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Story and photos by DinaRella Welcome Back Home! Gone for good was the commute from hell to Virginia Key, thanks to the return of the 2022 Miami International Boat Show (MIBS) to its former stomping grounds at the Miami Beach Convention Center. Completely revamped, it does entail a bizarre new...

Story and select photos by DinaRella / Additional photos courtesy of DCB, Florida Powerboat Club, G Harris & Y Alemán YES it was another edition of the Miami International Boat Show (MIBS), but NO, it was not just another powerboat roped off slip 327 on Ramp 3 – it was the radical...

Story and select photos by DinaRella / Professional photos courtesy of Fast Loud Photography "No one ever asks you to start your outboards,” joked John of Black Thunder Offshore Marine, as we chatted on the Sea Isle Marina demo dock of the Discover Boating Miami International Boat Show (MIBS)...

Story and photos by DinaRella / Professional images courtesy of CRT Cigarette Racing Team (CRT) was on top of its game maximizing its presence at the 2022 Discover Boating Miami International Boat Show – all you had to do was look up! The premiere lifestyle and performance boat maker modeled...

Story and photos by DinaRella / Additional photos from Six Speed Photography PART ONE On the sunny Sunday of Veterans Day weekend, the steel and chrome crowd geared up to go ga-ga over the 300-plus curated rare and dear drool-worthy gems at the fourth edition of the Exotics on Las Olas (ELO4)...

Story and photos by DinaRella Art Ain’t the Only Part Tuesday’s opening whistle blew signaling Art Basel Miami, the stateside spin-off of the premier international Swiss art show, was up and running reclaiming its reign on South Florida terrain following its 2020 Wu-flu abolition. For this...

Story and select photos by DinaRella / Additional photos provided by Ben Robertson, Colleen Robertson, Inka Rodriguez, Nate Stuewer & Kevin Taylor Two aquatic kin came together connecting for a weekend on Key West waters making a splash in – old-school meets new-school Fountain style – that’s...

Story and photos by DinaRella / Additional photos from RWO, P1 Offshore, Cole McGowen, Colleen Robertson, Ramon Vera & Ryan Walker No matter your motive: poker running, pro-racing, or purely partaking in “pour behavior decisions” for your liver – powerboat purebloods plowed into their...

Story and photos by DinaRella Bah-boom… the South Florida boat show scene is ba ba ba back. And the proof was in the nautical fineness that filled every inch of the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show (FLIBS), manifesting itself in examples such as – the Fountain 38 SC recently made famous...

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Roy Schrader Fearless – Faithful – Fun-loving – Forever-Friend Words by Dinarella To know Roy Schrader was to instantly love this special soul from the first moment you met him. And boy does everyone have a story about where he or she first met Roy – whether it was over a few shots of his...

Story by DinaRella / Photos by DinaRella, Mercedes-AMG and Cigarette Racing Team The New Crew Cigarette Racing Team lit up the summer of 2021 with a pair of smoking hot revelations! First was the late May drop that the quintessential manufacturer of offshore powerboats had been sold from...

Story and Images by DinaRella The Chesapeake Bay has more waterfront watering holes than there are days of summer! The current count stands near 92. Little did I know before arriving to Baltimore to cover the Rockin' The Harbor Poker Run, I would hit-up four of the 92 all on the same steamy...

Story by DinaRella / Photos by DinaRella, Mystic Powerboats, Slug Hefner and American Ethanol Tucked between the tourist havens of Orlando and Daytona Beach, sits the less-touted town of DeLand – home base of Mystic Powerboats since 2005. Driving up I-95 from Palm Beach to DeLand for my tour...

A little over 3 years ago I stumbled upon a group on line named the ‘Lower River Outboards’. Having always loved the lower portion of the Colorado River down near Yuma, I was very curious what they were about. A short time later they had posted a ‘Lower River Run’ event that was to take place...

Story and select photos by DinaRella / Additional photos from Solace Boats Part Two In part one, we said Solace Boats – the newcomer with old school roots – leads the way in innovative and purposeful craftsmanship. What exactly did founder, CEO and boat-industry veteran Stephen Dougherty and...

Story and select photos by DinaRella / Additional photos courtesy of Solace Boats Part One "The best way to predict the future is to invent it," said computer scientist Alan Kay. It would appear Solace Boat's Stephen and Sarah Dougherty and their talented team guided by president Todd...

Story by DinaRella / Photos by Dinarella and courtesy of Seakeeper and Mercury Marine Part One: In and Out Genuflecting in reverence and respect seems only fitting after inspecting the stability and rigor of the ride produced from the Seakeepers on the INSIDE and the beast-mode superiority...

Mini Street Party was quite the HIT!

Story by DinaRella / Photos by DinaRella, M. Ciasulli, B. VanDine & J. Murray Oops they did it again! First, we stared in amazement at Skater’s 438 “coming out party” cats Rockette and G-Force, and then we cheered when Matt Rice and Tyler Miller (of Supercat class M-Con racing fame) claimed...

Story and photos by DinaRella / Additional photos from Brad Carlson and FPC Good, bad or in-between, the FIRST TIME is always unforgettable, just ask 34-year-old boater Brad Carlson. The Kansas City-native sealed the deal with a trifecta of "boating firsts" for his alpha-male memoir this...

Story by DinaRella / Photos by DinaRella and courtesy of Daniel Garcia and Che & Co. Thanks to the efforts of its dedicated founder, Daniel Garcia, III, the Instagram group Keys Island Runners (KIR) delivers on the goods – guaranteeing go-fasters a "REAL" goodtime, thanks in part to its social...

Story and photos by DinaRella / Aerial images courtesy of Florida Powerboat Club Key Largo is a world apart in form and fashion from its part-maddening, part-mystifying big brother, Miami; one radiates vivaciousness and the other vacation-ness. The good news is travelwise the two are a mere 45...

Story and photos by DinaRella / Additional photos by Florida Powerboat Club, Stephen Miles Design & M. Boyle Let's be honest, technically a poker run is a boat show, the only exception is everyone's there not for the show but to show off their go-fast goods and glitterati of guests along for...

Story by DinaRella / Photos courtesy of Valhalla Boatworks and Mercury Marine Part Two: The Unearthing To say I was excited for my one-on-one with hull No. 1 of the Valhalla V-46 would be an understatement, especially since I was at the Viking Yachts VIP Preview just north of Palm Beach where...

Eliminator recently delivered this 25 Speedster and we happened to be down at the Launch Ramp when they were delivering it. The boat belongs to Stephen Sink whom hails from Chicago IL! Stephen told us there isn't a lot of "Performance Boats" up where he is at, but he along with a few friends...

Story by DinaRella / Photos courtesy of Valhalla Boatworks Part One: The Birthing In Old Norse, Vikings used the name Valhalla to symbolize a place of honor or bliss, while also representing a warrior paradise. Hence, it makes perfect sense to be the descriptor for the striking and salient...

Story and photos by DinaRella / Additional photos from Neptune Boat Lifts, Inc. You don't have to own a powerboat or even a personal watercraft to know the Neptune name. If you found yourself attending the Fort Lauderdale or Miami Yacht Show in recent years then a quick scroll back through...

Story by DinaRella / Photos by DinaRella and courtesy of Deep Impact No need to be certified in Google Analytics to know the aim of any profitable business website is to persuade its visitors to drop some dough, donate, download or as you may or may not have guessed -- design a deluxe...

Story by DinaRella / Images by DinaRella and Ballyhoo Media Dolphins gracefully glide through the rippling waters. Kayakers deliver steamy and sizzling hot dogs to your boat. Beer pong and domino tables are erected for in-water liquid competition. Enhanced ta-tas are often seen "accidentally"...

Story and photos be DinaRella / Additional images from PBS & G. Bebee When it comes to commanding one's pleasure craft, boat owners are like today's twisted teenagers... convinced they know it all! Nevertheless, whether it's understanding the rules and tools, or tactics of accurate operation...

Story and photos by DinaRella / Additional photos from Tuppen's Marine (Part One in the Center Console Features Section: The Nor-Tech Super Fish 392) Part Two Steve Sprague, co-owner of Tuppen's Marine along with Bill Bachman, is well known for achieving countless WINS and GRINS. The wins...

Story and photos by DinaRella / Additional photos from Nor-Tech and Alden Thornton Part One Holy mackerel... the ideal story angle for the anglers among us jumped right out as I sat staring down at my rainbow-backlit gaming keyboard (just a fan of the colors, I'm not a gamer unless it's...

Story and photos by DinaRella / Additional photos from TNT Marine Sales, B. Chrisco & M. Boyle Eta didn't know what she wanted to be... a tropical storm, a hurricane, or just a pain in the ass for powerboaters who waited all the Orwellian-year-long for the 28th Annual Key West Poker Run...

Story and photos by DinaRella / Additional photos by Nor-Tech and Sunsation Inked up sales contracts state the obvious; serious spenders trumped strolling pretenders on the Bahia Mar docks during the 2020 Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show (FLIBS). Never have I covered a show where so...

Story and Photos by DinaRella What town often recognized for its picturesque red lighthouse, sits 90 miles north of Miami, Florida, and is still un-chartered territory (or waters) for scores of powerboaters? Hint... it's also the fifth largest planet. Welcome to Jupiter! (Perhaps the title to...