h2oboater

I was looking through my latest Boating magazine & I came upon a add for new wood Hacker Craft speedboats. After reading through the add I see that back in the day offshore racer [Mr Sheer Terror] Bobby Sheer is now selling the wood Hacker Craft boats in Ft. Lauderdale Florida. I guess I'm getting old as these new wood boats sure look cool & with today's power must really run nice.

mr vinyl

Heard that from two other people,Roger was one of them. Bud

h2oboater

Now that the Bertram Baron was found & is back with the Miller family I'm on the hunt for this Cig. This Cigarette belonged to Mr Bill [redaleart] back in the day out on the east coast. From the looks of the pic's it may be one of a kind. Has anyone seen it ?????

scippy

Where was it last seen..........I'll be on the look out here in Jersey!

butch ryan

Big nick

lightning jet

It has a short looking deck ? for a cig

fastdonzi

Is that a 44 deck on a 38 hull??

Now that I looked at the Pic larger it could be just the Low Profile windshield making it look funky. Cockpit seems proper.

cig28

Could it be a squadron with a cigarette sticker ?

h2oboater

Hi Jim, I believe Bill said it was a 1979 Cig so that would be to early for a Squadron. This Cig has a different look with that teak wood on that long engine hatch & a Vee windshield.. I don't think Bill wants it back just was wondering if it was still around.

olredalert

----It was a V-windshield Mistress. Original owner was a rich guy in or near Atlantic City (or so I was told). Had something to do with gambling. I traded it for an almost new GMC dually in 1990 as I was going back drag racing and needed a tow vehicle. Boat ended up in Cleveland area at that point. Dont know who bought it as there was a broker of sorts.
----Boat had 4 tanks and was set up as sort of a gentlemans racer as it had crash boxes, and dual controls, etc., yet had a very complete teak package. Raised hatch area was for the original fuel-injected 540s. Those were gone and replaced by twin 454s when I traded a 65 Corvette for it in 1987 on Cape Cod. Boat was titled as a 1979 and I was told by the broker after I sold it that the hull was Kevlar, but cant verify that. Broker also said the boat was later painted black, but I cant verify that either. Fun boat but was only good for about 55 with the 454s, and I couldnt afford anything bigger.
----Thanks for posting the pics, Mark!......Bill S