Congratulations to Allan Brown("Brownie"), on a great interview & write-up by writer Dan Spurr, in the new December/January issue of Professional Boatbuilder Magazine. Howard Abbey was part of this same interview as well, in which they both reveal some great little known history of ThunderBoat Row, Don Aronow, Art Seigel & Dudley Whitman's Challenger Marine(Miami), and much, much more, about the birth of powerboat building in South Florida. Thanks for the intrigueing read. Ed

wish he would finish the book!

I had the pleasure of meeting Brownie at the IBEX show.

Howard Abbey flagging down the concrete truck to add weight to the Hatteras - funny stuff! And that dimple in the CoverGirl 38 Cig bottom ..those must have been some interesting prod. dev. meetings there Brownie. Was familiar with the Nova but never made the connection to Wellcrafts Nova. Good reading,

It's online here : http://www.proboat-digital.com/proboat/200612/ for "senior" readers use the page flipper at the top next to the logo - 7 pages long. Full screen option helps too.

Cool story!

I thought it was an excellent article

Thanks for that Ed. I've got Nova 24, #43.

They couldn't have picked a better interview... an icon...a legend..... one of the founding fathers of offshore.

T2x

absolutely fascinating article...

JH