Miami - Nassau Races

[Rupert Munro]

This isn't a complete collection of the winners photos yet as some of the older boats prove to be hard to track photos down for. Anyway here goes... hope its of some interest to you all.

[Rupert Munro]

1956 - Sam Griffith - Doodles II
1957 - Sam Griffith - Doodles III
1958 - NO RACE
1959 - Gordon Hoover - Crystaliner
1960 - Sam Griffith - Moppie
1961 - Sam Griffith - Glass Moppie
1962 - John Bakos - Aokone
1963 - Odell Lewis - Mona Lou
1964 - Harold Abbott - RumRunner
1965 - Don Aronow - 007
1966 - Jim Wynne - Ghost Rider
1967 - Allan Brown - Donzi Baby
1968 - Mel Riggs - Mona Lou
1969 - Don Aronow - The Cigarette
1970 - Vincenzo Balestrieri - Black Tornado
1971 - Tom Gentry - Innerspace
1972 - Bob Magoon - Aeromarine III
1973 - Carlo Bonomi - Dry Martini
1974 - Billy Martin - Bounty Hunter
1975 - Rocky Aoki - Benihana - LAST RACE

[Rupert Munro]

56 - Doodles II - Sam Griffith - Chris Craft 30' - 2x 215hp Crusader - 19.7 mph

57 - Doodles III - Sam Griffith - Enterprise 35' - 2x 275 Crusader Cadillac - 17.2mph

59 - Crystaliner - Gordon Hoover - Crystaliner 27' - 2x 230hp Interceptor - 22.8mph

No pics of these to date

[Rupert Munro]

60 - Moppie - Sam Griffith - Bertram 30 - 2x 300hp Interceptor - 23mph

61 - Glass Moppie - Sam Griffith - Bertram 31' - 2x 280 Chrysler - 41.5mph

62 - Aokone - John Bakos - Bertram 25 - 2x 310hp Mercruiser - 49.7 mph

Pics: 1- Sam Griffith. 2- 61 Winner 'Glass Moppie'

[Rupert Munro]

63 - Mona Lou - Odell Lewis - Bertram 25 - 2x 310hp Mercruiser - 55.2mph

64 - RumRunner - Harold Abbott - Bertram 31 - 2x 450 Ford Interceptor - 37.4mph

65 - 007 - Don Aronow - Donzi 28' - 2x 450hp Holman Moody - 55.8mph

Pics: 1- 63 Winner Mona Lou. 2- Mona Lou. 3- 65 Winner 007

[Rupert Munro]

66 - Ghost Rider - Jim Wynne - Souter 28 - 2x 525hp Daytona - 47.8mph

67 - Donzi Baby - Allan Brown - Donzi 28 - 2x 550hp Holman Moody - 55.8mph

68 - Mona Lou - Mel Riggs - Martime 32 - 2x 475 Mercruiser - 57.2mph

Pics: 1- Ghost Rider 2- Ghost Rider 3- Jim Wynne 4- Donzi Baby 5- Donzi Baby (marked as broad jumper)

[Rupert Munro]

69 - The Cigarette - Don Aronow - Cary 32 - 2x 475 Mercruiser - 64.9mph

70 - Black Tornado - Vincenzo Balestrieri - Cary 32 - 2x 475 Mercruiser - 73.6

71 - Innerspace - Tom Gentry - Cigarette 36 - 2x 500hp Mercruiser - 73.1

Pics: 1- Don Aronow 2- The Cigarette 3- Vincenzo Balestrieri 4- Black Tornado 5- Black Tornado

[Rupert Munro]

1- Black Tornado 2- Tom Gentry

[Rupert Munro]

72 - Aeromarine III - Bob Magoon - Cigarette 36 - 2x 500hp Mercruiser - 59.7mph

73 - Dry Martini - Carlo Bonomi - Cigarette 36 - 2x 600 Aeromarine - 69.4

74 - Bounty Hunter - Billy Martin - Cigarette 40 - 2x 600hp Mercruiser - 70.8mph

75 - Benihana - Rocky Aoki - Cigarette 35 - 2x 600hp Mercruiser - 76.7mph

Pics: 1- Aeromarine III 2- Bob Magoon 3- Dry Martini 4- Dry Martini 5- Bounty Hunter

[Rupert Munro]

1- Benihana 2- Rocky Aoki 3- Red Crise - Founder of the Miami - Nassau Race

[Rupert Munro]

As far as im aware all above pics are correct. I will add the missing ones as and when I can.

[Ben Mazur]

Great collection Rupert!

[Top Banana]

Well done....here is a missing photo for you.

[Rupert Munro]

Thanks, is that one of the Bertrams?

[Top Banana]

Thanks, is that one of the Bertrams?


Yes, Sam Griffith driving with Dick Bertram and Miami journalist Jim Martenhoff sitting astern.

[littlenige]

Cool thread. Thanks!

[Black Tornado]

63 - Mona Lou - Odell Lewis - Bertram 25 - 2x 310hp Mercruiser - 55.2mph

64 - RumRunner - Harold Abbott - Bertram 31 - 2x 450 Ford Interceptor - 37.4mph

65 - 007 - Don Aronow - Donzi 28' - 2x 450hp Holman Moody - 55.8mph

Pics: 1- 63 Winner Mona Lou. 2- Mona Lou. 3- 65 Winner 007

In the pics 1 and 2 it,s the Mona Lou II - Maritime 32' in aluminium with P&W turbines that compete in some races in USA in 1967. In 1963 Odell Lewis won the race with him first Mona Lou.

[Rupert Munro]

Oops! Wasn't quite sure on some of them...!