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[snomad]

1989 Python Offshore Sport Cuddy. Picked it up in October of 2010 with the intent to restore it. Here it was then...

Here it is today - still a work in progress.

I have a thread going in the Python section with more pictures of the work to date - and I will continue to update that thread as progress is made.

 

[budandfun]

86 22' that I sold two years back... 502 mag

 

[Bobcat]

I always liked the Pachanga's !

 

[Chummy]

updated 1987 38kv scarab And the new project 87 22' Velocity

the Velocity is a very cool boat!!!! Wonder how many were made with that setup

 

[sprink58]

'79 Formula 255 Liberator

On it's way back....Vintage 1979 Formula

 

[Blue Oval]

Found my old Baja online for sale again. Great boat, had a lot of fun with this boat. The add reads always rack stored, I don't think so?

 

[Ghost]

Nova Marine 24, twin v-drives.

 

[tsp]

Nova Marine 24, twin v-drives.

Nice ride. What year is it? It looks spotless.

 

[Ghost]

Thanks for the kind words. She's not spotless but pretty good for a 40ish year old boat--hull #60 of the 24s from Brownie's shop. I wish I knew for sure what year that translated to--I'd guess '71. Completely gutted to the keel and rebuilt from 2002 - 2004. I bought it 3 or 4 years after the rebuild.

Trying to figure out what's in your avatar. Magnum 27/28? Cig? Looks like a classic.

Regards,

Mike

 

[f_inscreenname]

That's a good looking boat Mike.

 

[old377guy]

Nova Marine 24, twin v-drives.

You boat is just too cool. I had an old Wellcraft Nova with twin 302's, but the real deal is the real deal. Congratulations.

 

[old377guy]

Your 24 just brings me back. It is such an honest, straightforward boat. I'm climbing up on my soapbox so beware. It unabashedly sports a functional windshield, cleats, louvers,and rails. The paint is classic and devoid of any modern silliness. If you're ever tempted to install any blingy,tribal, hot pink, lavender, cartoony or otherwise tacky accessories, let me know and I'll fly out there and talk you back from the edge.

 

[tsp]

"Trying to figure out what's in your avatar. Magnum 27/28? Cig? Looks like a classic."


Definitely a classic. It's a 1979 Pantera. I love it. But it would sure be nice to have a windsheild like yours. Especially for those early spring and fall runs .
Cheers,
Tom

 

[Ghost]

Thanks, there is a lot I love about the boat. And the v-drive setup is pretty rugged and simple. But I'm still curious to see how it would be with sterndrives, like the Wellcraft. Much more efficient.

I think it would interesting to try either a twin all-aluminum 300HP smallblock setup (as light as possible, say under 1500 lbs of running gear) with duoprops, or a 540-636 big single with a Konrad (perhaps 1300 lbs of running gear). But part of me hates the thought of saying goodbye to one of the few remaining v-drive boats, even though mine is already semi resto-modded.

So far, lack of money and sentiment are camped out together on this one.

I've also thought about picking up a Wellcraft for experimentation. They did a few things with the boat that I liked, also, design-wise. How was the build quality of yours? Do you think any old one (say, '77 or earlier) will almost certainly need stringer/transom work if it hasn't had it already?

The Panteras look great to me. Those, and the Martini 25/26 ("whatever it takes") strike me as fantastic designs that I'd really overlooked until very recently. And the Martini has a windshield.

 

[old377guy]

Here's the thing about your boat: It's the genuine article from back in the day right out of Brownie's shop. That hull is never really going to be a speed demon, but the ride is fantastic. Please don't ever consider putting a different drive configuration in it. The build quality of my Wellcraft was fair to good, but quality varied widely boat to boat. Yes, there were a few things "sleeker" on my Nova, but nowhere near worth the trade-off for your piece of history. Brownie is a member on this board and could probably give you the complete run down on you boat, you may want to PM him. All the best to you. - Jeff

 

[lohring]

The old boats can still go. Carlo Bonomi's 1973 35 foot Cigarette Dry Martini, owned by Mike Bontoft, in the Cowes Torquay Cowes 2010 race. It won the historic division.

 

[Ben]

The old boats can still go.

They certainly can. All of the below with the exception of the blue Velocity competed in last year's Cowes Torquay Cowes race (178 nm) in some very nasty conditions.

Mike Bonoft did the immaculate restoration and re-rigging of both Uno Embassy and Dry Martini.

The blue Velocity is the last boat that I raced in the UK before moving back to the States in 2006.

All photos by Graham Stevens except Bounty Hunter (Nigel Barrett) and the Velocity (Tim Stevens).

 

[Bobcat]

Dry Martini is my favorite Offshore Raceboat.......ever !

 

[Slandrew]

They certainly can. All of the below with the exception of the blue Velocity competed in last year's Cowes Torquay Cowes race (178 nm) in some very nasty conditions.

Mike Bonoft did the immaculate restoration and re-rigging of both Uno Embassy and Dry Martini.

The blue Velocity is the last boat that I raced in the UK before moving back to the States in 2006.

All photos by Graham Stevens except Bounty Hunter (Nigel Barrett) and the Velocity (Tim Stevens).

Very cool Apache:seeya:

 

[FlyenBrian]

Great thread. Didn't see any Sonic's represented so I thought I better drop in. '88 33 SE. Brought her home new in 88 and have never been able to part with her. (Yes that goes for the boat and the babe)