<!– Magazine: Inside SOTW Mag: Shooting For The Moon—And Hitting It –> Among the many stories that emerged from the 2022 Lake of the Ozarks Shootout in Central Missouri, two tales from different ends of the V-bottom ranks capture the essence of the annual event. On one hand you had Factory Billet’s Jim Schultz and […]
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<!– In the News: Speed On The Water ‘In The Lead’ Video Series Returning In 2023 –> Flashback from late 2020: Speedonthewater.com co-publisher Jason Johnson and I were driving back from a business meeting, meaning a mountain bike ride, when the idea for the Speed On The Water “In The Lead” documentary-style video series was […]
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<!– In the News: Ready To Order: Speed On The Water 2022 Year In Review Print Edition –> As if plummeting temperatures—and take that with a grain because we do live in Northern California and we’re kind of wimpy when it comes to weather—weren’t enough to remind us that the holiday season is here, we’re […]
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<!– In the News: Mystic Bringing M5200 Center Console And More To Toys Tour –> If you’ve followed the Toys Tour, an annual powerboat-owner-fueled gift drive for children in need, you’ve probably noticed that new-model-year boats are in short supply. By the time the Palatka, Fla., event rolls around late in the year—December 2-4 this […]
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<!– New Products: Whipple 3.8-Liter Supercharger The Centerpiece Of New Marine Engine Upgrade Kits –> For the past few years, Whipple Superchargers has been focused on the automobile market for its multiple centrifugal supercharger products. It’s been a booming segment for the Fresno, Calif.-based company, which in just two years reportedly has grown from 30 […]
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<!– In the News: Record Shattered! Lake Of The Ozarks Shootout Donates $625,000 –> It’s almost hard to believe that the charitable donations provided from the 34th annual Lake of the Ozarks Shootout in Central Missouri could possibly exceed the $445,000 total from 2021, but it did—by a lot. With dozens of checks adding up […]
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<!– Racing: Key West Worlds Finale: Twice as Nice –> After finishing second in day one of Class 1 racing at the offshore racing world championships in Key West., Fla., last Friday, throttleman John Tomlinson and driver Carlos de Quesada in the 49-foot Victory catamaran, Huski/Alegra Motorsports, took advantage of some early chaos to leap […]
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<!– Racing: Lake of the Ozarks OPA Race Changes Name And Venue –> As first reported by LakeExpo.com, the organizers of the Offshore Powerboat Association-sanctioned race at Missouri’s Lake of the Ozarks announced that they are renaming the Lake Race the LOTO Powerfest. Along with the name change, the organizing team decided to leave its […]
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<!– Racing: Monster Energy Backing Class 1 M CON Racing Team –> In a multi-year agreement starting with the Union Internationale Motonautique Class 1 2023 season, Monster Energy will be the title sponsor of the M CON Racing team. The new team, which currently has a Skater Powerboats 438 under construction at the Douglas, Mich., […]
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<!– In the News: Shotgun Wedding Hitches Key West To Lake of the Ozarks –> Open until November 17 when the winner will be selected and celebrated at Performance Boat Center in Osage Beach, Mo., a Lake of the Ozarks Shootout raffle for a sporting clay shotgun has taken a great turn. From now until […]
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<!– New Products: MTI To Debut New 440X Catamaran In Key West Poker Run –> It will be almost three years to the day since Marine Technology Inc., introduced the twin-outboard-powered 390X catamaran that has become its best-selling model a couple of days before the 2019 Key West Poker Run when the Wentzville, Mo.-based company […]
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<!– New Products: Outboard-Powered Skater 388 No. 1 Works ‘Perfectly’ In First Season –> Minus his new Skater Powerboats 388 catamaran powered by Mercury Racing 450R outboard engines—the first 388 to be equipped with outboards—Steve Bareman of Michigan will be in Key West, Fla., next week for the offshore world championships. Bareman knows he’ll miss […]
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<!– Image of the Week: Image Of The Week: Happy Halloween From Mini Taylor Scism –> Based on the amount of times his Facebook post was shared and the 500-plus likes the share on our Speedonthewater.com Friends Facebook group received, you’ve probably seen the incredibly adorable images that Iowa’s Cody McDowell, the driver of the […]
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<!– Event Coverage: ‘Crazy’ Fort Lauderdale Show Heads Into Final Day –> With four days of the 2022 Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show in the books, the Southwest Florida event closes today at 6 p.m. Show breakdown and move out begins tomorrow in earnest. But go-fast powerboat exhibitors including Adrenaline Powerboats, Cigarette Racing Team, Donzi […]
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<!– Racing: ‘Rookies’ To Compromise Third Of Key West Super Cat Fleet –> With nine Super Cat teams registered for the American Power Boat Association/Union Internationale Motonautique Offshore World Championships, November 6-13, in Key West, Fla., it’s safe to say the class is robust. The class hasn’t seen a Key West turnout this large since […]
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<!– Magazine: New SOTW Digital Magazine: Summer Blockbusters, Nor-Tech’s Dealer Education And More –> With detailed coverage of five of the biggest performance boat events of the summer season, the latest Speed On The Water digital magazine is loaded with content and now available to download. Along with an in-depth look at how Nor-Tech Hi-Performance […]
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<!– In the News: Teasers Tour To Wrap Up At Key West Home Base –> The owner of Maryland Offshore Performance Marine Center, Andy Imof is amped about the upcoming Florida Powerboat Club Key West Poker Run, the final stop in the successful second-year “Teasers Tour.” That’s not just because multi-stop tour features his 36-foot […]
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<!– In the News: Performance Boaters Team Up For New Harpers Cõv Development At Lake Of The Ozarks –> When well-known performance boat enthusiasts and partners Greg Harris and Yvonne Alemán of South Florida started looking for property at one of their favorite waterways in the country—Lake of the Ozarks in Central Missouri—they didn’t have […]
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<!– Image of the Week: Image Of The Week: Your Friendly Neighborhood Fountain –> Captured by contributing photographer Jeff Helmkamp during last Saturday’s Performance Boat Center Fall Fun Run on the Lake of the Ozarks, a photo of a colorful—and not-so-strangely familiar—Fountain Powerboats 42 Poker Run Run Edition sportboat caught our eyes. The 42-footer powered […]
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<!– People: The Full-Circle Journey Of Joel Begin –> On a sparkling Western New York day in mid-July 2014, Outerlimits Offshore Powerboats founder and then-owner Mike Fiore debuted a new SC 46 catamaran at the Buffalo Poker Run with Joel Begin, the canopied 46-footer’s French-Canadian owner. Among Fiore’s clients and friends who caught rides in […]
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