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Dean’s Personal Project
Roughly one year ago, I caught up with Dean Loucks, the visionary behind The Art Of Design in Elkhart, Ind., and he filled me in on several projects he was working on, such as a new Skater Powerboats...
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Cigarette 31’ Bullet Project: Restoring The Restored
Imagine coming home after a long shift as a process operator at your local uranium enrichment plant. Tired from your day on the job, you stroll to your workshop and boat-storage garage to admire your...
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Repowered Turbine Mystic Cat Ready For First Sea Trial
A turbine engine-powered, canopied C5000 Mystic Powerboats catamaran built in 2010 should be back on the water this week. That’s the word from John Cosker, the owner and founder of the DeLand, Fla.,...
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Inside The World’s Fastest Formula 400SS
In the automobile and powerboat worlds, a “sleeper” is a vehicle or vessel that’s sneaky fast—something that lulls you to sleep until it blows right by you. And that’s exactly what Robert Winoski of...
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One Cool 292: BRP Gives 29-Foot Formula A Stunning Makeover
It took the better part of a few winters, but Dan Stordahl appears to be quite happy with the Formula Boats 292 FAS3Tech sportboat he refurbished after buying the 29-foot twin-engine V-bottom from his...
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The Ultimate Project Boat
For the record, as a longtime reporter covering the high-performance powerboat market I believe you have to be a little nuts—maybe even more than a little—to own a turbine engine-powered boat. When I...
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An Apache Dream Project
Anyone who pays attention to what I write about on OffshoreOnly.com and Speedonthewater.com knows that I’ve done a lot of stories with Justin Wagner of Waves and Wheels throughout the years. To be...
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Project: The Unlimited Rewards Of Unlimited Patience
In a Fort Myers Offshore fleet stacked with performance center consoles and a few go-fast catamarans, Bill Foresnki’s 2008 Cigarette Racing Team 39 Top Gun Unlimited sportboat stands out. That’s not...
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Project: Nor-Tech Catamaran Topping 120 MPH With Quad Verado 400R Outboards
Participants in last week’s Florida Powerboat Club Miami Boat Show Poker Run got an up-close and personal look at something unique during the event—a 36-foot Nor-Tech catamaran powered by four Mercury...
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Creating The New Tilt: Boat Customs Makes Over 40-Foot Skater
If you know dedicated performance boater Ed Tirakian of Michigan, chances are you know his boat Tilt. Although which Tilt you know is the next question, as Tirakian has owned several go-fast catamarans...
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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: Outerlimits Updates SV 40
Delivered to its Michigan-based owner this week, an updated 2013 Outerlimits Offshore Powerboats SV 40 sportboat showcases the Bristol, R.I., custom boat-builder’s in-house restoration/renovation...
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Upstate Powerboat Restoring U B Violated 40-Foot Skater
With the goal of showcasing everything his company is capable of handling, Phil Hess of Upstate Powerboat in Auburn, N.Y., recently purchased the former U B Violated 40-foot Skater Powerboats catamaran...
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The Bigger—Well, More Powerful—Kahuna
When the opportunity arose to sell the Mercury Racing 1075SCi engines from their Outerlimits Offshore Powerboats SV 43 named Kahuna, John and Julie Tokar of Michigan didn’t hesitate. John Tokar, a...
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Parveys Turn To Turbochargers
It’s hard not to root for the big, bad Black Thunder V-bottom each year at the Lake of the Ozarks Shootout in Central Missouri. The owner of the boat—Minnesota’s Dennis Parvey—is easily one of the...
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Blow Me Down! New Popeye Fountain/Skater V-Bottom Is Out Of This World
Every once in a while an “oldie turned goodie” story pops up and is an instant winner on speedonthewater.com, and this appears to be one of them. Why? Because the iconic Popeye—one of two, or three...
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Impressive Donzi 38 ZX Project Boat Headed To Lake Cumberland Poker Run
For Illinois performance boater Brendan Egan, this week’s Lake Cumberland Poker Run held at State Dock Marina in Jamestown, Ky., is sure to be a fun-filled weekend as he and his fiancé are taking their...
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MTI Catamaran Reborn At Waves And Wheels
When the Waves and Wheels Fun Run on the Lake of the Ozarks begins today, a 40-foot MTI catamaran built in 2009 will be part of the fleet on the Central Missouri waterway. Powered by Mercury Racing 850...
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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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