Midnight Express
 

Anyone know anything about this boat?

bing at marine machine can answer that question:chimp: :chimp: :chimp:

How long is thaat boat?
It looks shorter than their 32.
I know they made a 30, but I thought most of them had outboards and lots of storage.;)

Payton: read somewhere that it is a 32', seems like a cool boat, think it may have a 3 man bolster...Matt

I found out my 34' Super Hawaii is a stretched 32 Midnight Express. Actually they added 2' of swimplatform.
The molds were aquired after the owner of Midnight Express went to prison for selling boats to drug smugglers.
It does have a 25 degree hull and is great in rough water. It came from the earlier Corsa hull.

Payton: always thought that those Super's were nice looking boats, how does yours run...Matt

Bill: I believe that it was for sale in upstate N.Y., not sure if it is still for sale though. Any more info for that Sutphen meet yet?...Matt

It runs great. It has staggered engines so when I get airborn it flys very flat. But, If I get a lot of air the bow comes down a little to soon. It's very good in rough water. It's got a very comfortable (smooth) cruise in 3-4 footers.

Re: Midnight Express
 

how do you go to jail for selling boats to smugglers?

The boat is 32'. I am in the process of repowering the boat. I bought it in dec of 2009. engine & drives were missing. I am repowering it with triple outboards & a bracket. It is a very cool boat.

Craig

Money money money
 

Its a really fascinating story. The short version is the managing partner accepted $100,000 investment into Midnight Express that was made with known drug money by a major known drug smuggler. But everyone knows that; Its literally the reason Midnight Express ever became a company.

The company was actually building under deck compartments to stash the drugs for their drug running clients. As part of the corporate plea deal with the Dept of Justice, all boats in production were seized and turned over to the U.S. Customs Service where many were used in the Caribbean. The boats were all 37' Midnights with quad 200hp outboards and mega fuel capacity. Great rough water boats but slow. Customs took very good care of the boats as they got older by refurbishing (new stringers, decking and transoms) at their St Augustine facility. Many of the existing 37's are former Customs boats.

I Painted those Stripes on there when that boat was New :)