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    1979 25' Martini SS

    I will be selling the Martini that I bought last year since I replaced it with the 28' Warlock this year. I fixed any problems I found with it and did a full maintenance on it after buying it. It is ready to go and is presently winterized with antifreeze. Here is a link to the thread I started on it. It comes with a nice trailer, a Sunbrella bimini top with ss frame (I never used it), a custom cockpit cover(I never used this either), a custom made Sunbrella mooring cover which I use as a dust cover, and a new gauge type depth sounder with alarm that I never installed in it. The boat has always been stored inside and it shows. It was run twice in brackish water - other than that it is a fresh water only boat with about 550 original hours on it. I already contacted a couple guys on this forum about it with no bites so far. I will be listing it locally in craigslist for $15,000, but I will sell it for $13,000 here. If anyone has an interest, contact me at DGill25960@aol.com. Thanks, Bill

    http://www.donzi.net/forums/showthre...979-26-Martini

    1971 Donzi 18' 2+3
    1985 Eliminator 23' Daytona Offshore - Kevlar hull
    1988 23' Donzi CC F-23 with 250HP EFI Mercury OB
    1989 28' Team Warlock Offshore - single 548CID/600HP
    1990 23' Warlock Offshore - single 525HP
    Bill from Denison, TX - Lake Texoma

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    Bill, just wanted to wish you luck on selling your Martini. Thank-you for the link back to your story of 1st finding and buying the boat. I had never heard of a Martini, but then until finding this website, I didn't know what I had in my 1969 18' Holman Moody Donzi Classic. I don't regret upgrading to the 22' Classic I had, but I'd love to have that 18 back now.

    Wish I had a truck and the $$$$ to buy your Martini. It truly is a beautiful boat and I believe having you as an owner in it's life has just improved the boat. I live in Ohio with Lake Erie just a few hours away. Very shallow lake that the slightest wind kicks it up tremendously. Used to love running the 18 Classic up there on that lake because in 69' the boat didn't have a bunch of weight in flotation products. It used to fly the waves so straight and soft. Often times being faster than bigger, newer boats with drivers who only knew how to get more speed by over triming their boats. LOL I'd look back and all you saw was their boat bouncing up and down while I was level and hitting the gas as soon as the prop hit the water again. I had the Volvo 250 with no trim and a 302 Ford engine in that boat.

    Sorry to be so long. I don't believe your boat will be for sale very long even in today's economy. Thank-you again for the introduction to the 25' Martini SS.
    Scott Boldt

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    Scott,
    Thanks for the story about boating on Lake Erie - we also have a relatively large lake with the same resulting big waves when the wind kicks up which it often does here in north Texas. A few years ago one of my boat stall renters hit a big wave in his Baja trying to outrun a storm. It threw him up and back down on the windshield where it knocked him out and he went overboard and drowned. Very sad day. We took out the Donzi 23' fishing boat this past Sunday for the first time in a heavy wind, but it held its own very well in the huge waves. A guy just needs to have a little experience and a calm head.
    I'm happy to have owned the Martini and I will without a doubt miss it. It is such a great condition old school boat - almost a time capsule. It drives like a dream and handles the rough stuff like a champ with no spray coming in the cockpit, but I never took it out on one of our roughest days. I think as soon as I get a craigslist ad running it will sell by the following weekend, but you never know. I had 3 guys try to buy it last summer when I had no interest in selling it so I know it will have a following. Thanks again, Bill

    1971 Donzi 18' 2+3
    1985 Eliminator 23' Daytona Offshore - Kevlar hull
    1988 23' Donzi CC F-23 with 250HP EFI Mercury OB
    1989 28' Team Warlock Offshore - single 548CID/600HP
    1990 23' Warlock Offshore - single 525HP
    Bill from Denison, TX - Lake Texoma

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    I pulled the Martini out in the fabulous day we had here today for a photo shoot to get some pictures for my ad on craigslist. Here are 5 of my favorites. Bill
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    1971 Donzi 18' 2+3
    1985 Eliminator 23' Daytona Offshore - Kevlar hull
    1988 23' Donzi CC F-23 with 250HP EFI Mercury OB
    1989 28' Team Warlock Offshore - single 548CID/600HP
    1990 23' Warlock Offshore - single 525HP
    Bill from Denison, TX - Lake Texoma

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    She's gorgeous. Had I not bought the Cig last year, I'd have already mailed you a check for the Martini.

    (Quick aside, do you know what throttle/shifter that is, and whether someone customized it to shorten the shift lever or lengthen the throttle?)
    "I don't have time to get into it, but he went through a lot." -Pulp Fiction

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    Thanks so much! I am thinking about taking it off the market after seeing it again today since I really don't need the money as much as space right now. Space I can find - another boat like this, not. I thought this shot would tell the throttle brand, but it doesn't. My memory is Morse (possibly Mercury), but I will try to remember to check tomorrow when I go to take the 23' Donzi fishing boat out again. No, I think the shifter was made shorter - not modified. Bill
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    1971 Donzi 18' 2+3
    1985 Eliminator 23' Daytona Offshore - Kevlar hull
    1988 23' Donzi CC F-23 with 250HP EFI Mercury OB
    1989 28' Team Warlock Offshore - single 548CID/600HP
    1990 23' Warlock Offshore - single 525HP
    Bill from Denison, TX - Lake Texoma

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    Consider the Martini sold

    When Deanna and I pulled off the lake earlier this evening I ran into an old customer/friend on the ramp. He was shocked to see my Donzi fishing boat which he complimented highly. After talking for a few minutes, I mentioned that I might be selling the Martini. He made me promise to sell it to him when I made up my mind so I consider it sold at this point. He showed me pictures of his new 24' Grand Craft triple cockpit mahoghany boat that he bought last fall at Lake Tahoe - absolutely gorgeous! Bill

    1971 Donzi 18' 2+3
    1985 Eliminator 23' Daytona Offshore - Kevlar hull
    1988 23' Donzi CC F-23 with 250HP EFI Mercury OB
    1989 28' Team Warlock Offshore - single 548CID/600HP
    1990 23' Warlock Offshore - single 525HP
    Bill from Denison, TX - Lake Texoma

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    Must make you feel good Bill to have the Martini going to someone local who will take proper care of it. It really looks like a time capsule
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    Greg,
    Dean was one of the 3 guys who wanted to buy the Martini last year. I was going to call him about it soon, but it worked out that we ran into each other first. He did not flinch at my asking price since he also knows you can't find boats like it for such little money. He will take really good care of it like he does everything else once I decide to sell it after making sure the Warlock will work out like I hope. Bill

    1971 Donzi 18' 2+3
    1985 Eliminator 23' Daytona Offshore - Kevlar hull
    1988 23' Donzi CC F-23 with 250HP EFI Mercury OB
    1989 28' Team Warlock Offshore - single 548CID/600HP
    1990 23' Warlock Offshore - single 525HP
    Bill from Denison, TX - Lake Texoma

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    Holy crap! That Martini is gorgeous! Love the old school dash!
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    Holy crap! That Martini is gorgeous! Love the old school dash!

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    Thanks Jim! It runs and drives just as well as it looks. The Revolution 4 21P prop really works great. Bill

    1971 Donzi 18' 2+3
    1985 Eliminator 23' Daytona Offshore - Kevlar hull
    1988 23' Donzi CC F-23 with 250HP EFI Mercury OB
    1989 28' Team Warlock Offshore - single 548CID/600HP
    1990 23' Warlock Offshore - single 525HP
    Bill from Denison, TX - Lake Texoma

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    Ghost,
    Before I get out doing my yard work I came in to let you know the throttle is a Mercontrol which is embossed in both the handles at the bases. I just couldn't quite read it in the pictures so I checked this afternoon. Bill

    1971 Donzi 18' 2+3
    1985 Eliminator 23' Daytona Offshore - Kevlar hull
    1988 23' Donzi CC F-23 with 250HP EFI Mercury OB
    1989 28' Team Warlock Offshore - single 548CID/600HP
    1990 23' Warlock Offshore - single 525HP
    Bill from Denison, TX - Lake Texoma

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    Ahhh, no kidding, Mercontrol, that kinda explains why in my recent travels I hadn't seen it. Thanks MUCH for checking it. The original on the Cig is a dual-lever DUAL-action Mercontrol. (I actually like it, feature-wise, relative to the Morse MT-3.) I've found some others, but hadn't run across a dual-control single action like the Martini's. I dig it, and it looks like it's brand new in the pic.
    "I don't have time to get into it, but he went through a lot." -Pulp Fiction

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    Absolutely a beautiful boat Bill...congrats on the sale. I am pleased you sold it for another reason...as I would have probably bought it and now I can also avoid the cost of a divorce.
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    Adam B. Lively
    Previous owner of a 2002 Donzi Classic 18' Scorpion
    Current owner of a restored 1974 Donzi X-18
    Future owner of a bad-ass Donzi (planning stage)



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    Quite honestly, I also prefer the dual action throttles instead of having to shift with a separate handle probably because I grew up with them. The one on the Martini really does look like new, but most of the 33 year old hardware also looks like new since it was evidently babied and garaged its whole life - also no salt water use to speak of. Some of the gauges are a little faded though, but they all work perfectly.
    If I can work it out with Dean, we might both go out this next weekend. He could drive the Martini while I drive the Warlock for a long run where I could take some videos of the Martini and Warlock running. If I am happy with the Warlock and he is pleased with the Martini we might consumate the deal next weekend. I would know if the Warlock could take the place of the Martini after running them together.

    1971 Donzi 18' 2+3
    1985 Eliminator 23' Daytona Offshore - Kevlar hull
    1988 23' Donzi CC F-23 with 250HP EFI Mercury OB
    1989 28' Team Warlock Offshore - single 548CID/600HP
    1990 23' Warlock Offshore - single 525HP
    Bill from Denison, TX - Lake Texoma

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