Posts Tagged ‘frontpage’

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Go-Fast Boat Lamination: Conventional or Composite?
Posted on May 23rd 2013 - Matt Trulio
About ten years ago, I wrote a Powerboat magazine profile of Mike Fiore, the founder and owner of Outerlimits Offshore Powerboats in Bristol, R.I. ...

CIGAR SMUGGLER: Is a Catalina 470 Worth 33 Boxes of Stogies?
Posted on May 22nd 2013 - Charles Doane
That's the question cruiser Jeff Southworth has no doubt been asking himself ever since January, when local police and U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents ...

The AMSOIL Family
Posted on May 22nd 2013 - Matt Trulio
The Team AMSOIL Skater has collected many checkered flags since 2007 when Bob Teague and Paul Whittier teamed up with AMSOIL ...

Battle of the 1650s Shaping Up for SBI Sarasota Event
Posted on May 22nd 2013 - Matt Trulio
Though it’s more than a month away, the Super Boat Suncoast Grand Prix Festival—the fourth race in the 2013 Super Boat International season—in ...

ABYC Boating Safety Check A Success!
Posted on May 22nd 2013 - Ed Sherman
  One of over 20 boats that participated in our annual boating safety check program Several weeks ago, (May 4th to be exact) ...

100-mph Chaparral Project Update: Trailer Upgrade
Posted on May 21st 2013 - Matt Trulio
With his hopped-up 427-cubic-inch naturally aspirated engine ready to install and hull and deck reassembly for his 1986 Chaparral Villain sportboat well underway, owner Chris ...

Checkmate for Checkmate?
Posted on May 21st 2013 - Matt Trulio
Rumors of Checkmate Powerboats’ struggle to keep the doors open have been swirling for months. Six weeks ago, those rumors became ...

Texas Outlaw Challenge Expected to Be Bigger and Better
Posted on May 21st 2013 - Matt Trulio
Paul Robinson, the primary organizer behind the Texas Outlaw Challenge coming up next month (June 20-23), has one rule for everyone coming to ...

HAUNTED SAILBOAT: Up For Auction
Posted on May 20th 2013 - Charles Doane
I remember when I lived in New York City there were some people who used to read the obits every day, looking for what might ...

Checkmate Shut Down
Posted on May 20th 2013 - Matt Trulio
Sportboat builder Checkmate Powerboats in Bucyrus, Ohio, has halted production of its once-popular line of outboard- and stern drive-powered V- bottoms from 18 ...