NOAA forecasters with the Climate Prediction Center, a division of the National Weather Service, predict near-normal hurricane activity in the Atlantic this year. NOAA’s outlook for the 2023 Atlantic hurricane season, which goes from June 1 to November 30, predicts a 40% chance of a near-normal season, a 30% chance of an above-normal season and a […]
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The MH-65 is equipped for making challenging rescues. Courtesy US Coast Guard Special delivery: Sign up for the free Boating email newsletter. Subscribe to Boating magazine for $14 for 1 year and receive 4 bonus digital issues. One of the US Coast Guard’s most recognizable aircraft must be the Eurocopter MH-65 SRR Dolphin. A gloss-orange streak racing toward danger, […]
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For Fort Myers Offshore president Tim Hill, the 2022/2023 event season was not necessarily one he’d care to repeat. The nonprofit, scholarship-fundraising powerboat club faced challenges just securing enough dock space for its fall 2022 happenings, a pandemic-fueled by-product of the ongoing migration to Southwest Florida and the boating boom that came with it. And […]
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Hurricane Ian made landfall on September 30, 2022. It was the third-costliest weather disaster on record and the 5th-strongest hurricane to make landfall in the United States. It had an unprecedented storm surge of 10-15 feet. Ian caused one hundred forty-nine fatalities in Florida alone, and damages and losses estimated at 113 billion dollars. How […]
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When the last two events of the 2022/2023 Fort Myers Offshore season—the April 1 Cayo Costa Raft-Up and the April 22 Nor-Tech-backed happening—are in the books, Fort Myers Offshore president Tim Hill and his wife, Cyndee, a board-member of the nonprofit scholarship-fundraising powerboat club, will exhale much-deserved sighs of relief. And for good reason, because […]
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According to a press release from XINSURANCE, a leading resource for customized specialty insurance, the Utah-based business led by president and CEO Rick J. Lindsey is sponsoring two more offshore raceboats for the 2023 season. Starting with the Race World Offshore season-opener in Marathon, Fla., at the end of April and continuing with additional RWO […]
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Knowing that no one is born with the technical skills for a career in the high-performance marine industry, the decision-makers at Mercury Racing launched the Fond du Lac Wis., company’s “Excellence in Trade” scholarship program five years ago and added its “Impact Institute” scholarship program three years later. New for 2023 is the company’s “Great […]
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The Sea Tow Foundation is seeking donations to help fulfill the life jacket requests they received for their 2023 Life Jacket Loaner Program. More than 250 applications from 46 states – a record number – were submitted this year, creating a gap of 15,000 life jackets between what cities and organizations need and what the […]
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As new model-releases go—at least in high-performance powerboat segment—one word sums up this year’s Miami International Boat Show, which opened yesterday and will close Sunday. Skinny. Strike that. Anorexic. There are exceptions, of course, such as the first model in Glasstream Powerboats’ GSX center-console series. A collaborative effort between Kruis Retherford, the owner of the […]
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If an Outboard Performance Class tunnel-boat pilot, a Class 1 throttleman and a Super Stock-class driver walked into a bar at the end of a long day, what would they have in common other than being powerboat racers in need of a stiff drink? Simple—all three compete using nothing but Mercury Racing power. Both Super […]
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If you don’t know that Mercury Racing unveiled a 400-hp V-10 outboard engine during a celebration at a swanky location last night in South Beach, you need better WiFi. Or just some WiFi. Because the Internet blew up with the news of the 400R unveiling in real time ahead of the Miami International Boat Show, […]
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That the Fort Myers Offshore lunch run to Miller’s Dockside restaurant on Boca Grande, Fla., even happened last weekend was the product of two miracles, one large and the other small. The Southwest Florida barrier island took a lashing from Hurricane Ian in late September 2022, yet the restaurant and its adjacent marina survived and […]
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A native of New Jersey—one of the cradles of offshore racing civilization—now living in North Carolina, Rich Luhrs has a history in smaller performance boats including 21-foot Shadows and Challengers. He’s also a fan of outboards, having owned and raced a Switzer Wing among other go-fast hulls powered by clamp-on motors. Luhrs also happens to […]
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When Powerboat P1, which holds the marketing rights for Union Internationale Motonautique Class 1 racing, allowed JBS Racing into the 2022 Championships Series, its goal was to build the fledgling fleet. The United Kingdom-based organization launched its revival of the once-global offshore racing class in 2019, but faced pandemic-driven setbacks during the next two seasons. […]
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After Hurricane Ian devastated Southwest Florida last fall, many members of the offshore racing community stepped up in an amazing display of service to those in need. Dubbed the “Offshore Army,” this group donated supplies, food, water, encouragement and elbow grease to that region in a broad swath emanating from “Ground Zero,” meaning Fort Myers […]
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OneWater Marine Inc. has announced results for its fiscal first quarter ended December 31, 2022. “Our first quarter results came in largely as we anticipated as the industry experienced a return to more normalized seasonality, with revenue growing high-single digits, on top of a 57% increase in the prior year. Notably, our high margin service, […]
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No matter how much money and effort you throw at it, recovering from a natural disaster such as Hurricane Ian, which pummeled Southwest Florida in late September 2022, takes time. Less than a month ago, there was still too much floating debris and too many submerged hazards in the water for Fort Myers Offshore to […]
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Although an announcement was made a couple of weeks after the Speed On The Water Key West Bash—held last year on November 10 during the Race World Offshore-produced Offshore World Championships in Key West, Fla., and the Florida Powerboat Club’s Key West Poker Run—that the ninth annual event raised more than $105,000, $41,000 of which […]
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Fans of Nor-Tech Hi-Performance Boats will not lack for options when it comes to checking out their favorite brand during the Miami International Boat Show set for February 14-19. The Fort Myers, Fla.-headquartered company is bringing five center consoles to this year’s South Florida happening, and will have them in three different locations. Nor-Tech will […]
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Can you insure a 30-year-old boat? The answer is yes, but it’s a pain. Here are tips on how to minimize that. Insurance: Can You Get It? Can you insure a 30-year-old boat? The answer is yes, but it’s a pain. Here are tips on how to minimize that. Maybe some of you read last […]
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