Brownie's Bites

On a scale of 1 to 10, the boating life that we enjoyed in the middle 60’s was about a 23. We got to...

Yank, Jeff Hall, races in the Cowes-Torquay Offshore race in England in a Bertram boat older than he. This is an account of one of the...

The big, rough man leaned forward a bit, bobbing smoothly to the rhythm of the movement beneath his feet. Holding the steering wheel in one...

In the early eighties, I worked at Cougar Marine on famous Thunderboat Row, in North Miami Beach, Florida. Most of my close friends were...

I didn’t start boating until I was two years old, in 1937. Our family was comprised entirely of hunters, fishermen, and people who had to clean...

In 1961, I was service manager at Challenger Marine, in North Miami, Florida. Challenger was a beautiful facility situated on Arch Creek, in the...

Our local offshore racing club, OPBRA, short for Offshore Power Boat Racing Association, was formed in 1963 as an alternative to the Bahamas Powerboat Group. The...

After winning the Around Long Island race in 1966, I was offered the opportunity to drive a brand new 28’ Donzi that we were building...

After selling Donzi Marine to Teleflex, Inc. in April 1965, Don Aronow started up Magnum Marine next door, in the spring of 1966. The basis of...

In 1964, I was General Manager of Challenger Marine, North Miami, Florida. Challenger was probably the nicest marina on the planet in those days. We...

Dinny was actually Ogden Mills Phipps, the 3rd. He was an heir to the Bessemer Trust, which had something to do with iron and steel...

Don Aronow sold two year old Formula Marine Corp. to Merrick Lewis and Alliance Machine Company in April, 1964. Alliance Machine owned Thunderbird Boat Company. They...