Re: [Paddlewise] What is a cigarette boat?

Hi Jack,
    A cigarette boat is, I believe, one of those ungodly long, almost all 
foredeck, deep V hulled, multi engined, three man crewed, off shore racing, 
swell hopping, low flying aircraft of wingless design that seem to bounce 
from swell peak to swell peak with only their props and about the last 12" of 
the keel in contact with the water. With other-world-like horsepower they 
crash from one swell to the next, roaring the sea into submission. Remember 
Miami Vice? This was the type of boat in the opening chase scene. They are so 
fast that only other cigarette boats and aircraft can catch them.

...or so I've been lead to believe.
Jed  ;-)
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