Articles by greeneyedboatbabe
Story and photos by DinaRella / Additional images courtesy of BTH Marine
Part Two
The stars attractions of BTH Marine’s Party on Pier Sixty-Six showed up late to their own event. But with good reason! Front Runner Boats – the brand born from the coming together of fishing partners Mark Lacovara...
Story and photos by DinaRella / Additional images courtesy of Historicalflorida Broward County & Floridamemory
Part One
When receiving a text from Tommy Hofstetter of “Chief Racing Engine” fame with an invite to his 2024 FLIBS Party at the Pier promoting BTH Marine's premier center console line...
Story and photos by DinaRella / Professional images from PBC & Keys Weekly
What’s red, white and reads hot rod all over? The first twin Mercury Racing 300R outboard-powered Performance Boat Center P-280 catamaran launched at the 65th Fort Lauderdale Boat Show. The 28-footer might not be...
Story and photos by DinaRella / Aerials from FLIBS Media, IYC, MTI & CRT
The best news about the 2024 Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show surfaced weeks before it started. The city escaped untouched from back-to-back hurricanes Helene and Milton… meaning the world’s largest in-water show...
Story and photos by DinaRella / Aerial photos from Deep Impact, T. Jones & Gilberts
“Performance powerboaters differ from other boaters because of our lifestyle! Sure, we enjoy comfortable and safe boating, but we stand out in the crowd because we love doing it at HIGH SPEEDS,” said Stu Jones...
Story and photos by DinaRella
“Holy carbon fiber catamaran!” thought everyone (or at least me) after seeing the riveting Hellkats Powerboats 32 show itself on the performance dock at its 2024 FLIBS premiere. Drenched in copious amounts of exposed carbon fiber from bow to stern, even the highly...
Story and photos by DinaRella
Nor-Tech Hi-Performance Powerboats entered 2024 on a classy note at the Miami Boat Show with its sophisticated 420 Monte Carlo. Finishing off the year at the Fort Lauderdale Boat Show in more outrageous fashion – it returned to its roots and went out with a...
Story and photos by DinaRella
Innovation in technology continues to forge forward in the performance boating world thanks to Marine Design Corporation (MDC) and Hardin Marine. Fresh off a successful showing in Tampa at the marine industry trade-only event IBEX, the next stop was the 2024 Fort...
Story by DinaRella / Photos sourced from NBC Universal MV DVD screenshots, Wikipedia, Flickr, imdb, nplan & americanbutler
Part Three
Free from a welcome sign or entrance gates, a mile past the Cape Florida Lighthouse, at the edge of Miami where Biscayne Bay meets the Atlantic Ocean, piercing...
Story by DinaRella / Photos from Dave Sikorski and Brian Holmes
Part Two
Since the ‘80s when fiberglass and paint specialist Dave Sikorski first started out, he never had a proper name for his business. He never needed one! He was known as Glass Dave and work came his way by word of mouth. It...
Story by DinaRella / Photos sourced from NBC-Universal, Wellcraft, Wayne Kolb, imdb, 38scarabkv & MB Mayor’s Office media
Part One
On Monday, September 16, 2024, Miami Vice celebrated its 40-Year Anniversary! Standing in front of the Avalon Hotel at 700 Ocean Drive, Miami Beach Mayor Steve...
Story and select photos by DinaRella / Additional photos courtesy of Ben Robertson & Katrina Beaman
Part Two
Gifted, grounded, and still going strong – the pioneer of the raceboat and progenitor of the cupped prop and padded V-bottom – Paul Allison turned one hundred years old on August 7...
Story and select photos by DinaRella / Additional photos courtesy of Ben Robertson, Allison Boats, Reynolds Racing & American Performance Media Video John Potts
Part One
What’s in a name? Absolutely everything when it comes to Allison Craft founder and Tennessee mastermind Paul Allison, his...
Story and photos by DinaRella / Aerials from HK Powersports and Evan Walsh
Does your boat live up to its name and do what it says? Twin Top Guns "Wound UP and Un Wound" sure did as they took flight winding up some gnarly New Hampshire waters two weeks back. Being together made it all the more...
Story and select photos by DinaRella / Additional photos from HK Powersports, G Connelly & M Carboni
On and off the water, the 2024 HK Powersports Poker Run hit new highs for its 23rd annual go-around breathtaking Lake Winnipesaukee, reeling in both a record-breaking boat count and charity...
Story by DinaRella / Photos from Patriotic Duty, Ocean Cup, Erick Bryner- Fast Loud Photography, Tomas Velazquez & Dustin Fedak
Part Two:
Records are made to be broken. And thanks to the Ocean Cup and its commitment and passion putting the “offshore and endurance” back in powerboat racing…...
Story and select photos by DinaRella / Additional photos from Steve Seaton & Allen Bellinghausen
Part One
Remember the yellow and orange 2004 GTX Outerlimits Full House planted in the minds of many painted with barely dressed girls on a winning hand of playing cards? The 47-footer was a poker...
Story by DinaRella / Photos by Tomas Velazquez, Erick Bryner/Fast Loud Photography & Dustin Fedak SCORE Intl/Dirt Chronicles
Desert dust barely settled from racing the Baja 500 before respected off-roader Roger Norman and his fellow driver, veteran offshore racer Nigel Hook, were back at it...
Story and photos by DinaRella / Professional photos courtesy of Canados/SLT Collection
Master carpenters manufacturing military interceptor vessels put Canados on the map in 1946 with their unique construction quality. Discovering the Italians’ immense talent and technical skills, the...
Story and photos by DinaRella / Professional images from Deep Impact and Gilberts
Did you know the Deep Impact 2024 model 399 Sport unveiled at the South Florida spring shows was hailed as its new “statement piece?” I didn’t, but I should have, judging from its premium edition paint job and...
Story and select photos by DinaRella / Professional images from Buddy Davis (Raritan Marina Yacht Brokerage)
Part 2
Italian style and American power, what’s not to like? Sculpting the 47-foot Buddy Davis into an evocative fishing and-family-friendly space with its European design sensibilities...
Story by DinaRella / Photos from autoarch, carstyling, evo.co, handh, ilpost, Barrett-Jackson, Ferrari and Pininfarina
Did you know Battista Farina, the Italian patriarch of the iconic design firm Pininfarina, was nicknamed “Pinin” meaning little, because he was the tenth of eleven children? In...
Story and select photos by DinaRella / Professional images from Sunsation Powerboats
For Sunsation Powerboats, success can be spelled many ways. Three years after celebrating the unforgettable yellow and black 100th unit of its 32CCX (profiled at the 2021 Miami Boat Show Poker Run), it’s time...
Story and select photos by DinaRella / Professional images courtesy of GSX Powerboats
In 2023, Glasstream Boats made a bold move by branching out from its long-time focus on family and fishing watercrafts into the performance center console market. Today, the company operating out of Dothan...
Story and photos by DinaRella / Additional photos courtesy of Bill Forenski/WMF Watercraft & Marine
For the second year in a row, Mercury held its three days of in-water, sea trials down at Grove Harbour Marina during the MIBS. In the center console ring, press and potential purchasers had...
Story and photos by DinaRella / Additional photos from Nor-Tech
Etched in European refinement, reminiscent of a Riva to some and a Magnum to others – Nor-Tech Hi-Performance Boats surprised us with a reprise of its sexy 420 Monte Carlo first undraped inside the Miami Beach Convention Center...
Story and select photos by DinaRella / Additional photos from American Marine Performance and Smart Performance Marine
Part Two
The second AMP 37 XPR to show itself made a phenomenal first impression at the 2024 Miami International Boat Show. Sporting twin Mercury Racing 500R outboard motors...
Story and photos by DinaRella / Additional photos courtesy of AMP
Designed to distract – the AMP 333 center console and AMP 37 XPR pleasure cat celebrated an incessant outpouring of attention during the Miami Boat Show creating as much visitor traffic at the American Marine Performance booth on...
Story and photos by DinaRella / Aerial images courtesy of MTI and Gilberts
If you were looking for a high-performance inboard-powered catamaran at the 2024 Miami Boat Show – the MTI booth was the ONLY PLACE to be. The second generation 48-footer (originally introduced in 2009) was the sole...
Story by DinaRella / Photos from Seakeeper
What is it?
Recently introduced following five years of R&D, Seakeeper Ride minimizes the motion of the ocean while underway with net results of up to 70% reduction in pitch and roll. The product is suitable for stepped and non-stepped V-bottoms up to...
Story by DinaRella / Photos courtesy of E-1 Series and OSO forum
The Venue
Part Two
Having secured the all-important blessing of the UIM governing party of powerboat racing, the hope of E-1 Series co-founders Alejandro Agag, Formula E and off-road Extreme E sustainable motorsports pioneer; and...
Story by DinaRella / Photos courtesy of E-1 Series
The Vessel
Part One
What looks like a cross between a Galactic Empire X-wing starfighter and some James Bond-ish soaring fish fabrication that floats, flies and foils, but doesn’t flip? The answer: The 23-foot long nosed, closed canopy...
Story and photos by DinaRella / Additional photos from Scot Conrad and Troy Hannon
Part Two
Launched in 2010 and lightening the wallet by $130,000, the smallest of the Goldfish Tender series fits five and flies to 60 knots or near 70 mph under the power of a single Mercury Marine 225. Heralded...
Story and photos by DinaRella / Additional photos from Scot Conrad and Goldfish Boats
Part One
Needing to re-shoot hull No. 1 of the freshly debuted Canados 493 “Florida Edition” following an uninspiring first batch under a blanket of clouds… I went down to SLT Collection to revisit the “big...
Story and select photos from DinaRella / Professional images courtesy of Fountain Powerboats
Following a storied 44-Year history, Fountain Powerboats has found a new niche, premiering its first-ever dual console 39DX at booth 2017 of the Broward Fort Lauderdale Convention Center. Though hardly...
Story and photos by DinaRella / Professional images courtesy of Axopar
In the midst of finishing up final preparations on the Axopar 45 ST (Sun Top), just weeks after the world premiere of the new flagship alongside its sibling XT (Cross Top) in Cannes, and moments before the USA debut –...
Story and select photos by DinaRella / Professional images from Adrenaline & Mad Marketing (Boats Daily)
Adrenaline Powerboats Reaper No. 4 did a lot of luring in amid the superyachts and Seabobs flanking FLIBS… the “REDical” 47-footer was exactly like nothing else. The scenario felt somewhat...
Story by DinaRella / Photos from Richard Davis, Ryan Beckley & Freeze Frame
Part Two: The Wrap and The Race
Justice League is a jaw-dropper. The Phantom graphics instantly pop from the intermingling of styles on the deck and sides. Ryan Beckley, Super Stock racer and sticker master of Kinetic...
Story by DinaRella / Photos from Phantom, Richard Davis & Ryan Beckley
Part One: The Build
Hollywood has a Bad Boy Will Smith, but the boating industry has the talented namesake with a rep for tooling and turning out some of the most victorious professional racing and vicious pleasure edition...
Story and photos by DinaRella / Additional images from Jaguar Powerboats and BTH Marine
Incorporating a proven “Jack Clarke-designed padded system” in the running surface for ultimate high speed handling and stability; sporting a specially crafted 72-inch tunnel; and predicting near to the...
Story and select photos by DinaRella / Professional images via Mad Marketing from Nautical Network & Boats Daily
Following the boating world’s outboard-obsessed trajectory, FLIBS was loaded with enough of them clamped on catamarans and console boats to make your head spin and bank account...
What’s the Best Christmas Gift for a Go-Fast Boater? Grab a Rare “Jackie Wilson-Crafted” Billet Boat
Story and select photos by DinaRella / Additional photos from Jackie and Mark Wilson & boatracingfacts.com
This November, some of the sweetest speedboats in Key West were the smallest… the shiniest… and not sitting in slips on Stock Island or the Galleon, but instead, on the display table of...
Story and photos by DinaRella / Additional photos from Devin Wozencraft, MPH Motorsports, J Wyszatycki , T Jones & J Heimcamp
Ironically, more than one insurance-sponsored, feisty green cat was spotted prowling around Key West at the Race World Offshore Championships and 31st annual Florida...
Story and select photos by DinaRella / Race footage from social media
Insurance premiums are high enough nowadays, but during the 42nd annual Key West World Championships, one brand soared to even greater heights! We’re talking about the X-Insurance sponsored Class 1 MTI raceboat, not the...
Story and photos by DinaRella
On a dock full of hardware heavy on the black, white, red and blue hues, the audacious orange and glittering gray twin hull in slip number three in the Red Zone of the Fort Lauderdale Boat Show told another story. Rightfully titled First Born – the bright striped...
Story and photos by DinaRella / Professional images from Mercury Racing & Boats Daily
Before the hype had even died down from Mercury Racing’s Miami Boat Show party and premiere of the V10 400R, this June the celebratory good times kept on rolling in Charleston at its 50th anniversary gala. But...
Story and select photos by DinaRella/ Additional images courtesy of Donzi (Clint Garant), Donzi registry forum, boats-from-usa & boats.iboats
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In it to win it, Donzi fame has been measured in all sizes since the sixties. Designed by Walt Walters and Jim Wynne, the "signature starter...
Story and photos by DinaRella / Additional photos from NASA, Wikimedia and Archilovers
Part Two
Jockeying through an hour of Los-Angeles-like traffic, 30 miles south from the chic Mina Seyahi district, home to the man-made Dubai marina and host of the annual boat show, takes you to the...
Story and select photos by DinaRella / Professional images from Dubai Boat Show, DIMC & Gulf Craft
Part One
Dubai aka “the City of Superlatives,” is the epicenter of HIGH. High-rise structures hypnotize. High-society citizens charge down mega-lane highways in high-performance supercars – even...
Story and select photos by DinaRella / Additional photos from Pier17 Rooftop & the Seaport Coalition
Cited as “Where New York Began,” the South Street Seaport dates back to the early 1600s Dutch colony of New Amsterdam, before England gained control ushering in the name change to New York, when...
