Help me identify my uncles's racing boat/series please?
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Hi, I hope this helps, I to am interested in seeing a video of Smilin’ Jacks M-80
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Here are the results of 10 races from different states
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This was an advertising of your uncles business.
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The boat was a 1986-1987 UIM Champion for 2 years until the record was broken.
since I bought the Boat back in 1999 to present. I’m going to show some pictures that I took from a 1986 Official Souvenir Program.
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Here are the results of 10 races from different states
![](https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.offshoreonly.com-vbulletin/1500x2000/img_2449_c43f163dfdd7562abed48b80953a9ad922410d97.jpeg)
This was an advertising of your uncles business.
![](https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.offshoreonly.com-vbulletin/1500x2000/img_2450_d291ab315d302ffac59caecc2b6e946c37d79ca6.jpeg)
The boat was a 1986-1987 UIM Champion for 2 years until the record was broken.
since I bought the Boat back in 1999 to present. I’m going to show some pictures that I took from a 1986 Official Souvenir Program.
Last edited by hivoltage; 02-18-2024 at 07:48 PM.
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Back when I was a spectator, I took this picture in Key West in 1986, I had my own power boat but not a race boat.
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Formerly the Smilin’ Jacks Boat M-80, The Actual picture of what it looks like now, There are still some signs still on the Boat that will make it 100% legit.
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Smilin Jacks marina in Jupiter was still around in the mid 2000's. It was a steel building on the water just inside the inlet and a bigger concrete building just a couple miles west.
They were a Mercury dealer and Scott and Lou bought it and were rigging Bahama 37-41 foot CC boats there. Not sure what happened but the steel building got sold/torn down. Arguably it was very expensive real estate and the area was changing towards higher end waterfront bars/restaurants. That never got developed, just an empty lot now. The rigging/maintenance shop further west is still operating but I don't know who is actually running that.
https://smilinjacksmarine.net/
They were a Mercury dealer and Scott and Lou bought it and were rigging Bahama 37-41 foot CC boats there. Not sure what happened but the steel building got sold/torn down. Arguably it was very expensive real estate and the area was changing towards higher end waterfront bars/restaurants. That never got developed, just an empty lot now. The rigging/maintenance shop further west is still operating but I don't know who is actually running that.
https://smilinjacksmarine.net/