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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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Deja Blue’s New Look
The first time I talked to Greg Dutka—the owner of Deja Blue, a cool Sunsation Boats 32 Dominator SS sportboat powered by a pair of MerCruiser 496 Mag HO engines—was for a story I did five years ago on...
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Boat Customs Going Back To Basics
Chris Mills, the talented, humble, low-key owner of Boat Customs, in Caledonia, Mich., seemed rather relaxed during a conversation earlier this week. That was a welcome change being that the respected...
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That's A Wrap For Now—Stephen Miles' Own Ride Gets Dressed
Flush with business, the last thing Stephen Miles of Stephen Miles Design in Owensboro, Ky., needed was another boat to paint—especially one of his own. The guy already works six days a week, sometimes...
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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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Desert Bloom On Tap For Reborn Tommy Bahama
Loyal speedonthewater.com readers are up to speed on the restoration of Tommy Bahama, canopied MTI catamaran that captured a legion of offshore racing fans in the late 1990s and early 2000s. We have...
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Project Forward
Unlike most of you, I am not mechanically inclined. The last thing I tried to build—make that tried to assemble—with my own hands was a propane-fueled barbecue in 1999. Through it lasted on its wobbly...
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Freedom Skater Returning To Action With Carbureted Power
Gone from the water since the 2019 Florida Powerboat Club Miami Boat Show Poker Run, the famed 46-foot Freedom catamaran from Skater Powerboats is coming back for the 2020 boating season. That’s the...
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Project: Clean Up Your Act With Ceramics
Looking for a simple project while you await the fate of the 2020 summer go-fast boating season? You’re not alone and the uncertainy likely makes you restless.. So why not—if you have the time and...
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