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
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12-01-2009 08:42 PM
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12-01-2009 08:52 PM
Nice video. Thanks for posting all these on youtube. Great stuff!
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12-01-2009 10:22 PMWOW !!
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12-01-2009 10:28 PM
Those brothers were bad dudes & were rarely beaten especially in rough water.
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12-01-2009 11:15 PM
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12-01-2009 11:41 PMLoved the part when the passed the inboard cat !! Where can I find a hull like that !! "HIGH LIFE"
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12-02-2009 11:15 AMGreat 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?
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12-02-2009 11:36 AM
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12-02-2009 12:59 PM
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".
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12-02-2009 01:59 PM
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?
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12-02-2009 02:25 PM
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.
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12-02-2009 02:47 PM
Are the brothers till running it? I see one of there son's posting on S&F from time to time.....
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12-02-2009 02:48 PMAllergic to Nonsense
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