Verado 400R Outboard-Powered Skater 32 Up To 111 MPH
In late 2015, Grant Bruggemann of Grant’s Signature Racing in Bradenton, Fla., repowered a 2009 Skater 32 catamaran with Mercury Racing Verado 400R outboard engines for Matt Rice, the owner of the...
View ArticleOuterlimits SC 46 Catamaran Repower Project Complete, Headed To Shootout
With the installation of two new Mercury Racing 1350 engines by Gordon Performance in McHenry, Ill., the story of a well-known SC 46 catamaran built by Outerlimits Powerboats in Bristol, R.I., appears...
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Repower Project Follow-Up: Donzi 38 ZFX Gains 17 MPH with Verado 400R Outboards
In January, I wrote about the repower/restoration of a Donzi 38 ZFX center console that Dave Govatos at MDG Performance Marine in Edgewater, Md., was working on. Part of the project was swapping out...
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Alvarez Reunites with Shootout-Winning Eliminator 25 Daytona
On Wednesday morning, Brendan Alvarez boarded a plane from his new location in Sarasota to Los Angeles. By mid-day, he was at the Eliminator Boats factory in Mira Loma, Calif., dropping off an old...
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Kicking It Old School In a Pristine Sutphen 340
Jon Arrigoni’s sportboat looks as good as it did the day it left the factory 28 years ago. Photos courtesy/copyright Courson Custom Rigging. Jon Arrigoni grew up in the coastal town of Clinton, Conn.,...
View ArticleEliminator 36 Daytona Transformed To Head-Turner
Two years ago, Tony Eyrich, a general contactor who lives in Phoenix, Ariz., with his wife, Suzie, bought a 2002 Eliminator Boats 36 Daytona catamaran. It was a boat that, Eyrich, a self-described...
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Anniversary Repower Complete For LaMortes' Skater 36
With new Mercury Racing power under the engine hatch of his 36-foot Skater catamaran, Chris LaMorte ran today (above) and yesterday on Sarasota Bay and is ready for tomorrow's Joey Gratton Memorial...
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Waves and Wheels Tackles Nor-Tech 340 Sport Rear-Facing Seat Conversion
When Illinois performance boater John Tillery started thinking about ways to improve upon his 2013 Nor-Tech Hi-Performance Boats 340 Sport center console, he turned to Justin Wagner and the team at...
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Picture Perfect Profile
When both of the talented people behind some of the coolest transformation projects I’ve seen over the last several years tell me how proud they are of a project they tackled last summer, it speaks...
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Repower Sanity
Because sometimes less is a whole lot more. Photo courtesy/copyright Pete Boden/Shoot 2 Thrill Pix. In the market for a high-performance catamaran for almost 15 years, Greg Harris bought a well-known...
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Restoration of Brad Smith-Owned Sportboat Nears Completion
This 1987 Liberator pickle-fork hull sportboat once owned by engine builder Brad Smith should be back on the water this season. Jeremy Strup and Ryan Branch of Joplin, Mo., planned to have the...
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Potter On Performance: Upgrading the Mercury Racing 500 EFI
One of the most popular engines Mercury Racing ever built was the 500 EFI. This engine has been used in a wide variety of vessels from family sportboats to multi-engine poker run boats—and even...
View ArticleFitting Day For New STIHL Raceboat, Noble ‘Absolutely Thrilled’
Although the new STIHL team Skater 388 catamaran is still several weeks from having its rigging completed at Grant’s Signature Racing in Bradenton, Fla., the new offshore raceboat project reached a...
View ArticlePotter On Performance: No Strain, Big Pain
People often ask me if their boats need sea strainers. They usually follow up with “My boat was not equipped with one from the manufacturer.” One of the first things I ask is: Do you boat in waters...
View ArticleNew Model Project Update: Phoenix 32 Catamaran Approaching Mold Production
Chris Schoenbohm, president of Smart Marine in Orlando, Fla., said that his crew is putting the finishing touches on the plug for the bottom of the Phoenix 32 catamaran and that they are about a week...
View ArticlePotter On Performance: Time to Supercharge?
We’re often asked, “How much power can I get out of my engine”? To best answer this query, we first need to ask a few questions of our own, starting with: 1. What brand and model of boat do you have?2....
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Cigarette 20 Restoration: Sugar for A Bride
Right now, Raffaella Curitti is smiling. Here’s why: She’s reading about her wedding present, a vintage 20-foot Cigarette built in 1974 and restored to better-than-original condition. That’s right,...
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Inside SOTW Mag: Adding Power & Reliability
I don’t remember the exact year, but in the 1970s my dad took me to the Boston Boat Show and the Michelob Light offshore race boat was on display. As I recall, it was a 38-foot Scarab and it was...
View ArticleNew Model Project Update: Phoenix 32 Cat Ready For Production
Smart Marine president Chris Schoenbohm is expecting two major milestones any day. He and his wife Ada are expecting the arrival of their third son, Braden, and his company Smart Marine in Orlando,...
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Project: American Offshore Catamaran Gets New Life
With its paintwork completed, this 1993-built American Offshore catamaran is ready for interior installation and rigging. What began as a simple restoration project took a left turn toward disaster,...
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