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    Quote Originally Posted by fund razor View Post
    Just because YOU were around for the ark doesn't mean that WE want to start there.
    Start with the first 24 degree V.
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    Don Aronow (should be no debate)
    Pete Hleden (leader in cats above all for many years)
    Stu Jones (reason Poker runs are what they are today)
    Don Johnson (reason many got into this in the first place)
    Terry Sobo ( you ever see one boat company grow and adapt like them )
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    It gets much tougher after Don A.
    If Don Johnson is in, I think that Michael Mann should be in. Seriously. I bought my first boat under the influence of that dam show.
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    From what I recall, Aronow had a lot of respect for Chuck Norris, and none for Don Johnson...


    You were wondering who would be #100 though......
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    Don ... King of V
    Peter Hledin ... King of Cats
    Carl K ... Made it all possible
    Fabio ... great ingenuity in hulls, drives and Diesels
    Gar ... Was going fast before all the others.
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    Quote Originally Posted by MOBILEMERCMAN View Post
    Don ... King of V
    Peter Hledin ... King of Cats
    Carl K ... Made it all possible
    Fabio ... great ingenuity in hulls, drives and Diesels
    Gar ... Was going fast before all the others.
    Jim , good choice and mark did you choose Don Johnson because you once owned a 38 Scarab which i might add was a very nice boat , and paul , we need a pic of Peter H on here .
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    don johnson was just passin thru. but he turned alot of ppl on to this sport. Incl me.
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    So, for number 2 through 5, 4 spots, we currently have nominees of;

    Reggie Fountain
    Carl K
    Dick Bertram
    Bob Nordskog
    Ray Hunt
    Gar Wood
    Fabio Buzzi
    Don Johnson
    Peter Hledin
    Stu Jones
    Terry Sobo
    Michael Mann
    Rich Luhrs
    Bobby Saccenti
    John Crouse
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    Quote Originally Posted by fund razor View Post
    Just because YOU were around for the ark doesn't mean that WE want to start there.
    Start with the first 24 degree V.

    Hey now.....



    With todays power options it would have performed a lot better........
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    So, is that it for the nominees for 2 through 5???????


    Going once.......
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    In 1958 in Newport Rhode Island, the America's Cup sailboat race with 12 meter boats was being held. I was zipping around the bay in my little 14 foot molded plywood outboard, that I raced out of Newport earlier in the summer in a 87 mile endurance race. There right before my eyes was this great little support boat that was used to "gofer" things needed on the 12 meters.

    I saw it and made no connection at all. Dick Bertram saw it as he was serving as foredeck crew on one of the 12 meters. He noticed how the little boat just went back and forth in any kind of water from Newport harbor to the ocean. He found out who owned the boat... and who built it ....and asked C. Raymond Hunt if he could build a bigger version of the same boat....like a 30 footer.

    He could and he did and the Deep Vee hull design was born. The new 30 footer won the Miami to Nassau race with Sam Griffith driving and Dick Bertram and Carleton Mitchell as crew. It took hours off the previous record. The boat was made a bit bigger...31 feet and made in glass and Bertram Yacht Co was founded. Those 31 footers went all over the world and many of them are still in service. One of the best ocean running designs of all time.

    My top 5 would be:
    1.) Aronow
    2.) Bertram
    3.) Kiekhaefer
    4.) Jim Wynne
    5.) Odell Lewis
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    With additions, for number 2 through 5, (4 total positions), we now have nominees of;

    Reggie Fountain
    Carl K
    Dick Bertram
    Bob Nordskog
    Ray Hunt
    Gar Wood
    Fabio Buzzi
    Don Johnson
    Peter Hledin
    Stu Jones
    Terry Sobo
    Michael Mann
    Rich Luhrs
    Bobby Saccenti
    John Crouse
    Odell Lewis
    Jim Wynne


    A total of 17 names for 4 positions.....


    Anyone else come to mind? Let us know in the next couple days or we'll close 2 through 5 and start the review of their credentials before the judges and members start the voting....
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    Since you are looking for a total of 100. Maybe breaking them into time periods might be easier. The 60's / 70's / 80's / 90's / 00's

    That gives a cleaner look at what each person actually contributed. Odell Lewis and Jim Wynne were the only people that actually drove the turbine boat back in the day......does that make them better than Doc Magoon who was great in outboards and sterdrives, but never raced a turbine?

    Just a thought....anything you do to remember and honor these guys is very much appreciated.
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    That is certainly something worth discussing. But, I'm thinking the Top 10 may be the only ones we rank as a most influential placement. Then maybe the key players from every decade.

    What do we do when we get to someone like Billy Martin, (or yourself) who is in every decade????


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    Quote Originally Posted by Ratickle View Post
    That is certainly something worth discussing. But, I'm thinking the Top 10 may be the only ones we rank as a most influential placement. Then maybe the key players from every decade.

    What do we do when we get to someone like Billy Martin, (or yourself) who is in every decade????


    Somewhere in the 100 is also Martin Sanborn. I just remember him as the voice in the 90's
    "Keep the bottle on the bar Ira, I won't be long".
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    Guys and girls, I'd like to put this one on hold for a bit and start a nomination thread specifically for Vincenzo Balestrieri, who we just lost. His accomplisments in Offshore are incredible, may he rest, and race, in peace.

    He would have easily been in my top 25 places of the Top 100 most influential of all time.
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    Well, I have almost finished the Inside story on Vincenzo, I think he has moved up to a Top 10 in my opinion of the Most Influential in the Top 100.

    When you finish reading Part 2 of his history, we'll see if you agree with me.....
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    Well, since we finished up with Vincenzo's story,

    The Count of Offshore, Part 1 of 2 - Serious Offshore
    The Count of Offshore Part 2 - Serious Offshore

    and are getting close to time for the Key West Worlds, it's time to start thinking about finishing out our Top 100 Of All Time by first finishing out our Top 5 of that Top 100. It was almost a no contest that Don Aronow was Number 1, so review the thread, review your choices, and let's get back on the discussion of who should be in those 4 remaining spots.
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    No more additions?????

    Reggie Fountain
    Carl K
    Dick Bertram
    Bob Nordskog
    Ray Hunt
    Gar Wood
    Fabio Buzzi
    Don Johnson
    Peter Hledin
    Stu Jones
    Terry Sobo
    Michael Mann
    Rich Luhrs
    Bobby Saccenti
    John Crouse
    Odell Lewis
    Jim Wynne
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    Bobby would be in the top 10 as he's still active.
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