For fans of the Scrapyard Media/Speed On The Water “In The Lead” video series, the wait for season No. 3 is almost over. In The Lead with Jeff Harris, the chief operating officer of Fountain Powerboats in Washington, N.C., will air Wednesday, June 14, on the Speed On The Water YouTube channel. No one knows […]
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Arguably the coolest matched-theme pair of MTIs ever created, Spooled Up, a 52-foot catamaran, and Spooled Up Support, an MTI-V 42 center console, were commissioned by Craig and Kim Hargreaves of Washington. Their unforgettable painted graphics were created by the ferociously talented Mark Morris of Visual Imagination in Peculiar, Mo. It is some of his […]
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In an effort to streamline their event-weekend workload so they can focus on creating a better experience for participants, the organizers of the Kuttawa Cannonball Run, set a hard stop for online sign-ups. As announced by the group, online registration for the June 2-3 event in Old Kuttawa, Ky., closed two days ago at midnight. […]
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Although filming began more than six months ago in early November when the M CON Racing team announced during the Race World Offshore Key West World Championship that it was entering the Class 1 ranks with a substantial sponsor behind it—Monster Energy—a large portion of the work and documentation of the historic build of the […]
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Ask any high-performance powerboat event organizer what makes the job most challenging and you’ll get the same answer: last-minute registration. Participant sign-up procrastination/indecision makes booking hotel-room blocks, setting up meals and even ordering event-themed T-shirts difficult, especially at is applies to planning and cost control. Organizers of the seventh annual Kuttawa Cannonball Run are expecting […]
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Started by Mike Fiore in 1994, Outerlimits Offshore Powerboats has been quietly celebrating its 30th anniversary in a way its late-founder would appreciate—by building breathtaking high-performance V-bottoms and catamarans. In fact, the team at the Bristol, R.I., company has been so focused on the work at hand that the details of the Outerlimits 30th Anniversary […]
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With 70-plus boats signed up as of yesterday evening and more on the way, there’s an excellent chance that Performance Boat Center’s Spring Fun Run will eclipse last year’s total of 96 registered boats. The annual Saturday happening is the event season-opener for the MTI, Performance Powerboats and Sunsation Powerboats dealer headquartered in Osage Beach, […]
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Since 2011, a select group of Skater Powerboats catamaran owners has met each August for one long weekend in the Detroit Metro area to celebrate the famed brand. (The exception, of course, was pandemic-flattened 2020.) Skater fans such as California’s Dale Rayzor and Chris and Sam Ryder of New York have hauled their boats from […]
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Before their late-January arrival in Fond du Lac, Wis., for Mercury Racing’s “Water Street Confidential” video series, Adrian Barrett and Amanda Latham had never met. They live and work a little more than 2,400 miles from one another—Barrett in Lake Havasu City, Ariz., the home of Barrett Custom Marine, and Latham in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., […]
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Though the Sarasota Power Boat Grand Prix and Suncoast Charities for Children—the Southwest Florida event’s former longstanding beneficiary—amicably parted ways a couple of years ago, the two are forever linked by history. Sarasota remains a high-performance powerboating hotbed and the supporting the nonprofit charity is woven into that legacy, as well as the fabric of […]
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Dubbed the Wozencraft World Tour in 2018 by yours truly—not terribly clever but the best I had at the moment—California-based insurance man Devin Wozencraft’s tradition of hauling his 30-foot Skater Powerboats catamaran to events around the country is coming back this year. His annual trek is boots-on-the-ground, guerrilla marketing in its purest form, but his […]
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When the Class 1 Offshore World Championship Series kicks off in Cocoa Beach, Fla., May 18-21, event producer Powerboat P1 will have a new team in the livestream broadcast booth. Veteran offshore racers Marc Granet and Mike Yowaiski will be joining speedonthewater.com founder and co-publisher Matt Trulio for the Thunder On Cocoa Beach broadcast as […]
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For sterndrive-power purists, the seismic shift to outboard engines—and the continually growing number of go-fast catamarans and center consoles equipped with them—has been a source of endless chagrin. But while the decline in sterndrive engines as power sources is undeniable, it is not absolute. Sterndrive-engine-powered V-bottom sportboats account for half the fleet in the upcoming […]
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Fans of the Donzi Marine brand—and high-performance powerboat enthusiasts in general—who register for this year’s 1,000 Islands Charity Poker Run have something will have something brand-new to ogle this year. Thanks to Donzi Marine of Washington, N.C., and STAX Performance Marine, the company’s dealership in Ottawa, Canada, a pair of 39 ZRC center consoles will […]
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The primary organizers of the inaugural Sunsation Sun Run celebrating the Algonac, Mich., high-performance center console company’s 40th anniversary in 2022, national sales manager Ryan Wenk and now-former marketing director Brad DiMaggio knew the event would be well-attended. And with 60-plus registered entries in the final mix, they were correct. Brand loyalty comes with the […]
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Celebrating its 16th year of attracting performance-boat enthusiasts from around the country to the Lone Star State, the Texas Outlaw Challenge, set for June 21-25, opened registration yesterday. The host cities of Kemah and Seabrook are already gearing up for the action, most of which happens on Clear Lake and Galveston Bay. The Texas Outlaw […]
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Two years ago this month, Tom and Tracey Dekrone were recruited to take total strangers for rides in their new Mystic Powerboats M3800 catamaran. The occasion? A media event showcasing Mercury Racing’s addition of its Advanced Mid-Section to its 300R outboard engine head at Captiva Island, Fla. Then based in Long Island, N.Y,, but spending […]
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Following two years of serious fun in its canopied 36-foot Skater Powerboats catamaran, the team at Maryland Offshore Performance Marine Center in Ijamsville, Md., didn’t hesitate to agree to another sponsorship deal with Teasers Gentleman’s Club in Key West, Fla., to take the boat on its third “Teasers Tour” for the 2023 performance boat event […]
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If you haven’t already heard, the XINSURANCE/Good Boy Vodka team is coming in hot to Lake Havasu City, Ariz., for this week’s Desert Storm Poker Run. No, the crew is not bringing its new Class 1 raceboat—it’s currently being painted after arriving from the Middle East and before rigging begins prior to next month’s season […]
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A frequent contributor to speedonthewater.com, Speedboat magazine and even Mercury Racing for marketing and media images, photographer Tom Leigh of Tommy Gun Images in Lake Havasu City, Ariz., has built his reputation on capturing outstanding shots of high-performance catamarans, center consoles and V-bottom sportboats. Though the affable, easygoing shooter is best known for his photos […]
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