 Historical Offshore Racing Boat Association Director and long time NPBA member Charlie McCarthy opines on the early days (c. 1960s) of the Rally Around Long Island. | |
 | Charlie: .. "Don Aronow finished 2nd on the left and Brownie finishes 1st on the right of photo. Don's 35' Magnum and Brownies 28' Donzi both had Holman and Moody engines. Brownie only beat Don by just feet as shown in this photo." |
" 'AOK One', a 25' Bertram driven by Odell Lewis. When the factory teams started showing up o the offshore race circuit, both engine and boat companies." |  |
 | Magnum 35' "When Don finished 2nd in the ALI, Barry Cohen of NY, bought the boat at the dock for $17,000 and renamed it Dreadnought." |
"Ghost Rider, The first of the "Secret" race boats. Built in secret in England, it won every race it entered in 1966." |  |
 | "This was the standard 28 foot Formula race boat from the factory in the mid 60s'" |
"Don had sold Donzi and started Magnum so he ran both names on the sides for recognition that he was the same guy that started the old company." |  |
 | "Here is a print ad showing how Mercury used racing to make the public aware of thier ability to keep going under all conditions." |
"Odell in the winning Bertram 25 'Mona Lou' in the Bahamas." |  |
 | Race boats tried all kinds of materials. Here is a 31' aluminum Maritime. |
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 | 'Six Pack' - a 35' Magnum with 6 outboards on the transom. |
444 Bob Magoons' first race boat with Johnson outboards on the back. Mercury racing team boat. Simple hull and deck with fuel tanks and multi number of outboards. |  |