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No doubt about it, even the most loyal readers are groaning at the above headline. But much to the horror of my 32-year-old son and 27-year-old daughter, I never miss a chance to use a painful pun or a good dad-joke. The 2025 Fort Myers…
In yet another sign of ongoing growth, Fort Myers Offshore continues to add new event-sponsors and commercial members. The nonprofit scholarship fundraising club’s Turkey Run, which is set for this Saturday, is being presented by Paul Boyden Customs, well-known powerboat-painting business based in Pensacola, Fla….
Friday, November 21 On Trend—In Praise Of The Eight-Seat MovementAt least as far large-catamaran cockpits go, eight is the new six when it comes to seats. Eight-Seat ‘Outta Pocket’ 388 A Big Change For Second-Time Skater OwnerIn his quest for more seating, Skater catamaran owner…
From hull-and-deck molds to CNC machines, powerboat companies are loaded with big, heavy and generally bulky stuff that doesn’t move easily. That’s the nature of the boat-building beast, so to speak. One trip to the likes of DCB Performance Marine in Phoenix, Ariz., is all…
Registration for the November 29 Fort Myers Offshore Turkey Run to the Hyatt House in Naples, Fla., opened this morning. It is the second happening in the Southwest Florida nonprofit organization’s eight-run 2025/2026, and club president Tim Hill is expecting the event to fill quickly….
With its Destin Powerboat Week event in September, the Florida Powerboat Club signaled the end of its longstanding poker-run format. Some club members said they missed multiple cards stops and massive lunch gatherings. Others preferred their newfound free-time to the traditional club-planned travel routine. Others…
To say Deep Impact Custom Boats is ending 2025 with a flurry of positive activity is an understatement. During the late-October Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show alone, the South Florida offshore center-console builder released the 449—the first center console in its class that can handle…
No one in the high-performance marine world does a better job of grass-roots marketing than Devin Wozencraft. The finance and insurance man does his fair share of advertising with various media outlets, as well as various sponsorships most often of the meal kind at events…
Friday, November 14 Powered By Performance Dealership Collaboration Program Opens With WMF Watercraft And MarinePutting the customer experience ahead of the dealership experience. Inaugural Support Our Troops Florida Poker Run Set For JanuaryLook for this event to sell out immediately. Thursday, November 13 PBN Exclusive—…
Among the most cherished annual events at the Lake of the Ozarks in Central Missouri, the Support Our Troops Poker Run spearheaded by Big Thunder Marine and benefitting the H.E.R.O.E.S. Care program is a hike—as in more than 1,000 miles worth—from Southwest Florida. No matter…
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