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Repower Project: Triple Verado 400Rs to Breathe New Life Into 38-Foot Donzi
Mercury Racing’s Verado 400R outboard engines continues to gain popularity for re-power projects, this time at MDG Performance in Edgewater, Md., where company owner Dave Govatos is replacing triple...
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On To Its Next Mission: Tom Cat Skater Finds New Home
When the opportunity arose to own Tomcat, an iconic 2001 Skater Powerboats 46-foot catamaran that was restored and repowered in 2013 with twin Mercury Racing 1350 engines and M8 drives, Todd Fountain...
View ArticlePotter On Performance: Flush Your Engines—Not Your Money
I have been asked many times what single maintenance issue has caused the most problems for our customers at Potter Performance Engines. That's an easy one—lack of proper flushing is the single biggest...
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Going With Grant’s: 32 Skater Update
Rob Lockyer has owned a variety of performance boats. He’s used them in and around his home waters of Southampton, England, near Boston—his second residence thanks to the location of his business,...
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New Model Project Update: Safety Paramount In Phoenix 32 Cockpit Concept
Schoenbohm created a cockpit design in which safety for the occupants is the top priority (click image to enlarge). Courtesy/copyright Smart Marine Service. In addition to the Variable Speed 11/10...
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Lake of the Ozarks Contingency Makes Over 42 Fountain
Born and raised in Camdenton, one of the communities within Central Missouri’s Lake of the Ozarks, Ernie Dampier has been around boats of all of his life. Yet it wasn’t until he stopped racing Pro Mod...
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Boat Customs’ 308 Skater Flat Deck Conversion Complete
Just in time for the summer, Arkansas performance boater Sam Jirik got his 2014 30-foot Skater Powerboats catamaran with twin Mercury Racing OptiMax 300XS engines back from Boat Customs a week ago. And...
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Fast At Last: Harris Purchases Active Thunder 37 Excess
There are tons of boaters out there who’ve had the rug pulled out from under them or legal issues that derailed a potential boat purchase. So, in the case of South Florida native and real estate broker...
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Fast At Last: Harris’ Active Thunder 37 Excess Ready for Lanier
With his recently purchased 2008 Active Thunder 37’ Excess powered by twin Mercury Racing 700SCi engines in tow on its spanking new Bad 2D Bone Trailers, Greg Harris and I caught up yesterday as he was...
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All-Purpose Skater Reborn for Racing and Pleasure
Anyone who spoke with Scott York, the Missouri performance boater who trailered his 32-foot Skater Powerboats catamaran to Oklahoma’s Grand Lake O’ The Cherokees for the GLOC Performance Boat Challenge...
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First Skaterfest: Eger Brings Freshly Painted 28 Skater from Boat Customs
Being that it is his first Skaterfest, Michigan performance boater Joe Eger isn’t too familiar with everyone attending this weekend’s fifth annual event on Michigan’s Lake St. Clair, which brings...
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Baja Marine Leader Offers Powerboat Beauty Tips
Catamaran, sportboat or high-performance center console—whether your boat is brand new or has hundreds of hours on it, applying a simple, gentle cleaning method is the key to preserving its long-term...
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Goodwin-Powered Outerlimits Upgraded with New Chartplotter, Engine Monitoring...
Pete Opperman, an optometrist from Northern Michigan who owns a 1998 37-foot Stiletto from Outerlimits Offshore Powerboats, is proud of the boat he bought four years ago—especially since he’s upgraded...
View ArticleFirst Person: Inside The Team Provocative Paint Project
Not long after I purchased my slightly used Outerlimits SL 44 V-bottom, now called Team Provocative, from the Outerlimits factory in Bristol, R.I., I began to notice some problems with the paint on its...
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Ruffled Feathers Transformation Complete, Next Stop Lake of the Ozarks
Although the project took longer than expected to complete, Miami’s Frank Areces can’t wait to show off Ruffled Feathers, his restored 2002 32-foot Douglas Marine/Skater Powerboats catamaran, at...
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Inside Out: Baja Marine Head Offers Second Round of Powerboat Cleaning Tips
No matter how impeccably they’re maintained, performance boat interiors take a beating from spray—especially of the saltwater kind—and other less predictable “elements” such as sunscreen and spilled...
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Photo Essay: Mike Fiore Tribute Truck
In memory of Outerlimits' founder Mike Fiore, Jared Horowytz put together this Ford F-350 tribute truck With the annual Lake of the Ozarks Shootout concluded just two days ago, more than a few people...
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Husker-Powered MTI Goes Wild on Lake of the Ozarks
Inspired by Tiffany Wild, his better half who was motivated by the OU Want Some Nor-Tech Hi-Performance Boats catamaran she had seen on Missouri’s Lake of the Ozarks several years ago, Randy Wild...
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Grant's Signature Racing Completes Verado 400R Conversion on 32-Foot Skater
Although there’s still some dialing in yet to be done, Grant’s Signature Racing has completed an intriguing project—and an industry first. The famed Bradenton, Fla., rigging shop replaced the triple...
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Mungle Skater 368 Update: Hull Glass Work Ahead
With a season of top-speed shootouts in his 32-foot Gone Again Skater Powerboats catamaran behind him, Texan Kenny Mungle’s focus has shifted to his 2016 shootout ride, a pre-owned Skater 368 cat he...
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