Cigarette ????

[Peterjfinch]

Hi,

Can anyone suggest what type of cigarette this is. It's quoted as 11 meter and it's supposed to have 2 mercruiser 550cv motors.

I hope to get more information and photos after this weekend but wondered if it looked obvious to anyone out there.

Pete

[HStream1]

1986 Mistress I believe?

[Peterjfinch]

Thanks HStream1,

It is quoted as being 1976, so that matches. The only thing that is confusing is, I found the following, while searching. So when looking at the deck, maybe it's an Awesome. What do you think?

The name Awesome comes from the response that Richie Powers gave to Don after coming back from the ocean test of one of the new 35 foot designs.

The first 35 went to Bob Nordskog and he never really set it up right...he was looking for all out speed rather than an all around fast boat that could handle the ocean too.

Finally Richie Powers set one up as the 35 Dry Martini race boat and took it out for the ocean test. Don was waiting for his reaction to the test and the first thing Richie said when he returned to NE 188th St was.....Awesome.

Don grinned and used the name for this production model boat with the high lift deck.

The other 35 with the flat deck, was known as the Mistress.....the ad read..."Every man should have one

[Peterjfinch]

Here are some images that I have found for the 35 Awesome.

[limitless]

Great Info
The Mistress was the first Cigarette I ever saw and she was "Awesome"
Thanks

[frederick55]

They used to say these things ran on "grass".LOL

[boomer]

Both boats are 35 feet long same hull just different decks Mistress is a flat deck Awesome is a raised deck. Also during that period they made a 36' wide body with a 9' beam.

[Peterjfinch]

I've found a few threads regarding the position of the HIN. If I can find out the HIN, how is it deciphered?

[rchevelle71]

Not sure what model, but those motors are either 300something horse 454's, or 415 horse 502 EFI's, NOT 550's

[Peterjfinch]

Still waiting for photos and numbers but have found the following.....

In the 70's after Don Aronow had retired from racing, he took his 32 foot boat Cigarette[I] and stretched it to 36..it was over 9 feet wide. This boat was then stretched to a 40 footer.

He had an idea that a narrower boat would be faster, so he designed a 35 foot boat with a 8 foot beam.

He made two models with the same hull. One with a raised deck he called Awesome and one with a flat deck he called Mistress. The boat was actually 35 feet 9 inches. He often said it was the best boat he ever designed, it had just the right balance.

Later in the 70's everyone wanted bigger boats, so he reluctantly stretched it to 37 feet and 6 inches and thus was born the Top Gun.

He still said the 35 was a better boat.

[Peterjfinch]

Does anyone have photos of the inside of a standard 35 Awesome? Around the helm and other internal photos. Please.

[200VEGAS]

http://www.screamandfly.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=256014&stc=1&thumb=1&d=1337511354 those are beautiful classic timeless lines, i must say

[OrangeCrush]

There's an Awesome for sale here in Connecticut very clean sitting on a new trailer

[Peterjfinch]

Any photos?

[OrangeCrush]

Whats your email address?

[Peterjfinch]

Photos arrived.... I think this confirms what it is.

Would anyone care to put a value on it? One engine is dead and the other has not run for over 4 years.

All photos here (http://s1158.photobucket.com/albums/p613/cigarette_35_Awesome/).

[OrangeCrush]

Pete i gave your email to the guy selling the awsome

[Peterjfinch]

Pete i gave your email to the guy selling the awsome

:cheers: