@@bailey9r if you cant give a child more than such a ride... to make it happy... it will have a hard time in life... to find happiness. but anyway... it fits... into the "point of view" over reality of man. thx for your comment... thats honest meant.
Those small Donzis cut through the waves incredibly well with very aggressive v-bottoms. It's really amazing how well it's riding for an 18 footer. Looks like fun!!
Good to see father and son this. Reminds me off me and my Dad back in the late 80’s running some of the Baja boats. My Dad ran the dealership for Ital Boat which was a Baja dealer. The 28 sport was a blast. 65 was hauling ass back then. Then we hit 70. Good times.
The graphics look very much like the Formula graphics, thats what made me think that.. Looks like you know how to have fun no matter what kind of boat you are in!! (put on some vests in the 18' though!)
So Wtf is with boaters? You spent all that time to just catch up and pass someone. They should of turned off right before to ruin the guys fun to pass.
+John Dev What's not to like? An old classic single screw 18' Donzi holding its own in the slop. I'm not trying to be ugly about it, but you do understand the differences between the two boats, right? The length of the modern Cigarette is two fold. I'm sure the Donzi's owner would rather baby his *_40 year old 1/2 sized & at most, 25% powered classic_* so his grandsons can enjoy it. I'll take an old narrow beam Donzi (I loved the Doral 24 though), a Cigarette or better still a classic Magnum 27 twin screw over anything post Aronow era designed. That hull must've won 250 plus offshore races and at least one world championship. My family sold both the Donzi & Magnum Marine boats and there's few more seaworthy craft out there-even by today's standards. The current owner of Magnum Marine is an amazing woman with true vision, but that too is a different animal.
That donzi has a really deep v for an 18' and can hold its own in the chop. Fun little boat, I drove one on Lake Powell on a very windy day and it didn't mind a bit.
+Erik Gustafson you're absolutely right! That old 24° dead rise design gave those boats speed, a dry comfortable ride. The specs all say it's a 24 degree dead rise but many of the old hulls Aronow had his hand in looked more like a "variable" dead rise deep-vee. It's pretty cool that a concept that started in the late 50's is still copied today.
