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Old 04-03-2008, 05:50 PM   #1
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Very rare film of Don Aronow racing.

Very rare Don Aronow racing video

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Everyone has seen the famous photo of Don Aronow racing his 32 foot Cary race boat as shown here. Much ado was made about the fact that he took off his helmet and threw it overboard as he found it too uncomfortable to wear after racing so many years without one.

Well, we have the full length film in blazing color, of the actual race. It shows Don starting the race with the helmet on and later you can clearly see he has it off.

Michael Aronow and I have planned a new DVD that will have the film, plus some rare photos that Michael didn't use in his book.."King of Thunderboat Row".

But to help celebrate the revamping of our banana boat coweb site, I put a small clip of the movie up.

It can be found on page "Should I buy a banana?"

www.bananaboatco.com
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that vid is amazing i would like 4!!! it shows just how painful racing can really be, you see him whipe his face and almost lay back into the bolster to get a breather while in mid air then back at it as soon as he spots the calm areas. Way To GO DON!! looks like he had a pretty good wrist on those throttles as well

many thanks Charlie!! the music isnt so bad either!
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Very rare Don Aronow racing video

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Everyone has seen the famous photo of Don Aronow racing his 32 foot Cary race boat as shown here. Much ado was made about the fact that he took off his helmet and threw it overboard as he found it too uncomfortable to wear after racing so many years without one.

Well, we have the full length film in blazing color, of the actual race. It shows Don starting the race with the helmet on and later you can clearly see he has it off.

Michael Aronow and I have planned a new DVD that will have the film, plus some rare photos that Michael didn't use in his book.."King of Thunderboat Row".

But to help celebrate the revamping of our banana boat coweb site, I put a small clip of the movie up.

It can be found on page "Should I buy a banana?"

www.bananaboatco.com
Funny watching Don run that boat, That basically tells the story of why throttlemen evolved, as well as trim tabs on boats. Knocky and Barry Cordingly had brass balls to ride in races with Don. Knocky used to tell some good stories about his rides with Don, he for one was also a great throttleman, and again a forgotten sole in the sport of Offshore RIP
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