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The 1992 Cigarette Top Gun upon purchase from Pier 57 a year ago. The Top Gun a year later after restoration.

THE START OF THE PROJECT...
teal graphics, and a matching interior with ride phenomenal, they are safe and built
The 1992 Cigarette Top Gun project was shag carpeting, the good news was the like granite. It’s a proven boat with a con-
Mercury 525 hp SC carbureted engines
something Potter began a year ago with a ventional bottom and very stable. It’s not
long-time friend and client, Jim Peters of with CMI sport tube exhausts were in per- the fastest boat out there, but it will cer-
Sarasota. Peters, who owned a 26’ Scarab, fect shape with low hours, and the hull tainly keep up with the pack.”

dreamed of one day owning a real off- was mint. The hull was inspected by expert A “fixer” by any means, the only major
shore performance boat like the ones he boat surveyor, Chuck Wagner, formerly of problem the Top Gun had was a spongy
Donzi Marine.
watched racing as a boy in the Florida keys.floor due to the use (and the rotting) of
After a year of discussing possibilities, “Jim and I had many long discussions plywood, commonly used in boats in the
Peters and Potter decided to join forces regarding what kind of boat to buy. I sug- early 1990s. “That was really the only big

and purchase a 38’ Cigarette Top Gun, an gested an old school 38’ Cigarette Top issue. As it was out dated, we decided
all-Kevlar Lip-Ship edition. While the Top Gun, as the model is proven and has been to make this a really special, modern old
around for many years,” says Potter. “They
Gun was dated with “Miami-Vice” pink andschool Top Gun,” said Potter.

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