Managed to screw the thread up by doing it on my phone in a restaurant!!!! Doh, note to self, must get a life!!!

Anyhow, as I was saying, I was fortiunate enough to go to 188th St in '79, here are some pics, you may have seen them before, so apologies if so...........


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Apologies? Dude...you could post those pics in every thread and some of us would love it. More if you got 'em please.

I've seen pretty much every Cowes Torquay since 1972. My old man has seen pretty much every Cowes Torquay, period!

He bought this Magnum in 1968 after it sank in the '68 race half way across Lymn Bay. He sold it in 1976.....sad day but that's another story! The black boat (actually dark blue) is called Surfury, I had my hands on it yesterday. I have seen many many photos and videos of it but never seen the real thing until yesterday..............quite a day"!

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My family LOVE 24deg deep V's, especially Aronow boats! Until 1977 they ruled the seas but then this came along and changed the world!

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I can genuinly say that as much as we could appreciate what we had seen, we were really quite sad to see this win the 1977 CTC because we knew that life would never be the same, until Apache came along that is!!!!

The motors in Yellodrama III were 496 Kiekhaefer Champion Makers that came out of Bonomi's 36' Cig (Dry Martini) not so long before the race. I have been told by a man who shoudl know, that they were completely rebuilt the night before the race on the floor of the Cougar workshop in Netley..................I can tell you thet dispite this, they sounded totaly unreal and they won the race..............game changer!!!

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Awesome pics
NK

In1968 these were some of the ONLY 482's in existance and were specially flown in from the US by Don for Ballestreri/Pruett for the 1968 CTC.........I have subsequently heard that Don and Ballestreri went mad when they found out that the salvage rights had been bought by my father.........I guess they were on loan from Mr.K.

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Great pics Ratman more more

Had to be cool to see Surfury in person, I assume you took some pics. That is a Sonny Levi design correct?

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