Youre never gonna make a lot of money building boats, he was quoted as saying. Half out of his car, Aronow lay slumped, crimson blooming across his shirt. I dont want to make him out to be the greatest boatbuilder in the world, but in that particular class of boats, he was unequalled., Again, Peters gave a qualifying view: Don perfected things already invented: hull shapes, construction techniques and engine setups. "And they're entitled to spend it any damn way thay want.". I told my secretary to call 911. Everything there to me was racing and drug trafficking. After years of delight, his prosperity is abruptly ended when he is discovered dead in his automobile. Performance boats attract a lot of characters. [1], After school, he worked as a physical education teacher for a time until he accepted a job at his father-in-law's southern New Jersey construction business which was booming thanks to demand from returning World War II veterans. A world-champion boat racer who enjoyed wild success in business, he was also an unapologetic playboy and fabled bon vivant. Magnum Marine was responsible for Donalds first World Championship victory in 1927. He was going to run for president, and his friend had 140 people who wanted to kill him! Saccenti: He used to say youre never gonna make a lot of money building boats. In the real-life offshore racing seasons, a majority of the contestants might well turn out to be drug runners say, George Morales, Sal Magluta and Willie Falcn, all convicted of cocaine trafficking. Claudia is a New York-based artist. Next thing I know, an employee is banging on my door. Saccenti: Don used to come and see me when I was hurt, one of those You need anything let me know, kinda things. With his father, he also founded Fort Apache Marina on the Row, comprising a boat storage facility, waterfront restaurant and patio bar. But in the end, the investigation led to a hired gun. You gotta do your homework. To this day, he maintains his innocence. The idea of bad guys outracing other bad guys and seizing their fortunes appealed to Aronow reasoned The Washington Post five days after his murder. Aranow was married twice, and his two marriages gave him a total of five children. I used to work boat shows with him and holy Christ! The Captain has covered Dons extravagant and extravagant lifestyle in great detail. In 1948, he married Shirley Goldin [1] [6] who he had met while working as a lifeguard on Coney Island. To this day, he maintains his innocence. Don was a native of New York who, through to his financial savvy and driving prowess, eventually came to command the Miami waterways. In the boating world, we wont see the likes of Don Aronow again.. A guy comes in with the money and you build a boat for them and you never know. Mega-priced and obscenely over-powered, Aronow's sleek craft have set 25 world speed records, won more than 300 major races and earned a dozen world ocean racing champions. (Ironically, in the immediate aftermath of the crash, Saccentis life was saved by his race partner, none other than Ben Kramer. He was larger than life. A guy comes in with the money and you build a boat for them and you never know. He gave the impression that he felt he could take whatever he wanted.. You make real money when you sell the company., Allan Brown He was also the best boat salesman in the history of the world. New hotels and office towers are rising in Miami, and once-sleepy towns nearby are growing skylines of their own, chronicled Time. Ben Aronoff's success in business and as a successful boat racer hampered his personal life and caused a separation between him and his wife. Aronow's Cigarette has also become the low slung get-away boat of choice for South Florida's high-rolling drug smugglers.? Brown: Every boat he sold was built for himself. Theres about 70 people out there who think they have a boat Don built for himself. Leaving his office that afternoon, Aronow was making for his North Bay Road residence, a 1929 Spanish-style waterfront mansion undergoing renovations, 30 minutes drive away. He was the type of guy that if he liked you, he loved you. He dont speak too much English, but hes trying to explain something serious. He would build larger premises next door, on what was now known as Thunderboat Row, putting his erstwhile companies and new-found competitors in the shade. Queen Elizabeth II: Death And Obituary What Happened To Her? Included in the settlement was $1.25 million in cash, a million-dollar Miami waterfront home and a Rolls-Royce. And when [then Vice President] Bush said We aint gonna buy boats from Ben Kramer. He went to 188th Street in Miami and decided he wanted to put a plant there. [A tough, athletic, Jewish kid from Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, by age 21 Aronow found himself married and about to start a career in his father-in-laws New Jersey construction company.]. Guys wanted to be him. My Legacy: Inside Codecasa's 56m superyacht that champions traditionalism, Mimi La Sardine: The 33.5m explorer designed with a little help from Pinterest, My Song: Sailing in symphony on board the first ClubSwan 80, Interior designer Katharine Pooley turns her hand to boats, 130+ superyachts flock to St Barths for New Year's celebrations, Celebrities spotted on superyachts during the holidays. Don was the only person who gave me more than a platitude he gave me a job. Bobby Young, the convicted shooter and the man who might have provided definitive answers, died in jail in 2009. The Captain tracked down a motley crew prepared to spill the beans. The narrow street itself dead-ended to the east, requiring visitors to turn around to exit westbound. American designer/builder/racer:famous Magnum Marine/Cigarette/Donzi/Formula speedboats, Learn how and when to remove this template message, "How a Kid From Brooklyn Put Go-Fast Boats On The Map" By Capt Ken Kreisler, "Don Aronow's Murder Leaves Miami Wondering: Were 'Cigarettes' Hazardous to His Health? He has just cashed in six-figures worth of winning tickets. But a dark Lincoln Continental rolled up alongside and then shots rang out. I never thought anybody would actually do that, but by God, they did., Michael Peters [George] Bushs reaction was that he wanted [Miami] Dade Homicide on it like it was the most important case on their books. The deals off. Im guessing Don kept some of the under-the-table money. These races were filled with tales of derring-do: engine burnouts and explosions, crew members being knocked unconscious or needing airlifting to hospital some even left marooned and bleeding amid circling sharks, not to forget the high-speed collisions, including one in rough seas under a hovering press helicopter. [2] There'd been a problem with the taxicab company his father owned in upstate New York. [With lots of money and charisma, not to mention starting-quarterback good looks, Aronow soon became a ladies man of legendary status in Miami circles.]. Soon enough, he had his own yellow Cigarette boat with which to smuggle. Aronow was murdered in his car at the end of 188th Street in North Miami Beach on February 3, 1987. It was testimony to the Theodolis diplomatic instincts that this would not become their fate. He wears khaki slacks to work-tieless and sockless-as he cuts six-figure boat deals with a young Italian count one minute, and talks rpm's with a greasy race mechanic the next. Witnesses assert that as Aronow rolled down his window, the other driver allegedly started shooting. Actor John Travolta as Ben Aronoff in the 2018 crime drama Speed Kills. Brown: At Cigarette he had an intercom in his office and he used to boff his secretary there and if you needed him you just hit him on the intercom! From one of Italy';s best families.". Although witnesses failed to identify him in police line-ups, Young pled no contest to the shooting. On Rotten Tomatoes, it has a 0% approval rating and an overall rating of 2.5/10. And sure enough, I moved there on a Monday and he was murdered that Tuesday. He owns a horse farm in Ocala, a home in Miami Beach and a new Long Island estate that just made Toen and Country. He was about outdoing the other guy, no matter what you were doing., Bob Saccenti He was a great guy and a great businessman. Peters: He didnt like guys that came in and tried to go toe to toe with him. This was not the first mystery to surround Donald Joel Aronow. Don Aronow is also quite proud of his lovely wife Lillian. People said whatever Don touched turned to gold. ESPN covers Dons career as a boat racer, discussing everything from his life in luxury to his death. He was pale, he had gone unconscious at some point. Specifically, the 2018 film is a remake of the corresponding true-crime book. Writer: How about a one-word description of the kind of boat you build? [But] he was home every night. The movie sequences accurately depicted his wealth, which was real. 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He retired and moved to Florida 10 years later -- a millionaire in his early 30's, his fortune spawned by the thousands of tract homes Aronow had built and sold throughout northern New Jersey. Barely into his forties, Aronow was now a famous, feted and very wealthy man. Aronow left his office in his white Mercedes, shortly after visiting a rival boat dealership owned by Kramer. They become friends and Johnson told my father about the Miami-Nassau race, which my father became really interested in. He raced his 8.2-metre Maltese Magnum all over the world. Brown: Don was so reckless with shit like that. During his quarter-century reign as the undisputed king of Thunderboat Row, Aronow was a lot of different things to a lot of different people. I dont think it ever ran again., Michael Peters He didnt like guys that came in and tried to go toe-to-toe with him. Lipschutz: I never had any inkling that Don was involved in something illegal. Saccenti: I think there were over 100 suspects when they finally killed him. Or man, his brother Robin added. Peters: If you were a coward, with him, you were gone. He flourished as an entrepreneur during his upswing in motorsports and the automotive industry, setting himself apart from others. They just dont make em like Don Aronow anymore. Furthermore, there were witnesses plenty of them, if not always consistent in the details they shared with police. The hobby evolved into a business and by the end of 1962, he had formed the Formula Marine boat company, which he then sold to Merrick Lewis' Alliance Machine Corp out of Dayton, Ohio. WebProfile of Don Aronow murder on TV show Expose hosted by Tom Brokaw However, this consciousness of guilt made for a weak states case. Michael, Donalds eldest son, thought his dad was a hero. Drug smuggling could be the regions major [largest] industry.. Despite having a complex plot, Speed Kills from 2018 failed to win over both reviewers and viewers. One of Don Aronow's race horses has just finished first. On Tuesday, Smith, the retired detective, called Aronows widow, Lillian, to break the news. But in the end the investigation led to a hired gun. It lets you transport your luxury car up to the safety of your own unit, even as crime rates have dropped. It was a big building and obscured the Donzi plant you couldnt see [Donzi] from Highway 1 anymore! He sold Magnum to American Photocopy for a ton. Peters recalled a sound like firecrackers a pop pop pop, eerie and ominous. "I'm one of these guys who has to finish first," Aronow explains. Money comes and goes. Brown: Ben Kramer bought USA Racing from Aronow and apparently there was some money under the table. He competed in the race in April 62 and led until the end, but they [blew] a clutch and had nothing left. [2] David [7] And I was like, do I really want to move down there? And every new [Cigarette] that I do, I drive right by his house with it, just so he can see. We could see all the gunshots., Allan Brown He was murdered right out in front of my office, halfway betweenSaccentis building and my building. At 57, he is a lean and muscular six-foot-two. [Aronow was extremely competitive in most aspects of his life, perhaps even to a fault.]. By November 1981, a Time magazine cover feature was declaring that an epidemic of violent crime, a plague of illicit drugs and a tidal wave of refugees have slammed into South Florida with the destructive power of a hurricane. He went to 188th Street in Miami and decided he wanted to put a plant there. His social group was pretty much divided along the same ratio. It cost Aronow a fortune to divorce his wife Shirley in 1979. Don was to offshore speed boats what Ben Franklin was to electricity, an admiring Customs official told the newspaper. You dont dare honk your horn at anybody; you could end up dead.. If your browser is out of date, try updating it. Don Aronow understood that motto as well as anyone who ever lived. He was right out of a Hollywood script. But a dark Lincoln Continental rolled alongside of him, and thenshots rang out.]. A pattern emerged whereby Aronow would sell his companies and then seek to eclipse them. Aronow was born in the Sheepshead Bay neighborhood of Brooklyn,[1] the youngest son of Russian-Jewish immigrants[2] Herman and Ruth Aronow. From being a huge success in the construction industry, he went on the being a legend as a powerboat designer and racer. But nothing compares with the go-fast scenes of the 1960s, 1970s and climatic 1980s. And I seen it, the blood. About his second son, David, nothing is known. Brown: Everybody has their own idea about why he was in Miami. He designed, built and raced the famous Magnum Marine, Cary, Cigarette, Donzi and Formula speedboats. Kramer was hot tempered, the argument went; had he been sufficiently enraged by the USA Racing Team misfire to kill Aronow, he would have done so in 1985, whereas Kramer reportedly remained respectful towards Aronow until the end. Aronow went down the canal 65 mph in it, and ended up running into the seawall. WebIn 1964, Brownie worked for Don Aronow at Donzi Marine, the first real sport boat builder. The story was also the basis for the 2009 documentary film Thunder Man: The Don Aronow Story and the 2018 movie Speed Kills with John Travolta. An estimated 70 per cent of all marijuana and cocaine imported into the US passes through South Florida, the feature reported. But he could tell something terrible had happened. Youre a businessman too. That one time, Don said, Alright kid, Ill see ya, and walked out the door. [He drove it back and] the boat was sinking at the dock. He has three childrenMichael, David, and Claudiawith Shirley Goldin, his first wife. I was like, do I really want to move down there? According to Dons Wikipedia page, he was slain on February 3, 1987, while driving towards his boat firms North Miami Beach headquarters at the end of 188th Street. Next thing I know an employee comes in and hes banging on my door. After Don Aranow was killed by a gunshot in Miami in 1987, his story was told in the 2009 documentary Thunder Man: The Don Aranow Story and in the 2018 film Speed Kills. Nearly 60, he talked of taking up racing again. How a week chartering in Croatia with SamBoat changed my life. Everyone who knew legendary Cigarette founder Don Aronow has a story to tell about him. "So I decided to do a little construction on the side.". After divorcing his first wife, Shirley, with whom he had three children, Aronow married Lillian Crawford, a Wilhelmina fashion model and socialite. He has three childrenMichael, David, and Claudiawith Shirley Goldin, his first wife. This sum, Aronow did not return. The people who killed him were found out almost a decade after the fact. WebClaudia is a New York artist and ex-wife of real estate developer Martin Kimmel. The University of Florida standout athlete Michael was the one who suffered serious injuries in a vehicle accident in 1970. I can retire and lets go to Florida. This was in 1961. "I'd never be married to a beautiful woman like Lillian if I hauled garbage for a living," Aronow adds. However when the Customs Service found out about the younger Kramers criminal reputation, they put the kibosh on the transaction.]. Aronow doesn't care if all these retired furniture makers and machine tool executives are little more than middle-aged adolescents flaunting their masculinity on a Sunday afternoon -- tooling around the docks of some Intracoastal bar like Shooters, feeling terribly macho-nautical doing 30 knots in a $125,000 Cigarette Aronow built to run all day at 60 knots in hull- hammering six foot seas. They become friends and Mr. Johnson told my father about the Miami-Nassau race and my father became really interested in it. Lipschutz: [Aronow] lived right on the water on Biscayne Bay. Australia, DEAN OF THE DEEP | TIM DEAN ABOARD HIS 47FT OBRIEN, FULL SEND MODE CLAYTON MCDIARMIDS MINT HAINES HUNTER V17. The race was several days away. Yet deep V monohulls were now reaching 160km/h. I just did you a favor.. Aronow, it seems, would sell anybody a boat, especially for cash, but if you said you were using it to smuggle drugs, Don wouldnt have anything to do with you, asserted Mike Kandrovicz from USA Racing Team. Separately, there were rumours that Aronow may have been assisting law enforcement, even becoming an informant or at least that, in early 1987, he was about to be subpoenaed to give evidence about the USA Racing Team transactions. Aronow had just finished a meeting with Apache Power Boats co-owner Bob Saccenti when a powder blue Lincoln drew up next to his vehicle from the opposite direction. WebClaudia is a New York artist and ex-wife of real estate developer Martin Kimmel. Lillian is Aronow's second wife -- a former Palm Beach socialite, heiress and high fashion model. WebAronow married twice. Don Aronow's pockets are stuffed with fifties and hundreds. [Allegations ran wild in the aftermath of Aronows death. Ive met some extremely charismatic men, including Sean Connery and Roger Moore, she said. (Captains note: we think he means money.) Don was the only person who gave me more than a platitudehe gave me a job, this was December of 86. In these circumstances, it would have been extraordinary if the drug cash hadnt found its way into Thunderboat Row and its fabled go-fast boats. Her son Adam Kimmel is a menswear designer. Check Death Reason HOw Old She Was? But they [blew] a clutch and had nothing left. [2] In 1947, he returned to the USA and completed his studies graduating from Brooklyn College in 1948 with a physical education degree[1] earning letters in football, wrestling, and track. Again, he sold his company and started a new one, Magnum, evidently named after the double-sized bottles of champagne. Phil Lipschutz is a Miami Cigarette dealer and a former contractor to the Don. Emblematic of both the American dream and a particularly magnetic kind of American masculinity, Aronow was a frontiersman, a real-life Marlboro Man and a fearless racer. The official record shows that, via a tip-off, police identified a mercenary street criminal named Bobby Young as the man whod shot Aronow. Saccenti: [Kramer and Aronow] were both wealthy, and if it was over money, thats a shame. And then the investigation got going and they realized who Aronow was involved with, and Bush backpedaled out of there as fast as he could. We considered Formula to be a utility boat. Donald Joel Aronow (March 3, 1927 February 3, 1987) was an American designer, builder and racer of the famous Magnum Marine, Cary, Cigarette, Donzi, and Formula speedboats. Even local residents the Bee Gees were not immune. Wally Tatomir: Death And Obituary What Is The Cause Of The Equipment Manager&Death? Bush a close friend.]. And then one night Aronow and the contessa were driving back from a candlelit dinner in a tiny restaurant high in the Carrara Mountains. The same year he almost killed himself when his race boat hit a wave off California, shot airborne and slammed into a helicopter hovering overhead. At Bushs instigation, the US Customs Service took the fateful step in 1985 of placing a $1.7 million order for high-speed pursuit boats with Aronows USA Racing Team. WebAronow married twice. Whereas Don Aronow was more brash, assertive more resolutely a mans man. Bob Saccenti The real Don was sitting at a business table negotiating deals. The drug money was corrupting banking, real estate and law enforcement. But if you decided to take him on, dont expect him to give ground., His next project was considered to be his masterpiece: the long lean Cigarette boats named after a vessel used to hijack rum-runners during Prohibition days. It cost Aronow a fortune to divorce his wife Shirley in 1979. I never thought anybodyd actually do that, but by God they did. What Happened To Don Aronow? Their father, Hugh Gibb, was mugged; Barry Gibbs wife, Linda, had her purse snatched. Bobby Young was the person who did the killing, and he said that Ben Kramer hired him. There was fibreglass dust in the air and the pungent smell of resin and paint. A five-year non-compete agreement with Cigarette Racing, one of the companies hed sold, dated to 1982 and was about to expire. Adam and Leelee Sobieski also gave Don a great-granddaughter, Louisanna Ray Kimmel. In 1948, he married Shirley Goldin, [1] [6] whom he had met while working as a lifeguard on Coney Island. The Row was island-like, bounded by water on three sides. "And all of a sudden I was in the powerboat business.". He was a real successful cocksman the best I ever saw. Bush, right, was a close friend who initially threw his weight behind the murder investigation. You can talk to anyone, but every night he was at home.. Brown: Hed fuck your wife in a second. His first boat was made of wood and broke apart. The investigating detectives believed that Kramer was seeking to silence Young in jail, paying his legal bills, even possibly seeking to have Young killed. A kid was going to start a boat company in Florida, he had bought a boat in California, and he asked Aronow and me to drive it and see if it was any good. The bosss wife would lean over my drafting table with her ample bosom and say, Remember, think sex.. WebI think it was at this point that Don discovered that he was Jewish. But if he didnt like you, watch out., Allan Brown Our friend Stu Jackson worked for Thunderbird and he received a gold Rolex when he retired. "It's being able to deliver when it counts.". Don Aronow: (frowning) You mean back when I was a kid? Peters: I had gone through a divorce and it was terrible times. Then one time, Don left, and said Alright kid, Ill see ya, and he walked out the door. Michael Peters concludes, If you want to find anything comparable today, you need to look elsewhere, maybe to the final frontier Blue Origin, SpaceX, Bezos and Musk. He pauses. Young died in prison in 2009 after steadfastly refusing for years to testify against Kramer. Members of the Bee Gees were neighbours on both sides. Aronow won the World Powerboat Championship in 1967 (hed go on to win it once more and the US championship three times), and in 1968, he sold Magnum. Make that a very healthy six figures. 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