2015 Don Aronow Around Long Island Memorial Marathon
11-25-2014, 04:06 PM
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Charlie,
I'm assuming you are still placing boats based on length of running surface (tip of the bow to stern) and not including integrated swim platforms and bustles, correct? It looks like you may still have some tweaking to do with the classes, when do you plan on finalizing the classes and rules?
I'm assuming you are still placing boats based on length of running surface (tip of the bow to stern) and not including integrated swim platforms and bustles, correct? It looks like you may still have some tweaking to do with the classes, when do you plan on finalizing the classes and rules?
We also have some meetings with our potential sponsor and another group that has reached out to us. We hope to have all of this finalized by the time the holidays are over .........and people can get down to some serious race boat building.
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11-26-2014, 01:37 PM
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We are looking for project boats that have been sitting for a while and the owner is ready to move on.
Especially older 27 and 28 foot Magnums, Cigarettes, Panteras, Signatures, Sutphens and similar.
We have been getting phone calls and emails from people who already have boats they want to keep just as pleasure boats, but would, like to partner up with a friend or two and build a purpose built race boats. There seems to be a lot of interest in this size as it can be rigged with either single engines, twin engines or even outboards with brackets.
So please look around and if you know of anything that could be made into a race boat.....make it known.
Especially older 27 and 28 foot Magnums, Cigarettes, Panteras, Signatures, Sutphens and similar.
We have been getting phone calls and emails from people who already have boats they want to keep just as pleasure boats, but would, like to partner up with a friend or two and build a purpose built race boats. There seems to be a lot of interest in this size as it can be rigged with either single engines, twin engines or even outboards with brackets.
So please look around and if you know of anything that could be made into a race boat.....make it known.
11-26-2014, 01:38 PM
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11-26-2014, 02:04 PM
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We are looking for project boats that have been sitting for a while and the owner is ready to move on.
Especially older 27 and 28 foot Magnums, Cigarettes, Panteras, Signatures, Sutphens and similar.
We have been getting phone calls and emails from people who already have boats they want to keep just as pleasure boats, but would, like to partner up with a friend or two and build a purpose built race boats. There seems to be a lot of interest in this size as it can be rigged with either single engines, twin engines or even outboards with brackets.
So please look around and if you know of anything that could be made into a race boat.....make it known.
Especially older 27 and 28 foot Magnums, Cigarettes, Panteras, Signatures, Sutphens and similar.
We have been getting phone calls and emails from people who already have boats they want to keep just as pleasure boats, but would, like to partner up with a friend or two and build a purpose built race boats. There seems to be a lot of interest in this size as it can be rigged with either single engines, twin engines or even outboards with brackets.
So please look around and if you know of anything that could be made into a race boat.....make it known.
11-26-2014, 04:28 PM
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The boat he bought was named Beep Beep.....it is not the race boat from the 70's.
This Coyote has not been raced before and is the new design from Banana and Coyote with the wide strakes that makes it faster than the old design.
This Coyote has not been raced before and is the new design from Banana and Coyote with the wide strakes that makes it faster than the old design.
11-26-2014, 04:43 PM
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Here are some amazing facts from the eleven years that the race was run around Long Island.
Bertrams have won four times out of the eleven years.
Four times single engines boats won out of eleven.
Five boats were under 21 feet that won.
Magnum, Cigarette, Pantera, Signature, have never won. Only big name is a Donzi driven by Brownie.
Don Aronow never won this race, he came in second to Brownie in another 28 foot Donzi that same year
A cat only won the race once.
The Around Long Island race originated in 1959.
It was won that year by a 17 foot Hunter with 1/70 HP outboard in 8:30 and averaged 43.2 MPH for the 280 miles
1960 saw a twin engine Powercat with 2/80 HP outboards win in 6:00 flat averaging 46.7 MPH
1961 saw a 31 foot Bertram with 2/330 inboards complete the 280 miles in 6:22 averaging 44MPH
1962 saw a 19 foot Glastron with 2/100HP Volvo sterndrive complete the 258.8 mi course in 6:02 at 42.9 MPH
1963 saw a 19 foot Eltro with 2/100 Merc outboards cover the 240 mile course in 5:26 at 44.2 MPH
1964 saw a 25 foot Bertram with 2/310 Merc sterndrives cover the 245 miles in 5:06 at 58 MPH(Odell)
1965 saw a 20 foot Owens with 1/225 Merc sterndrive cover the 234 miles in 7:45 at 30.2 MPH
1966 saw a 28 Donzi with 2/530 Holman & Moodys cover the 253 miles in 4:42 at 53.8 MPH. (Brownie)
1967 saw a 28 foot Formula with 1/450 Merc sterndrive cover 253 miles in 5:23 at 47 MPH
1968 saw a 31 foot Bertram with 2/475 Merc sterndrives cover 253 miles in 3:59 at 63.5 MPH (Sirois & Kiekhaefer
1969 saw a 31 foot Bertram with 2/475 Merc sterndrives cover the 222.5 miles in 4:33 at 48.9 MPH
1970 the race was moved to Point Pleasant NJ and run at a distance of 198 miles
As history bears out, the fastest boats usually don't finish ...........and the smaller less powerful boats usually have a chance at the overall win!
It was won that year by a 17 foot Hunter with 1/70 HP outboard in 8:30 and averaged 43.2 MPH for the 280 miles
1960 saw a twin engine Powercat with 2/80 HP outboards win in 6:00 flat averaging 46.7 MPH
1961 saw a 31 foot Bertram with 2/330 inboards complete the 280 miles in 6:22 averaging 44MPH
1962 saw a 19 foot Glastron with 2/100HP Volvo sterndrive complete the 258.8 mi course in 6:02 at 42.9 MPH
1963 saw a 19 foot Eltro with 2/100 Merc outboards cover the 240 mile course in 5:26 at 44.2 MPH
1964 saw a 25 foot Bertram with 2/310 Merc sterndrives cover the 245 miles in 5:06 at 58 MPH(Odell)
1965 saw a 20 foot Owens with 1/225 Merc sterndrive cover the 234 miles in 7:45 at 30.2 MPH
1966 saw a 28 Donzi with 2/530 Holman & Moodys cover the 253 miles in 4:42 at 53.8 MPH. (Brownie)
1967 saw a 28 foot Formula with 1/450 Merc sterndrive cover 253 miles in 5:23 at 47 MPH
1968 saw a 31 foot Bertram with 2/475 Merc sterndrives cover 253 miles in 3:59 at 63.5 MPH (Sirois & Kiekhaefer
1969 saw a 31 foot Bertram with 2/475 Merc sterndrives cover the 222.5 miles in 4:33 at 48.9 MPH
1970 the race was moved to Point Pleasant NJ and run at a distance of 198 miles
As history bears out, the fastest boats usually don't finish ...........and the smaller less powerful boats usually have a chance at the overall win!
Bertrams have won four times out of the eleven years.
Four times single engines boats won out of eleven.
Five boats were under 21 feet that won.
Magnum, Cigarette, Pantera, Signature, have never won. Only big name is a Donzi driven by Brownie.
Don Aronow never won this race, he came in second to Brownie in another 28 foot Donzi that same year
A cat only won the race once.
Last edited by Top Banana; 11-26-2014 at 04:45 PM.
11-26-2014, 05:28 PM
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Originally Posted by This Coyote has not been raced before and is the new design from Banana and Coyote with the wide strakes that makes it[B
faster[/B] than the old design.
