Matt Trulio

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Skater Shootout Purse: “For the Boat Owners.”
Posted on August 12th 2010 - Matt Trulio
Caught up with Peter Hledin, the owner of Douglas Marine, which builds Skater catamarans in Douglas, Mich. Hledin remains one of my favorite people in ...

Extreme Boating Series Coming to Boats.com
Posted on August 11th 2010 - Matt Trulio
Anything “extreme” makes for good copy and even better video. And across the boating spectrum, there’s plenty of stuff that qualifies as extreme—even in sailing. ...

Mercury Racing 1350 Engines in Production
Posted on August 9th 2010 - Matt Trulio
Had a nice chat with Fred Kiekhaefer, the president of Mercury Racing, over the weekend. Kiekhaefer told me that construction of the first “production” pair ...

Nor-Tech Going for Big Number at Shootout
Posted on August 5th 2010 - Matt Trulio
Caught up with Terry Sobo, the director of sales and marketing for Nor-Tech Hi-Performance Boats in Cape Coral, Fla. Sobo told me he’d just finished ...

Cosker on Mystic Delamination: I Don’t Expect to See Any Other Issues.
Posted on August 4th 2010 - Matt Trulio
With the recent delamination problems experienced by JBS, a 50-foot-long Mystic turbine-powered catamaran owned by Jeff Stevenson, speculation on Mystic delamination issues has run rampant. ...

Sterling 1,700-hp Engine Coming
Posted on August 3rd 2010 - Matt Trulio
Dynamometer testing on Sterling’s new twin-turbocharged 1,700-hp engine should start this week, according to Mike D’Anniballe, the principal of the Milford, Mich., engine company. The ...

Phenomenon Out for Shootout
Posted on August 2nd 2010 - Matt Trulio
Fans of Copeland’s Phenomenon, the 56-foot-long catamaran powered by four 3,000-hp turbine engines will have to wait a little longer to catch the boat in ...

Ozarks Shootout: Beyond the Boats
Posted on July 30th 2010 - Matt Trulio
Without question, the catamarans and V-bottoms running at “ludicrous speeds”—OK, I confess, I saw and actually liked “Spaceballs”—are the highlight of the Lake of the ...

SkaterFest Coverage Coming
Posted on July 29th 2010 - Matt Trulio
If memory serves—and I have to admit it does less and less these days—the first “SkaterFest” happened and was spearheaded by Rich Luhrs, a true ...

MTI Turnout Looking Light for LOTO Shootout
Posted on July 27th 2010 - Matt Trulio
Blazing-fast catamarans from Marine Technology, Inc., are something of a tradition at the speed runs for Lake of the Ozarks Shootout, which will happen this ...