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I don't know what is right but.......
In Newport RI at the maritime museum & shipworks, there are a few antique commuter yachts on display. These are 40-80' yachts that are very narrow and were very fast (at that time).
A plaque says that the yachts were nick named "cigarette" after a "lady" remarked that "they are so sleek, they resemble a cigarette" (when cigarettes were "sheek").
It also says that Don A's name for the boats was taken from that
In Newport RI at the maritime museum & shipworks, there are a few antique commuter yachts on display. These are 40-80' yachts that are very narrow and were very fast (at that time).
A plaque says that the yachts were nick named "cigarette" after a "lady" remarked that "they are so sleek, they resemble a cigarette" (when cigarettes were "sheek").
It also says that Don A's name for the boats was taken from that
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