The First Jenny,s Express

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here is 2 pics of the first jennys express ..a 38 topgun ...then he had the apache built .

[Magic Medicine]

I could be mistaken but that looks like a Mistress or a flat deck to me?????

[Premier Perf]

yup not a TG

[smallblock]

sorry thanks for the right info ..

[MrCig]

Looks like a 35 to me

Mark:cheers2:

[J-Bonz]

Looks like a 35 to me

Mark:cheers2:

Yes Sir, I agree.. Love them old flatty's

[Magic Medicine]

Looks like a 35 to me

Mark:cheers2:

That was my gut feeling but had the through out the 38 fd to cover my tail:leaving:

[Jettsdad1]

That is a Kevlar 35 Mistress with the 1st custom race hatch Cigarette made to cover the Hawk 600's exhaust , Gary actually had another 35 that he had bought called " Jennifer Ann" it was a standard boat will stock 330's,He only had the boat in OC for the summer of 85, then bought this one.

[Ratickle]

That is a Kevlar 35 Mistress with the 1st custom race hatch Cigarette made to cover the Hawk 600's exhaust , Gary actually had another 35 that he had bought called " Jennifer Ann" it was a standard boat will stock 330's,He only had the boat in OC for the summer of 85, then bought this one.

Welcome to the site.....


Love hearing from those who know about some of the early offshore performance boats......

[Clustergear]

I'll keep it short. I was in MR Ducks back in the late 80's Gary and I were talking and he was asking me about what I thought about repowering Jennys Express. (1st one) He had already knew what power he wanted to use. After talking to him about the results he wanted to get with the motors. I told him by the time the job was done he would be better off selling his Cigarette as is and ordering a new one with power he wanted. He was not aware at the time that the bigger motors would need differant drive height to get the results wanted and TRS's weren't going to cut it. When I ran into him the following summer he had
a new Cigarette and was very happy with its speed and thanked me for the avise. The way Gary and I first met, we were both running north on Ocean City shoreline and I came up along side and we went at it. I pulled him and he was very suprised how fast my old 27 Avanti ran.

[Clustergear]

here is 2 pics of the first jennys express ..a 38 topgun ...then he had the apache built .

Small Block

I use to see Jennys Express running along OC beach with another Cigarette I think it was Dollar Bill or something like that, they were almost aways together. Never met the boat owner. Any pic of other boat

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Small Block

I use to see Jennys Express running along OC beach with another Cigarette I think it was Dollar Bill or something like that, they were almost aways together. Never met the boat owner. Any pic of other boat

you mean this boat

[smallblock]

That is a Kevlar 35 Mistress with the 1st custom race hatch Cigarette made to cover the Hawk 600's exhaust , Gary actually had another 35 that he had bought called " Jennifer Ann" it was a standard boat will stock 330's,He only had the boat in OC for the summer of 85, then bought this one.

As i said many times ..my dad & gary where best friends from teens and me and jenny grew up toghather. i got to ride in jennifer ann i was maby 8 or 9 then never got to ride in the J express cig then came the 41 apache and got to ride it 100 + times. as you read this it,s 2011 now i did see jenny for x-mas last week hangen out with friends & loved ones.
yesterday i must have gotten 10 phone calls on how we all miss Gary Brightwell . gone BUT NEVER FOGOTEN IN OUT MEMERIES, PICS ,AND VIDS. WE ALL LOVE YA GARY:driving:

[Clustergear]

you mean this boat

It was along time ago could be the same boat, but I remember the boat I use to see said Dollar Bill or some thing like that down the sides. I know I have some pictures of the boats running along beach, but not sure where they are. If I come across them I'll post em

[Jettsdad1]

Clustergear, I remember your Avanti, and MR Ducks,One of my girlfriends was a bartender there. You may remember me, I had a Red and White 30 ft Scarab early 80's then in 86' made the jump to a 35' Cigarette White W Red/Gold/Black stripes.We would close the place down at 2am then jump in the boat for a "Ocean Run".I Ran with Doll-R-Bill as well during that time.His boat was Kevlar and had 460 Mercs.I could almost catch him with the Scarab (370's) on a calm day but when the ocean kicked up I was Done!To this Day I have scars on my RH knee where I got hurt in a Race with Bill.

[Clustergear]

Long time ago looked for pictures today. I know I have them somewhere all I could find beside family picutres in OC where my brothers sport fishing boat he kept at the Bahia Marina from around 83 to 95

[northernoffshore]

Long time ago looked for pictures today. I know I have them somewhere all I could find beside family picutres in OC where my brothers sport fishing boat he kept at the Bahia Marina from around 83 to 95

Happy with your powerplay? that was a great deal.

[Clustergear]

Very Happy with Powerplay. My sister still has a place in OC maybe I'll bring it down there sometime.

[Clustergear]

Just found a picture of Jenny's Express.* Looks like I was on tower of my brothers boat heading north on bay from draw bridge.* Hope I can find more.I'am trying to resize but not having any luck

[Clustergear]

Resized pic. not working I can resize on my computer and you can see who's in boat, but can't get it to attach

[Clustergear]

Heres my last try,* have a new scanner and don't like it !!!!

[smallblock]

Resized pic. not working I can resize on my computer and you can see who's in boat, but can't get it to attach

send ppic to my e-mail smallblockchevy@comcast.net thanks

[Clustergear]

This should be better

[i vant to go fast]

Clustergear
Bill Schaefer owned Dollar Bill, then Lethal weapon. Leathel Weapon I believe was one of if, not the first 38 Top Guns. I also believe Lethal Weapon was built by Mark Mcmanus, when he was with Cigarette. Lethal weapon was a pleasure layout and ran with Gary Brightwell (Jennys Express). Both the boats and owners stayed at harbor Island. In spite of the full pleasure cigarette vs the race layup Apache, I believe both boats where pretty equal in the speed department, neither one ever getting a huge advantage over the other. You usually always saw both boats together, unless one was broke, which given the horespower, and technology of the times wasnt uncommon. Neither boat ventured out much in the big water so hard to say if there was any advantage there. Lethal weapon was also kept at Ternberry Isle in Miami in the winter. I remember once cruising to Miami, and have it pull up next to me at speed. Was quite a surpise to see it, still dont think Bill knew his mate was out running the boat! We ran with both boats many, many times over the years, although we only ran with them until they got bored running so slow. As you know back in that time frame there was a very small number (compared to today) of large go fasts running around. They where always quite a site, and theys guys always put on a show.

[98coupe]

Anymore pictures.