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05-23-2021, 08:26 AM #17000 RPM
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Crossing the Atlantic w- Outboards
Interesting story about the first boat to cross the Atlantic in a boat powered by outboard engines. Al Grover (Freeport, NY) in a 26’ boat w- two 65 and one 9.9 Evinrudes......quite the adventure.
Any of you NY guys know him?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7AURejJj_Q
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05-23-2021, 10:07 AM #2The Historic Photo Master
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...another guy did this prior to al. and he actually departed from the u.s. you can look it up...
Last edited by FUJIMO; 05-23-2021 at 10:11 AM.
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05-23-2021, 05:29 PM #37000 RPM
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05-24-2021, 10:24 AM #4
In 1985, Freeport, New York based boatbuilder and marina owner, Al Grovers, Sr., began a voyage which set the Guinness World Record for the first outboard crossing of the Atlantic.
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05-24-2021, 10:50 AM #5
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05-24-2021, 05:53 PM #67000 RPM
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Jimmy used OMC too—-
Too many discrepancies to call it a RECORD——
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05-24-2021, 07:02 PM #7
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05-25-2021, 10:41 AM #8
Thomas Foley
Blast from the past photo. We roamed the yards at night back when there were no fences . Very cool place to grow up . All different now of course.
(From my FB page..Thanks Thomas Foley)
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05-25-2021, 11:33 AM #9
Dawn Johnson
I remember talking to Al Grover back in the late 80’s and early 90’s when he would call OMC, was there an Al Grover Jr also?
John Lancaster
Dawn Johnson yes.
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05-28-2021, 12:49 PM #10Screaming And Flying!
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My first real job was at Grovers........1969.......wanted to be a mechanic.......they handed me a paint brush with more paint on the handle than the brush....... upside down painting was not my dream job........lasted 3 hours...... I went down to the end of woodcleft and got a job with Wess Carman point Marine......washing new boats and pumping gas........Young rich kids ..... with radios in their boats listening to J Hendrix...... Foxy Lady......Still not what I wanted.......Then I got a job at a Merc dealer.......putting in cranks on L6 motors.....The one thing I liked most about Grovers...... was a NEW X115.... on the show room floor.
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06-02-2021, 06:09 AM #115000 RPM
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I was a dryland customer at Grovers' a few years ago, got to meet Al Sr. at an end of the season party at the marina. Super nice guy. I didn't ask him about the crossing but we did talk boats. I could've listened to him for hours. His son Dante runs a pretty tight ship. Top notch marina, I recommend them to everybody. I dry stacked my Progression there for two seasons. They must have handled my boat 4 times a week, there's not a single mark on my hull. Al Grover's today, on Main Street in Freeport.
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06-02-2021, 06:14 AM #12Screaming And Flying!
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Always makes you feel good when a family business stays in the family and prospers.
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