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Forum: Classic Offshore
06-24-2007, 03:46 PM
Replies: 252
Views: 71,095
Posted By Top Banana

Marco......not the boat, the person in the...

Marco......not the boat, the person in the photo...Randy Rabe
Forum: Classic Offshore
06-24-2007, 12:22 PM
Replies: 252
Views: 71,095
Posted By Top Banana

Nige....I think you may be looking at a young...

Nige....I think you may be looking at a young photo of Randy Rabe who was another wild Mercury outboard guy.
Forum: Classic Offshore
05-11-2007, 07:34 PM
Replies: 252
Views: 71,095
Posted By Top Banana

Don't forget the dynos of those days were not the...

Don't forget the dynos of those days were not the greatest either, but we felt that we honestly had more than 700.

Yes, the rougher the course, the better the carb boats seemed to do, we could...
Forum: Classic Offshore
05-11-2007, 09:29 AM
Replies: 252
Views: 71,095
Posted By Top Banana

As late as '79 I won the Bushmills race in...

As late as '79 I won the Bushmills race in California with a boat using two 1050 carbs on each engine....reason...more horsepower and better reliability.

Remember fuel injection at that time was...
Forum: Classic Offshore
05-10-2007, 08:26 AM
Replies: 252
Views: 71,095
Posted By Top Banana

Graham If there is anythng that HORBA has...

Graham

If there is anythng that HORBA has that could be of use to you, just let us know and we will dig it out for you. It sounds as if we have the same problem as you, a massive amount of...
Forum: Classic Offshore
01-11-2007, 10:05 AM
Replies: 252
Views: 71,095
Posted By Top Banana

Re: 36 Cigarettes racing back in the days

Nigel that is a great photo. It really brings back those memories of what really fun days they were.

I was talking to Bill Wishnick yesterday from his home in Utah. We were talking about some of...
Forum: Classic Offshore
01-11-2007, 09:55 AM
Replies: 252
Views: 71,095
Posted By Top Banana

Re: 36 Cigarettes racing back in the days

That was a Dan Arena hull. He also built hulls for Howard Arneson.

Dan Arena was a well known west coast figure that built primarily hydroplanes and fast runabouts. Unfortunately his offshore...
Forum: Classic Offshore
12-21-2006, 03:25 PM
Replies: 252
Views: 71,095
Posted By Top Banana

Re: 36 Cigarettes racing back in the days

Thaks Richie.....yeah, I know about the movie, they have called several times and I set up a date for a sit down interview after the first of the year.

Thanks for the input with the Don project,...
Forum: Classic Offshore
12-21-2006, 08:03 AM
Replies: 252
Views: 71,095
Posted By Top Banana

Re: 36 Cigarettes racing back in the days

Thank you Richie....Very happy holidays to you and your family also.

I am leaving Today for Florida....please keep me posted on the funeral, wake etc for Joey, as I would like to attend if...
Forum: Classic Offshore
12-20-2006, 09:32 PM
Replies: 252
Views: 71,095
Posted By Top Banana

Re: 36 Cigarettes racing back in the days

Just had new member join HORBA today........ and he has the old 36 foot Cigarette Slap Shot, that he is getting ready to race in the 2007 season.

I invited him to the old boat get together the...
Forum: Classic Offshore
12-14-2006, 07:15 PM
Replies: 252
Views: 71,095
Posted By Top Banana

Re: 36 Cigarettes racing back in the days

Hey...this looks like a hot thread.....calm down everybody, we are all in this together and we all want the same thing.

Phil....we are planning a get together on the last weekend in April at a...
Forum: Classic Offshore
12-09-2006, 03:35 PM
Replies: 252
Views: 71,095
Posted By Top Banana

Re: 36 Cigarettes racing back in the days

Welcome Phil....don't forget to join our organization where we have plenty of other stories and photos for you to enjoy.

Check HORBA out at www.historicraceboats.com

Your photos are...
Forum: Classic Offshore
11-20-2006, 06:47 PM
Replies: 252
Views: 71,095
Posted By Top Banana

36 Cigarettes racing back in the days

Here is some footage of the 36 foot Cigarette racing in the Cowes Torquay race over in England.

These were the cutting edge of offshore racing back in the days.

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