Brownie is kindly offered to forward questions to Odell Lewis and I would not want to lose this occasion.
How much Mona Lou boats there were?
In the 1967 Sirois raced with a Bertram 31' yellow-white Sternwinder #90 and then with a yellow-white Mono Lou Bertram 31' #90 Were the same boat? Or according with Richie Powers they are two of the four Bertram 31' of the team of Kiekhaefer?
The Ronda Lee of Bakos was also driven then by Odell. Had she called Mona Lou? Did it always have the three motors?
A Mona Lou all red that became Boss O'Nova existed then. Was it in 1968 or was it one of the four Bertram 31' of Kiekhaefer?
The yellow-white Mona Lou of the Bahamas 500 in 1969 with Moore-Riggs-Brown Bertram 31' was the same of 1967 or a boat?
I post some pics for remember better.
Thread: Mona Lou and others Bertrams 31'
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12-08-2009 02:04 PM
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12-08-2009 02:10 PM
Was Mongoose one of these boats as well? Charlie, did you ever hear from that appraiser again?
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12-08-2009 02:49 PM
Here three photograms from the tape "Run Sunward" that it tells the season 1967 in USA including the first Bahamas 500 and the Cowes-Torquay in Europe.
In different competitions the Sternwinder #90 of Bill Sirois the Mona Lou #90(I think to recognize Bill Sirois at the wheel) and the Ronda Lee #80 of John Bakos.
All three Bertram 31' - the first two with two MerCuisers 475hp with two sterns drives and the third one with three smallest MerCruisers 310hp and three sterns drives.
In 1968 Odell Lewis drove the Ronda Lee at the Miami-Nassau. The boat brought the same name or was renamed Mona Lou?
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12-08-2009 02:59 PM
1968?
the red Bertram 31' Mona Lou then become Boss O'Nova in 1968...1969?
Note the little modifications to obtain from the #70 to the #23.
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12-08-2009 03:13 PM
Bahamas '500' 1969
The only apparition of a Bertram 31' Mona Lou that I know for the 1969.
But on board there is no Odell Lewis.
This was the old Mona Lou of 1967?
Or the former Ronda Lee? Or the fourth Bertram 31' of the Kiekhaefer's fleet?
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12-08-2009 03:17 PMBill Wishnick bought his Bertram right from Carl Kiekhaefer, it was one of the Mercury Racing team boats with speedmasters and it was painted red at the time.
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12-08-2009 03:26 PMMel Riggs won Miami-Nassau in 1968 without Odell
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12-08-2009 07:06 PM
Eddie LeCarau (sp) did he buy his #8 from Bertram, or was it some one elses first - ? Saw it at the Kings Grant Inn - in Point Pleasant for a while back in the day - on land !
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12-09-2009 05:12 PMDid the red Bertram of Wishnick.....Boss O Nova go on to become Patty Lou the red Bertram, that Bobby Rautbord raced in 69 against the 32 Cary of Don?
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12-09-2009 05:32 PM
This was possible....if existed two Bertram 31' Boss O'Nova.
But Patty Lou (II) in version Bertram 31' it already raced the Bahamas 500 of the 1968.
The particulars of that Bertram for Rautbord are similar to those of the Fino(I)that then it became Fino-WD40 for Doc. Oskar Trost in 1972.
As for the Boss O'Nova seems strange that Wishnick sells the Bertram to Rautbord and then he buys another identical to race the first races in South America in his golden year - the 1971.
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12-09-2009 05:54 PM
Bingo olli!
I didn't know this article published in Italy in the 2008.
I had the suspicion that among the two "Bertram" White and Red Tornado there was not the ex Sternwinder of Sirois.
My suspect now strengthens that.
Even if in the article the photo of the Yellow Tornado -really the former Sternwinder- reported as first Tornado 30' it is an error of the author.
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12-10-2009 03:56 AMThe London - Monte Carlo race dispatches in 1972,state Miss WD 40 was purchased from Bill Wishnick.
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12-10-2009 08:35 AMI haven't heard anyone mention Peter Rittmaster's boat. American Moppie......as a matter of fact, I think Brownie was on board for one of the wins with that boat.
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