I was at Kurts on Saturday taking pictures for the website, talking to Kurt about the Dry Martini boat and he pulled out two folders full of polaroids from before the restoration. Some cool pictures of the boat but I will have to scan them.
The question went out about the engines and the story was they were sitting the the storage area. Kurt brought down the Fuel injection stacks and intake. My questions about the engines must have lit a fire somewhere before I knew it they were pulling parts out of storage and started bead blasting.
Kurt's has started to rebuild the KAM engines and I'll have pictures and progress reports posted on their site soon.
Last edited by yeeharacing; 11-05-2006 at 06:42 PM.
http://www.kurtsmarine.com
Kurtsmarine.com is up and running... Check it out. There is a copy of the Dry Martini article on the site for those of you who haven't read it yet, thanks to Extreme Boats Magazine and Ron Polli. There is also some news and pictures on the latest progress made on the Dry Martini Restoration.
Thanks! Canīt wait to see more pictures of that boat and those engines. Truly stunning. Will they be the only functioning Kiekhaefer Aeromarine Motors in existence?? I want to hear those some day!! I have tapes of them from Cowes when I was about 12 years old. Happy days.......
Nigel,surely tapes of competitions offshore of the sixties and seventies exist in Europe and in Usa as documentaries for some sponsors, or for the UIM itself and the tapes of the Tv lives.
It would be enough to find them in their archives....
It was John Amato - and Sal Scafidi and Wayne Zaycek - John Amato had purhased it from Carlo Bonomi - but then at the last moment - a English guy named David ...... - leased the boat for the Benihana - it was a profitable deal for John Amato - many years later - it was sold to Kurt Berger - who owns it now -
Years ago - when I had my Bertram delivered from Florida - by a guy named Mike Gillivan - who did many offshore racing transports at the time - told me - the Dry Martini - had the hook sanded off - at the rear of the boat - while doing that - they broke thru the glass - it was that thin - Mike told me then - tell your friends not to push the boat too hard - as it was extremely thin back there ! an interesting side note !
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Phil,about the Dry Martini,it was possible that the English David... Hagan leased the boat in 1980.And in 1979 to the Benihana had raced really John Amato?
Phil,about the Dry Martini,it was possible that the English David... Hagan leased the boat in 1980.And in 1979 to the Benihana had raced really John Amato?
Yes- David Hagan - think he was the guy - you are right Marco
http://www.kurtsmarine.com
Kurtsmarine.com is up and running... Check it out. There is a copy of the Dry Martini article on the site for those of you who haven't read it yet, thanks to Extreme Boats Magazine and Ron Polli. There is also some news and pictures on the latest progress made on the Dry Martini Restoration.
Yes- David Hagan - think he was the guy - you are right Marco
Ok Phil but the question was another: I have an information that the English was on the Dry Martini in the 1980 Benihana Trophy. Who could be in the Dry Martini #8 of the photo published by Ron Polli and shot probably in 1979?
Thanks! Canīt wait to see more pictures of that boat and those engines. Truly stunning. Will they be the only functioning Kiekhaefer Aeromarine Motors in existence?? I want to hear those some day!! I have tapes of them from Cowes when I was about 12 years old. Happy days.......
Nigel,
I surely agree upon the awesome job put in Dry Martini, and I hope Kurt is getting the engines together. Although my story is not as spectacular as to how I got hold of the original Aeromarine 3 engines dusty for 20 years, I am also anxious as to how they sound and that we are at least two saving those collectibles. See photos of mine here:
Ok Phil but the question was another: I have an information that the English was on the Dry Martini in the 1980 Benihana Trophy. Who could be in the Dry Martini #8 of the photo published by Ron Polli and shot probably in 1979?
Marco -
Must have been John Amato - the owner, Sal Scafidi and Wayne Zaycek - as the boat only raced in NJ under John's ownership once- and the other time in NJ was with David Hagen - which year was which - only they would know -
Phil
PS - were you in Viareggio in 1993 - when the race was called off because it was too rough ? I spoke to Jack Stuteville a week later- and he asked me if the waves were coming over the Sea Wall - I said NO - however he said years ago - even with waves coming over the sea wall - they still raced - just an interesting angle of where "offshore" racing has become.
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Re: Dry Martini!!!! AWESOME!!!
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