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09-26-2015, 09:51 PM #61Screaming And Flying!
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Now, given Brownie was at the helm of the first 19' Donzi Hornet ever built at the November Miami Key West race and it was 1964, the "Marina Seven" boat could not have been his specific boat re-rigged with twin outboards ALSO in 1964. Donzi was not even launched by Don A until July, 1964. Anyone know what specific date was the 1964 Miami Key West race? Had to be late.
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09-26-2015, 10:07 PM #627000 RPM
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Narrowing down to 'Donzi'??
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09-26-2015, 10:26 PM #64Screaming And Flying!
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Yes, I believe so.
Between the faint letters and, more importantly, the visual lines of the hull, I think that the "Marina Seven" boat is a Donzi. It can't be a 1964 hull though as there was only one factory hull built by November '64 and that was being campaigned by Alan Brown in the November (same month every year as you say Gene) 1964 Miami-to-Key West race.
The boat has to be a bit later I would think..........but probably not by much
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09-27-2015, 07:44 AM #65The Historic Photo Master
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Want a little hint, as to what/where/who, this boat is...exactly?
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09-27-2015, 07:52 AM #66Screaming And Flying!
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09-27-2015, 05:40 PM #67Screaming And Flying!
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09-27-2015, 07:01 PM #68Screaming And Flying!
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If I take the great high res picture of Jerry Langer's Donzi 19 Hornet and kindergarten reverse it using MS Paint, you can see that the "Marina Seven" hull is the same model hull.
Langer was working with a bare bones Donzi factory 19' hull in 1965. He improvised and fashioned a canvas deck instead of carrying the weight of the Hornet's glass deck.
Smart move by the competitive/creative Langer and Davey Wilson as I bet that saved them 400lbs?
98% positive that they are both Donzi Hornet 19's and that neither were built in 1964.
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09-27-2015, 08:26 PM #69
Greg,
Since you aren't from around the Miami area, 1960's era, you shouldn't be making assumptions that something had to be built by the rules, and documented as such. We had so many boat companies popping and building, for race boats, drug boats, CIA boats, etc. Since Aronow owned Donzi from the get go, and he liked to fill his trunk with Bennies, no telling how many he built and when. If a boat was brought to market, usually at a big boat show, it had been well tested. Usually a boat that small may have had a couple test hulls made. In Aronow's book is a picture of Brownie and Skip Carrol running in the 64 Miami-Key West race in a 19' Hornet. That means they were probably first built in late 63 early 64. The race was on Nov 6, 1964. There were five Donzi prototypes running. The Hornet was one of them.
My point being you can't look at a boat and tell when it was built.
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