Allan Brown
Allan Brown Publishes Indispensable ‘Tales from Thunderboat Row’
“I had the amazing fortune to arrive in Miami at exactly the birth of offshore powerboat racing, in 1956,” says Allan Brown. The veteran...
Brownie’s Bites: Million Dollar Outboard Boat? Get the hell outta here!
I was having lunch at the 15th Street Fisheries, in Fort Lauderdale the other afternoon. I was romancing the future Mrs. Brownie (can’t remember...
Brownie’s Bites: And Then, There was Bailey…
Picture this: Islamorada, Florida Keys, bay side. Six AM. A moonless night with just a hint of a glow from the dark sun on...
Brownie’s Bites: Gone to Hell in a Handbasket. The State of the Miami Boating Industry in 2018
When I came to Miami in 1956, there were 85 boat builders in Dade and Broward counties. I went to work for Challenger Marine,...
Brownie’s Bites: And Then, There’s Weiler….
Howard Weiler was born in Cincinnati, Ohio at an early age. Cincinnati is just across the river from Covington, Kentucky, a very strange town....
Brownie’s Bites: You Don’t Have to be Tough to Race, But it Sure Doesn’t Hurt!
I consider my self to be one of the more fortunate planetarians (Considering that I am old, poor, damaged, disheveled, etc.) to have rubbed...
Brownie’s Bites: Going… Going…. Gone! Oh! Crap!
In the early eighties, I was the cheese at Cougar Maine on fabled 188th Street, North Miami Beach. At that time, most recent high...
Brownie’s Bites: Loose Lips Sink Ships. You’ll Understand
Miami-Nassau Powerboat Race, 1964: Offshore powerboat racing was hitting its stride in 1964. Our local club (Miami), The Offshore Power Boat Racing Association (Top...
Brownie’s Bites: You Gotta Start Somewhere…
Starting in 1961, I raced a 16’ Boston Whaler with a 75 HP Johnson outboard motor (actually Challenger Marine’s demo) in a couple of...
Brownie’s Bites: Ain’t No End to These Cushy Jobs
In the late 70’s, I was Chief Engineer at Magnum Marine, on Thunderboat Row. It would be hard to find a better job for...
Brownie’s Bites: Heroes
One of the high points of my life has been being able to “hang out” with people that I admire. I was fortunate to...
Brownie’s Bites: Moons over Miami
I’ve been in, or near, the boat business since my 16th birthday, June 5th, 1951. I actually did boat stuff before that. I started...
