When M CON—now M CON/Monster— Super Cat team owner/throttleman Tyler Miller took over the role as class representative from Billy Mauff of WHM Motorsports, he had exactly one raceboat—his team’s Skater 388 catamaran powered by Sterling Performance engines—to worry about. He also had M CON Underground, a significant earthworks company he owns Wathena, Kans., to […]
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The Beneteau NC 37 powered by Volvo Penta’s parallel hybrid diesel-electric system at the Volvo Penta test site, Krossholmen, Sweden. Courtesy Volvo Penta Krossholmen, Sweden, June 5, 2023 Electric marine propulsion is not the future of recreational boating. However, electrification aboard boats can provide a more sustainable boating experience, and also a boating experience that’s […]
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The historic Admiral’s Cup – for many the unofficial ‘world cup’ for offshore racing – which ran from 1957-1999 is set to return in 2025 having last been sailed in 2003 The Admiral’s Cup, formerly the most prestigious offshore/inshore regatta in the world, is scheduled to return in 2025, the Royal Ocean Racing Club announced […]
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Industry leaders–from boatbuilders to tech companies–band together to offer a technology-based solution to counter NOAA’s 10-knot speed restriction plan. Last year, National Marine Fisheries Service launched a shot across the bow of the marine industry. To halt a drop in the population of North Atlantic Right Whales, the agency, an arm of the National Oceanic […]
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It’s important to have a plan in place for if you take on water. Forest Johnson Seas grew mean as we neared the end of the 25-mile down-sea run while returning from Southern California’s Catalina Island and approached the entrance to San Pedro’s outer harbor aboard my 21-foot center-console. Almost without warning, an immense and […]
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Michael Cates of Arlington Texas has won the 2023 Yamaha Rightwaters Bassmaster Kayak Series powered by TourneyX at Possum Kingdom Lake with a two day total of 21025 inches GRAFORD, Texas — “Go west, young man!” It’s a saying Michael Cates likely should repeat to himself, given years of good fortune on Possum Kingdom Lake […]
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Brock Mosley of Collinsville Miss has won the Folds of Honor Bassmaster Elite at Sabine River with a four day total of 44 pounds 3 ounces ORANGE, Texas — Brock Mosley got the monkey off his back and put the blue trophy on his mantle. After enduring five second-place finishes, including the 2021 Elite event at the […]
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Going strictly by the numbers, you might guess that the Kuttawa Cannonball Run in Western Kentucky is an impersonal affair. After all, how intimate can a go-fast boating event that attracted 196 center consoles, catamarans and V-bottoms and raised $102,000 through a live auction for the Lyon County Sheriff’s Boys and Girls Club last weekend […]
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An Electrified Future Power & Motoryacht traveled to Volvo Penta’s test facility outside Gothenburg Sweden to test the company’s prototype hybrid-propulsion system. Is the Swedish power player poised to change the world of marine propulsion again? Video produced by John V. Turner View the original article to see embedded media. Source: https://www.powerandmotoryacht.com/boats/exclusive-volvo-penta-debuts-hybrid-propulsion-prototype
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We ask top sailors and marine industry gurus to choose the coolest and most innovative yachts of our times. Will Harris nominates the IKA Kitefoil “Watching the gracefulness of kitefoil racing had me mesmerised the first time I saw it,” explains Will Harris. “It is an example of pure efficiency and use of all and […]
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PHOTO COURTESY OF MARITIMO The new S75 Sedan Motor Yacht delivers Maritimo pedigree and performance in a sleek, graceful package with a commanding presence. Its sleek profile is accentuated by Portofino hips and a classic reverse sheer, while black accents on the targa bar, housing radar and satellite domes lend a sporty look. “The global […]
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PHOTO COURTESY OF GREAT LAKES PROUD The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is teaming up with Traverse City merch company Great Lakes Proud to release a collection of official merchandise for Michigan’s state parks, trails and waterways, reports MLive. The collection of T-shirts, sweatshirts, hats, cozies, decals and stickers feature fun sayings and unique designs […]
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Hours after his throttleman and crew chief, Grant Bruggeman, had left the Thunder on Cocoa Beach offshore powerboat race a couple of weeks back, Wayne Valder, the owner of the 42-foot MTI catamaran, Valder Yachts/Pro Floors Racing, called out the race winners, Tyler Miller and Myrick Coil of the Monster Energy/M CON team. At the […]
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PHOTO COURTESY OF THE SEARCH FOR THE WESTMORELAND, LAKE MICHIGAN’S TREASURE SHIPWRECK FACEBOOK Three Michigan men have a novel idea for how to help preserve and also share historic shipwrecks with the public: Through whiskey. Head distiller at Mammoth Distillery Ari Sussman, his boss and CEO of an expanding Michigan spirits business Chad Munger, and […]
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PHOTO COURTESY OF CITY OF HOUGHTON FACEBOOK American Queen Voyages’ Ocean Navigator is expected to be the first cruise ship to moor at Houghton, Michigan’ new deep water pier on June 8, reports MLive. Opened in the fall of 2022, the $5 million deep water pier — paid for through the Michigan Strategic Fund and […]
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The Satellite image is provided by Atlastrax showing our GPS travels from today! Atlastrax is a satellite tracker for boats and assets that can be taken to remote destinations because of its ability to run on batteries. We love using our tracker for safety during excursions like this. Atlastrax can also be used for theft recovery […]
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From a go-fast boating event perspective, we need at least three more weekends a year to resolve schedule conflicts. On the other hand, this will create a few problems, not the least of which is the more weekends we have the more events organizers will produce to fill them. Jeff Rambow is running his new […]
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Marietta Anglers Time Spent on Lake Hartwell Pays Off With All American Championship Title and Top Payout of $122300 SENECA, S.C. (June 2, 2023) – Boater Emil Wagner of Marietta, Georgia, a 25-year-old bass-fishing guide on Lake Lanier who competes in the Phoenix Bass Fishing League Bulldog Division, said after Thursday’s weigh-in that he would need at […]
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By his own admission Stephen Miles does almost nothing to make the Kuttawa Cannonball Run happen. He’s told me that for years. But just to be extra sure, I checked again with the top-notch powerboat graphics man today on the houseboat he and his wife, Heather, co-own with their friends, Donnie and Cara MacLeod, at […]
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The Satellite image is provided by Atlastrax showing our GPS travels from today! Atlastrax is a satellite tracker for boats and assets that can be taken to remote destinations because of its ability to run on batteries. We love using our tracker for safety during excursions like this. Atlastrax can also be used for theft recovery […]
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