out on the rough water; and he still owns the boat today, some 15 years later.
I was rolling down the Potomac River in my 26' Sonic one day when a buddy was across the river just eating up the water in his 37' AT. THAT moment is when I knew I'd have a 37' AT one day. I loved my 37' AT and kept it for 13 seasons; and the new owners are still ecstatic with it.
Both the Sonic and AT are great rough water boats, but given size for size category in those two brands, I'd pick the AT each time.
The Sonic will always have more of a production feel since they were a production boat until the bottom fell out of the market. AT has always been a custom boat, where each boat started with a blank sheet a paper. You will see more custom inputs, touches, and themes on most of the Active Thunders vs. the Sonics.
I like 36/38/39/42 Cigarettes too, but the BUYER for an AT and a Cigarette are different. Often, one is looking for value and/or versatility, and the other is looking for a toy and/or a certain caliber for display. You can get the versatility of a full cabin, full of amenities in a Top Gun, but it will be an older one with a straight bottom.
Lots more info on this posted in the past, but the original owner of Sonic, Jay Ross was great friends with Pat Haughey, the original and current owner of Active Thunder. (Notice, I said ACTIVE Thunder. Pat bought "Thunder Boats" and molds from a guy named Bob in Illinois way back the the day.) Why did Pat buy Thunder Boats and create "Active Thunder"? Because Pat had a 31' Sonic at the time, and saw a 32' Thunder eating up Lake Michigan and had to have one. So he bought the company.
After Jay sold Sonic, he actually worked for Pat at Active for a while, but that partnership did not work out, and Jay moved on.
Back to comparing the ATs to others:
I've seen 32' ATs outrun other 35-38 foot boats in the FPC Key West Poker Run in the snotty stuff not due to HP, but due to ride. The 32' AT is an amazing hull. And where does the 32' AT hull have trace roots back to? The 35' Cigarette Mistress.
And when it comes to the 37' AT, I'd take that boat over anything else in the market in the 37-39' range in full cabin stand up boats in rough water. You have to know HOW to set the boat up to get it to perform. You don't trim it to the moon, point and shoot (any boat). But it is far and away the best riding most predictable hull out there in that size range.
I was rolling down the Potomac River in my 26' Sonic one day when a buddy was across the river just eating up the water in his 37' AT. THAT moment is when I knew I'd have a 37' AT one day. I loved my 37' AT and kept it for 13 seasons; and the new owners are still ecstatic with it.
Both the Sonic and AT are great rough water boats, but given size for size category in those two brands, I'd pick the AT each time.
The Sonic will always have more of a production feel since they were a production boat until the bottom fell out of the market. AT has always been a custom boat, where each boat started with a blank sheet a paper. You will see more custom inputs, touches, and themes on most of the Active Thunders vs. the Sonics.
I like 36/38/39/42 Cigarettes too, but the BUYER for an AT and a Cigarette are different. Often, one is looking for value and/or versatility, and the other is looking for a toy and/or a certain caliber for display. You can get the versatility of a full cabin, full of amenities in a Top Gun, but it will be an older one with a straight bottom.
Lots more info on this posted in the past, but the original owner of Sonic, Jay Ross was great friends with Pat Haughey, the original and current owner of Active Thunder. (Notice, I said ACTIVE Thunder. Pat bought "Thunder Boats" and molds from a guy named Bob in Illinois way back the the day.) Why did Pat buy Thunder Boats and create "Active Thunder"? Because Pat had a 31' Sonic at the time, and saw a 32' Thunder eating up Lake Michigan and had to have one. So he bought the company.
After Jay sold Sonic, he actually worked for Pat at Active for a while, but that partnership did not work out, and Jay moved on.Back to comparing the ATs to others:
I've seen 32' ATs outrun other 35-38 foot boats in the FPC Key West Poker Run in the snotty stuff not due to HP, but due to ride. The 32' AT is an amazing hull. And where does the 32' AT hull have trace roots back to? The 35' Cigarette Mistress.
And when it comes to the 37' AT, I'd take that boat over anything else in the market in the 37-39' range in full cabin stand up boats in rough water. You have to know HOW to set the boat up to get it to perform. You don't trim it to the moon, point and shoot (any boat). But it is far and away the best riding most predictable hull out there in that size range.
03-10-2020 | 01:32 PM
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My first boat was a 26' Sonic, and I skipped the 31/32 state by holding the 26' for a season or so longer, and bought the 37' AT. My 26' Sonic sold sight unseen to a guy in Montana, who sent a check and a shipper. Several years later, he ended up saving his neighbor's son's life who became stranded on their lake due to an abnormal windstorm, that contributed to his PWC becoming disabled. The Sonic was the only boat that could go out on the rough water; and he still owns the boat today, some 15 years later.
I was rolling down the Potomac River in my 26' Sonic one day when a buddy was across the river just eating up the water in his 37' AT. THAT moment is when I knew I'd have a 37' AT one day. I loved my 37' AT and kept it for 13 seasons; and the new owners are still ecstatic with it.
Both the Sonic and AT are great rough water boats, but given size for size category in those two brands, I'd pick the AT each time.
The Sonic will always have more of a production feel since they were a production boat until the bottom fell out of the market. AT has always been a custom boat, where each boat started with a blank sheet a paper. You will see more custom inputs, touches, and themes on most of the Active Thunders vs. the Sonics.
I like 36/38/39/42 Cigarettes too, but the BUYER for an AT and a Cigarette are different. Often, one is looking for value and/or versatility, and the other is looking for a toy and/or a certain caliber for display. You can get the versatility of a full cabin, full of amenities in a Top Gun, but it will be an older one with a straight bottom.
Lots more info on this posted in the past, but the original owner of Sonic, Jay Ross was great friends with Pat Haughey, the original and current owner of Active Thunder. (Notice, I said ACTIVE Thunder. Pat bought "Thunder Boats" and molds from a guy named Bob in Illinois way back the the day.) Why did Pat buy Thunder Boats and create "Active Thunder"? Because Pat had a 31' Sonic at the time, and saw a 32' Thunder eating up Lake Michigan and had to have one. So he bought the company. After Jay sold Sonic, he actually worked for Pat at Active for a while, but that partnership did not work out, and Jay moved on.
Back to comparing the ATs to others:
I've seen 32' ATs outrun other 35-38 foot boats in the FPC Key West Poker Run in the snotty stuff not due to HP, but due to ride. The 32' AT is an amazing hull. And where does the 32' AT hull have trace roots back to? The 35' Cigarette Mistress.
And when it comes to the 37' AT, I'd take that boat over anything else in the market in the 37-39' range in full cabin stand up boats in rough water. You have to know HOW to set the boat up to get it to perform. You don't trim it to the moon, point and shoot (any boat). But it is far and away the best riding most predictable hull out there in that size range.
I was rolling down the Potomac River in my 26' Sonic one day when a buddy was across the river just eating up the water in his 37' AT. THAT moment is when I knew I'd have a 37' AT one day. I loved my 37' AT and kept it for 13 seasons; and the new owners are still ecstatic with it.
Both the Sonic and AT are great rough water boats, but given size for size category in those two brands, I'd pick the AT each time.
The Sonic will always have more of a production feel since they were a production boat until the bottom fell out of the market. AT has always been a custom boat, where each boat started with a blank sheet a paper. You will see more custom inputs, touches, and themes on most of the Active Thunders vs. the Sonics.
I like 36/38/39/42 Cigarettes too, but the BUYER for an AT and a Cigarette are different. Often, one is looking for value and/or versatility, and the other is looking for a toy and/or a certain caliber for display. You can get the versatility of a full cabin, full of amenities in a Top Gun, but it will be an older one with a straight bottom.
Lots more info on this posted in the past, but the original owner of Sonic, Jay Ross was great friends with Pat Haughey, the original and current owner of Active Thunder. (Notice, I said ACTIVE Thunder. Pat bought "Thunder Boats" and molds from a guy named Bob in Illinois way back the the day.) Why did Pat buy Thunder Boats and create "Active Thunder"? Because Pat had a 31' Sonic at the time, and saw a 32' Thunder eating up Lake Michigan and had to have one. So he bought the company.
After Jay sold Sonic, he actually worked for Pat at Active for a while, but that partnership did not work out, and Jay moved on.Back to comparing the ATs to others:
I've seen 32' ATs outrun other 35-38 foot boats in the FPC Key West Poker Run in the snotty stuff not due to HP, but due to ride. The 32' AT is an amazing hull. And where does the 32' AT hull have trace roots back to? The 35' Cigarette Mistress.
And when it comes to the 37' AT, I'd take that boat over anything else in the market in the 37-39' range in full cabin stand up boats in rough water. You have to know HOW to set the boat up to get it to perform. You don't trim it to the moon, point and shoot (any boat). But it is far and away the best riding most predictable hull out there in that size range.
