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Minus great photography, creating worthwhile go-fast boating content is a tall order. Words only get you so far—and people definitely don’t read the way they used to. As someone who routinely responds to reader questions that are answered in the first paragraph of any given…
Like moths to an eternal flame, Nor-Tech Hi-Performance Boats owners descended on Key West, Fla., last week en masse. As a group, they are—like all brand-loyalist in the go-fast boating world—ferociously tribal. That doesn’t mean they refuse to spend time with owners of other brands….
Just five weeks ago, Leah Martin was named an International Hot Rod Association executive and tasked to spearhead the drag-racing organization’s deep dive into offshore racing. Martin is continuing to be the IHRA’s forward-facing point-person, but now she has a more-precise title—president. And not just…
The subject of the newest Speed On The Water/Scrapyard Media “In The Lead” series video, Shawn Steinert doesn’t work as if his life depends on it. He works as if your life, at least if you happen to be an offshore racer, depends on it….
If current commitments hold, the International Hot Rod Association will stroke $250,000 worth of checks to racers this Sunday at the end of the Race World Offshore Key West World Championships. Prize money and offshore racing are not words often used in the same sentence….
As a fundraiser, last night’s Speed On The Water Key West Bash and Charity Auction did not live up to expectations. The final total raised through a live auction, donations and a 50/50 raffle isn’t in, but by my very rough estimate it didn’t reach…
Though Central Missouri-based Justin Wagner and his wife, Cicely, and a couple of friends will head toward Key West, Fla., in Wagner’s demo Doug Wright Powerboats/DWR 39 XTR catamaran today, the Wagners have been in Florida for two weeks. The 39-footer actually was housed at…
Hosted this time around at the Pirate Cove Resort and Marina in Stuart, Fla, the annual Old Friends Forever celebration last week was a gathering of legendary offshore powerboat racers from the 1950s, 1960s and beyond. Former race promoter Jim Hauser, Steve Sirois ( the…
Last night, Leah Martin, one of the founding board-members of the first-year World Powerboat Racing Association and the point person for the International Hot Rod Association’s recent high-profile entry—a $250,00- purse for the upcoming Key West World Championships certainly meets that criteria—into the currently fractured…
The founder of the Toys Tour run in Palatka, Fla., “Raceboat” Rus Matos died five years ago next month at age 59. Matos was a full-blown, joyful and energetic character who just wanted to make a difference in the lives of underprivileged children who most…
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