Hours after his throttleman and crew chief, Grant Bruggeman, had left the Thunder on Cocoa Beach offshore powerboat race a couple of weeks back, Wayne Valder, the owner of the 42-foot MTI catamaran, Valder Yachts/Pro Floors Racing, called out the race winners, Tyler Miller and Myrick Coil of the Monster Energy/M CON team. At the […]
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With offshore powerboat racing teams from across the country rolling into town for this weekend’s LOTO Powerfest event at the Lake of the Ozarks in Central Missouri, things are heating up off the water ahead of Saturday’s races. Tonight’s place-to-be is—without question—Shady Gators restaurant, which is right next door to the Camden On The Lake […]
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Absolute pleasure. by Ken Kreisler Lead in, first sentence goes here. Photos Courtesy of Absolute Blending a bold, contemporary design with the latest in engineering and sumptuous appointments, the Absolute Navetta 52 is a well-balanced cruising yacht. With wide open spaces both fore and aft, as well as topsides on the bridge deck, everyone aboard […]
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If you are new to the sport and can be hard to work out exactly what to wear dinghy sailing, so here’s our guide to the kit you might want to consider to get you started If you want to make a start in sailing then often a dinghy will be your first port of […]
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After rounding the remote north coast of Scotland, the Aquastars head south to close the loop, but time is running out… Skirting the awe-inspiring coastline of the Isle of Skye This is Part Three of Phil and Neil’s boating around Britain challenge – if you haven’t already, make sure to read Part One and Part […]
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Patrick Walters Wins NPFL Santee Cooper Bass Tournament Patrick Walters , wins the NPFL, National Professional Fishing League stop number three on Santee Cooper Lakes with a total weight of 67 pounds, 12 ounces. Walters caught 22 pounds, 8 ounces on day one, 24 pounds even on day two, and a final round weight of […]
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With eight events—including two of their own—on their annual “Summer Poker Run Tour,” Stu and Jackie Jones of the Florida Powerboat Club will log thousands of miles on the road during the next few months. They’ll be hauling their Flight 1130 Cigarette 38 Top Gun V-bottom behind them much of the way, which means none […]
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Memories help us all get through the boating offseason. Tim Bower 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. We are well into spring, and everyone at the Lake View Inn has survived March Madness—and I don’t mean the college basketball tournament. […]
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If you’re running on Lake St. Clair or the St. Clair River this Memorial Day weekend in Michigan, there’s a reasonable chance you could spy a new Performance Powerboats P 360 catamaran in the mix. The sultry 36-footer, which is powered by twin Mercury Racing 450R outboard engines, is the property of Jeff Rambow, who […]
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There are exciting developments from big new brands in the satcom scene, but what might suit your sailing? Rupert Holmes reports Until recently, developments in satellite communications were painfully slow, but the pace of change started to quicken a few years ago and is today accelerating rapidly. There’s now a wider choice and vastly improved […]
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Cobia are well known for traveling alongside large creatures, including manta rays. Anglers looking to target cobia will often look for mantas first. A couple of decades ago, my wife and I found ourselves with a rare day off together that just so happened to have forecasted light winds and calm seas. We decided to […]
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After years of cruising the Mediterranean in heavy-duty passagemakers Martin Craddock decided to give inland boating a try, with a custom built steel craft fitted out to his dream spec… For as far back as I can remember I’ve loved boats. Whenever I was on holiday, I’d make a beeline for the nearest marina and […]
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I don’t know about you, but I would not enjoy doing Stu Jones’ job. The eye-bleeding minutia of organizing poker runs, from setting up meals and securing dockage and hotel-room blocks to ordering shirts and trophies would make me crazy. As would the larger responsibilities of securing safety assets, dealing with insurance and acquiring permits. […]
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Mainsail and Aleta define versatility with their stylish design and technical feature set DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (April 4, 2023) – Costa Sunglasses, manufacturer of the first color-enhancing all-polarized glass sunglass lens, celebrates 40 years of making the best sunglasses on the water in 2023 by growing its hybrid category of frames. New to the lineup […]
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We all know that time between spring and summer means cooler mornings and evenings, calling for layering up and shedding layers as the day warms up. Believe it or not, the bass in their transition phase, kind of do the same thing, MLF and Gill Pro Fred Roumbanis tells us how and why. The transition […]
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For the second and final day of last weekend’s Florida Powerboat Club Orange Beach Powerboat Week Poker Run in Alabama, the Gulf of Mexico waters laid down a bit. The four- to six-footers that led most of the Friday fleet to head for the calm waters of the Intracoastal Waterway dropped to three- to five-footers […]
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Brett Manire of Performance Boat Center in Osage Beach, Mo., will be the among the first people to tell you that the “off-season” at the Lake of th Ozarks is getting shorter and shorter. And as the co-owner of the thriving full-service multi-brand dealership on the shores of the Central Missouri waterway, he has a […]
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What makes for a good poker-run story has more to do with water and weather than who had the best hand, the prettiest crew or the prettiest boat. Those are simple details, great for embellishment yet not enough to support a story worth reading. But big water—OK, sporty water for those itching to debate what […]
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PHOTO COURTESY OF MICHIGAN SEA GRANT Barret Boat Works in Spring Lake, North Shore Marina in Spring Lake, and The Moorings Association in New Buffalo have been certified as Michigan Clean Marinas for a three year term through 2026, bringing the total Michigan Certified Clean Marina count to 101! As part of the program, marinas […]
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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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