Lil Smidgen comes home
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After Wally Harper sold the Magnum Lil Smidgen he looked to buy new pleasure boat he purchased a 29' Mirage from his friend Pete Smith. I ran into Wally at the Boblo Island marina [some time around 1976 77 ] & talked to me about his new Mirage. Unlike a Magnum the Mirage had a inner fiberglass cockpit line like a 28' Cig had Wally did not like the way it felt . Wally sold it shortly after our talk & looked for a hull that was built similar to a 27' Magnum he found it in the 32' Spectra. Spectra's did not have a cockpit liner & had the floor glassed to the stringers just like a Magnum. I have had two 29' Mirage's & I to had to get use to how the Mirage's cockpit liner felt after coming from my race Magnum. The feeling you get in a 27' Magnum Sport is hard to duplicate, even today !
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Hi my names Ronnie harper the 3rd and I’m Ron Harper’s granson my dad was telling me about my feet grampa Wally harper sr even tho he’s not truly sr because his real name was Sam and I looked up Wally harper cigerette boat racing and I found this page really cool to seee this about my grampa as co driver the only reason my dad never boat raced because my grandma hatted boats [sorry if I spelling bad I broke my phone and can’t seee the buttons]
Hi my names Ronnie harper the 3rd and I’m Ron Harper’s granson my dad was telling me about my feet grampa Wally harper sr even tho he’s not truly sr because his real name was Sam and I looked up Wally harper cigerette boat racing and I found this page really cool to seee this about my grampa as co driver the only reason my dad never boat raced because my grandma hatted boats [sorry if I spelling bad I broke my phone and can’t seee the buttons]
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