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Here's some nice pics and a little history from 1970 Motor Boating Magazine I dug out of my archives. There's even a little BROWNIE in here. Enjoy!

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page 6 - in the picture on the left I believe it's a Nova, not a Formula

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page 9

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page 10

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page 11

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love the history thanks,

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Very cool

I had one of those 28 Bertrams in page 7

L.S.

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page 12 - I left the little boat at the bottom for kicks! :D

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And here's one for BROWNIE!

Brownie I just wanted to say that it is pleasure to see you on here and here your stories. But please tell more. I have a couple questions about the Nova that I was wondering if you would be so kind as to answer?
1. Who was the designers of the 24 and the 19?
2. Was the 24( hull only )an earlier Donzi model?
3.Why the deep forefoot and flared bow instead of the usual needle nose?
4.What ever happened with the 19 after you sold the company?
5.How many of each model do you think you built?

I have always liked the unique styling of the NOVA with its tall ultra long wing windshield and that flared bow.In my opinion that boat brought offshore performance boats to mainstream America when Wellcraft ran with it.A lot of people would probably disagree with me on the styling, but to me it's an icon.

Thanks

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Very cool!!!!!!! :D :D :D :D

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I know the article is a little hard to read because of the resolution but it's worth it .Read it for the first time in twenty years today,pretty interesting.If some one can tell what to do to make these scan and post better I am all ears,not real literate on the puter thing. Thanks.

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Very cool, thanks! I think that Bertram still looks as good as anything made today. :cool:

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Yea I've always loved them too.My older brother loved them so much he names his boat company after it.

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Back in the day ( late '70's ) that Nova was the cat's ass. I loved 'em then, and to this day when I see a mid-70's Nova ( not many around anymore ) I get that SAME kinda buzz. When they changed the 'lines' on them ( i.e. the windshield ), I lost interest.
. . . sorry about the photo - polished it up the best I could.

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hi tom cool pic's man that make me feel old.
tom you should come up for xmas the whethers great ha ha

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Thanks for sharing, nice.

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Really cool :drink:

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The 24 came from the Donzi 7 Meter I believe. For awhile, Allmand had the 19's, called them a Super Jumper or something... I would love to find a 19,what a killer boat!!

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Boy they sure liked high windshields back in the day. :p

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What you don't see in the photos is the fact that all of the boats that I have in that article are all inboards or vee drives. I considered (still do) the aluminum outdrive to be an instrument of the devil.

I took the 7 meter Donzi raceboat that I bought from Tim and John Chisholm and chopped and channeled it into a 24' 10" x 8' 2 1/2" boat. Dick Cole and I (mostly Dick) drew the 7 meter for Donzi while I was there. We took the foredeck of the 28' Cary to form the deck. We had a great little boat company there, with Billy Wishnick (maybe the nicest guy in the world) backing it. We built 124 24's and 32 19's. The 1970 recession bit us in the ass, and we sold the 24 to Dick Genth at Wellcraft, and the 19' to John Allmand.

We also built the 24' SuperNova raceboat with tandem (one in front, one back, vee drive in the middle, one prop) with a pair of 800 hp Coopman Blown Fords which pretty much ended my racing career in the 1968 Miami Nassau race, when we (with my ridng mechanic and bodyguard Mark "Big Dirty" Raymond) got sideways going about 70 in 5' seas.

The 19' was special, being 4 asses wide with a walkthrough between the front seats. We built that from parts of the 24 and the 28' Cary.

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Wow ! Great Pics !

Is page 3 the Gladiator prototype ?

Thanks for posting,


Victor

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Brownie thanks for the reply and answers.Know what your saying about the 70s economy, my older brother put his molds in storage and closed shop (tough to qualify a loan at 18%).

Is there any way we could talk you into posting some old pics of the novas and the nova plant?

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Rouxsterre I felt the same way about the windshield change,I liked the brownie smooth cary deck over the wellcraft deck better too. There was one for sale on the donzi registry a while back with the holmans and v-drives,It was all there just needed resto.Would have loved to buy it but unfortunately now is not the time for me.

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Ratman made a suggestion to take pictures of the article and post to see if its cleans up so it can be read.If that doesn't work I'll have it typed in tomorrow.The article is pretty interesting.

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Wish I had all my mags from the day ! :mad:
Interesting how those boats were the cat's meow , especially in terms of luxury (which the magazine articles always picked up on)... for their time !

By today's standards they are pretty spartan, but had all they needed to get the job done .
Unlike the characterless blobs of today these originals still stand out 40 years later.

What a truly talented bunch it was who got the ball rolling.

Brownie sent a Nova 24 out here in the late 60's/early 70's. It's owner always said (and still does) the exact same thing about aluminum outdrives... Poo poohs boats with I/O s

.. Wonder where he got that from ? :D

S

Thanks for posting all those great articles .

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I am a sucker for the classics,gotta admit kinda lost interest when all the boats got splotchy,zig zaggy,swirly paintjobs and styling.

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Here is some old line drawings of AMERICAN MOPPIE.

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BARON who are you trying to kid, you are old. :evilb: :evilb:

I would need a milliom dollars in hundreds and twenties to get me back up there in that slop again! :drink: :drink:

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And my favourite ...." Three pieces of triangular shaped fiberglass stuck together"

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Must be very old if Brownie was little. :D:D:D

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I love reading and seeing the history of the boats but thank god I'm not old enough to remember it!

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Glad you guys enjoyed the posts,would like to do more but I want to clean up this resolution problm first. I am not the best puter person out there so I need some advice.I have the scanner resolution set at 200 . The next setting is 300 and than 600, is 200 the problem,will 300 change it enough so it's readable?If changing the scanner resolution is not going to clear it up tell me.I have access to a really good camera and will photograph and than load if thats what it takes.