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01-12-2015, 11:57 AM
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1a) Rocky Aoki was a former wrestler
1b) ?
2)Holman Moody
3) Kevlar
4) Dupont corp.
5) an offshore race on a lake?
6) Don Aronow, Knocky House?
7a) ?
7b) Diamond Don was a 40 Cigarette
1b) ?
2)Holman Moody
3) Kevlar
4) Dupont corp.
5) an offshore race on a lake?
6) Don Aronow, Knocky House?
7a) ?
7b) Diamond Don was a 40 Cigarette
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01-12-2015, 01:20 PM
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Two men who represented their country in the Olympics as wrestlers were deeply involved in offshore racing..............Can you name them?
A major engine company for NASCAR, made some very good engines for the offshore boats in the 60's ......name that company!
An offshore driver with many wins, once smuggled rubies out of India.......name that driver!
What major discovery for the world of offshore powerboat racing was discovered at an America's Cup sailboat race?
And who discovered it?
What was the name of the lake in Switzerland that the held a world championship offshore race on?
What was the name of the two crew members in that race that, when the boat spun out, their helmets crashed into each other, one was taken to the hospital and the other shook it off.
What city was Diamond Don from and what was his biggest boat?
A major engine company for NASCAR, made some very good engines for the offshore boats in the 60's ......name that company!
An offshore driver with many wins, once smuggled rubies out of India.......name that driver!
What major discovery for the world of offshore powerboat racing was discovered at an America's Cup sailboat race?
And who discovered it?
What was the name of the lake in Switzerland that the held a world championship offshore race on?
What was the name of the two crew members in that race that, when the boat spun out, their helmets crashed into each other, one was taken to the hospital and the other shook it off.
What city was Diamond Don from and what was his biggest boat?
Okay, Rocky Aoki was one of the two.........the other was...........?
Holman and Moody is Corrrect, even Brownie worked for them back then.
Rubies.....India.....no guesses?
Not Kevlar, sorry
Not DuPont, sorry.
Lake in Switzerland........no guesses?
Knocky was the one who shook it off, now who was the other person?
Two people combined for this answer....Chicago was correct s was Cigarette 40 foot.
01-12-2015, 01:33 PM
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As that one is winding down...........
Which famous offshore writer went to Annapolis as a Navy cadet?
He won the famous Miami to Nassau race, but his main business was vacuum cleaners, name and year race was won.
They were tied for first place and racing far from their own countries, so when one of them had engine problems and couldn't compete, the other one went out and rented him a race boat so he could race. Two names and the race they were in.
When Magnum needed a new deck for a new race boat they built Billy Martin, they called a competitor and asked them to make one for him, they did and two different boats had the same deck in that race. Name of other boat company.
He wanted to go offshore racing, but everyone except Aronow, told him he was too old. With a new Aronow boat he won his first race. Driver's name.and age when he started.
Oldest driver to build himself a new race boat for his 75th birthday.
Which famous offshore writer went to Annapolis as a Navy cadet?
He won the famous Miami to Nassau race, but his main business was vacuum cleaners, name and year race was won.
They were tied for first place and racing far from their own countries, so when one of them had engine problems and couldn't compete, the other one went out and rented him a race boat so he could race. Two names and the race they were in.
When Magnum needed a new deck for a new race boat they built Billy Martin, they called a competitor and asked them to make one for him, they did and two different boats had the same deck in that race. Name of other boat company.
He wanted to go offshore racing, but everyone except Aronow, told him he was too old. With a new Aronow boat he won his first race. Driver's name.and age when he started.
Oldest driver to build himself a new race boat for his 75th birthday.
01-13-2015, 09:22 AM
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Two men who represented their country in the Olympics as wrestlers were deeply involved in offshore racing..............Can you name them?
A major engine company for NASCAR, made some very good engines for the offshore boats in the 60's ......name that company!
An offshore driver with many wins, once smuggled rubies out of India.......name that driver!
What major discovery for the world of offshore powerboat racing was discovered at an America's Cup sailboat race?
And who discovered it?
What was the name of the lake in Switzerland that the held a world championship offshore race on?
What was the name of the two crew members in that race that, when the boat spun out, their helmets crashed into each other, one was taken to the hospital and the other shook it off.
What city was Diamond Don from and what was his biggest boat?
A major engine company for NASCAR, made some very good engines for the offshore boats in the 60's ......name that company!
An offshore driver with many wins, once smuggled rubies out of India.......name that driver!
What major discovery for the world of offshore powerboat racing was discovered at an America's Cup sailboat race?
And who discovered it?
What was the name of the lake in Switzerland that the held a world championship offshore race on?
What was the name of the two crew members in that race that, when the boat spun out, their helmets crashed into each other, one was taken to the hospital and the other shook it off.
What city was Diamond Don from and what was his biggest boat?
The two Olympic wrestlers....Knocky House USA. and Rocky Aoki Japan
Engine company. Holman - Moody
Ruby smuggler out of India. Sam Griffith
At the 1958 America's Cup race in Newport, RI Dick Bertram spotted his first Ray Hunt designed boat with a deep vee bottom and knew what it could mean to him in the next Miami Nassau race.
Lake Leman in Switzerland. Knocky and Bobby Rautboard, Bobby went to the hospital.
Diamond Don, Chicago and Cigarette 40 feet.
Good job guys considering, not many of you were alive when these things happened.
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01-13-2015, 09:25 AM
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Well, I read this here a bit more than a week ago, there was mentioned the age of one racer who was declared to be too old. LOL, young guy for today attitudes, see RF.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Categor...torboat_racers
Now its your turn, dear readers.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Categor...torboat_racers
Now its your turn, dear readers.
01-13-2015, 09:30 AM
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Well, I read this here a bit more than a week ago, there was mentioned the age of one racer who was declared to be too old. LOL, young guy for today attitudes, see RF.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Categor...torboat_racers
Now its your turn, dear readers.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Categor...torboat_racers
Now its your turn, dear readers.
