Allan Brown
Brownie’s Bites: TIM CHISHOLM. A Man’s Man
In 1967 at Donzi Marine, we were enjoying the boat business, offshore racing, life in general, and looking forward to a rosy future. We...
Brownie’s Bites: On Winning the 1965 World Offshore Championship
In 1965, offshore racing around the world had reached a level of interest and participation that was beyond anyone’s imagination. Those of us who...
Brownie’s Bites: A Rash is Born….
For the jillions of dollars that change hands in the pleasure boat industry daily, until the advent of the “Aerosurf, So you want to...
Brownie’s Bites: What Makes Indiana Guys so Tough?
In the late 1940’s, my Dad bought a Montgomery and Wards 5HP Sea King outboard motor, brand new! Up to that point, it was...
Brownie’s Bites: Hell, Yeah!
After five years of working at the local Johnson Outboard and Schwinn bicycle dealer, Sayre and Co., in Terre Haute, Indiana, I figured that...
Brownie’s Bites: Finally Made it to Florida
When I finally came down from the joyous cloud of living in South Florida, I needed to buckle down and go to work, every...
Brownie’s Bites: How Did You End Up in Miami?
When I was a kid, about 12 years old, in Terre Haute, Indiana, I was already a 10 year veteran boater and fisherman. My...
Brownie’s Bites: Strange Bedfellows
Before you enjoy Brownie's latest tale, a reminder that Allan "Brownie" Brown will be in the PBN booth at the Miami Boat Show telling...
Brownie’s Bites: Boat Building for Fun and Profit
For about 60 years, I was in, or connected to, the boat building, design and supply business. Looking back, I realize that I had...
Brownie’s Bites: A is for Aronow
Don Aronow stormed onto the powerboat scene in South Florida in 1962. He was tall, 6’2”, dark (inside and out), smart, and brutally handsome....
Brownie’s Bites: London, Stockholm and Paris, 48 Years ago
In the middle 1960’s, I was racing offshore, building fast boats, raising a family, and living ‘la dolce vita’. Things couldn’t get much better....
Brownie’s Bites: Magnum 53 to the Genoa Boat Show
From 1977 thru 1981, I was chief engineer at Magnum Marine, on Thunderboat Row. I was hired to build the 53’ Magnum high speed...
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