Recent content by whaler

Phil, all I know is I watched Needle Nose Racing videos day in and day out in our house. I loved watching them over and over and over. Not only the local stuff but also all the ocean boats. and as I got older, all my friends would come over and we would watch them again and again. It was a...

I will pass along the hellos and thanks for all the additional photos. I was only 10 when dad stopped racing, so don't have a lot of photos from back in the day, but still have all the memories. Phil, what happened to all the videos from the mid to late seventies? Anyway to get access to that...

Here is an email I got the other day from Dick Carlson, he ran throttles for my dad, Danny Patrona, in the Seminole Spirit for years. Bruce Merriman was also in the boat as navigator. I thought this was a great story to share about old school offshore racing, and how crazy they were back in the...

Endnagered Species is still in St. Clair Shores, MI. Paul Smith redid the entire boat about three years ago. Unfortunately Paul is no longer with us and the boat is for sale thru his estate. Dick Smith and Joe Steck ran the boat a few weeks ago and it still runs like a champ. Still one of the...