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You know how sometimes when people are selling something or asking a question on social media, they include an image and add “picture for attention” or something like that to their post? Well that’s what I’m doing this morning with this incredible image taken by…
Whether you agree that the Renegade Powerboats 38’ Open that Randy Kent delivered in August during the Lake of the Ozarks Shootout in Missouri was the most beautiful boat to come out of the Hialeah, Fla., factory this year is subjective, I know, but no…
The cover of a magazine is its first impression and—as the saying goes—you get only once chance to make one. For the past nine years, Jason Johnson and I have been making the difficult call of what makes the cover for our annual Speed On…
Like most of the folks behind the annual Boyne Thunder Poker Run, Ingrid Day is a Boyne City, Mich., local. In addition to her role as the director of the Boyne City Main Street organization, Day is the lead organizer behind the famed poker run,…
One thing is certain at this time of year: Jason Johnson, my partner in speedonthewater.com, is sleeping less and less. Johnson is responsible for design and layout of the annual Speed On The Water Year In Review collectible print magazine, which we are publishing for…
It’s the day after Halloween—meaning not only is it time for me to take the decorations down that my kids made me put up on October 1 because I wouldn’t allow them to decorate any earlier than that, but it’s the day I usually make…
When the 2023 Florida Powerboat Club Winter Poker Run fleet departed the Miami area bound for Key Largo in late January, a predominantly silver, 38-foot Cigarette Racing Team Top Gun V-bottom led the pack, at least at the start. The 2000 model-year 38-footer, which is…
To kick off its 50th anniversary celebration and introduce its new V-10 outboard engine on the eve of the Miami International Boat Show, Mercury Racing threw a swanky private bash in a parking-structure venue reimagined to look like a South Beach nightclub. The event attracted…
Like any other group of competitors, offshore powerboat racers are focused on winning. Still, sometimes it is better to pull back and settle for second place. Take for example owner/ throttleman Tyler Miller and driver Myrick Coil and their 38-foot Skater, M CON. The pair…
Not since the late-1990s and early 2000s has offshore powerboat racing been as poised for success as it is at the moment. The 2022 season, from the midpoint on, boasted strong fleets in the Super Stock, Super Cat and Class 1 ranks, making the pandemic-forced…
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