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Originally Posted by BroadHopper
So any boat manufactured before 1976 are not certified at all?? No wonder the old classics are noisy. There is an old late 60's small Cigarette around the Welch Island area that is really noisy!
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The OLD classic (original) Race BOATS become like ANY Ferrari. They are driven only very infrequently. Ferraris are valued by how many miles they DON'T have on their odometer. Look at any Ferrari FOR SALE..the mileage is usually WAY below 10K MILES...no matter what the year.
Classic
Original boats are the same. Some may have TWO seperate engines. One engine may be the original (Very Valuable) antique..the second engine is a modern engine that is swapped in to use the boat a little more often.
The Replicas: Mark Mason (New England Boat & Motor..Laconia) is building Replicas of OLD Race Boats from the Twentys and Thirtys. He offers ready to go hulls...and YOU put in whatever power you want. OR..He will do it for you. He is currently running a white hulled boat (G-36) named IMPSHI.
In the past he restored ...and owned the Original
Baby Bootlegger with an original 625 ci Hispano Suiza V8, for over 25 years. Now sold.
NB
http://www.newenglandboatandmotor.com/
THE POINT IS: If you have an OLD
Classic, (Car, Boat, Motorcycle, Airplane..)to maintain the value of your Classic, you don't drive it much..or the value will go down.