Catch the Premiere of Factory Fridays at Mystic Powerboats

In the upcoming episode of Factory Fridays, the boats.com team travels to DeLand, Florida to tour the Mystic Powerboats facilities with CEO John Cosker. Here we learn about Cosker’s background in racing and the untold history behind one of Florida’s top performance boat builders. Follow along with host Marilyn DeMartini for an insider’s look at the design and construction process behind Mystic’s highly sought-after center consoles and offshore catamarans. You can catch the episode premiere on Youtube this Friday at 7pm EST.

History and Background

After graduating college with an engineering degree, Cosker began working for Rolla Propellers while also crewing race boats like La Baby Argentina and Gran Argentina for iconic boat designer Fabio Buzzi. Then, fast forward to 1996 when Mystic was born. In its early days, Cosker worked with Dave Callan of Callan Marine to design 200-plus mph boats, one of which you may recognize as the famous Miss Geico race boat. After building one or two race boats a year, Mystic eventually transitioned to the center console and offshore catamaran space, now producing over thirty boats a year.

Ethos

Mystic wanted a space to design their highly-customized boats side-by-side with their customers, so they expanded to a factory direct model in 2019. After the initial consultation, the team spends an entire day with the buyer to bring their dream boat to the drawing boards. They'll select design elements like textures, colors, and flooring patterns. According to Cosker, the boats are custom right down to the colors on the engines, with no two paint jobs alike.

Tour Highlights

In the Lamination Facility, viewers get a firsthand look at Mystic’s core fit process. Cosker explains that Mystic boats are fully core fitted, and this sets them apart from other manufacturers that only have core in particular areas. Mystic’s core fits make the boats lighter and quieter, so boaters will hear very little water noise coming up through the hull. In the Finishing Facility, which the Mystic team affectionately refers to as the “cat cave,” you can see where the catamarans are built. Mystic actually only makes one recreational catamaran — the other catamaran models are high-tech commercial military vessels.

With the center console market exploding, Mystic is going even bigger. Cosker shares how they hope to build up to a four-boat line in the next two years — and we're anxiously awaiting their new arrivals. If you want to see why 40% of Mystic buyers are repeat customers, check out Mystic Powerboats for sale right now on boats.com.

Catch the premiere of Factory Fridays: Mystic Powerboats on Youtube this Friday at 7pm EST.