cigarette boats

Sleek ocean racers

Cigarette boats are long, narrow, high-performance powerboats designed for speed.

The sleek hull cuts through water with minimal drag, allowing speeds exceeding 100 mph.

The name comes from a famous racing boat called "The Cigarette" from the 1960s.

Their combination of speed and cargo capacity made them notorious for drug smuggling in the 1980s: The Coast Guard intercepted a cigarette boat off Miami.

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