Don Aronow Memorial Marathon Race Around Long Island

[DAREDEVIL]

Originally Posted by cfun

I read it like he's buying a second to keep in the US top man

i would say rich man....but why an outerlimits ..??? MMMMMHHHHH

[Ben]

Originally Posted by Goinglean

we were taken in to Oyster Bay by the local water Police who were fantastic.

Interesting (to me anyway) that you went into Oyster Bay as I was a resident of that village for my first 34 years. I was watching the race tracker and saw the boat being pulled out at the slipway and was a bit bewildered as it seems that the rig was headed in the wrong direction and then apparently stopped on a rather narrow street in the middle of the village!

Another strange co-incidence - my wife lived on a boat in Manhasset Marina before I met her.

[lain]

Originally Posted by DAREDEVIL

but why an outerlimits ..??? MMMMMHHHHH

Why Outerlimits:

Because he likes to participate in a great adventure:
With complete control over his transmission:
With complete control over the horizontal and the vertical:
And control all that he sees and hears and sharpen it to crystal clarity:
And to experience the awe and mystery which reaches to the OuterLimits

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CtjhWhw2I8

[Tom Stone]

quite a good report on screamandfly

http://www.screamandfly.com/showthread.php?223381

[Top Banana]

[QUOTE=Ciao;190113]Was all good fun!

The winners managed to get home in over 6 hours, they had never raced Offshore before - But are now veterans!

John.....does that comment cover all of the crew???

[littlenige]

Congrats Charlie on the achievement - must be a great feeling!

[Top Banana]

Originally Posted by littlenige

Congrats Charlie on the achievement - must be a great feeling!

Nige....Thank you so very much.

Being able to meet some of the guys on the British team was great also. I know Michael Aronow enjoyed spending time with them as they spoke of his memories of Cowes, when he crewed for Don back in the day.

They are the nicest group...reminds me of the old days and the camraderie enjoyed by all the boat racers.

I tried to help Jan the night beofre the race.....I said, with your boat having four engines and all that steering geometry, be careful as you come to Orient Point as it is a sharp turn...perhaps it would be easier on the boat if you just went all the way around Block Island and return to the course on the south side of the island.

Dean said.....that's rather cheeky of you and laughed.

We have some momentum now, hopefully we can pull off another impossible feat here.....getting a boat ready for the RB11.

Charlie

[timtap]

At last found some pictures !

http://www.nationalpowerboat.com/Don...mic/index.html

Going Lean Page 3

[DAREDEVIL]

WOW,,the SONIC doesn't even have counter rotating drives...mmhhhhh...would even make it better if it had, i had the exact same boat with alpha one gen II but counter rotating..NICE BOAT !!!
and congrats to that team !!!!!!!!!

[Ciao]

[QUOTE=Top Banana;190164]

Originally Posted by Ciao

Was all good fun!

The winners managed to get home in over 6 hours, they had never raced Offshore before - But are now veterans!

John.....does that comment cover all of the crew???

2 thirds of them

Back home and surprising it is warmer than NY!

[Top Banana]

[QUOTE=Ciao;190208]

Originally Posted by Top Banana

2 thirds of them



Back home and surprising it is warmer than NY!

Thank you for that correction, it was hard to explain to my grandson.

It was a pleasure meeting you.......and I sure hope to be able to make that RB11.

[Ciao]

Originally Posted by timtap

At last found some pictures !

http://www.nationalpowerboat.com/Don...mic/index.html

Going Lean Page 3

Looks like Dean is smoking a pipe!

[Ben]

Excellent thread form Serious Offshore with a comprehensive race report from Charlie. Bit of a long read but well worth
it.

http://seriousoffshore.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=18547