Hi All,
Picked up the Hull today, removed 6 superfluous bolts, removed propeller shaft and the bearing came out the tube, unfortunately theses old shaft were not stainless steel and as the boat had been used in sea water it was rather rusty, I think it will be replaced, Removed the original IC engine mount, which was difficult, but also contained 4 heavy bolts, some wood bracing and the trim tabs.

Hi All, Thanks for the words of encouragement, hope to pick the boat up on Sun 23rd Aug 2020.

I have a bit of a dilemma about what to do with the power chain, I have 7 surface drive boats already, and my pet hate with them is they don't reverse very well,( get stuck in reeds no way out).
Currently the boat has subsurface prop and some trimtabs.
I was considering keeping it sub-surface and using a high torque low revving brushless out-runner, running 22.2v on a 150A Flycolor ESC which woud be efficient and have full reverse:-
Model: 4250
KV Value: 560KV
Maximum Power: 1760W
Voltage: 11.1-36V (3-8S battery) (ESC is only 6S max)
Speed: 6000-9000
No-load Current: 1.5-1.6A (maximum current 80A)
the above motor will not rev high enough for a surface drive.

Or another surface drive using the motor below, which would go faster,
3674 4 Poles 2250KV in-runner Brushless Motor

I have a Genesis 900 twin hull power boat. It is really fast and good fun to drive. I am glad I am the only one on my river who runs RC boats or I could see total carnage. The Swans and Ducks leave the area when they see me walking it to the river.😁

Some of the members in the boat club are into fast electrics .
I think for them it's finding a place to run the boat with enough open water as they fly across the water.
The boats are fun to watch on the water .
Good luck with the build

A quick Google of the subject throws up some pretty interesting information. The designer of the original Cigarette boats, Don Aronow, was a bit of a lad and eventually murdered in a drive by shooting.

Apparently the Cigarette boats were so fast that they were the transport of choice for drug runners. There are many images of Cigarette boats on the internet and you will be spoiled for choice regarding liveries but there are also images of the original Cigarette.

The owner of Kingston Mouldings retired some years ago. He had a very useful website which had some good information abiut the fitting out of grp hulls.

Good luck with your model.

Ian