Hey there - I happened to buy this bar from a friend, they didnt know anything about it. I restored it and brought it out for a party and another friend said "I think that is Knocky's bar" since then I have been trying to figure out who built this and if it was Knockys. Is this his cutoff bow from his old donzi? I would love to assemble the history of this!

That's interesting......I wonder who here is alive to confirm this

same - I have been trying to find a donzi that it might have come from but it doesnt really look like any of the boats they had.

well, OP was banned but I saw this question today so I'll throw in what I know. Please correct me if I'm off... please let me know if you have any more details about any of this:


in early 80's, Knocky sold my dad an Apollo 24' , (or at the least, Knocky built the hull mold similar to the formula 233 for Apollo, and laid our hull with extra glass for dad's racing hobby (S Florida)), I dont know who rigged it, but the 330 Mercruiser was not quite stock.

That 2018 offshore movie "Speed Kills" with John Travolta has Knocky portrayed in it. Horrible CG but I thought, good historical perspectives about our favorite sport.

If I'm not mistaken, Knocky worked with Don during a lot of the boat building companies Don shuffled around. He was a Rigger, Mechanic, Throttleman, US Navy Veteran, historical figure in Offshore history.

cheers

Per a conversation with John Crouse (SEARACE) back in the early 2000's, he told my dad and I that Knocky was a Pitbull for Don. He held multiple duties as well having Don's back no matter where they went.
John mentioned a race in Europe that Don and Knocky were a part of in the 60"s. Apparently all the teams were having their boats put in the water by crane/hoist and when it came to Don's boat, the crane operator was being a real prick about it. Don told Knocky to go take care of the situation as they were under a time crunch. Its turns out that guy gave Knocky a hard time and he proceeded to knock the crane operator out right on the spot and picked and lowered the race boat in the water.

Brian
PS, John lived in Homestead Florida in one of Al Capone's house's/ranch which was a bordello back in gangster hay days.

I'm not 100% sure, but i think Knocky was a part of the UDG in the navy.

Brian