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It's not often something comes on scene that makes everyone pause and take a second look. I'm choosing the word "everyone" because sometimes things come along that are impressive to the enthusiasts and the buyers, and sometimes things come along that are impressive to the industry. A quick...
Story by DinaRella / Images by DinaRella and courtesy of Nor-Tech
By and large, just the notion of Nor-Tech and the Bahia Mar in the same sentence means one thing: It's October and drooling is underway on the HI high-performance dock at Fort Lauderdale's International Boat Show. But, not this...
Story by DinaRella / Photos by DinaRella, Florida Powerboat Club & Mercury Racing
Inside the house of high-performance sit two heroic residents whose high-octane contributions echo widely and wildly among us. They are Don Aronow and Stu Jones. Without doubt, Don Aronow put the POWER in...
Dan and Lisa Buhr 28 Fundeck Tablerock Lake Missouri
This is the first full composite 28 Fundeck featuring :
Coosa transom, bulkheads and stringer
PVC interior
New truss style bimini top
American flag and pole
Mercury racing 600SCI
Words and Photos by Tom Leigh (Tommy Gun Images)
In the world of performance boating, new designs often come as an adaptation to and extension of new propulsion technology. The resurgence of outboard engine technology from companies like Mercury Racing and their 400R and now 450R four-stroke...
I recently had the pleasure of talking with Randy Waters the owner of this beautiful new M28, and I gotta tell you he is one hell of a nice guy, with one hell of a boating resume! Randy hales from OK, and this particular boat will be spending most of its time on Lake Eufala. It's no surprise...
Story by DinaRella / Images by Foley Loaded Media, Pete Boden & Jaguar Marine
One thing is for certain if electing the electrifying Miami International Boat Show's high-profile, high-performance dock as a launch pad to let loose a new breed of boat -- IT'S GONNA GET NOTICED! The prime stretch...
DCB has completed and delivered a "custom" M33 for Chad and Diana Budge! Now all DCB's are built to the owners specs so technically all of them are "custom." The reason that I used the word in the opening statements of the article is to say that this DCB truly isn't like any of the other...
It has long been known that DCB has owned the West Coast as the top tier boat mfg out here, and it's refreshing to see that the Brand is becoming more and more popular across the country! The latest M33R was custom built for Scott James of Greenville SC!
The boat will be used in several...
Recently Eliminator was contacted by an interested party to build a Speedster, it wasn't until the conversation got a little deeper that they realized this wasn't going to be a typical or traditional kind of build. The boat itself is to be used as a Tender for a 69.3 Meter "Mega Yacht" that...
Just last week DCB repowered one of their M28’s from 300’s to the new Merc 450’s!
Pictured here with the original 300’s
With an additional 300 hp (150 per side) the boat picked up an incredible 20 mph gain! Taking the boat from 113 mph to a blistering 133!
Pictured with the new 450’s...
Nordic has completed tooling on their latest model the new 31! The boat is the little brother to the 355 that was debuted in January at the Los Angeles Boat show! read article here
Thane added these little winglets on the side to give the boat a longer and sleeker / low profile appearance...
Owner Greg Timmon's has to be stoked with DCB's latest delivery his own M33R with twin 450's! The boat made it's first impressions on the crowd at the Lake Powell Challenge this last weekend and from what we have heard it was definitely a crowd pleaser! It's hard not to be when it's a newer...
That's the kind of nightmare that keeps other boat manufacturers awake at night. There is little doubt that the 355's will cover more ground than any other boats at the "Lake Powell Challenge" this weekend, that's what Paul (Balls to the) Wallner is not only known for but is nicknamed after...
After Mercury Racing's unprecedented press conference in Nashville a little over two months ago, both manufacturers and customers alike were chomping at the bit to get their hands on the new Merc 450. In some cases the frenzy was so great that people were threatening to cancel their boat owners...
When Mercury Racing released the 400R, everybody had high expectations, but I don't think anybody could have predicted the impact that it has had in the performance boat market. Fast Catamarans have historically been powered with Stern Drives, going back from the days with a single stern drive...
Four years ago Mercury Racing reinvented the performance outboard market with the release of their six cylinder supercharged 2.6L Verado 400R four stroke outboard engine. The performance outboard market had previously and popularly been utterly dominated by high output, and often high...
In an era where almost all the performance boat manufacturers are tooling larger and larger boats, Eliminator went a different direction. Jake Fraleigh took a hard look at one of the core market places right here in their backyard and asked a simple question. "What would be the ultimate boat...
April 3, 2019 Interceptor Custom Boats is announcing the dismissal of Chris Mulvania from all matters concerning Interceptor Custom Boats. We would like to thank Chris for his years of dedicated service and wish him much success in his future endeavors.
Troy Mcintosh will be replacing Chris...
We live in a unique time for the performance boating industry. After the recession a lot of the manufacturers have settled into common "themes" when it comes to the styling of their boats, and in many cases are reluctant to stray from their comfort zones.
What I mean to say bluntly is in a...
Nordic will be debuting it's new 35' (no center pod) cat at the Los Angeles Boat Show Jan 10-13 2019! If you are active in the forums you might have seen some sneak peeks of the boat already HERE when we published the spy photos of it! At that time it was being called a 36!
The boat is...
The new collaboration between Schiada and Eric Simmons is finally complete and they are doing the first stages of water testing! We are very excited to not only see how it performs but how well the boat is received in the fishing community!
When you combine one of the most proven bottoms...
To Jerry Barron, it seems like an eternity. That’s the way nearly all built-from-scratch new boats
seem to go, never as expeditiously as initially planned or hoped. And making the challenge
even larger is the fact that Barron Boats didn’t even exist ten months ago.
(Exterior styling is...
Congrats to Stephen and Kelly on their new M35!! They are avid boaters that have owned several boats including a 35' Fountain with 525's, and a 38' Fountain with 700's before they stepped into the DCB Camp in 2017 ordering a new M28R! This is their second DCB in as many years and I'm quite...
Eliminator is having it's 50th Anniversary in business right now, so I went down to talk to the guys and see what all the excitement is about!
Team Eliminator is rolling out an optional "Trim Package" on all 2019 Model boats, and they are offering extremely aggressive pricing on all models...
Columbus Ohio - Screaming Eagle Boats LLC and Talon Powerboats LLC are
announcing today an exciting expansion in the powerboat market.
Screaming Eagle Boats, well known builder of various high
performance catamaran powerboats including Talon, Spectre Cat boats and
numerous custom Formula 1...
Before I get started with this, I'd like to offer a small apology with Tony and Jeff. They sent me this boat for an RDP "Exclusive", and I have been so busy with "life" that I didn't get it up until right now.
That being said, lets take a look at Dave Chapell's new M31! I have to say I...
It has been a subject of much anticipation among most of my friends, wondering when the new Bullhead Bully would be complete, and how it would run! Well I'm happy to report that Nordic has finished the boat! There are several minor changes to the boat that we will go over when we feature it...
BARRON BOATS PREPARING TO LAUNCH IN MID-MAY
An Industry Familiar Name Readies for the Release of a New Line-Up of Deckboats and Center Consoles
Sometimes when one door closes, another one opens. And so it is with Jerry Barron, son of now deceased southern California boat building icon, Nick...
It's been four days since the announcement came out on the RDP forums that Nordic had purchased Hallett and all of it's assets. This came as a shock to everybody in the industry, as well as consumers and was met with a great amount of excitement and sadness all at the same time depending on...
Been a pretty exciting day in the Performance Boating scene! DCB has finally released the much anticipated M33R!! This boat is available in the traditional closed bow, open bow, and finally a walk through open bow! You can see that they plan on putting the interior for the open bow below the...
Always being innovators in the marine Industry Livorsi has introduced some new products that offer form, function and a different twist on the norm! Livorsi has just released a new style of gauge not only for trim tabs, but jack plates as well! Typically movement gauges are the square box...
The Bullhead Bully is on top of the world right now with his latest evening runs yesterday topping out at 126MPH!!
If you are wondering if it ends here, the general consensus is there's even more to go! The boat was dropped off at Nordic this morning where they are going to make a small...
KMC Wheels is excited to announce that Kyle LeDuc has been added to its team of ambassadors for 2017 and will run the short course Lucas Oil Off Road Series this season. A multi-time off road racing champion, Leduc is a fierce competitor and always considered a threat to win.
"As a race...
KMC Wheels is proud to announce that defending Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series (LOORRS) Pro Lite Champ Jerett Brooks will be joined with Brandon Arthur and Ryan Beat to run KMC Wheels during the 2017 season. Steeped in the Midwest tradition of short course off road racing infused with a west...
RDP is getting ready to expand on our offroad forums a bit, and so I got together with Laveycraft to offer a deal exclusively for RDP members on their fiberglass body kits for SXS's! :) For the first quarter of 2017 Laveycraft will be offering 20% off (basically dealer pricing) their body kits...
Typically writing an article on trailers is one of the more difficult things I have to do. Trailers for the most part are fairly common place, and while they have their variations in upgrades they are all for the most part the same. Adrenaline has been making it easy on me for the last two by...
When you decide to upgrade your EFI, or switch from Carbs, the choice is clear. AEM Infiniti is an extremely capable, compact, and cost effective ECU! Follow along with Alexi in this video from setting it up to making an initial tune!
I wish I had some better pictures of it, but I'd rather be first then late to the Party. :D This is KMG's latest creation which is there 22 Phantom with a Merc Racing 400R!! The boat has only been out once with a stock Merc Bravo 30 on it and ran 98 MPH at 6868 RPM! With more prop...
This is going to be one of the shortest articles text wise that I've ever written, but inversely I feel it's going to be one of the coolest because not only is it a unique project it reminds us of one of life's most important lessons. I recently heard that Kevin down at KMG was doing a Mach26...
It's been awhile since we have heard anything from Ultra Boats. They recently joined the RDP Forums, and showed some of the projects that they have going down at the shop right now (Several 23' Deckboats, and 28 Deckboats being built), and with admitted slow start have announced that they are...
Rusty at Ultra has been inundated with paddle board customers as of late. While he is already pretty busy with the boat building / service side of the business he tells RDP that he is absolutely blown away by the response he has been getting from his Stand Up Paddleboards. He had three models he...
You guys might remember a short article I wrote up a few years back about a West Coast Allstar leaving us and going to the East Coast. Carlos Lafarga pretty much redefined West Coast Interiors when he worked for DCB. After opening his own shop "Premier Marine Interiors" and running it for a...
DCB has just completed their latest M-29 for their premier dealer in N. Canton Ohio North Coast Performance Marine owned by David Hardgrove. The boat is outfitted with a pair of Merc 565's mated to Mercury Racing's ITS system with power hitting the water through Mercury Racing XR's...
In 1974 Bob Leach of Eliminator Boats revolutionized the performance boating world with the introduction of the 19' Daytona. It was part Hydroplane, part catamran, part Vee Bottom, and all style. The pickle fork hit the water and amazingly enough performed flawlessly the first time out...
