picts of my Midnight Express

[Enforcer2]

painted about two months ago rigging for summer:D :D :D can't wait.

[Enforcer2]

more picts

[LaredoModV]

Good looking boat. Did you see the movie Midnight Express?

[Enforcer2]

no, is it about a prison break?

[Sutphil]

Very nice boat, you are going to have some wild fun in the waves. What year and power?

[SCT]

Man, that thing is a beast! Talk about crushing some major waves. I have always liked the lines of Midnight Expresses. Good luck!

[CDave]

Is that one of those DEA boats?

[Massbasser]

http://www.midnightexpress.cc/

[Enforcer2]

Thanks everyone, the boat is an 87 with 1999 merc opti's purchased in 2001 and warrantied until 2007. It weighs in at 12,500 with power can carry a 1,000 gallons of fuel and is awesome in heavy seas. Still doing work, having a black reveresed arch with black bimini built and had Bob's Machine lower units put on.

I bought it in New Jersey from the second owner who has owned it since nearly new.

The original owner tells me it was a smuggler boat that came from s. florida. It originally had quad 200 mercs.

US customs did use a similar model. There are some on the market, just before I bought mine I had info from a friend that one was just seized. It sold at a closed auction in Tampa sold with quad 250 efis for 15,000:mad:

The new midnight express is a totally different boat. They bought the company and retooled the mold. U.S. Customs and Homeland Security are currently using the new with quad 4 strokes.

My boat is the old 36 cigarette wide body that made Aronow famous. It is truly the best boat I have ever owner and I have ben through quite a few.:D

[Enforcer2]

Actually it's more economical than you think. I cruise all day at 40 + KNOTS ABOUT (45MPH) AND BURN APPROX 10 GALLONS A PIECE AN HOUR(30gph) So to and from the canyons 70 miles ( where I fish, not smugggle-I guess you didn't look at my screen name and figure out what I do) I will burn about 100 gallons, So I'm actually doing better than most o/b boats with twins. It's all relative to speed and this boat can do it in heavy seas all day long. And naturally I would never put 1,000 g of fuel in it unless I wanted to get across the gulf stream......., I usually keep about 100 to 200 gallons.

[blkmtrfan]

Enforcer2 that is pretty impressive fuel usage to speed :cool: