The Long Rise Of The 34 Rumble Phish

Even the most diehard offshore racing fans in town for the 2025 St. Clair River Classic had no idea what they were looking at as an unusual V-bottom—a 34-footer looks more like a drag-boat than an offshore raceboat—roared by them again and again. It’s not as if they had much chance to see the boat in action before that late-July afternoon. The Offshore Powerboat Association-produced St. Clair, Mich., affair was its only race of the season.

With Tony Currier and Chip Miller sharing the cockpit, the one-of-one 34 Rumble Fish took the Bracket 400-class win at the 2025 St. Clair River Classic in July. Photos by Pete Boden copyright Shoot 2 Thrill Pix.

But dubbed I Am A Wild One and piloted by Tony Currier and Chip Miller—both local to the St, Clair area—the well-named, 1,400-hp, twin-turbocharged engine-powered V-bottom took the Bracket 400-class victory. A one-off build spawned by Currier’s vision as a former drag-boat and A-class offshore racer in the 1990s, the boat is a 34 Rumble Phish.

And Currier, who built the 34-footer himself at his St. Clair-based fiberglass and paint-shop, has big plans for the boat.

“My goal is to present the 34 Rumble Phish around the country and to the world,” he explained. “I am one step closer to my dream.

The 34 Rumble Phish is among the most unusual V-bottoms in offshore racing.

“Chip and I want to do a national offshore racing circuit next year,” he added. “Chip is full-blown into it.”

The 34 Rumble Fish has been through a few iterations since arriving at its current form. Currier mocked up hull the using wood before creating a hull mold. He built the boat’s canopied deck by hand. For power, he started with a supercharged Crockett Racing engine delivered more than 2,000 hp to its in-house-built surface drive.

But no matter how much power Currier pumped into the boat, he couldn’t get it to perform.

The culprit turned out to be the final seven feet of the hull behind the V-bottom’s single. Once Currier imported the design into a CAD program, he could see that aft section of the hull was several degrees lower than the section ahead of the step.

“Those last seven feet of hull were acting like a big trim tab,” he said, then laughed. “So I cut off the bottom, made a new one and changed the angle of the surface drive. Tyler Crockett and I put it in the water and it ran 100 mph in a second.”

A twin-turbo-charger engine built by Tyler Crockett powers the 34-footer.

That was one major change for the 34-footer. The other was the move to a lower-output, detuned turbo-charged engine built by Crockett.

Currier’s goals are even bigger than his 2026 offshore racing plans. But he’s no hurry. In the 30-something years it has taken him to realize his dream, he’s beaten cancer. So while he savors every day, he’s in no hurry. Enjoying the moment is just as important to him.

“I could see building the Rumble Fish as a bigger, twin-engine boat,” he said. “That would be amazing.”

Currier is hoping his creation has a bright future in the offshore racing world.

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