Rolling Thunder
03-03-2004 | 08:43 AM
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Rolling Thunder
Last night I watched a great TV program called Inside NFL. They did a spot on the 2001 Baltimore Ravens training camp. It was a great show. In the shoot they showed Tony Serigosa (he weighs in at about 200 lbs. - give or take 500 lbs.) driving Rolling Thunder in Florida waters. I assume that is Tony's boat.
However, I remember Rolling Thunder from the 1980s back on the Great South Bay on Long island. That was some kick-ass boat. I know it was probably not the same boat as Tony's. Maybe it was an Express Cat, but it won all the races on Long Island. I can't remember the original owner either. I guess I am getting old.
Can someone bring me up to date on the history of Rolling Thunder?
TNX,
Phil
However, I remember Rolling Thunder from the 1980s back on the Great South Bay on Long island. That was some kick-ass boat. I know it was probably not the same boat as Tony's. Maybe it was an Express Cat, but it won all the races on Long Island. I can't remember the original owner either. I guess I am getting old.
Can someone bring me up to date on the history of Rolling Thunder?
TNX,
Phil
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03-03-2004 | 09:42 AM
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I believe the original "Rolling Thunder" was raced by Vince Rinaldi and his sons. I think they started out with a 30' Sutphen, then a 32 Cobra (V hull) then eventually a Conquest cat with 4 outboards. The last boat they ran was a 35 Jaguar cat which was later campainged out of Arnold's Yacht Basin in Point Pleasant NJ. This was off the top of my head-there could have been other boats.
03-03-2004 | 09:43 AM
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Originally posted by Robert Geoghegan
I believe the original "Rolling Thunder" was raced by Vince Rinaldi and his sons. I think they started out with a 30' Sutphen, then a 32 Cobra (V hull) then eventually a Conquest cat with 4 outboards. The last boat they ran was a 35 Jaguar cat which was later campainged out of Arnold's Yacht Basin in Point Pleasant NJ. This was off the top of my head-there could have been other boats.
I believe the original "Rolling Thunder" was raced by Vince Rinaldi and his sons. I think they started out with a 30' Sutphen, then a 32 Cobra (V hull) then eventually a Conquest cat with 4 outboards. The last boat they ran was a 35 Jaguar cat which was later campainged out of Arnold's Yacht Basin in Point Pleasant NJ. This was off the top of my head-there could have been other boats.
03-03-2004 | 09:48 AM
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Re: Rolling Thunder
Originally posted by Spectre Man
Last night I watched a great TV program called Inside NFL. They did a spot on the 2001 Baltimore Ravens training camp. It was a great show. In the shoot they showed Tony Serigosa (he weighs in at about 200 lbs. - give or take 500 lbs.) driving Rolling Thunder in Florida waters. I assume that is Tony's boat.
However, I remember Rolling Thunder from the 1980s back on the Great South Bay on Long island. That was some kick-ass boat. I know it was probably not the same boat as Tony's. Maybe it was an Express Cat, but it won all the races on Long Island. I can't remember the original owner either. I guess I am getting old.
Can someone bring me up to date on the history of Rolling Thunder?
TNX,
Phil
Last night I watched a great TV program called Inside NFL. They did a spot on the 2001 Baltimore Ravens training camp. It was a great show. In the shoot they showed Tony Serigosa (he weighs in at about 200 lbs. - give or take 500 lbs.) driving Rolling Thunder in Florida waters. I assume that is Tony's boat.
However, I remember Rolling Thunder from the 1980s back on the Great South Bay on Long island. That was some kick-ass boat. I know it was probably not the same boat as Tony's. Maybe it was an Express Cat, but it won all the races on Long Island. I can't remember the original owner either. I guess I am getting old.
Can someone bring me up to date on the history of Rolling Thunder?
TNX,
Phil
We Linder/ Luhrs / Adams...Conquest Marine built them a radical outboard cat which was the first and only offshore race boat to use Champ boat (tunnel hull) race engines...(see below).
Later they bought a Baja inboard cat which, after limited racing and some problems, was sold to a Marina owner in New Jersey, Arnold D'ambrosia...who has raced it ever since. He also put that name on a Jaguar cat as well.
T2x
Last edited by T2x; 03-03-2004 at 09:50 AM.
