Don Aronow Memorial Race Around Long Island: OFFICIAL DISCUSSION THREAD

[DryMartini]

"The 271 mile Don Aronow Memorial Around Long Island Marathon. September 18th. Wet and dry pits are at Guy LaMotta's, Manhasset Bay Marina in Port Washington NY.

Start of the race is on the north side of the island and turns at Montauk to the ocean side. Finish is back off Port Washington where it started.

Refueling is allowed for those that need it. Current record stands at a little more than 3 hours......can you beat that?

Don himself raced in this race many times. This race has been won by boats from a 17 foot outboard to the latest and sleekest race boats of their day"

Stu Hayim says he will "kiss someones bare ass at LaMotta's" if they can beat his record...and donate money to a charity to boot...

I will be there thursday (some boats arriving), Friday, and of course, Saturday taking pictures that I WILL POST HERE.

The Mini Hawk will be on the dock those days, also.

Come on down, meet me and enjoy the wonderful sight of these powerboats for a fun weekend!
Don't forget this is Old School racing....the race starts at 8AM Saturday....so that means the boats leave the marina at 7:30AM.
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[Fandango]

Really wanted to try and run this...just wasnt in the cards. Good luck to all the racers.....anyone have a general idea when the first boats might be passing fire island inlet? Probably impossible to guess given the race setup, but would be fun to get a few boats out there to cheer them on as they zip buy

[Fandango]

Cant we just pay some local kids to do it:)

[Fandango]

I really want to make this race, if I put up $$$ for the trip would you consider taking me for an extended ride on that 30 around LI?

Would honestly love too...just unfotunatly not in the cards this year. I have about two -three hour window to do anything on sat because of some prior committments..hoping they run it again next year...thanks for the offer though:thumbsup:

[Fandango]

"One good hour on the water will make you forget 24 bad hours on land"

True story!

[rdownes]

Any news on this event? It's interesting watching the GPS trails at http://www.kattack.com/webplayer/?raceGUID=32dd1724-9f1b-45df-b8d5-ef8a929de301#, with a 90+ run up the sound by the Outerlimits Cat.

[Mark75H]

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

[rdownes]

Thanks much for the redirect to the other thread - that was an excellent writeup by "T2X"!

I bounced my way more than once across Long Island Sound (Port Jeff to Bridgeport), with a 14' Span American / 35 Lark rig during the sixties (a very small accomplishment compared to Mr De Fusco's effort).

[DryMartini]

The pictures that I took are up on The National Powerboat Association website.