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    I got the first race boat Nick built when he came to South Florida. He offered me his first V-bottom boat and like an idiot I turned him down and stayed with the flat bottom. Sorry to hear of Doc Magoon's passing.
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    I don't know when he moved to Miami--he was a fixture at Pelican Harbor Yacht Club in the early 60's--OPC--

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    Quote Originally Posted by John Schubert View Post
    Here is a picture of Nick at the 1952 Stock Otboard national championships at Oakland, CA. He is in the inside boat. His boats were always called Rowdy.
    Just in case anyone wondered Ron Zubach in 68-J from NJ won

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    Quote Originally Posted by John Schubert View Post
    Just in case anyone wondered Ron Zubach in 68-J from NJ won
    Looks like he was driving a Sid

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mark75H View Post
    Looks like he was driving a Sid
    Yes he was

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    did that Atlantic boat design boat become the Cary 50?
    Last edited by powerabout; 01-15-2018 at 06:28 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by powerabout View Post
    did that Atlantic boat design boat become the Cary 50?
    Probably--the names Aronow, Cigarette, Cary--were kinda synonymous back then---

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    ...Not "exactly" Mercury...Yet...But in Mercury's future...

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    ...It's a surface drive, with infineately variable pitch...Via Fred Kiekhaefer's "K-Lab Design Works"...

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    A photo previously posted but vanished...A Kiekhaefer outboard powered experimental commuter helo...

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    Mercury Hi-Performance Racing 500 EFI / SpeedMaster Number 5 Surface Drive...

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