I´m currently living in Malaysia and am looking for a fast boat. I have searched everywhere including neighbor countries without success. Power boats are extremely rare here. There are some smaller bow riders and some outboards, that´s it.
By some kind of coincidence I was contacted on FB by a guy who works for the owner and he told me there´s a Cigarette for sale on a nearby island.

First tel contact with the owner was strange because he didn´t know much about the boat and couldn´t tell me the HIN.
Usually you would just walk away and look for for another one, right? Well, this is the only Cigarette around, probably the only in the country and one of only a handful in the whole region.

So I flew over and had a look. The owner got her as part of a business deal and hasn´t used her since. Which explains why he doesn´t know the boat. He is busy with his sailboat and not really interested.
I had a look at the transom which looks like it was sanded and painted over, found traces of the HIN which ends with a 7. Judging by the interior it´s probably a 1987 model.

Actually the missing HIN doesn´t surprise me. Local laws don´t require a serial number and most boats don´t have one. There is no s/n in any official paper, in the registry or insurance forms, nobody cares about it.
Labor is cheap and unskilled here, so the locals probably didn´t worry about some meaningless numbers when they made the transom.

Overall condition is ok, interior still original, one engine rebuilt, both are bored and stroked with Edelbrocks, cant´t say if the transom has rotten plywood. Noticed a strong fuel smell incockpit. I could´t test anything as the batteries were dead. Seller promised to have her ready in the water for a test drive next week. If so, I will go again.
Anyway there is work to do, interior, cockpit and dash needs freshened up, not a fan of the paintjob, the arch has to go and the platform replaced. And there´s the fuel leak.

Asking price is USD32K including the Airberth, no trailer.

Question:
- Is the second HIN location under the port rubrail about five feet forward of the transom? How difficult is it to lift the rubrail to have a look at the HIN?

Photos are coming...

certainly looks like an 87 Gun to me. there were some subtle differances with the 87 gun dash that did not make it to 88 and later, i can see them in the pics.. Its also a non notched transom, also unique to 87. Price seems fair but i would try to beat it down below thirty. Good luck and hope you find something over there

the first three letters in the hin should be CRT

Interior is not factory, poor boat been wet a lot be careful... I cannot believe how hacked the wiring is... that's gonna need attention and many other things

No notch 87...........is my guess