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Project: Interior Makeover For White Outerlimits 39 GTX Complete
Forget unicorns—if you’re searching for something truly rare and exotic, try to find a white Outerlimits. Brian Mihelis of Massachusetts has what could be the only one in the form of a 39 GTX...
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Restoration Tribute
Thanks to a group of Brad Smith’s friends, the first aquatic hot rod owned by the famed engine builder has been given new life. Stroll around almost any go-fast boating event and you’ll probably spot...
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First Impression: Factory Billet Bullet
Walking the docks yesterday at the Camden on the Lake Resort—the host venue for this weekend’s annual Super Cat Fest—in Central Missouri, Jason Johnson and I spotted Factory Billet, a 51-foot...
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Poppin’ The Limits At Lake Cumberland Poker Run
Look for a stunning—and rare—refreshed Outerlimits 44 GTX at this weekend’s poker run in Kentucky. Photo courtesy/copyright Pete Boden/Shoot 2 Thrill Pix. On Friday afternoon during the Lake of the...
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Maryland Offshore and Waves and Wheels Team Up on Stunning Outerlimits 39 GTX...
When I met Mike Bolin at the Shootout on the Strip during the Lake of the Ozarks Shootout at the end of August in Central Missouri, he was on his way to get his first in-person glimpse of the restored...
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Project: Creating the World’s Fastest 22 Donzi Classic
If running 120-mph in a single-engine 22-foot V-bottom doesn’t sound like fun to you, you’re probably not alone. Then again, you’re also not Stan Pike, a 66-year-old retired construction business owner...
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All Gain And No Pain In Skater 36 ROS Swap Out For Verado 400Rs
Grant Bruggemann of Grant’s Signature Racing and his longtime friend and client Matt Rice knew they were entering uncharted waters with the first high-performance pleasure-boat application of 400-hp...
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Harris Performance Rolling
True confession: I was trying to reach veteran offshore racer Jeff Harris, the throttleman for the 2016 Super Boat International Unlimited Class World Champion Wake Effects team, when I first connected...
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Old School Meets New School: 46 Skater Project at Boat Customs
Currently in the paint booth at the highly respected Boat Customs in Caledonia, Mich., Dan and Lisa Sherman’s 46-foot Skater Powerboats catamaran is nearing the end of a lengthy conversion that is...
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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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Eliminator Goes ‘Above and Beyond’ with Revamped 25 Daytona Interior
Last fall dedicated performance boater and drag racer Brendan Alvarez—the owner of PSI Racing in Sarasota, Fla.—repurchased the Eliminator Boats 25 Daytona catamaran he bought new in 2008 and sold in...
View ArticleProject: Donzi 38 ZR Comp Being Made New
More than a familiar face in the New Jersey performance boating community, Thomas Anselmi is among the nicest and most generous folks you’ll ever meet. While he’s made his Donzi 38 ZRC (Comp) sportboat...
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