He launched Magnum Marine in Florida in 1966 and created the Cigarette Donzi Formula and Cary speedboats.

Don aronow history. 007 won the Miami Nassau race and established Dons second company DONZI as a force to be reckoned with. SHOT DOWN ON THE STREET HE CREATED. Magnum Marine was founded.

Aronow grew up in the Sheepshead Bay section in Brooklyn New York. Senior Editor Kevin Koenig spoke to those who knew him best the key players of Thunderboat Row. On the afternoon of February 3 1987 Don Aronow was in his office on Thunderboat Row when a tall stranger walked in and identified himself as Jerry Jacoby.

The greatest legend in the history of offshore powerboats Don Aronow is brought to vivid life in this intimate account of his amazing life. So the Don decided to build a really fast boat. American Don Aronow was a designer builder and racer of speedboats.

The famous 007 catching up to an early Bertram race boat. Some believe this is where Don Aronow the original cigarette boat manufacturer got the name for his boat and eventually his boat building company. Don Aronow born in 1927 in Brooklyn New York left New Jersey in 1961 to relocate in Miami.

He built houses in New Jersey and he retired to Florida when he was only 34. The dying man Don Aronow had survived dozens of fearsome crashes broken bones and crippling internal injuries incurred while racing faster and harder than any of his competitors in the high-performance boats he designed and built himself under the brand names that for 25 years defined the powerboat industry. The History of Cigarette Founder Don Aronow The life of speed-demon boatbuilder Don Aronow was cut short in a hail of bullets but he left a lasting impression on the people in his life.

In the early 1960s property developer Don Aronows drug of choice was powerboat racing and the need for speed was what rocked his boat. In 1970 Aronow was named the world outstanding powerboat driver for the second time and earned the UIM Gold Medal of Honor joining Gar Wood as the only Americans in history to receive the prestigious honor. Jacoby claimed to work for a very rich man who wanted Aronow to build him a 60 foot boat.