Offered by Big Thunder Marine at the Lake of the Ozarks in Central Missouri, this 2026 model-year Fountain 43 SCX center console is powered by a trio of 600-hp V-12 outboard engines from Mercury Marine. Hardware includes a Fischer Panda 5kW diesel generator and a…

Like all closed-deck V-bottom builders, Sunsation Boats was reeling by 2010. No one was buying sportboats—a term that differentiates the breed from center consoles as both are V-bottoms—and the Algonac, Mich., company was all but dark. Its CCX center-console program, which turned out to be…

As if taking delivery of a new Nor-Tech 390 Sport center console—their third—weren’t enough of a rush for Darren and Phyliss Bannister, last Wednesday the Canadian couple had another treat coming. The Cape Coral, Fla.-based company had a model-line photo session scheduled, and thanks to…

The first collaborative effort between Speedonthewater.com and Scrapyard Media, the “In The Lead With Grant Bruggemann” video opens with the renowned powerboat rigger putting a Skater 438 catamaran into the water for client Matt Rice. In a voiceover set to softly building music, Rice describes…

The first leg of last Saturday’s Performance Boat Center Fall Run on the Lake of the Ozarks saw almost 60 boats in the mix for the trek from the dealership’s Osage Beach, Mo., home-base to Lake Burger restaurant in Gravois Mills. That fleet and other…

Offered through Suncoast Powerboat and Yacht Brokerage of Sarasota, Fla., this 2025 model-year Fountain 34 Thunder Cat is powered by twin Mercury Racing 500R engines. Hardware includes five-blade cleaver propellers from Mercury Racing and a ShadowCaster LED underwater lighting system. Helm station features include Mercury…

The only boat in the recent Florida Powerboat Club Emerald Coast Boat Week event last weekend to be handled by a two-woman crew—GSX/Glasstream brand owner Kruis Retherford and marketing manager Ashley strong—this 2025 model-year GSX 36 center console is powered by triple Mercury Racing 500R…

Offered by American Custom Marine—a full-service Nor-Tech dealer in Kimball, Mich.—this 2025 model-year Nor-Tech 390 Sport center console is powered by quad 400-hp Mercury Racing V-10 outboard engines. Hardware includes Mercury Racing K-planes, a bow-thruster and an RGB LED underwater lighting. “In stock and ready…

Offered by Big Thunder Marine at its Speed and Luxury Showroom in Lake Ozark, Mo., this 2025 model-year Outerlimits 50 SL V-bottom is powered by Mercury Racing 1550/1350 engines with M8 drives. According to the listing, the engines have four operating hours. Hardware includes five-blade…

My first ride in a Cigarette Racing Team 41 SD center-console-console some years ago during a Cigarette Owners Rendezvous at the Lake of the Ozarks in Central Missouri terrified me. The twin Mercury Racing 1100-hp engine-powered 41-footer would have been just fine in the hands…