boatnuts

nocigarette - presently it is is bare bones naked. Hull is in great shape but decks are a disaster. Teak is all off but the deck super structure is colapsing. Had to put it away till April so presently just laying out how I am going about the deck reconstruction and accumulating all the new hardware. Have a nice new Mercruiser/Bravo sitting in a crate already for it. Will see what I can find in a photo tonite.

Biggus

Is the 24 Banana an exact copy of the early 24 Cigarette? (other than the non skid Banana deck)

Good stuff guys!

Kurt

Roger 1

A 24 without the teak is like

A fountain without a beak!!!

boatnuts

To the best of my knowledge, the original 24 Banana hull came out of the molds that were given them by Don Arronow.

iamjoe

Years ago I owned a SleekCraft dealership in Fox Lake Il. We took a boat in on consignment that was an early 24' Cigarette. It also had the teak deck (with an unusually large hatch right in the middle). It also had a vee-drive. I may have a pic or two of it. If I find them I will post. The boat was blue and at the time had a blown-up early Crysler Hemi in it.

ITLLFLI

Here is a 1974 teak deck 24 I have my eye on. 2 straight 6 cylinders.

boatnuts

ITTLFLI - same as mine except for colour and mine had twin 190HP - 4 cyl.
Beware of fuel tank - mine was rotten on the sides and was a SOB to get out. Also, based on age, the transom is probably wet & rotten- mine was.

ITLLFLI

The one I posted pics of was supposedly from the lake erie region. I see you're there now, but not sure if you grew up there? It could be the same boat your family had?!

boatnuts

ITLLFLI - I am a Georgian Bay boater

boatnuts

Nocigarette - here are 2 pics. The one taken in the water is when I bought the boat in July and the other on the trailer is the day before I put it in storage in late October.