Brownie's Bites

When I worked for Cary Marine in the 70’s, we acquired the molds for the 49’ Cigarette from Don Aronow. The 49’ was an exact...

Lucaya, Grand Bahama Island. We had about 60 boats in port for the 1969 Bahamas 500 Offshore race. While not the nastiest race in the world...

My consulting job on a new high performance boat building project takes me to TNT Marine, in North Miami, Fl. from time to time....

Fifty years ago, the President of the United States of America, Lyndon Brains Johnson, phoned his Chief of Staff, Jack Somebody, and said “Git...

The Union of International Motor Boating is the governing body for boat racing around the world. In the interest of harmony, and larger, more...

To be a real offshore racer in 1963, you had to be a tough sumbitch, with muscles bulging, tobacco spitting, fighting, squinty eyed, brawling,...

In the spring of 1965, we took our highly advanced fleet of offshore racing boats to Freeport, Long Island, New York, to teach those...

Sam Sarra was Chief Engineer of Daytona Boat Works, and had just perfected (well, almost) the 427 c.i. turbocharged Daytona Chevy racing engine. At...

In 1989, I went to work for Gentry Transatlantic via my pal, John Connor. John was best known for being Betty Cook’s two time...

Panama City, Panama, circa 1973. Some of the South Florida offshore racing mob were honored by General Torrijos, El Presidente for Life of Panama, with...

In 1969, the Miami International Boat Show moved from its historic digs at Dinner Key, to the brand new Miami Beach Convention Center. Most...

Al Copeland 1944-2008, by Allan Brown In 1984, I attended the Northport, Michigan offshore race. I was ‘Prez’ of Cougar Marine in those days, and...