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Inside The Unicorn Skater
That reigning F1 H2O tunnel-boat and XCAT series world champion Shaun Torrente, who lives in South Florida, recently put his 31-foot Skater Powerboats catamaran dubbed Unicorn up for sale caught more...
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Busy As Can Be At Waves And Wheels
While in the process of wrapping up a couple of impressive Outerlimits Offshore Powerboats interior overhauls, the team at Waves and Wheels called upon local Lake of the Ozarks photographer Brad...
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Coming Soon: Apache 41 Scalp Hunter Plus Waves And Wheels Skater 46
As I tend to do at least once a month, earlier this week I checked in with Justin Wagner of Waves and Wheels in Osage Beach, Mo. He was nowhere near his marina located at mile marker 26 on Lake of the...
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Scalp Hunter Apache Project Moving Forward
Nobody involved with the complete update of the 1987 41-foot Apache Powerboats Scalp Hunter is calling the project “work” even though in actuality it has required a ton of labor and effort to get to...
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Tommy Bahama Restoration Complete, Next Stop Desert Storm 2020
The owner of Classic Performance Restorations in Gilbert, Ariz., Tom Mischke had hoped to have the fully restored pleasure version of the former Tommy Bahama MTI raceboat ready in time for the 2019...
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Savage Skater Getting New Mercury Racing 1550/1350 Engines And Fresh Interior
Like many projects in the performance boat world, Chad Havens’ Skater Powerboats catamaran project has taken on a life of its own. “It was a lot more in-depth than I originally anticipated, but I bet...
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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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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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