Featured Boats
Story and photos by DinaRella / Additional photos from Statement Marine
“It’s possibly the loudest boat we’ve ever done! Last year, we shook the windows of the Miami Beach City Hall building next door during a staff meeting. This week—15 seconds into testing “Cinema” by Benny Benassi while...
Story and photos by DinaRella / Rendering photos courtesy of Concept Boats
Concept Boats first Sport Deck speedster hit the h20 back in 2007. It enjoyed a five-year run as a 30-footer powered by stern drives. It reappeared at the 2025 Miami Boat Show. Only the “Concept” changed. The new model...
Story and photos by DinaRella / Additional photos from FPC
With the name King of Clubs it's not hard to guess that milestone build number "500" of the Nor-Tech Hi-Performance 390 Sport went to Florida Powerboat Club founders Stu and Jackie Jones. Since its 2011 launch, the model transformed...
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
“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 / 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 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 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 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 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 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 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...
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/ Additional images courtesy of Donzi (Clint Garant), Donzi registry forum, boats-from-usa & boats.iboats
Part Three:
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 by DinaRella / Photos courtesy of Tomas Velazquez, Ryan Beckley and Ocean Cup
Part Two:
"Thousands of horses invaded the Bahamas" for the Ocean Cup's 128-mile, open-water trot to the West End from Palm Beach and back, commented long-established, Apache boat builder Mark McManus online...
