Who is this kid???
12-31-2005 | 12:09 PM
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Re: Who is this kid???
Originally Posted by Top Banana
Someone asked me the other day if my son could relate to the classic look and the times of early offshore racing that we are building our new boat line to reflect.
I laughed and answered....Well, he was there too!
He isn't hearing stories from a bunch of old geezers about what it used to be like...he was there and has a tremendous sense of what it was like in that era, and has a great desire to make these boats reflect that.
The picture on the left, shows him with me as we took the 24 foot race boat that Don Aronow had rigged for me up from Miami to Boca in 1976.
The picture on the right and bottom, shows him as probably the youngest person to race in an APBA Open Class boat race at about age 13 or 14
I laughed and answered....Well, he was there too!
He isn't hearing stories from a bunch of old geezers about what it used to be like...he was there and has a tremendous sense of what it was like in that era, and has a great desire to make these boats reflect that.
The picture on the left, shows him with me as we took the 24 foot race boat that Don Aronow had rigged for me up from Miami to Boca in 1976.
The picture on the right and bottom, shows him as probably the youngest person to race in an APBA Open Class boat race at about age 13 or 14
TB is that father and son together in the bottom pic?
Good thing he looks like his mom. =P
