Dude! Sweet!

Those constrution photos of the alloy boats are amazing. Those things are works of art!

Starflite X

Could this be one of your's Pete with a modified deck?

The boat is in Holland.

CougarM

Not a Cougar Ben

CIG3

Great Stain History. I saw one of the retired cats in Genoa,Italy a year or so ago while at the Boat Show, I'll have to dig up the photos.

littlenige

What the heck IS that?

Starflite X

No idea. It was on a poker run in Holland and it was described as an Apache!

ygrowup

Genoa, Italy Andy?!?......you take a wrong turn off the Ohio turnpike? Sounds like an international incident in the making! Let's see some pix. bWd

Tim B-C

That poker run boat looks like a italian welding, probably last Piciotti before the CUV boats.......I workes for Fausto and Achilli and that work is NOT Stain................
Stain built great boats but work was poor all boats needed rebuilding after every race........
As for Babycresci, after Origund sinking, Cougar and Simon Wood-Power did the most incredible work to get her completely re-built for the C/T/C in '87.
Baby was way out front at Portland Bill on her way to Torquay when Damiano Spelta with brit navigator (OOD for the C/T/C )rolled over pushing to fast and Baby turned back and helped rescue the crew............They eventually arrived 4th in Torquay.
Silvio Murcia in the Stain Apache no8 won the leg, the only time it did anything.
The Conquest of Fruitier (Rocky) won overall with Annabella 2nd......Third was Divin the Chris Craft cat with 3 merc outboards only 14 secs behind wining Class 2 best race I ever did !!!!!!! better than the worlds we won!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Babycresci led ALL 3 races in Key West.........Last race was most painful ever (broke leg, ankles and hirline on rt hip on start line.....................if you want full story happy to bore you all !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tim B-C

If anyone knows of an old Piccotti or CUV for sale at bargain price let me know want to run it in next year Round Britain, or even one of our old B T cigarettes.......................HELP.. if not for me Littlenige wants to be a passenger.....................

Black Tornado

Tim B-C,in Viareggio there are three old CUV mono,two 38(one maybe was the old Miura) and a 40' Thuraya(old Sun International/SDA/Cigna).
I think are for sale.
Look the images that I posted in this thread.