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07-12-2010, 03:05 AM
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Thanks Black Tornado, I just saw the connection with Viareggio and put 2 + 2 together. Flying Fish, I am the guy you refer to navigating Bonuty Hunter, here's the link for my old mans story. http://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/m...do-1968-a.html
07-12-2010, 07:55 AM
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Thanks Black Tornado, I just saw the connection with Viareggio and put 2 + 2 together. Flying Fish, I am the guy you refer to navigating Bonuty Hunter, here's the link for my old mans story. http://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/m...do-1968-a.html
Viareggio was at home,however, and his motoryacht Cohete was often in the docks.
What you have to do with the old "Tornado"?
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07-12-2010, 11:31 AM
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07-12-2010, 02:51 PM
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My father bought one of his boats - the one that sank in teh '68 CTC, then rebuilt it and raced it. Follow this link http://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/m...do-1968-a.html and there are soem photos.
I knew the thread that talks about the restoration but I did not associate yourself with it.
The episode of the "Tornado",or "White Tornado" (not to be confused with the "White Tornado" Bertram 32') as Balestrieri he called it confidentially, is legendary.
Balestrieri it seems he was very emotional attachment to that 28' maybe because it was his first boat (and the first engines) really competitive had in his hands after many years of racing.
The loss of the boat was not something that the Roman easily digested.
Even if the true owner appears to have been his mechanic Don Pruett (perhaps purely for tax reasons to avoid) and it was the Texan to sell the 'wreck' for a few pounds.
See it in the docks of Cowes the next year for Balestrieri must have been a strange feeling.
Your father,discovered why it sank.
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07-13-2010, 01:58 AM
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So you're the son of Ian Toll or who?.
I knew the thread that talks about the restoration but I did not associate yourself with it.
The episode of the "Tornado",or "White Tornado" (not to be confused with the "White Tornado" Bertram 32') as Balestrieri he called it confidentially, is legendary.
Balestrieri it seems he was very emotional attachment to that 28' maybe because it was his first boat (and the first engines) really competitive had in his hands after many years of racing.
The loss of the boat was not something that the Roman easily digested.
Even if the true owner appears to have been his mechanic Don Pruett (perhaps purely for tax reasons to avoid) and it was the Texan to sell the 'wreck' for a few pounds.
See it in the docks of Cowes the next year for Balestrieri must have been a strange feeling.
Your father,discovered why it sank.
I knew the thread that talks about the restoration but I did not associate yourself with it.
The episode of the "Tornado",or "White Tornado" (not to be confused with the "White Tornado" Bertram 32') as Balestrieri he called it confidentially, is legendary.
Balestrieri it seems he was very emotional attachment to that 28' maybe because it was his first boat (and the first engines) really competitive had in his hands after many years of racing.
The loss of the boat was not something that the Roman easily digested.
Even if the true owner appears to have been his mechanic Don Pruett (perhaps purely for tax reasons to avoid) and it was the Texan to sell the 'wreck' for a few pounds.
See it in the docks of Cowes the next year for Balestrieri must have been a strange feeling.
Your father,discovered why it sank.
07-13-2010, 06:47 AM
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