Nobody really knows [what happened], the only thing for sure is that Dons gone. From one of Italy';s best families.". Donald Joel Aronow (March 3, 1927 February 3, 1987) was an American designer, builder and racer of the famous Magnum Marine, Cary, Cigarette, Donzi, and Formula speedboats. Included in the settlement was $1.25 million in cash, a million-dollar Miami waterfront home and a Rolls-Royce. Made quite a lot of money on it in spring of 1964. He often raced the fast boats owned by his company and won a number of races. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Certainly it is less difficult now to see how, in 1980s Miami, the murder of a man as magnetic as Aronow could garner 140 suspects at the Metro-Dade Police Department, each with the apparent motive, means and opportunity to have the King of Thunderboat Row gunned down in broad daylight. Brown: He started Formula from scratch and sold it to Thunderbird in about a year. Yet deep V monohulls were now reaching 160km/h. His 193cm, still-athletic frame barely fitted inside the sporty white Mercedes-Benz two-seater in which he drove away from USA Racing Teams office on Thunderboat Row. The murder may forever remain a mystery. Michael, his oldest son, was one of the best athletes at the University of Florida. You had to be able to match. Check Out Christopher Brineys Unseen Summer I Turned Pretty PhotosYoull Be Surprised! Those two managed to make you feel like you were the centre of their world. They were fast (more than 112km/h), good for interdiction activities (stable when boarding intercepted boats) and comparatively easy to drive. He was about outdoing the other guy, no matter what you were doing., Bob Saccenti He was a great guy and a great businessman. Allan Brown Shirley was his first wife. Revealingly, the Time feature predicted that Miami would remain, as the late President Jaime Rolds of Ecuador put it, the capital of Latin America. It did not take the US Customs Service long to learn of this. What are the core values of superyacht builder Sirena Yachts? More plausibly, he was drawn to the Sunshine State by its warmth, excitement and a different form of escapism, as many tend to be. A five-year non-compete agreement with Cigarette Racing, one of the companies hed sold, dated to 1982 and was about to expire. Performance boats attract a lot of characters. One of those characters was a racing boat driver and drug smuggler called Ben Kramer. In 1948, he married Shirley Goldin, [1] [6] whom he had met while working as a lifeguard on Coney Island. [On the afternoon of February 3, 1987, a man claiming to be Jerry Jacoby walked into Aronows Thunderboat Row office exhibiting strange behavior; inquiring about a 60-foot boat and alluding to a mysterious man that he worked forand who he would kill for if need be. (ABOVE) CRIME SCENE:A violent criminal named Bobby Young (right) was fingered as the hitman, whose employer according to the courts was Ben Kramer (left), Bob Saccenti [Kramer and Aronow] were both wealthy, and if it was over money, thats a shame. Aronow was bigger than life, and he was also a boat designer. Within a year of its creation, Donzi Marine gained recognition on a global scale, making it an immediate success. I never thought anybodyd actually do that, but by God they did. In 1964 he started Donzi Marine; the Donzi brand became an international success and Aronow quickly sold the company to Teleflex Inc. in mid-1965. [1] His father owned a gas station and then a taxi company which collapsed during the Great Depression. Nobody really knows [what happened], the only thing for sure is that Dons gone., Phil Lipschutz [Aronow] lived right on the water on Biscayne Bay. He sold Magnum to American Photocopy for a ton. Nearly a decade later, two men pleaded no contest to charges related to Aronow's killing. Since he was not supposed to be building boats in 1969, according to his non-compete clause following the sale of Magnum Marine, Aronow built the first Cigarette boat under the name Cary, with the help of Elton Cary's Miami Beach facility. [2] In 1947, he returned to the USA and completed his studies graduating from Brooklyn College in 1948 with a physical education degree[1] earning letters in football, wrestling, and track. He pulled alongside a Lincoln car with tinted windows. He says the Colombians did it. Hes the only person Ive ever known like that. The sun was lowering in the wintery afternoon yet there was still plenty of warmth and light. There was a jumpiness, an electricity in the air, too not unusual on the street known locally as Thunderboat Row, Performance Street or Gasoline Alley. Little could prepare him for the scene two hundred metres up the street. Some people badmouth him, He did this, he robbed that. Well, thats shame on you. Brown: Hed fuck your wife in a second. Marchesa Katrin Theodoli and her husband became the owners of Magnum. Herein lay the alleged motivation for Aronows murder. This was not the first mystery to surround Donald Joel Aronow. Aronow: By 66 my dad had sold Donzi to Teleflex. He was inquiring about a 60ft boat and alluding to a mysterious man he worked for and who he would kill for, if need be. Aronow left his office in his white Mercedes, shortly after visiting a rival boat dealership owned by Kramer. He has been elected to every powerboating Hall of Fame in existence and as stated above, he and Gar Wood were the only two Americans to have ever received the UIM Gold Medal of Honor. At the east end of the street is now the Aventura Arts & Cultural Center; further east, across Biscayne Bay, on oceanside Sunny Isles Beach, stands the Porsche Design Tower. A ruthless businessman, he equally relished a challenge in his personal life; Hed fuck your wife in a second, said powerboat Hall of Fame racer and boatbuilder Allan Brownie Brown, author of Tales from Thunderboat Row. But Don was badly hurt in a car accident in 1970 and had to use a wheelchair from then on. Collecting his children from summer camp, and not returning to the family home, the 34 year-old arrived in Florida with a $2 million retirement fund. If your browser is out of date, try updating it. George H.W. Peters: The upstairs apartment above his office was kind of famous. Money comes and goes. Aronow was murdered in his car at the end of 188th Street in North Miami Beach on February 3, 1987. Brown: Our friend Stu Jackson worked for Thunderbird and he received a gold Rolex when he retired. Barely had he begun to win before he sold Formula to Thunderbird Boats. A kid was going to start a boat company in Florida, he had bought a boat in California, and he asked Aronow and me to drive it and see if it was any good. Specifically, the 2018 film is a remake of the corresponding true-crime book. Further reading. Was it even a planned killing, or some crazed crime of passion? Alongside the sexual revolution came the growth in the drugs trade. And if you had money and you were a coward, hed take as much as possible. The business was established in 1953 and immediately became one of the biggest construction firms in the region. And he never would backpedal later or change things. [3] Kramer was already in prison on a life sentence with no possibility of parole following 1988 and 1989 convictions for drug smuggling and gun charges, as well as receiving a 1990 conviction for a failed escape attempt by helicopter from a federal prison near Miami.[4]. I used to work boat shows with him and Holy Christ!, Michael Aronow I dont think any of those guys had ever seen anything quite like it, to be honest., Allan Brown At Cigarette, he had an intercom in his office and he used to boff his secretary there. WebAronow married twice. A certain Ben Kramer, who came from a seemingly good home on the Intracoastal Waterway between Miami and Fort Lauderdale, started smoking pot at school and began selling it. Peters: One of the first issues I had to deal with when he hired me [in the early 80s] was [notorious Haitian dictator] Baby Doc [who was a client]. A certain nostalgia colours memories of the 1970s as a time of the gentlemanly marijuana business. She used to be married to Martin Kimmel, a real estate developer. Hes pointing out the door and theres Don in his car, the engine screaming and hes slumped over the steering wheel. The University of Florida standout athlete Michael was the one who suffered serious injuries in a vehicle accident in 1970. Also, said Peters, the Coast Guard drivers were left drowned in the wake of the offshore racers and the cocaine runners, who just had a different mentality come race time.. I dont think it ever ran again. Don Aronow is also quite proud of his lovely wife Lillian. He flourished as an entrepreneur during his upswing in motorsports and the automotive industry, setting himself apart from others. Please make sure JavaScript is enabled and then try loading this page again. Phil Lipschutz The saying he had [about Cigarettes famed Mistress model] was, Every man should have a Mistress. And that certainly described Don, too., Allan Brown Hed fuck your wife in a second. Who is this guy? asked an arriving first responder. And he became hooked on racing and thats how it all began. Don Aronow understood that motto as well as anyone who ever lived. Bush a close friend.]. American designer/builder/racer:famous Magnum Marine/Cigarette/Donzi/Formula speedboats, Learn how and when to remove this template message, "How a Kid From Brooklyn Put Go-Fast Boats On The Map" By Capt Ken Kreisler, "Don Aronow's Murder Leaves Miami Wondering: Were 'Cigarettes' Hazardous to His Health? Race officials found themselves in invidious positions. They had three children: [1] Michael who was a star athlete at the University of Florida until he was severely injured in a car accident in 1970 and used a wheelchair after that. Adam and Leelee Sobieski also gave Don a great-granddaughter, Louisanna Ray Kimmel. Certainly, he added sex appeal to it all. In 1977, Cigarette introduced the super sexy new 35 Mistress (as the advertisement read). It was mostly a lot of hell-raising and good times.". Shortly after the visit, Aronow left his office and drove down the street to Apache Performance Boats to visit with his former protg, Bob Saccenti. "She was gorgous," Aronow says. You can talk to anybody [about that] [But] he was home every night. His earliest memory was riding home in the richly leathered back seat of his father's limosine, listening to the strangely anxious voices of his parents talking in the front of the car. Peters: I had gone through a divorce and it was terrible times. Those times can only be likened to the Old West: the Marlboro Man; the weed-strewn strip with its pioneers and settlers; the freebooters from south of the border bringing their lawlessness and loot and the law of the gun. The Miami moto king launched Magnum Marine the next year, in 1967. "I'd never be married to a beautiful woman like Lillian if I hauled garbage for a living," Aronow adds. The EMS [paramedics] showed up and pulled him out. Witnesses assert that as Aronow rolled down his window, the other driver allegedly started shooting. [3] In 1995, career criminal Bobby Young admitted to shooting Aronow and pleaded no contest to second degree murder, eventually providing a full confession in 2009 shortly before his death. A pattern emerged whereby Aronow would sell his companies and then seek to eclipse them. At that time, NE 188th Street was a weed-strewn, low-rise strip. Having sold Cigarette for the last time in 1982 (after having sold it and purchasing it back in the late 1970s while merging it with his own Squadron Marine), he formed USA Racing Team and built the Blue Thunders, 39-foot catamarans used by the United States Customs Service to patrol U.S. waters and run down illegal offshore activities, especially drug smuggling. Allan Brown Shirley was his first wife. In these circumstances, it would have been extraordinary if the drug cash hadnt found its way into Thunderboat Row and its fabled go-fast boats. He was the type of guy that if he liked you, he loved you. Then one time, Don left, and said Alright kid, Ill see ya, and he walked out the door. Don Aronow is a proud man; proud of the way he's survived. This is his story in the words of some of the men who knew him best. The contessa suddenly mashed her brakes and brought the car to a halt at the side of the road, its tires only inches away from a sheer drop into a dark valley. It had to do with his father's taxicab company. Don did not enjoy boating. [He drove it back and] the boat was sinking at the dock. By various accounts, he then fled to Florida in 1960 to escape the mob. During our conversation she revealed that she was a bit hesitant about being interviewed since she is not someone who is comfortable in the public eye but in the end we chatted about everything from her art, her stint in the antiques business to her childhood in Florida with her father, Don Aronow the boat racer and builder of the renowned A violent criminal named Bobby Young was fingered as the hitman, whose employer according to the courts was Ben Kramer. If you continue to be blocked, please send an email to secruxurity@sizetedistrict.cVmwom with: https://www.newyorksocialdiary.com/claudia-aronow/, Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:88.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/88.0, A summary of what you were doing and why you need access to this site. "I got into ocean powerboat racing after I retired to Florida," he says. The beginning of the film tells the tale of Don, who relocates to Miami in order to win every prize. We could see all the gunshots., Allan Brown He was murdered right out in front of my office, halfway betweenSaccentis building and my building. Don Aronow: The King of Thunderboat Row, 1994, by Michael Aronow Next, he started Donzi, named after himself, again on NE 188th Street. Anyhow, there was this contessa Don Aronow met while he was racing in the Mediterranean off northern Italy. With lots of money and charisma, not to mention NFL starting quarterback good looks, Aronow soon became a ladies man of legendary status in Miami circles. In the film, Ben Aronoff is wed to Katherine Aronoff, his wife. We were having lunch one day and Don asked if it was a good watch. It was all downhill from there. Aronow's Cigarette has also become the low slung get-away boat of choice for South Florida's high-rolling drug smugglers.? WebClaudia is a New York artist and ex-wife of real estate developer Martin Kimmel. Further reading. The guy would say, I want a 28. And Aronow would say, Oh no, were all sold out. And the guy would keep pushing, I wanted one all my life. And Don would say, We dont have any 28s, but Im building a 35 for myself and I could sell that to you. That was classic Aronow., Allan Brown Every boat he sold was built for himself. WebClaudia is a New York artist and ex-wife of real estate developer Martin Kimmel. He was a great dad and a great husband. ADVERTISEMENT Thanks for watching! Writer: How about a one-word description of the kind of boat you build? The automotive billionaire was 24 years older than Crawford, a former Wilhelmina model. Leaving his office that afternoon, Aronow was making for his North Bay Road residence, a 1929 Spanish-style waterfront mansion undergoing renovations, 30 minutes drive away. Given this unpromising start in life, the seven-ton, 11.9-metre Blue Thunder vessels acquitted themselves well. He built speedboats for the Shah of Iran, Charles Keating, Robert Vesco, Malcolm Forbes, and George H. W. Bush. With his father, he also founded Fort Apache Marina on the Row, comprising a boat storage facility, waterfront restaurant and patio bar. After divorcing his first wife, Shirley, with whom he had three children, Aronow married Lillian Crawford, a Wilhelmina fashion model and socialite. ESPN covers Dons career as a boat racer, discussing everything from his life in luxury to his death. Katheryn Winnick and John Travolta in Speed Kills ( Source : imdb ) Ben and his wife Emily also had a son named Andrew. He competed in the race in April 62 and led until the end, but they [blew] a clutch and had nothing left. And when [then Vice President] Bush said We aint gonna buy boats from Ben Kramer. The chaotic crime scene confronting police detectives was mysterious, not least because of the geography. "These guys earned their money," Aronow says. Credit: Courtesy of Arthur Jay Harris. Saccenti: I think there were over 100 suspects when they finally killed him. This sum, Aronow did not return. Saccenti: Don used to come and see me when I was hurt, one of those You need anything let me know, kinda things. Aronow went down the canal 65 mph in it, and ended up running into the seawall. We considered Formula to be a utility boat. Their son is menswear designer Adam Kimmel; His second wife was former Wilhelmina model, Lillian Crawford, 24 years his junior. And he eventually became aggravated with the business. "It won big," Aronow says. Allan Brown He started Formula from scratch and sold it to Thunderbird in about a year. The Lincoln drove over the grass to get away. 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Aronow: After the 62 race my father started to work with Jim Wynne and Walt Walters. Lipschutz: Once racings in your blood you can never get it out. Aronow went down the canal at 65mph (105km/h) and ended up running into the seawall. Bobby Young, the convicted shooter and the man who might have provided definitive answers, died in jail in 2009. Back in 1981, Time quoted a legal researcher living in Miami as saying: I see people walking down the streets openly carrying guns, some in their hands, others in their holsters. He ran a successful business making speedboats. Hed knock you right down., Allan Brown Don was so reckless with shit like that. So he commissioned a design from Michael Peters that split a V in two to create a catamaran. Peters: He didnt like guys that came in and tried to go toe to toe with him. [A tough, athletic, Jewish kid from Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, by age 21 Aronow found himself married and about to start a career in his father-in-laws New Jersey construction company.]. And hes bellowing trying to say something. Michael Aronow is one of Dons five sons from three wives. Bob Saccenti is the builder of Chief Powerboats and founder of Apache Performance Boats. Check Death Reason HOw Old She Was? A violent criminal named Bobby Young was fingered as the hitman, and his employeraccording to the courtswas Ben Kramer. It was a big building and obscured the Donzi plant, and you couldnt see [Donzi] from Highway 1 anymore! How much does it cost to charter a Below Deck yacht? He was about outdoing the other guy no matter what you were doing. Lillian is Aronow's second wife -- a former Palm Beach socialite, heiress and high fashion model. I think hed really be proud of the boats., What Are The Best Boats For OffShore Fishing? Some people bad-mouth him, Oh he did this, he robbed that, well thats shame on you. Aronow evidently stopped his car willingly; he was found with his foot pressed fully down on the accelerator, the 5.6-litre Mercedes engine racing wildly hed put the car in neutral, almost certainly to engage whoever was inside the Lincoln. When Cigarette founder and powerboat racing champion Don Aronow was shot dead on 3 February 1987 in Miami, the boating world was convulsed, but not everybody was surprised. So little Don had driven north to spend the day in Rochester with his parents. It was from here the hit man opened fire, three bullets striking the powerboat star. Credit: Courtesy of Arthur Jay Harris. We collected some of the best. Peters: A guy would walk into his shop, all excited to meet [Aronow] and buy a boat. Aronow doesn't care if all these retired furniture makers and machine tool executives are little more than middle-aged adolescents flaunting their masculinity on a Sunday afternoon -- tooling around the docks of some Intracoastal bar like Shooters, feeling terribly macho-nautical doing 30 knots in a $125,000 Cigarette Aronow built to run all day at 60 knots in hull- hammering six foot seas. Brown: Don was so reckless with shit like that. He was a real successful cocksman. The boats tend to be smaller, more sedate, more family-oriented. Aronow was born in the Sheepshead Bay neighborhood of Brooklyn,[1] the youngest son of Russian-Jewish immigrants[2] Herman and Ruth Aronow. At the time, Saccenti was recovering from a horrific crash on Lake Erie. Lipschutz: The saying he had about [Cigarettes famed Mistress model] was every man should have a Mistress. And that certainly described him, too. If you needed him, you just hit him on the intercom!, Michael Peters The upstairs apartment above his office was kind of famous. People said whatever Don touched turned to gold. While limiting your liability, all while adhering to the most notable state and federal privacy laws and 3rd party initiatives, including. He thought he was going to semi-retire to Florida and skindive and fish but he got bored., Michael Peters Aronow looked the part. Hed retained his key designers. Sure enough, I moved there on a Monday and he was murdered that Tuesday.. I just did you a favour., Michael Peters [upon hearing Browns story] Im from California, I hope that storys not about me!, Bob Saccenti I think there were over 100 suspects when they finally killed him., Michael Peters It could have been anyone, from drug runners to business partners to jealous husbands.. I went over there and he had holes all over him. That was just his personality.. He didnt pick on the little guy. After buying Aronows USA Racing Team, Kramer had a business dispute with Aronow, but was forced to sell it back to Aronow after the Customs Service refused to do business with him. He has three childrenMichael, David, and Claudiawith Shirley Goldin, his first wife. They could not countenance procuring drug interdiction boats from a firm owned by a convicted smuggler and predictably moved to cancel the procurement contract. Most of the guys ran stock boats. Aronow's boats won over 350 offshore races and he was a two-time world champion and three-time U.S. champion. Wylie, the son of the couple, is a founding member of the well-known NFT collection Bored Ape Yacht Club. Your request appears similar to malicious requests sent by robots. Don Aronow is also quite proud of his lovely wife Lillian. (ABOVE) HES GOT THE LOOK: Aronow looked the part. To finance the development, he sold more civilised versions, with teak decks and sleeping quarters, to the general public. They had three children: [1] Michael who was a star athlete at the University of Florida until he was severely injured in a car accident in 1970 and used a wheelchair after that. (ABOVE) RICH AND FAMOUS: Aronow famously kept company with people from all walks of life. He was a hero and a genius, a ballbuster and a bully. "And all of a sudden I was in the powerboat business.". He would have a succession of ladies that would appear. We'd race to Nassau and back on the weekends. The CrewMichael Aronow: sonBob Saccenti: builder of Chief Powerboats and founder of Apache Performance BoatsPhil Lipschutz: former Aronow contractor and current Miami-area Cigarette dealerAllan Brownie Brown: former acquaintanceMichael Peters: contracted designer 1981-1986, hired full-time 1987. "And they're entitled to spend it any damn way thay want.". The official record shows that, via a tip-off, police identified a mercenary street criminal named Bobby Young as the man whod shot Aronow. It cost Aronow a fortune to divorce his wife Shirley in 1979. We considered Formula to be a utility boat. She was once married to renowned developer Martin Kimmel. I cant imagine that though, he was pretty easy to find. You make real money when you sell the company., Allan Brown He was also the best boat salesman in the history of the world. When I started designing for Cigarette in 1978, Halter Marine had just acquired the company and they perpetuated the ethos, said Peters. More tips and leads pointed to Kramer as the man whod ordered and paid for the hit. Having made a fortune in the construction business in New Jersey, building homes and shopping centres, Aronow hastily relocated to Florida in 1961. In Italy. And that became the original Formula Marine. However, this consciousness of guilt made for a weak states case. But he could tell something terrible had happened. But Aronow may have possessed a darker side that even he could not outrun and in the end, he wound up as nothing more than a target for an assassins bullet. WebI think it was at this point that Don discovered that he was Jewish. Aronow was extremely competitive in most aspects of his life, perhaps even to a fault. But a dark Lincoln Continental rolled alongside of him, and thenshots rang out.]. To this day, he maintains his innocence. Saccenti: [Kramer and Aronow] were both wealthy, and if it was over money, thats a shame. He had plenty of cheese. That was the cast of characters he was involved with. Aronow sold the company (and Brownie) shortly after its inception (and a couple of big offshore wins). Everyone who knew legendary Cigarette founder Don Aronow has a story to tell about him. The Beatles, Don Aronow, and his son Michael cruise off Miami before the bands iconic 1964 appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show. About his second son, David, nothing is known. They had me in a cage for three years and nine months, with no daylight, no contact with human beings, Kramer said. He marries Emily Gowen, and they have a son together. It was from here the hit man opened fire, three bullets striking the powerboat star. And I could tell you the day he was murdered there were phone calls to the King of Jordan, the King of Spain, George Bush. I didnt hear shots, with the air conditioner and sewing machines going on, but somebody came and got me. After buying Aronows USA Racing Team, Kramer had a business dispute with Aronow, but was forced to sell it back to Aronow after the Customs Service refused to do business with him. The weather was cold and he was getting ulcers. Because he did, thats for sure.. The book about Don Aranows life by Arthur J. Harris was turned into the movie Speed Kills. Once Aronow was able to formally open his new company, he started Cigarette Racing Team using his own designs in 1970. He had bought a boat in California and he asked Aronow and me to drive it and see if it was any good. When you shook his hand that was the deal. Saccenti: When he came to Florida, he got hooked up with the greats, and he definitely made his mark. Many disputes were going on in his marital life. The twos happy marriage disintegrates due to Bens demanding schedules and their son Andrews car accident, which left his legs permanently disfigured. Aronow said, Let me see. Then he took the watch by the clasp, banged it on the table and threw it in a glass of beer. It was in 007 that he beat Bertram in the Miami-Nassau race in 1965. He did that a few times. I dont think it ever ran again., Michael Peters He didnt like guys that came in and tried to go toe-to-toe with him. Many disputes were going on in his marital life. He dont speak too much English, hes trying to explain something, something serious. Lillian Aronow: (smiling) My husband is actually a veryshy man, you know. [A tough, athletic, Jewish kid from Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, by age 21 Aronow found himself married and about to start a career in his father-in-laws New Jersey Aronow: After he was working with the family for a few years he went off on his own and started building homes, then shopping centers, industrial parks, all over northern New Jersey. "I don't now why nobody was killed. Aronow's mechanic was busy prepping their twin-engined Magnum. He owns a horse farm in Ocala, a home in Miami Beach and a new Long Island estate that just made Toen and Country. Emblematic of both the American dream and a particularly magnetic kind of American masculinity, Aronow was a frontiersman, a real-life Marlboro Man and a fearless racer. His second hull was fiberglass -- its hull shaped in a deep-vee to slash through the waves. On Tuesday, Smith, the retired detective, called Aronows widow, Lillian, to break the news. Speculation about who the killer might be ran from jilted lovers to jealous husbands to Meyer Lansky to the CIA. Saws buzzed and machinery hummed at the various boat shops, most of which Aronow had started at one time or another. The weather was cold and he was getting ulcers and he said, I cant do this anymore. He was the wealthiest in the field, but he died tragically, and it took 20 years for the prosecution to convict him. Since then, Aronow has designed and built some of the world fastest ocean powerboat racers -- including the stubby Maltgese Magnum, the sporty Donzi and the world famous Cigarette. And every new [Cigarette] that I do, I drive right by his house with it, just so he can see. By this time the mid 1990s he was being kept in an isolation cell without, his lawyer claimed, adequate dental or medical care. Aronow said Let me see. Then he took the watch by the clasp, banged it on the table, and threw it in a glass of beer. His boats won over 350 offshore races, two world championships, and three U.S. championships as his career grew.
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