Originally Posted by pm203 (Post 3533474)

Didn't he have a 35 that ran 100+ with 525,s?

Originally Posted by OL40SVX (Post 3533475)

Paul, were talking 43ft boats here, which is what the new Don Aronow boat is, not 32 footers.

Originally Posted by Top Banana (Post 3533467)

Back from dinner and I can't believe that the issue is the number on the boat.

Let's remember who we are talking about....Don Aronow!! Founder of Formula, Donzi, Magnum, (partner in Cary), Cigarette, Squadron XII, USA Racing....among others.

The man won the right to have the number one. He didn't buy it or have it given to him. When he was World Champion, he had that number on his Magnum and Cary race boats....see below.

Also notice how many other names are on the boats...the Magnum has Magnum - Donzi and the Cary has Magnum on it. His Formula 233, his Magnum 27 and his Cary 32 all carried the name of the famous 30's rum runner from Brooklyn...The Cigarette.....is it ok to talk about real historical facts here??

His son was a land crew member during those World Championship seasons, drivng the race boats all over Europe to the various race sites. This is something he is doing to honor his dad and relive in a sense, his own history......and the talk is about the number??? Give me a break!! Who else deserves the right to use that number??

As far as the engines, one of the things Don loved to do was beat everyone by using less HP than everyone else had. This boat, from what I understand with the 525's should be just inside the triple digits.....anybody else out there can do that??

Originally Posted by pm203 (Post 3533498)

Or, maybe Don would be pissed that his son sold out the# 1 to one of Cigarettes current competitors. There is something that is just odd about it.

Originally Posted by Top Banana (Post 3533467)

Let's remember who we are talking about....Don Aronow!!?

Originally Posted by DollaBill (Post 3533499)

Exactly. And this "dan" kid OL40$xCS676s or watever the hell he is is pm'img me about how Mike has the right to do what he pleases and he CHOSE OL to represent the Aronow name. Im gona go puke. LMAO

Originally Posted by DollaBill (Post 3533499)

Exactly. And this "dan" kid OL40$xCS676s or watever the hell he is is pm'img me about how Mike has the right to do what he pleases and he CHOSE OL to represent the Aronow name. Im gona go puke. LMAO

Originally Posted by OL40SVX (Post 3533504)

All you had to do was read the press release that Matt wrote. It was written pretty clearly. Back to the topic on hand.