In 2004, Powerboat magazine assigned me a profile story of an up-and-coming boat builder. His name was Randy Scism, his Missouri-based company was called Marine Technology, Inc., and it offered one boat, a 42-foot catamaran with sexy hips. A lifelong lover of speed on the water, Scism learned his craft as the general manager and […]
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With the third season of the Speed On The Water “In The Lead” video series starting production soon and featuring folks such as offshore racing great Steve Curtis of the 2022 Class 1 world champion Huski Chocolate team poker-run impresario Stu Jones of the Florida Powerboat, we’re taking a moment to look back at the […]
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When this story goes live, 2023 will be less than 24 hours away. In the meantime, a savvy group of performance boat owners and their friends from across the country have been making the best of what’s left of the current year in Southwest Florida. Yesterday’s lunch run to St. Petersburg and today’s planned fun […]
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Just a year-and-a-half ago, RP Elite Motors and Marine became the official dealer for Skater Powerboats in the United States. Since then, the Dallas-area based dealership, which also offers an array of custom-built trucks, has sold three Skater 388 catamarans and has another two yet-to-be-sold cats from the Douglas, Mich., company. All three of the […]
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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: New Video: In The Lead with Bob Teague of Teague Custom Marine –> When discussions began in 2020, the point of producing the Speed On The Water “In The Lead” video series with our partners at Scrapyard Media was to feature the most accomplished and innovative racers, builders, influencers and entrepreneurs […]
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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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<!– New Products: New Star Wars-Themed Skater 368 Is Out Of This World –> Unless you’re a diehard Skater Powerboats fan in desperate need of another hobby, it may surprise you to learn the Douglas, Mich., company has its fifth Skater 368 model catamaran powered by twin Mercury Racing 450R outboard engines in production. Three […]
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<!– In the News: Speed On The Water Video To Chronicle Class 1 Skater Build –> The driving force behind Skater Powerboats in Douglas, Mich., Peter Hledin hasn’t built a dedicated Class 1 raceboat since the 1980s. But with Tyler Miller’s planned entry into the Class 1 offshore racing ranks next season, that’s about to […]
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<!– In the News: New SOTW Video: In The Lead With Stephen Miles—Painting Outside The Lines –> Producing the fifth segment of our six-episode “In The Lead” documentary-style video series with our colleagues Brad and Katie DiMaggio and Ryan Wenk was a colorful experience. Strike that, it was a joyful, colorful experience. That’s because we […]
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Would you be willing to relocate 1,200-plus miles to what is—for all intents and purposes—another world to extend your go-fast boating season? For Erik and Julie Breckenfelder, who own a 1999 model-year 28-foot Skater Powerboats catamaran they purchased in 2015, the answer was a definitive yes. For 28-foot Skater catamaran owners Erik and Julie Breckenfelder, […]
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<!– In the News / People: Debuting Tonight At Performance Boat Center: In The Lead With Tyler Miller –> No doubt about it, the Performance Boat Center welcome party ahead of the 34th annual Lake of the Ozarks Shootout is the place to be tonight, and not just for the Osage Beach, Mo., MTI, Performance […]
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Powerboat P1, the exclusive worldwide rights holder for the UIM Class 1 World Championship, announced today that M-CON Racing will be joining the race series in 2023. Based in Kansas and currently focused on defending their APBA Super Cat national title, the M-CON team of Tyler Miller and Myrick Coil will be competing next year […]
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