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Old 18-05-2004, 11:26 AM   #21
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This TG in the ad had to be made for the euro market...
It has Volvo's,Diesels, side exhaust, and a completely different cabin than I have seen before.This is not produced in the American market.Top speed 57 knots?can you say sllooowww
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Old 18-05-2004, 11:48 AM   #22
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So you cant tell on build quality etc which is what the cig name is all about!!

bit slow but could you justify twin 500's at $7.70 a gallon ??
or diesel at $2.60 with twice the economy ??
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Old 18-05-2004, 01:06 PM   #23
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I agree with you...fuel cost is a major factorand I could not justify$7.70 a gallon.
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although your gas costs are going up pretty quick at mom?? could get a lot worse!!!
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Old 18-05-2004, 01:33 PM   #25
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Everyone is freaking out at $2.20 a gallon for fuel..my guess is the gas docks will be $2.75..very expensive for here
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Old 18-05-2004, 01:41 PM   #26
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http://adcache.boattraderonline.com/6/5/0/60362050.htm

Here is the configuration of a Top Gun...

Even the cockpit is diffent in the one in Norway.
I wonder if the boat was shipped unrigged to Europe and finished there...
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Old 18-05-2004, 02:26 PM   #27
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should get you to cowes!! just!! hows she running now?
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Old 18-05-2004, 03:16 PM   #29
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Swedish built Hightec 3900 version
... sounds to me like a different mould !!
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Old 18-05-2004, 04:34 PM   #30
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Hopefully we will see you out there soon?? guess it will be us coming to the solent rather than you running to Poole ??
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Old 18-05-2004, 08:19 PM   #31
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Swedish built Hightec 3900 version
... sounds to me like a different mould !!
So,that boat is a knock off??
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Old 18-05-2004, 09:29 PM   #32
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I would agree with cashbrain, either it was sent to Norway unrigged. or Possibly custom built in Florida of the client.
But im almost 100% certain that Cigarette Racing USA only builds its boat in the USA. The hulls that is. Ofcourse we know the are quite a few very nice Cigarettes running around Europe and behond.
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Old 18-05-2004, 09:47 PM   #33
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Ok, Ok. I think I can guess what this boat really is, Cashbrain help me out here.

If is a true, real Cigarette built on thunderboat row.
However it's is not a 2002 model. I maybe wrong. the Hull ID should verify this.

But what your looking at is an older Cig Top Gun perhaps that has been refitted and re-rigged in 2002 there at Hightec. Because the I don't see steps and the way the deck looks it looks like a 90's top gun.

In the USA we see ads like this all the time. People have the older boat re-rigged then they use that year in their ad, kind of leaving out the real hull manufacted date. Common.

That's not to take away from the boat at all , it looks like a real nice boat for sure. Hull ID should verfiy its real age.

its maybe a 90 thru 98 Cigarette top gun re-rigged in 2002.

I just looked at a nice Pantera like this. He called it a 2004 in the ad because it was re-rigged and totally redone in 2004, but the boat was really a 1984. You could not tell what year it was. ad said 2004, but after talking to the seller he said it was indeed a 84. He wasn't tring to faud anyone it was just how the ad was worded.

Call them and ask them, they might honestly not know, sure looks like a cig to me.
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Old 18-05-2004, 10:34 PM   #34
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I learn something new everyday.

This was posted on offshorepowerboat.com

38KV: posted

This boat have nothing to do with a Top Gun.
Hi-Tech 3900 was as far as I know a copy of the older Cig 39'
Not a bad boat at all, but not a Top Gun.
Hi-Tech was located in Lysekil, Sweden in the early 90's
Their program was:
Hi-Tech 3000, a 28' version a of a Cig Bullet
Hi-Tech 3900
Hi-Tech 5000 a 50 footer that I think was their own mold

The company moved to Florida in 92 and changed name to Nor-Tech.
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very interesting.....! amazing what information can be found out..

do most people prefer the new stepped hull or the older non step.

I know a step can improve speed but make handling different but what about rough water capability/ride comfort??
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Old 19-05-2004, 09:44 AM   #36
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38KV is in sweden, we should get him to join up here.
Calm down Matt, he may not have wads of photo's of naked blonde women!!!
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hows that cat going?? any pics?
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Old 19-05-2004, 09:49 AM   #38
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Wot cat, where, who, why?????
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the one in your garage !! you got the promax in yet?? summers here... we want to see you out on the water!!
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Personally,I like the traditional non-stepped hull..it's slower,but,more predictable and stable...
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