It’s week 2, Leg 3 of The Ocean Race – the world’s longest and toughest sporting event – and the only US entry, 11th Hour Racing Team, has passed the remote Kerguelen Islands, and soon they’ll be passing to the south of Australia. It has been a week of emotional highs and lows for Skipper […]
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When Sunsation Boats released its first “Diamond Edition” 34 CCX, center console in late July 2016, it captured significant attention in the go-fast boating community, especially during the Lake of the Ozarks Shootout that year when the triple Mercury Racing 400R outboard-engine-powered center console ran 88 mph on the then-mile-long course. But the real attention-getter […]
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Some of you may not know that Northeast Florida has some of the most fertile wahoo grounds in this great nation. But I’ll go one better — except for San Salvador Island in the Bahamas, I’d say this area has some of the most productive wahoo fishing in the world. I know some of you […]
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It was another sunny Sunday in St. Maarten for the final day’s racing at the 43rd St. Maarten Heineken Regatta. With slightly lighter winds forecasted, PRO Mark Townsend set two courses for most of the fleet. Tension was high, with many boats counting on getting good results on the water today to seal their podium […]
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Registration for the popular Lake Cumberland Thunder Run, which is celebrating its 15th anniversary this coming June on Kentucky’s Lake Cumberland, opened yesterday and according to one of the event’s primary organizers, Justin Lucas, there are some cool things in store for this year’s fun run takes place June 16-17 at State Dock Marina in […]
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St Helena Island may be one of the most remote inhabited islands on the planet, but for the crews who have just tackled the 2022 Cape to St Helena yacht race, it’s been a thrilling trip of a lifetime. Situated in the South Atlantic, north west of South Africa, it’s taken just over two weeks […]
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As he always does—you can set your watch by him—speedonthewater.com chief photographer Pete Boden delivered a slew of cool images from the annual Joey Gratton Memorial New Year’s Day Fun Run. Morning fog made that a bit more difficult this year, but Boden still managed to capture an assortment of boats in action as they […]
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By Wanda Kenton Smith While some industries took a beating during COVID, many in the outdoor power and marine space were clobbered by unprecedented product demand. While sales and profits spiked, retailers grappled with the challenge of inventory limitations, associated supply chain and manufacturing production slowdowns. As we venture into 2023, the cycle has […]
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Tackling the Classic U.S. Boating Debate of North Versus South. A couple weeks ago, I attended a yacht club dinner at the invitation of a friend and had a fine time, in spite of the fact that I’m about as yachty as an aluminum canoe. Toward the shank of the evening, as coffee and other […]
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As part of this year’s Top 100: Top Dealer awards, Boating Industry has recognized seven companies with special “Best in Class” awards, for companies that particularly excelled in one area of their business. Below are the Best in Class award recipients for 2022. Best Industry Advocate Watersports CentralBuford, Georgia WaterSports Central, headquartered in Buford, Ga., has […]
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Eliminating the use of large-mesh drift gillnets will help minimize bycatch in the commercial swordfish fishery. Mike Mazur I’ll be right up front: I’m not a fan of legislative riders, where an issue unrelated to the major piece of legislation gets attached as a way of getting it passed. It is my feeling that the […]
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Though participants in yesterday’s Joey Gratton Memorial New Year’s Day Fun Run in Sarasota, Fla., woke to a blanket of fog—not uncommon in the area this time of year—the 11th annual happening celebrating the life of the beloved offshore racer put the exclamation point on three fine days of boating in Southwest Florida. Friday’s lunch […]
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By Southwest Florida standards, today’s weather for the casual fun run around Longboat Key was nothing special. The sun stayed mostly hidden in the overcast sky and the temperatures barely scraped the mid 70s. Ohio’s Justin and Johanna Beischel came all the way to Southwest Florida to catch some air on the final day of […]
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For the past several years, a lunch run from Sarasota to Tampa has been the first of two casual, back-to-back events leading up to the annual Joey Gratton New Year’s Day Fun in Southwest Florida. But today’s lunch trek had a different destination, thanks to new organizer Scott Ryerson of Sarasota-based Suncoast Powerboat and Yacht […]
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At the request of his children who have been, in his words, “boatless” for close to two years, Justin Lucas, the extremely well-liked powerboat enthusiast from Tennessee who organizes the Lake Cumberland Thunder Run in Kentucky every June with his good friend, Dan Weiss, can hardly believe he’s in Sarasota, Fla., this week to log […]
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Chances are good that Quad, the Wisconsin-headquartered outfit that prints our Year In Review magazine, has nothing on press today. Then again, it’s a significant company with multiple domestic and international locations. The presses could be rolling. Because deadlines are deadlines. The 2022 Speed On The Water Year In Review issue is almost complete, and […]
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Among my family members when we get together for the holidays, the annual debate revolves around one delicate question. And for the most part, we are equally divided on the answer. Is “Diehard” a Christmas movie? The answer, at last in my realm, skews along gender lines. Most Trulio-based or associated women say no way, […]
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Holiday Fishing Gifting Hub Ideas The Holiday Gifting Hub is now live, with curated Holiday Fishing Gift Lists sure to make shopping easy and fun for your readers. Shoppers can browse top trending gifts by category, brand, price and more! Gift Lists include: Gifts for the fisherman in your life Unique gifts and décor for […]
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Our resident used boat expert Nick Burnham picks out four of the best all-weather boats on the secondhand market, from Aquastar to Sargo… It’s December. The days are short, commutes are in the dark and the shops are full of Christmas tat/cheer (delete as appropriate). The seas are winter choppy but down at the boatyard […]
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