Deep Impact 399 Center Console Expands Lake Powell Horizons For Utah-Based Owner

With some 2,000 miles of dramatic shoreline mostly surrounded by towering cliffs, Lake Powell can take a lifetime to fully explore. Utah’s Nick Child grew up boating on the high-desert waterway and even he hasn’t seen all of it. And Child, who owns Tooele Valley Motorsports in Erda is an avid powerboat enthusiast.

But going the center-console route with a 2025 model-year 399 model from Deep Impact Custom Boats, which he took delivery of early this year in South Florida, has expanded Lake Powell horizons for Child, his wife, Monnica, and their children.

“Honestly, the boat is working really good on Lake Powell—it’s been great for the whole family,” he said. “We’ve been going on longer runs and the boys can sleep in the air-conditioned cabin. We usually run to a beach somewhere, get set up and the boys swim and play around the boat.

Child likes everything about his new 39-footer from Deep Impact. Photos courtesy Nick Child copyright Toole Valley Motorsports.

“A lot of friends have been buying center consoles as well,” he added. “During Super Cat Fest West, I took a friend on my Deep Impact. As soon as we started running, he said, “I’ve got to get one of these.”

Child, who recently returned from his first experience at the 1,000 Islands Charity Poker Run in Clayton, N.Y., as a guest of DCB Performance Marine vice-president Chiaramonte, also owns a 37-foot outboard catamaran from the Phoenix-based company. While the cat handles the roughest conditions the lake has to offer, the center console powered by four V-10nMercury Racing outboard engines is more comfortable for everyone on board in rough water, he said.

“The Deep Impact is heavy—they lay them up for running in the open ocean,” he explained. “I have been very impressed with the build quality, and I have 105 hours and 3,000 miles on the boat.”

As Child can attest, a houseboat and a Deep Impact 399 are an ideal combo for exploring Lake Powell.

Based out Antelope Point Marina in Page, Ariz., the annual Lake Powell Challenge is set for September 16-21. It is among Child’s favorite events, and as in years past he will lead a select group to some of his favorite spots on Friday. He already has a good idea where he’ll take the group.

But he has no clue what boat he’ll take, the Deep Impact 399 or the DCB M37R catamaran.

“That depends on what everyone is bringing,” Child said, then laughed. “If it’s a center-console crowd, I’ll bring the Deep Impact. If it’s a catamaran crowd, I’ll bring the DCB.”

The natural environment surrounding Lake Powell is breathtaking.

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