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Project Raindance: Inside The Restoration Of A Modern Apache Warrior
Sometime in the mid-2000s, Andy Imhof of Maryland Offshore Performance Marine Center decided it was time to tackle a signature project that showcased the entire range of his Rockville-based company’s...
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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...
View ArticleRevamped By Boat Customs, Freedom Skater To Debut At Boyne Thunder
Well known as he is in the performance-boating community for his approachable good nature, Jim Lee is even better known for Freedom, the 46-foot Skater Powerboats catamaran he owned for years and ran...
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Express Cruiser Bling
If you happen to be cruising on the Lake of the Ozarks this season and spy something tall and sparkly on the horizon, chances are good it will be a 2009 Fountain 38’ Express Cruiser powered by...
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The QC4v Experience: Just What the Doctor Ordered
When it comes to boat projects, Dr. Michael Janssen, the founder of the Center for Spine and Orthopedics in Denver who is best known around offshore racing and poker run circles as “Doc,” isn't afraid...
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Shewbart Debuts Disturbing the Peace XXX Outerlimits at Tickfaw 200 Poker Run
For Texas performance boater Cass Shewbart, this year’s Tickfaw 200 Poker Run in Blood River Landing in Springfield, La., was extra special as he brought his “new” canopied Outerlimits Offshore...
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Restoration Specialists: Making Old New Again At Carter’s Powerboats
Restoring vintage high-performance V-bottoms, particularly those from Cigarette Racing Team, started long ago as a hobby for Dustin Carter and his father, Danny, in Broken Arrow, Okla. Some 18 years...
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Smallest Gone Again Catamaran Getting Makeover
With four well-known catamarans dubbed Gone Again in the high-performance world, it can be a little tricky to keep them straight. But with the exception of one, a 38-foot Skater owned by the STIHL...
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The Evolution of the Original Statement
When Chris Mills of the Michigan-based Boat Customs told me about one of his latest projects a few months back, there was an extra enthusiastic inflection in his voice. Every so often a boat that comes...
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Project Completion: Metal Flake Fountain Express Cruiser On Lake Of The Ozarks
Local and visiting powerboat owners who flocked to the Lake of the Ozarks during the Memorial Day weekend had the chance to see something a little unusual on the Central Missouri waterway. That’s...
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Smallest Gone Again Skater Catamaran Makeover Complete
Never one to waste time, Rick Bowling of Alamo, Calif., has already run his repainted Gone Again Skater Powerboats 28 catamaran—the sister-ship to his canopied 37-foot Talon catamaran with Mercury...
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Brand X is for Everything
Most everyone knows Jason Ventura of Brand X Hi-Performance Marine in Pompano Beach, Fla., as the hands-on, no-nonsense pro that he is. The guy who has been at the helm, by the side and behind the...
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