K&K Ghost

[smokeybandit]

Not much to say about this one. Great rough water boat, and great bunch of guys. Was shocked when I heard Kenny died.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7vurWhdgFE

[Dude! Sweet!]

Nice video. Thanks for posting all these on youtube. Great stuff!

[DAREDEVIL]

WOW !! :cheers2:

[Ryan Beckley]

Those brothers were bad dudes & were rarely beaten especially in rough water.

[cashbrain]

Very Nice..THX !!

[MOBILEMERCMAN]

Those brothers were bad dudes & were rarely beaten especially in rough water.

They ruled.. In the rough not a chance of beating them..Joker S 13 did beat them in Bay City once. The old man was ****ed. They pulled the boat and drove straight off the race site.

[HIGH LIFE]

Loved the part when the passed the inboard cat !! Where can I find a hull like that !! "HIGH LIFE"

[chewiekw]

Did Ken die in a boating accident?

[cigdaze]

Great video. Those guys were really ringing it out.
Is it just me or is that boat appear just a little flighty, stern-heavy, or over-trimmed?

[MOBILEMERCMAN]

Great video. Those guys were really ringing it out.
Is it just me or is that boat appear just a little flighty, stern-heavy, or over-trimmed?

They ran hard. The boat looked kind of like a 21 superboat bottom with a big notch then the brackets. It went pretty near 80 mph. Strung out looks flighty.:)

[T2x]

Did Ken die in a boating accident?

Ken Kalibat Senior (my ex boss, when I was 18..... and a very good friend) passed away about 10 years ago from Leukemia..... a sad and sudden loss. (It went undiagnosed until it was far too late). Ken Kalibat Junior is alive and well as is the rest of the family.

The Kalibat legacy is a great one in racing, but their primary status is defined as a "class act".

T2x

[smokeybandit]

Those guys loved racing just to race. Ken was a big dude and the boys were even bigger. But they were the nicest crew to be around.Never needed flash or hype. They proved it all on the race course. Rich, was it 84 or 85 that Ken Sr. threw you in the drink at Key West?

[Ryan Beckley]

Is this still there business? http://www.kandkoutboard.com/

[T2x]

Those guys loved racing just to race. Ken was a big dude and the boys were even bigger. But they were the nicest crew to be around.Never needed flash or hype. They proved it all on the race course. Rich, was it 84 or 85 that Ken Sr. threw you in the drink at Key West?

It wasn't Key West...it was Patchogue.... I don't remember the year.

Ken Sr. was bigger than either of his sons, close to 300 lbs and maybe 6'5', he was the strongest guy I ever met. Ken was also fearless. He confronted two of the larger than life guys in the sport during his career.

1. He made a comment to Aronow to quit complaining about something or other at the drivers' meeting for the '65 Around Long Island Marathon (Ken was standing in the back of the room at Guy Lombardo's East Point House Restaurant in Freeport, L.I.... Don was seated up front). The words escalated quickly and Aronow stood up and raced toward Ken with his fists clenched. As he got closer and Ken kept getting bigger...it suddenly became "hold me back....hold me back!"...and Aronow never swung. In fact he waited for a large group to "pull him back".

2. In the 1968 or '69 Havasu race, Big Don Pruett, known for his temper and ability with his fists, in his triple engine 23' Jones tunnel,drove on top of Ken's 21' dual Glastron-Molinari and they wound up floating that way in a turn. Both men were all right but Pruett was screaming at Ken and both men jumped out of their respective cockpits. The screaming continued, but for the only time I ever saw, Pruett never swung a punch.....All this was going on while the boats, crisscrossed one on top of the other,.............slowly sank.

Like I said...Ken was a big man and he backed down from no one.

T2x

[T2x]

Is this still there business? http://www.kandkoutboard.com/


yep..........

It has grown nicely over the years and was always very well run, both operationally and financially.

[Ryan Beckley]

Are the brothers till running it? I see one of there son's posting on S&F from time to time.....

[T2x]

Great video. Those guys were really ringing it out.
Is it just me or is that boat appear just a little flighty, stern-heavy, or over-trimmed?

They ran the boat like a motorcross cycle. In truth the boat needed some ballast, but those two could dance that thing like that for hours and, in so doing, lure the other racers into situations that took all of the starch out of the competition.

T2x

[T2x]

Are the brothers till running it? I see one of there son's posting on S&F from time to time.....

Yes, Jeff and Ken still run the business along with their mom, Joan.

[MOBILEMERCMAN]

Here is a pic from '86 showing the three of them. They were the ones to beat.

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[T2x]

Here is a pic from '86 showing the three of them. They were the ones to beat.

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Ken SR. in the yellow shirt, and the boys, in those funky driving suits, sitting on the deck.

[Gladhe8er]

Great video...I've seen it before. Embarassing that they passed the Shadow cat. If John D'elia was running his old boat it sure would not have happenned.

Rumor is there is an unfinished 28' host sitting in the mold down at K&K. The kid wants to finish it one day...

[NNRT]

Ken SR. in the yellow shirt, and the boys, in those funky driving suits, sitting on the deck.

Ken Sr. was one of the nicest people in racing I have ever met - always a smile - never mad - Just a real nice guy - T2X took a bath once in Patchogue courtesy of Ken - - Ken asked me should I do it - I said - why not - HE DID ! and Richie knew not to fight back - he went swimming willingly ! Ken a guy that made things happen - and always with a smile -

Phil

[Bobcat]

Great video...I've seen it before. Embarassing that they passed the Shadow cat. If John D'elia was running his old boat it sure would not have happenned.

Rumor is there is an unfinished 28' host sitting in the mold down at K&K. The kid wants to finish it one day...

that was Mike Horn I believe running the "Cayo Hueso Express" ( formerly "Special Edition"

[cigdaze]

They ran the boat like a motorcross cycle. In truth the boat needed some ballast, but those two could dance that thing like that for hours and, in so doing, lure the other racers into situations that took all of the starch out of the competition.

T2x

Thanks. I give 'em a lot of credit for the way they could run that thing. They found the ragged edge and rode it out in style.

:cool:

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[Ratickle]

The bottom design on their boats were supposedly a modified Glastron to start with?

[Ratickle]

Darren did a nice job getting those tapes edited and released. Sweet!!:hurray: