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Welcome Back, Tommy Bahama
Back in the heyday of APBA Offshore, LLC—call it the early 2000s—no Super Cat-class raceboat was more popular with offshore racing fans than Tommy Bahama, a 44-foot MTI catamaran built in 2001,...
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Project Raindance: Inside The Restoration Of A Modern Apache Warrior
Sometime in the mid-2000s, Andy Imhof of Maryland Offshore Performance Marine Center decided it was time to tackle a signature project that showcased the entire range of his Rockville-based company’s...
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Swoop Motorsports Tests Hustler 377 Talon Project Boat
The Southern California couple behind Swoop Motorsports spent last weekend testing its recently updated Hustler Powerboats 377 Talon and Travis and Summer Richardson couldn’t be happier with how the...
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Stephen Miles Design To Paint Cobalt
Like most folks who make a living in the high-performance powerboat world—this reporter included—Stephen Miles can’t afford the kind of new big-dollar custom V-bottoms and catamarans he dresses in...
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Skater 30 Prototype Repower And Renovation: Coming Full Circle
When Mercury Marine introduced its first supercharged six-cylinder Verado outboard engine—a 200-hp model—in 2004, rumor had it that next up was a 400-hp offering. Despite that Claus Bruestle, then...
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Brand X Gets Dirty Money Skater Looking Better Than Ever
There are a few reasons why Dirty Money—a 2015 Skater Powerboats 368 catamaran—is one of the more recognizable boats amongst the poker run community. First of all, the orange, black and white...
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PSI Racing Eliminator 25 Daytona All Set For Desert Storm Showcase
At the moment, Brendan Alvarez is somewhere in the middle of Texas about halfway between his home in Sarasota, Fla., and tomorrow’s destination—Lake Havasu City, Ariz. Alvarez, of PSI Racing, is...
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Taking Deja Blue To Another Level
Between interviewing Greg Dutka, a Colonel in the United States Army and the owner of a Sunsation Powerboats 32 Dominator SS, and Justin Wagner, the owner of Waves and Wheels and Bluave Marine Audio in...
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Florida Powerboat Club Announces ‘Project 1080’ Cigarette Paceboat Repower
As part of the Florida Powerboat Club’s 25th anniversary, club owner/founder Stu Jones announced a formal marketing partnership with Mercury Racing, which involves a full Mercury Racing stern drive...
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Sneak Peek: Boat Customs Reinvents Skater 30
In any successful makeover project, the main goal is for the object of affection—boat, car, kitchen, human, etc.—to come out looking better than the original. That’s not too difficult when something...
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Project: Freedom Skater Ready To Ring Again
From Jim Lee to Tom Borisch and now to Win Farnsworth, the list of relatively recent owners of Freedom, a 46-foot Skater Powerboats catamaran built as an offshore raceboat in 1994/1995, reads like a...
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Project: Return Of A Turbine-Powered Legend
Even among supposedly mature and evolved adults, “Farts Monster” is a giggler of a name for a powerboat—at least until you translate it from Norwegian to English, where it becomes “Speed Demon.” But a...
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Project: Donzi 38 ZR Comp Restoration Complete
Among the kindest and most generous people you’ll ever meet in the high-performance powerboating world, New Jersey’s Thomas Anselmi purchased his 2003-built Donzi Marine 38 ZRC dream boat in 2007....
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Boating Boys Of Summer
In addition to Dale Rayzor himself, there’s a long list of folks—mostly family and friends—who can’t wait for his Skater Powerboats 30 Prototype catamaran restoration and repower project to be...
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Skater 30 Prototype Project Moves One Step Closer With Outboards Installed
With a target of getting his unique Skater Powerboats 30 Prototype catamaran with new Mercury Racing Verado 400R outboard engines on the water by the end of June, Dale Rayzor of Discovery Bay, Calif.,...
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The Art Of Design Takes American Flag Paint Job To Next Level On 38-Foot Formula
It’s kind of hard to believe that someone who has been in the game as long as Dean Loucks can continue to produce mind-blowing paintjobs on powerboats, among other things, but Loucks and the team at...
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Skater 30 Prototype Project Hits the Water, Next Stop Super Cat Fest
There’s no one more excited than Dale Rayzor about his unique Skater Powerboats 30 Prototype catamaran hitting the water for an initial shakedown cruise earlier today in Douglas, Mich. But there are a...
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IMCO Dual-Shaft Lower Unit Proves Stout In Cigarette Application
The Chicago-based owner of a 2001 Cigarette Racing Team 38’ Top Gun Lip-Ship Edition, Mike Lopez freely admits to throttling his boat aggressively, especially on his home waters of Lake Michigan....
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Boat Customs Converting Contreras’ 38-Foot Skater From Race To Pleasure Boat
Just because the racing days seem to be behind him, Ray Contreras isn’t ready to give up the thrill of running his 38-foot Skater Powerboats catamaran, which he drove competitively for more than a...
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Black Thunder 43 Owner Ecstatic With Maryland Offshore Conversion
After a couple of seasons running his new-to-him 1997 43-foot Black Thunder Offshore V-bottom, Virginia performance boater Brian Borga decided it was time to upgrade the boat, which was powered by twin...
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