1966 Donzi 16 - First Time On The Water In 30 Years 

Big 👍152! Hi my friend, glad to see you brought this beautiful boat back to life after 35 years! Papa! 😎👍👍👍

Now that’s a boat

Beautiful little runabout ! Looks like a TOTAL blast ! Like a 66 mustang v8` in the water. My wife, girlfriend at the time, had a yellow glastron 16' in 1974 with a v8. Similar brazen experience ! Sooo much fun back in Boca Raton, FL !

Seeing’ that boat brings back memories had 1970 but the one I had was yellow and black strip and had a Holman and moody302 and Volvo speed master what a great boat 🚤

Wasn't expecting it to sound like that. Pretty mean little boat. Very cool

We had a 68 sweet 16 at the Ozarks . What a blast.

The 16 always looks like you’re wearing it not riding in it. Not much freeboard for rough water but lots of fun on small lakes.

my uncle had what I heard was a 73 classic (18 foot left hand drive) white with red stripes, this brings back fond memories :) He warmed up his motor a bit, hit 75mph on Lake Michigan once and said that's fast enough...boat had a lot more to give but his body didn't xD No wonder these were big drug runner boats back in the days

Sounds like a BEAST

Beautiful boat

You did an outstanding job .

Boat's got attitude; I like it 😎! I knew by both listening & watching; the Sweet 16 had a few more tricks up her sleeve,,,,,,,😉. I ❤️ the old Donzi's; a Hornet III is on my list of things to do, along with a pre - 2000 Cigarette Top Gun! I owned a Firefox with a 640 hp Hawk Marine Merlin motor. I knew I'd lose 40 hp thru the TRS drive; so for insurance purposes this was why it said 640 hp on the dyno. In a perfect world I'd have a Cigarette TG, a Cigarette 33' Cafe cc/Ocean Hawk 33' cc (Chevy Tahoe vs GMC Yukon: same difference) & a Donzi Hornet III at the dock! With both Cigarettes it would be easier to have another person with you when you go out. With the Hornet, you can just jump in it & GO! No crew required 😎.

A LOT OF CHOP ON THE BOW NEED TO TRIM IT

a thing of beauty

This must be your first Donzi. Donzi's are not a great choppy water boat. They Love Glassy Water. They flip over less... Good Luck with it, it's a beautiful piece of moving Art ..

Got to change that fold down fishing seat to the correct bucket seat .

Sweet 16

That bridge is now gone (as of two days ago).

You restore them, I prefer just to drive them!

Very nice restore - what engine do these have ?

That looked alittle rough riding, guess trim might fix, maybe just nature of the small beast.

Dang this is in Pasadena

Carb has an accelerator pump?

Scott Key Bridge ?

he should trim the engine in a bit and it would stop bouncing at speed.

What top speed?

Omy…what a crap hull design. Chine walk and totally unstable not even 3/4 speed.