One of my first customers was a tall handsome well tanned gentleman named Don Aronow.

Don aronow photos. Shortly after winning the World Championship Don began his new company and chose for its name the same name as his winning boat. Champion of offshore racing. He launched Magnum Marine in Florida in 1966 and created the Cigarette Donzi Formula and Cary speedboats.

Prominently displayed in the book is a staged photo of Aronow and a peacock-proud Bush taking one of the Blue Thunder catamarans out for a test run in the Atlantic Ocean. 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. From being a huge success in the construction industry he went on the being a legend as a powerboat designer and racer.

DON ARONOW HAD IT ALL. Their company was located next to the offices of Don Aronow the wealthy powerboat racer and founder of Cigarette boats who was gunned down in. Don Aronow photo album.

During our conversation she revealed that she was a bit hesitant about being interviewed since she is not someone who is comfortable in the public eye but in the end we chatted about everything from her art her stint in the antiques business to her childhood in Florida with her father Don Aronow the boat racer and builder of the renowned Cigarette boat and most importantly her two sons. The rugged multimillionaire speedboat racer had a glamorous wife four loving children and entree to the top social circles in South Florida. Don Aronow photo album.

Over the next few months this section will be expanded as we take a look at each of the boat companies that Don founded Formula Donzi Magnum Cigarette Squadron XII. Donzi speedboats on his Texas ranch with which he. An insight to Don Aronow - King of Powerboats.

The name on the boat says The Cigarette and everyone thinks it was a Cigarette. His boats went on to win a whopping 350 offshore races and Aronow himself was a two-time world champion and three-time US. But it was in fact a Cary.