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Pictures....

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You are right.
Nice pics!
I think that before was the Panama Hawk too.

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Captnate....check with Roger Munn....did he tell you that the Daddy Cool was the old Bounty Hunter?

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I know it may be against copyright regulations, but can anybody post some pics from the Extreme mag article?? Maybe I´ll have to start looking into subscribing!!

Hey Richie - any stories about this boat you want to share??

Gotta love those injection stacks!!!

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I quote you Nigel! :evilb:

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Anyone know what was the Dry Martini 35' after the 1975?
I think that maybe the Italian driver De Angelis bought that 35 ' ran the Bacardi Trophy in May 08 1976 and then ' took it to Italy for some year.
Then maybe that 35' came back in Usa.
Where Kurt found that 35' and when?

Charlie,Richie,Kurt...do you know something?

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Here's a couple of the shots used in the mag. Some are mine, some are Sharkey's.

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:d

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Ron...Great, well written article. Articles like that make me love your Mag

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Beautiful images Ron! Many thanks!
I would like to read your article about the Dry 35',but I can't find the magazine here or in Italy. :(

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I have an early draft in PDF format that I can email to you. Just PM me with your email address. Its too big to post here.

Just don't mind the photo captions, they weren't done in this early version.

Glad you liked it. It's nice to know people actually read the words between the photos. :D

Ron

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Ron - thanks again for the copy!! (got it this Sat.) Great article!

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That boat is jaw-droppingly gorgeous. Shouldn´t be allowed!!

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Trivia: The boat in the background in post #47 bottom picture "Mollywood" was a 38 Cobra. Rocky Aoki "Benihana", leased this boat for a race in San Francisco, broke the boat in half (similar to "Buckshot's" accident) and broke his leg-this was Rocky' last race..... :(

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You are right Robert!
Then Rocky came back in Offshore three years after and...won. With Howard Quam in the Active 37' cat Flap Jack,renamed Benihana. The race;Benihana Grand Prix of course!
Only two months after that victory,Aoki and Quam crushed their cat and Rocky was re-badly injuried in the legs and ankle! :(

http://img61.imageshack.us/img61/953...ollewookn9.png
http://img61.imageshack.us/img61/446...wod2006iy0.jpg
Was Really that Mollewood the former broke boat?

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Thanks Robert for the info - saved me asking the question!

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Ron,

Great article on Dry Martini! Just a little note about the date of the photograph. It could not have been taken in 1973 as shown on this site or 1972 as printed in you article. First, in 1973 the Point Pleasant race was the Hennessy Grand Prix, not the Benihana Grand Prix and the boats were docked at the Kings Grant Inn not the Shrimp Box(which is still there today). Second, Jerry Dehenau's "Mollewood" wasn't built in 1973. Third, Wille Diaz's "EL Boss" wasn't in the '73 race. You can also see the bow of Betty Cook's "Kaama" with "US-1" on the side which would probably put the photo in 1980 because she was the 1979 US champion. If it were 1973 "US-1" would be on the side of Dr. Bob Magoon's Kiekhaefer Aeromarine. The 1980 Benihana Grand Prix was a fantastic race with Bill Elswick, Dan Broadwater, and George Gowan in "Long Shot" a 39 foot Cigarette beating out Vince Fasano and Sammy James in "Vincentive" a 38 foot Bertram. Fasano and James were accessed a three minute penalty for running through a spectator fleet. I am a plethora of useless information on offshore power boat racing and finally have an outlet. I have saved everything from 25 years ago and as soon as I figure out how, I will share it all with the OSO community. Keep up the good work. I love Extreme Boats magazine and Offshore Only.

Sincerely,

John

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Skrap,
Welcome to the board. In post 27 Ron acknowledges there was a mistake ie; the date on the photo. I think the photo was from 79/80? Looking forward to seeing some of your material on this forum!!
Would you happen to be the "Crazy Greek"??

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That picture I think was taken in 1979 because Betty Cook was National champ the first time in 1978. Then there is the Cobra 38' Mollewood that after was semi-destroyed during tests before the San Francisco in september,like Robert have rembered to us.

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Sorry, I'm not the "Crazy Greek." Just like in college, I didn't read too much, I just looked at the pictures. Again, keep up the good work and I look forward to more "Old School."

Sincerely,

John

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John Dehenau was racing a single engine 27 Magnum Sport In 76 and 77 if I remember correctly,
I think the first year of the Benihana GP was 1975, in 1974 the Race was moved to Atlantic City for one year and Art Snapper Norris won there. I t was still the Hennessy race there.
I'm still trying to find a copy of Extreme Boats magazine,
they don't seem to reply to e-mail sent to them requesting what book/magazine stores carry the magazine
Keep up the good work.
Thank you
Jim

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Hey skrap - we look forward to you cracking the computer code and uploading all those wonderful photo´s you must have lying about. Got stories? Share!!!

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Dear Black Tornado,

Billy Martin of Clark, NJ was US Champion in 1978 when he won eight races, and Betty won in 1979, so the picture would have to be 1980. I feel like this is turning into the"Zapruder Film." Extrermely scrutinized! It's nice to know that there are others out there like me.

Take Care,

John

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No skrap. Sorry but you make a mistake. Billy Martin won a lot of race around the American Continent but never a National Championships.
The National Champ in 1978 was Bett,that came in Venice World Championships with her Cougar cat Kaama with the US-1. Then Betty repeated in 1980.

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You are correct!! I am so sorry. I better check my facts a little closer next time. Betty won back to back tittles and I should have remembered that. To quote Robert DeNiro"...you are very good!"

John

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Black Tornado,

More evidence to support the "Dry Martini" photo being taken in 1979. You are correct that the Mollewood/Aoki accident took place in September of '79 and when I checked my photos from the 1980 Benihana, Betty was in a cat not the deep vee shown in the background of that picture. Well I'm glad we put that to rest. As you can tell, I have too much free time on my hands, but I love this stuff. Old school is cool!

Sincerely,

John

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Skrap
You are right to say that Betty Cook ran the Benihana Trophy in 1980 with cat, while in the photo the bow of Scarab is seen with US-1. But I did not take this test for showing that it was the 1979 because Betty Cook had both cat and the mono Kaama before the race, then to decide what to use. Then condition of the sea misleaded her to use the mono one.

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Keep it up fellas!

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Dear Dry Martini,

I agree but, the fact that the Benihana was run on July 18, 1979 in New Jersey and "Mollewood" was destroyed in September 15,1979 in California would be more validation. I don't believe that "Mollewood" returned to New Jersey with the "Mollewood" name after the crash in San Francisco. If you know that it didn't return, then we would be correct in placing that photo in 1979. Let me know what you think. I really enjoyed this. Phil M could tell us the answer in two seconds, but he probably doesn't care.

Take Care,

John

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This picture was taken in 1979. If you see the line up of boats in front of the restaurant is different than the other photo.

In the foreground is Gone Banana's a modified class 34 foot banana boat I built for Chuck Fogarty.

Ahead of him starting to go out, is Betty in her V.

Tied up close to the dock is the Benihana cat and the Michelob Light Scarab....no Mollewood anywhere in sight.

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Um.... - Jerry DeHeanu - and Rocky - were testing the boat - in San Francisco - actually - we were about to take off to film them during the test - but were delayed. It was then the accident happened - and the boat stuffed and broke off the first 1/3 of the boat - It was in 1979 - am almost positive - and late in the season -

I dont remember what happened to the boat - but long ago - had some photo of it in inside storage. Memories again - they start to fade at my age !

Hope i brought some light to your questions -

PHL

The accident was in 1979 - as I was fliming then on Super 8 sound film - and I converted to Umatic 3/4 inch Tape in 1980 - and filmed Jerry at a race and interviewd him about the accident the year before !

Hope this settles when the accident happned - it was in 1979 - unless i am terribly mistaken ! PHIL

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The picture is definitely from 1979. Both Mollewood and Dry Martini are on Phil Lewis's NNRT video of that 1979 race. I guess the question is "who was driving Dry Martini in the '79 Benihana - it sure wasn't Carlo Bonomi...???"

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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 !

PHI

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That could explain this ??

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Sand marks from removing a hook in the bottom ?

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Guys This is the 36' not the 35'. It's so clear!

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One of the most famous photo´s of all time!!

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Charlie what´s the deal with the pic from your Banana Boat site of the transom of Dry Martini?? I figure it´s a the 35 rather than wide body 36, but when was this taken?? And the hand grab rail behind the cockpit - was that on the raceboat originally?? Almost looks like it was undergoing a (gulp) conversion to pleasure!!

And the dark area on the underside of the hull?

(Trying desparately to upload it from here but my pc won´t let me!!)

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I am sure- all his boats had the hook sanded out - was common practice those days !

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Nige, that was in the spring of '76.... and it was the 35.

The grab rail?? Whatever is in the photo was on the boat.

The area on the botom was being sanded or had been sanded to smooth it.