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Story and photos by DinaRella / Additional images from Adrenaline Powerboats Adrenaline Powerboats have a knack for standing out, whether running loud and proud at WOT churning up the waters, or eliciting oohs and ahhs in off-mode stirring up the crowds on the quays. This past March, Adrenaline...

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...

Dixxon Flannel Eliminator 28' Fundeck: Interview with Jake from Eliminator:

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)...

It’s no secret that many marine companies are exploring the possibilities, potential and feasibility of electric engine power for mainstream recreational boating applications. For example, Nautique/Correct Craft appears to be on the verge of making its electric powered wakesport boat a reality...

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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...

Here’s a Cool Piece of Boating History You Might Enjoy First Company to produce ONE MILLION OUTBOARDS – History was made on November 6, 1952 when Johnson Motors produced their one-millionth outboard – a 1953 model 10 hp Sea-Horse. Commemorating the occasion are Clarence Johnson (left), and...

If anybody has been out boat shopping in the last six months, it’s obvious that both new and used boat inventories are very slim, if non-existent. Once the pandemic gripped the nation a little over a year ago with lock-down orders, people scrambled to find ways to recreate safely outdoors and...

Dominate players in any industry often make mistakes and suffer the consequences, but the Outboard Marine Corporation (OMC) paid the ultimate price. For more than a half century, the dominate force in the recreational marine industry was the Outboard Marine Corporation, better known to...

Part One: Story by DinaRella / Photos by DinaRella and Outerlimits Powerboats No matter the situation or subject matter, OUTRAGEOUS and MANUFACTURED best characterize the year 2020, and it will be forever marked as mind-blowing. The same could be said about Outerlimits Offshore Powerboats...

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...

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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...