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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The days are long but the years are fast. Such is the conventional wisdom passed from one generation of parents to the next, and it tends to be true. The same also hold true for the goings-on behind the scenes at speedonthewater.com. Example? In January 2022, we found ourselves on scene at Skater Powerboats in […]
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Reporting from the 2022 Genoa Boat Show, Alex Smith takes us on board the newest model from Sessa Marine, the Sessa C3X… There’s a new sportscruiser at the entry point to Sessa Marine’s fleet. Known as the Sessa C3X, it maximises its breadth of appeal by means of several key options. You can go for […]
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Teak decks look lovely as well as being hardwearing, grippy and gentle underfoot. The one downside to real teak is keeping it clean. To maintain that just-fitted look takes a lot of work, ideally with a weekly hose-down or a bucket of sea water and a gentle wash and squeegee off. However, for most of […]
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Yamaha Marine kicks off 2023 with new product offerings including an updated XTO Offshore outboard which delivers greater convenience, enhanced technology, and 450 horsepower. Featuring the same 5.6-liter big block displacement and long list of features as the original XTO 425, the updated XTO 450 improves upon the powerful platform that changed the offshore boating […]
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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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If you didn’t catch the Hardin Marine exhibit during the 2022 Miami International Boat Show, you weren’t alone. The usually hard-to-miss product display trailer for the aftermarket marine products company was in front of the renovated Miami Beach Convention Center but tucked off to one side behind a fire lane. The Hardin Marine display at […]
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Among the most joyful, gracious and generous members of the high-performance powerboating community, Shelby Mattingly is joining speedonthewater.com as its new sales and marketing manager. The 31-year-old, passionate go-fast boating enthusiast officially starts February 1. She will handle advertising sales for all of the daily news site’s editorial products, from online display advertisements to print […]
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Sargo’s new flagship, the Sargo 45 is likely to be a very major attraction at the 2023 Boot Dusseldorf show… Sargo’s flagship fuses offshore pedigree with impressive recreational flexibility Designed around a central pilothouse with symmetrical walkaround decks on top of a heavily built hull with a fine entry and a substantial bow flare, the […]
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It’s no secret that delivery times for products from MYCO Trailers, a leading custom trailer manufacturer based in Bradenton, Fla., ballooned during the past two years. High demand and pandemic-spurred supply chain issues were the culprits, but understandable as those issues were they didn’t mitigate frustration from boatbuilders and their clients in need of custom […]
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GOST (Global Ocean Security Technologies), a provider in marine security, tracking, monitoring and video surveillance systems, announced the hiring of Dayene Gibson as sales and marketing coordinator. In her new role, Gibson will take over a portion of the sales and marketing process as an assistant to GOST’s global sales manager, Sean Ryan, and will […]
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Reporting from the 2022 Cannes Yachting Festival, Motor Boat & Yachting editor Hugo Andreae takes us on a full tour of the X Shore 1, which was making its global debut. The X Shore 1 was one of the smallest, but also one of the most exciting launches at the 2022 Cannes Yachting Festival. What […]
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As part of this year’s Top 100: Top Dealer awards, Boating Industry has recognized seven companies with special “Best in Class” awards, for companies that particularly excelled in one area of their business. Below are the Best in Class award recipients for 2022. Best Industry Advocate Watersports CentralBuford, Georgia WaterSports Central, headquartered in Buford, Ga., has […]
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If you fish braided line long enough, at some point it will start to fade. But just because it has lost a bit of its factory color doesn’t mean that it’s gone bad or needs replacing. With a quick dye, you can restore its original performance and many anglers will enjoy multiple seasons out of […]
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The Canada Ocean Racing team led by founder and skipper Scott Shawyer, and the team’s mentor, British offshore sailor Alex Thomson, have been in Lanzarote over the past two weeks preparing their IMOCA 60 ahead of the Royal Ocean Racing Club Transatlantic Race 2023. The team will race the 3000-mile transatlantic race double-handed; joining Canadian Scott Shawyer is […]
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Earlier this week, M CON offshore racing team owner Tyler Miller and his wife, Lindsey, paid a visit to Skater Powerboats in Douglas, Mich., for a cockpit “fitting.” The hull and deck of their new Class 1 Skater 438 catamaran, which will be powered by class-spec Mercury Racing 1100 Comp engines, were joined earlier this […]
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The Coast Guard recently stopped five lanchas with 22 Mexican fishermen engaged in illegal fishing near Texas. Courtesy US Coast Guard The Coast Guard recently detained 22 Mexican citizens for allegedly poaching nearly 600 pounds of red snapper and sharks near the Texas coast. Boat crews, air crews and the Cutter Jacob Poroo caught the […]
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Reporting from the 2022 Cannes Yachting Festival, Motor Boat & Yachting editor Hugo Andreae takes us on a full tour of the 34m Van Der Valk superyacht Lady Lene, which was making her global debut. Launched by Van Der Valk Shipyard in 2021 and exhibited for the first time at the 2022 Cannes Yachting Festival, […]
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Looking for something virtually no-one else in the world has? Then this might be the boat for you. Alex Smith drives the J Craft Torpedo RS… Having enjoyed a breakfast of tar-strong coffee and pains au chocolat, I’m sitting next to Radenko Milakovic on a boat built by the company he owns. We’re slipping quietly […]
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