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OFFSHORE HISTORY 101

The year is 1967

Name the American races run on these dates:
October 12

October 14

October 21-22

November 3

Who won the Miami to Nassau race that year

What was so unusual about his boat

Who finished second and who was the co driver of that boat

What was the strangest boat in the longest California race that year

Who was the first throttle man in the sport

What race did he start throttling

Who was the driver of the first boat ever to use a throttle man

Who was the most naturally gifted driver this throttle man ever worked with

First throttleman was the immortal Bobby Moore, for Billy Wishnick I believe. Not sure of the first race. The naturally gifted driver he is referring to was Snapper Norris. The other answers, I'm not so sure about.

Well done.

It is pretty amazing that back then these guys could run that many major races in less than a month. And they were not all in the same ocean.

You are on a roll, keep thinking.

I'll try a few off the top of my head.

Maritime, turbines, Jim, Walt, Hal.?
Magnum, Don, Knocky?
Spooky?

Allan Brown Mi-Na 1967

Ducktail got that one right. It was Brownie who won the Miami to Nassau race that year.

Jeff. If you are saying the Turbine boat was the most unusual for the Miami Nassau race, that is incorrect.

Who finished second...you met him at OFF

Spooky is right for the California race that year.

It was a 20 foot Formula that had one big block mounted in the center of the boat, with the driver sitting with his back against the transom and the motor between his legs.

The co-driver was sitting outside the transom on a frame built seat, holding on to a steering wheel that didn't work.

Was it Odell?
Are you thinking the twin on single prop installation as unusual?
Jeff

Second boat in was driven by Odell and co driver was Mel Riggs


Well done now name those races in the fall of 1967....where were they held?

Yes two engines on one shaft and one prop was unusual.....and then to win with that setup made it more so.

I'm not going to cheat by going into a book.
Here goes, hurricane classic, Sam Griffith memorial,
Bahamas 500.
There were also the Delta of Don Shead for '66 and the Maltese Magnum II of John Kenerly for '68 featuring the two engines on one prop.

Jeff

1967

October 12 Miami to Nassau

October 14 Around Nassau Island

October 21 - 22 Long Beach to San Francisco

November 3 Miami to Key West