Senior Editor Kevin Koenig spoke to those who knew him best the key players of Thunderboat Row.

Don aronow widow. The rugged multimillionaire speedboat racer had a glamorous wife four loving children and entree to the top social circles in South Florida. Customs border patrol catamaran boat from thunder boat alley. 14 of them have all ready left the country only a couple are left.

See more ideas about offshore boats power boats boat. 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. From being a huge success in the construction industry he went on the being a legend as a powerboat designer and racer.

An insight to Don Aronow - King of Powerboats. His boats went on to win a whopping 350 offshore races and Aronow himself was a two-time world champion and three-time US. Only 18 - 39 blue thundersand 2 -41 diesel versions were ever made.

DON ARONOW HAD IT ALL. Donald Aronow a bored millionaire at 28 and a dead man 26 days before his 60th birthday used to move briskly through Miamis shadowy world where dopers government spies and mobsters commingle. Don wanted more speed and sent a 233 hull to Lake X to have a racing 409 Mercruiser on a 2 Now that is a description sterndrive.

The type of guy that one would say sooner or later that guy will run into somebody who aint gonna take it nicely and obviosly he did. Michael the oldest of three children from Aronows first marriage still works at USA and he has a dream. American Don Aronow was a designer builder and racer of speedboats.

He launched Magnum Marine in Florida in 1966 and created the Cigarette Donzi Formula and Cary speedboats. Yes its a true aronowcigarette. With Rick Allen Carlo Bonomi George Bush Fabio Buzzi.