Allan Brown
Brownie’s Bites: Like Topsy…
When I worked for Cary Marine in the 70’s, we acquired the molds for the 49’ Cigarette from Don Aronow. The 49’ was an exact...
Brownie’s Bites: Boys (and Girls) Just Wanna Have Fun
Lucaya, Grand Bahama Island. We had about 60 boats in port for the 1969 Bahamas 500 Offshore race. While not the nastiest race in the world...
Brownie’s Bites: Canvas Hats and Silk Scarves
My consulting job on a new high performance boat building project takes me to TNT Marine, in North Miami, Fl. from time to time....
Brownie’s Bites: Hiding in Weeds
Fifty years ago, the President of the United States of America, Lyndon Brains Johnson, phoned his Chief of Staff, Jack Somebody, and said “Git...
Brownie’s Bites: You Don’t HAVE to be Crazy, But it Helps
To be a real offshore racer in 1963, you had to be a tough sumbitch, with muscles bulging, tobacco spitting, fighting, squinty eyed, brawling,...
Brownie’s Bites: I Dreamed That I Raced Around Long Island in My Madienform Jockstrap
In the spring of 1965, we took our highly advanced fleet of offshore racing boats to Freeport, Long Island, New York, to teach those...
Brownie’s Bites: Sam and I at the 1966 Miami-Nassau Race
Sam Sarra was Chief Engineer of Daytona Boat Works, and had just perfected (well, almost) the 427 c.i. turbocharged Daytona Chevy racing engine. At...
Brownie’s Bites: Water Molecules Have Mass? Hell, I Didn’t Know They Were Catholic
In 1989, I went to work for Gentry Transatlantic via my pal, John Connor. John was best known for being Betty Cook’s two time...
Brownie’s Bites: The REALLY Ugly Americans
Panama City, Panama, circa 1973.
Some of the South Florida offshore racing mob were honored by General Torrijos, El Presidente for Life of Panama, with...
Brownie’s Bites: How Do You Know When to Stop Selling?
In 1969, the Miami International Boat Show moved from its historic digs at Dinner Key, to the brand new Miami Beach Convention Center. Most...
Brownie’s Bites: Al Copeland 1944-2008
Al Copeland 1944-2008, by Allan Brown
In 1984, I attended the Northport, Michigan offshore race. I was ‘Prez’ of Cougar Marine in those days, and...
Brownie’s Bites: Hey, Waiter! There is a Lug Nut in my Steak Tartar.
My Formula 233 raceboat, “Challenger”, had finished 2nd overall twice, 5th once, and last once in four attempts. I would have done almost anything...
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