Mona Lou and others Bertrams 31'

[Nick27]

I'll post some pics with explanations...thanks

[Ratickle]

Good, after Tavares we should be able to get some input.

Maybe you should go over there and chat with some of the oldtimers..... Bring pics if you do.

[Nick27]

When/where/ what is Tavares?
Going to try to post some pics today...
Thanks

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It looks like the boat was originally white gelcoat followed by black paint then primer and black paint again

[Nick27]

Any help in identifying the boat will be greatly appreciated.
I am thinking it might be the Consentino 'White Tornado'.
The boat has been in Florida since at least 1987. Most likely the Miami area.
We see no evidence of shafts having ever been in the boat so assume it was always an I/O.
It looks as if there were two seperate exchaust setups ( different heights) through the transom.
With any luch we might run across some original graphics as we remove the paint.

[Ratickle]

When/where/ what is Tavares?
Going to try to post some pics today...
Thanks

http://seriousoffshore.com/forums/sh...538#post616538

[Nick27]

Great, thank you!

[Nick27]

No HIN's.
In addition to the pics I just posted, I have loads of pictures of the deck, hardware etc. the biggest problem I'm having is finding a boat that was originally white gelcoat. Sam James says he only recalls one boat being white and that was White Tornado...although there have been references to a possible last boat that was built but never raced . Perhaps it made its way back to the states from Europe? I havn't found out what became of it after the 1970 season ( just started researching).

[Nick27]

Mystery solved!
I spoke with Sam James again this morning. I was not aware that ONLY staggered I/O's were produced.
My boat has a side by side set up... we found no evidence of any prior staggered drives on the transom.
Somewhere along the line the boat was converted from a staggered arrangement to a side by side...the entire ( or large portion ) of the transom must have been replaced at that time.
This stringers in the engine space were also redone/repositioned , but again, must have been done long ago because no clear evidence of alteration could be found.

Graham Stevens sent me a newspaper clipping from 1971 showing White Tornado at "Don Aronows boatyard on 188th st". The boat was waiting "to be put into special shape" for the upcoming London- Monte Carlo race. The boat however was never exported back to Europe/UK.
Sam was very certain that no other 31/32 Bertram was ever built with a white gel coat hull and deck.
I just don't see any other possibility...my boat must be the White Tornado of Cosentino.

[Nick27]

Does anyone have entrant roster/results from the 1970,71 Point Pleasant and Miami-Nassau races? I am trying to find out information about the White Tornado Bertram . I believe it was entered in both races. I think Miami-Nassau in 1970 and Point Pleasant in 1971 perhaps?
Thanks...

[Ratickle]

Charlie, Top Banana, says to start digging through Searace to see about those years. He thought no one would know more than Sam though.

Do you have the book?

[Nick27]

I do have the book, thanks. I havnt found all entrants for each race. If a boat DNF'd there is often no mention.
I did find that Balistrieri finished 4th in the 1970 Point Pleasant race , however i see no mention of White Tornado in the 1970 Miami-Nassau.Supposedly Consentino was scheduled to race but then dropped out before the start and was replaced by Atilio Petroni

[Ratickle]

This is the 1970 race I believe.

http://www.powerboatarchive.co.uk/Ma...YORK%20etc.pdf

[Nick27]

Yes, this is the Point Pleasant race in which Balistieri finished 4th.
Any info on the 1970 Miami-Nassau entrants. I know White Tornado Is not mentioned as a finisher, but an article from Graham's website mentioned a "pair" of boats entered by Balistrieri....

[Ratickle]

Did you review the story we did on Vincenzo

http://seriousoffshore.com/forums/co...re-Part-1-of-2

http://seriousoffshore.com/forums/co...ffshore-Part-2


There is also a link in there to the site his sons did on his history.

How many White Tornados were there? One Magnum and one Bertram?