Profile: On Board The Bold New Cigarette 52 Thunder Center Console
 

Love it mid level boat, damn i need to work more overtime, and win the lotto

That elevated helm will do a nice job on the toes of the person nearby when it's lowered.

edit...never mind didnt read the article right....:D

Really good article.

Although, you did miss the opportunity to mention that CRT was owned by a former billionaire 😂

As a side note, you did a story about the acquisition by CRT of vectorworks any follow up in light of dispute between the two parties?

dude
you made me spit up my beer 😀

A $3.1 mil fishing boat-inspired booze cruiser with 3,000 horsepower and runs low-mid 80s. I've never been so disappointed in a former performance boat manufacturer as I am now.

When did Cigarette start subbing out the interiors? They used to do it all in house.

Thought the same thing, especially for model #1

If the 52 is $3.1 then how much is the 59 now? I was thinking it was around $3.1 when it was introduced.

33K LBS WoW

If you ask difficult questions they might not let you back in the cool kids club... Powerboat reporting in a nutshell.

The story was about a boat, not the current conflict between Cigarette and Vectorworks.

Shoot, I didn't know I was in the cook kids club, though. :) That's really cool, I guess.

Vectorworks was bought by CRT.

But did they?
Did you read this post?
https://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/...ml#post4875036

anyone brings a tub like this into LOTO they need to put in the order now for the lift, I cannot image the cost and how realistic that would be, I think there is a couple of 60' MTI's running around but are they under private ownership of factor demo's ?

Any pics of the rod holders and live bait tanks???

Padraig

The haterade is on tap and flowin’!

Not a one to be found and I didn't see them on the option sheet.

But Cigarette is a custom builder. So maybe you can order one so equipped for your next angling expedition, Pat. :)

Can you actually visit the plant these days? I would think a drive by would confirm how busy they actually are. With that many orders I would think the factory would be humming.

Curious myself

When Skater starts making pontoon boats, I promise I'll hate it just as much 😉

Well played. Thanks for the good laugh. Have a great weekend .

cigarette has been building center consoles since the 90’s. Skip actually saw the market changing in 07 and started building them again. One of the first to do so. Now it’s their bread and butter. You have to follow the demand or die.

I’m no CC guy and wish they would focus on traditional offshore boats. However, a custom builder builds what the customer wants.

Yup. Sunsation would no longer exist without going CC.

Not to bring Fountain into it but they always did CC's. I remember I very old interview, maybe from the late nineties or early 2000's were Reggie said for a long time the CC market floated the rest of the company.

Course his were more fishing then the bling they all do now.

I think it's likely that Nortech would be long gone as well.

Skater DID build a deck boat. So, there is that caveat. :cool:

terry Sobo to the rescue!

I know guys and Mystic would be gone too if they hadn't made the switch along with the others. I understand why but it doesn't mean I gotta like it. I do applaud Skater and Outerlimits for making it without having to change.

it was a good article Matt and very well written. Glad I got a laugh out of ya 🙂

True and Peter wasn't happy about it lol. Whatever happened to PBams two Skaters?