I was making it all work with my little 18 footer running up and down the east coast from Grand Haven to Suckyouin SuckNTuck in the day.

Got smart in 84 and moved to Naples.

Great old pics. What’s this boat with the tall windshield and the one sitting to port of the 377 Scarab. Is that Scarab the Van Andels old Warp Factor ?

That tall windshield actually looks like a 28' cig! this one had a taller windshield and we swapped it out for the shorter SS style with another member here long time ago!

Nah the freeboard is too high. I used to know what they were I’m rackin my brain but it’s rattling. I’m thinking an early 31 Imp.

Or an old Cary 32 ?

If my memory is correct I think the boat to the port of the Scarab is a 24' Donzi

I'm drawing a blank on the manufacturer. Nice boat, straight inboards. Maybe 10' beam. Owner was in the bar business. There were 2 of them in Chicago at the time. Geez I just cannot remember.

Bingo - found it, was a Maxim

Nice color combo on the Spitfire.

Thats it, That was a cool boat, pretty sure I saw it in Saugatuk back in the day I take it those were a South Florida built boat .

I see what appears to be the name Windigo on it, odd name for a powerboat . There was an old 75’ wooden ketch docked at Jessics in Holland back the 70s
with that name.
Loved it when I would happen to run down to Saugetuck from GH and all the Chicago boats were in for the day.

Those 31 Sonic's are easy to find and are huge, they offer so much more than the 28 cigarette. The bilge access alone is enough to buy one. The bilge access the way the back rest is attached to the hatch like my 28 Saber is awesome. I mean I can literally sit on my back seat and eat a dinner off the top of my engines there is that much room to work on them.

I met the Sabre brothers when they were putting together their first 28 and they were pretty innovative at the time I thought.

Every boat needs this hatch design or be modified. Recently my brother was in the market for a Chris Craft 27’ launch with twin small blocks so I looked at a few down here for him . It was stupid to even reach the batteries and the bulkhead was so tall and the motors so deep in the bilge it was nearly impossible to hang over it to even check the oil. And there was no room to crawl down around or in front of the motors, some of the worst access I’ve seen in a boat.