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Re: Maggie's Mercruiser Special
I remember one year when George won the Superboat championship in Key West, as soon as the boat arrived at the dock a team member removed some duck tape from the deck and beneath was signwriten 198? World Champions, if Brownie is about I am sure you can confirm which year this was, 83 or 85.
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Re: Maggie's Mercruiser Special
Originally Posted by Popeyes
Duh
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Re: Maggie's Mercruiser Special
I have some great video of Maggies Mercruiser special, and Popeyes racing together, but there seems little point in posting it, as OSO removed the last video I posted (Apache), without so much as an explanation!
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Re: Maggie's Mercruiser Special
Originally Posted by leviathan
I have some great video of Maggies Mercruiser special, and Popeyes racing together, but there seems little point in posting it, as OSO removed the last video I posted (Apache), without so much as an explanation!
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Re: Maggie's Mercruiser Special
Afternoon :drink:
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Re: Maggie's Mercruiser Special
Jorge testafied in the Iran Contra Hearings, transcripts are publicly available.
According to Crouse( the Searace author), Jorge was beheaded. Jorge's budget was ah..........almost endless. Him, Kramer, and those other dudes who fixed the jury.....had "the budget necessary". |
Pat Taylor From N.o. Had The Old Express Cat For His Record Attempts On The River
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Originally Posted by vtec
(Post 1814749)
Jorge testafied in the Iran Contra Hearings, transcripts are publicly available.
Funny. John Kerry conducted the interview and seemed just as blown away himself at the whole operation. "Senator KERRY: Now here you are. You have been indicted before. You have a known reputation in the region as a narcotics trafficker. You are leading a pretty flashy lifestyle. You have helicopters, planes at your disposal, you are racing fast boats, with a lot of money moving around. And you’re telling us that at this airport, with all of this knowledge about you, you were still able to move around without any fear?" "Mr. MORALES: I was very, very surprised myself" |
That senate testimony is a fascinating read. Morales had some major huevos.
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Originally Posted by vtec
(Post 1814749)
Jorge testafied in the Iran Contra Hearings, transcripts are publicly available.
According to Crouse( the Searace author), Jorge was beheaded. Jorge's budget was ah..........almost endless. Him, Kramer, and those other dudes who fixed the jury.....had "the budget necessary". |
Originally Posted by Mercruiser Special
(Post 2391883)
That guy <Crouse> Doesnt know what hes talking about. My father died in a car accident in colombia. I was there,i would love to help that guy get the story straight!!!
Thanks for clearing that up, and very sorry you lost your Dad. I've read endless info about him since I was a kid. I'm sure not all of it is accurate, but in every single thing I've read he was always known first as a professional boat racer, even in legal documents written by people who know nothing of the sport. If you have any pictures handy please post them. I'd love to see some fresh material. |
Originally Posted by Popeyes
(Post 1128258)
I am not as good as T2x but here is one (story) for you. Somewhere in time ,80's, Al Copeland, George Morales, and me, are in the penthouse suite ( floor) at some hotel in Detroit.
It is the night before the race and we are up late bench racing. I go to get some ice and some guy in the hallway starts talking to me about races. I guess because I had a Popeyes shirt on. Turns out it is a guy we now know as Sting. I go back in the room and proceed to tell George and Al That the "Police" are staying on the same floor as us. George jumps up and says "Theeze Mother F!@#$%^ can never leave me alone. I am trying to explain to him that they are a band while he is ranting and Al is about to piss is pants laughing so hard. Anyway it gets blurry after there. One thing I remember about Maggie is that she never wore the same clothes ,shoes,acc.etc.. twice. George was quite proud of that fact in an offhand way. As the man said "such were the 80,s". |
Originally Posted by butch ryan
(Post 2389570)
Pat Taylor From N.o. Had The Old Express Cat For His Record Attempts On The River
The first was a 38 Bertram The second was your old Cat The third was a 47 cougar v-bottom Although, I am not certain that boat was for a run up the missisippi. I think it was called the Spirit of New Orleans and I believe there is a picture of it in Searace. |
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Is it this one maybe?
After looking through the thread I see that it is not this one. |
I am having a blast reading all these posts. I was there for all of this - from the inside - Maggie is my Mom - And George Morales was my step dad! I agree - I have never lived through anything like George again nor will I ever.
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This is so funny - I was there for this too! It was a private floor - I was Georges step daughter & Maggie is my mother. She is very cool and down to Earth now. Even she has grown up and has to wear the same thing - from time to time! I do remember - George & Al Copeland. They drank together and hung out that night before the race.
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Please more pix! How did I miss this thread?
And more stories - these are great! Those guys were larger than life. |
George was extremely intelligent, intense, and had a set of C.O.Jones as good as they get.I enjoyed working on his boats. We used a 'secret' aluminum on the vee bottom, alloy 5456. We built the boat upside down, and when we rolled it over, it had a 3/4" hook in 30 feet. Holy ****! We shimmed the boat perfectly straight, and dropped a 5000 pound pile driving weight onto a frame that we placed in the boat. No problem. 100 20 foot drops, and it was a straight as it could be.
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Originally Posted by fobes
(Post 1121800)
Anyone know anything about the Maggies Cougar or George Morales, any pics...thanks: Matt
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this is Maggie who is this?
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[QUOTE=maggiesm13;4310394]this is Maggie who is this?[/QUOTE
Can you post some pictures? |
Hi this is Maggie. It is absolutely true that we did wear the patches of winners. I think it was the world championship. Very exciting
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Different he won the million $$$$$ this is Maggie. I prepared before he won the party for him. And have pictures of the banner I had specially made for him.
World champ. |
Hi this is maggie. I just came in this site. I don't
Know how to open your pictures. I have lots of pictures |
exactly. This is very true
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Hahahaha I pulled up in a super stretch limo. No Rolce Royce
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Not true. He never said he was a mechanic. He had a real airport. Hanger. Did rentals. Sold airplanes.
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Maggie-
Thanks for the response. If you could post any pics that would be fantastic. Matt |
I have to find them on the weekend and ask my kid to teach e how to do it
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Originally Posted by maggiesm13
(Post 4312286)
I have to find them on the weekend and ask my kid to teach e how to do it
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Can't wait to see the pictures
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Re: Maggie's Mercruiser Special
Originally Posted by T2x
(Post 1126266)
George was an official entrant in the Miami NY race............ He ran much further offshore than the other team (Popeyes was the only other one to make it past northern Fla.).
We covered the race at both ends but could only find Popeyes off of NJ....... Morales was already in NY harbor when we took off from Atlantic City.........thinking we were way ahead of both boats. T2x Wrong George's boat "Maggie's Mercruiser Special" did NOT run far offshore! I worked with my father during that race and my Dad came up with the route that won the race!! |
Where's maggiesm13?
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Us1
Originally Posted by Eddienel
(Post 4733986)
Where's maggiesm13?
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Well this read fell flat on its face. We’re we getting Played by the supposed son, daughter and wife ?
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Originally Posted by leviathan
(Post 1814276)
I have some great video of Maggies Mercruiser special, and Popeyes racing together, but there seems little point in posting it, as OSO removed the last video I posted (Apache), without so much as an explanation!
Read through this post and say this post by leviathan. I wanted to send him a pm asking if he could send me the videos he has of any cigar running, but this sute says I don't have permission to do so. Is leviathan still active here? Any idea how to contact him? Anybody else have any video of V bottom 46s running or racing? |
Originally Posted by waybomb
(Post 4922631)
Bring out the dead....
Read through this post and say this post by leviathan. I wanted to send him a pm asking if he could send me the videos he has of any cigar running, but this sute says I don't have permission to do so. Is leviathan still active here? Any idea how to contact him? Anybody else have any video of V bottom 46s running or racing? |
The Popeyes 46 cougar will be up for sale in the near future in case anyone might be interested
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Originally Posted by Bill Glueck
(Post 4922820)
The Popeyes 46 cougar will be up for sale in the near future in case anyone might be interested
Still in Florida? |
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