One person attending last week’s LOTO Shootout was especially stoked to be in attendance: M. Todd Chartier, whose MTI-V 50 was delivered during the event. Chartier, who already owned one of MTI’s 390X catamarans, has been a longtime fan of center consoles (having owned several by another builder). But after attending an MTI Fun Run at Florida’s Hawk’s Cay, he was offered a demo ride on the very first MTI-V 50 by company President Randy Scism, and Chartier was ready to order his second MTI. “I’d owned my last center console for two years, and basically, I upgrade my boats every two to three yea ..read more

Members of the 1000 Islands Charity Poker Run committee donated $102,000 to Make-A-Wish Central New York on Sunday. The donation is reflective of the monies raised during the July 14-16 edition of the Poker Run, headquartered at the Harbor Hotel. “The 1000 Island Charity Poker Run has been honored to partner with Make-A-Wish Central New York for the past 6 years,” said Bobby Cantwell, chair of the Poker Run committee.  If granting a wish to a young person provides them with the strength to fight and often times overcome a critical illness … we’re in 110%.” He continued: “This record ..read more

The next round of offshore racing action takes place over Labor Day weekend, September 3-4, as P1 Offshore presents the Powerboat Grand Prix in downtown St. Petersburg, Florida. All classes of offshore race teams will be competing, as well as the AquaX personal watercraft racing series, and promises to be an exciting two days of high-speed competition. Powerboat P1, in their second year partnership with Visit St. Pete/Clearwater, welcomes everyone to come enjoy the festivities, meet the racers and enjoy the “jewel of Florida’s Gulf Coast.” “We are excited to again bring a weekend of exhilarat ..read more

Black Thunder Offshore, manufacturers of high-performance offshore powerboats out of Hannibal, Missouri, has joined forces with Iguana Marine Group to be their exclusive dealer for the United States. With three dealerships located between Oklahoma and Missouri, including Lake of the Ozarks, Iguana Marine Group prides itself on servicing and selling high-end, high-performance brands throughout the midwest. “We’re excited to represent a manufacturer of Black Thunder’s quality, which is handcrafted so close to our dealer network”, said Joel Rauch, President of Iguana Marine Group. “We’ll be displ ..read more

Last minute entry of the 2022 Dam-to-Dam Challenge Brad Ekstam , owner of FASS Fuel Systems, with his new carbon fiber Wright Performance 420 powered by twin Mercury Racing 450Rs, and joined by offshore racer and Performance Boat Center sales guru Rusty Williams, obliterated the standing record with an impressive 1 hour, 39 minutes, 23 seconds–besting the previous time of 2:29:49, set by Tyson and Tristan Garvin in 2014. The event was initially to be run by MTI‘s Taylor and Randy Scism in their TS Motorsports 390XR offshore race boat going against Tyler and Lindsey Mil ..read more

DCB Performance Boats of El Cajon, CA, has delivered a walkthrough/open bow version of its M33R Widebody to Brett and Sheila Baur of Ogden, UT. The boat was delivered during this August’s Big Cat Poker Run. “It was a fun trip,” Baur tells Speedboat. “I’d never been there before, and got to run on the California Delta—that was some totally different boating. We had a great time!” This is the third M33R with the full walk-through open bow, according to company President Jeff Johnston, and is hull #10 of the M33R model. It’s also Baur’s first DCB, after owning speedboats built by a variety o ..read more

Powerboat P1, the exclusive worldwide rights holder for the UIM Class 1 World Championship, announced today that M-CON Racing will be joining the race series in 2023. Based in Kansas and currently focused on defending their APBA Super Cat national title, the M-CON team of Tyler Miller and Myrick Coil will be competing next year in a canopied Skater 438 catamaran powered by Mercury Racing 1100 Competition engines and transmission package. “We decided earlier this year to race Class 1 in 2023 to continue to elevate our racing program and because of our pure passion to race offshore powerboats in ..read more

Multi-time world champion drag boat racer Tony Scarlata, best known for covering a 1000-foot liquid race track in record time, will now be covering boaters with insurance, in presumably the same manner. Scarlata recently received his insurance license and will be taking his talents into the marine insurance market by teaming up with California-based Wozencraft Insurance and Finance. Scarlata is no stranger to the boating community. Having grown up around the water, he started drag boat racing in 1990 in a bracket class flat-bottom boat, that he received for graduating college. With his dedicat ..read more

World champion offshore racer and 2022 Lake of the Ozarks Shootout Honorary Chairperson Taylor Scism has announced she will drive her MTI 390X Team Marine Technology in an attempt to set a new Dam-to-Dam Challenge speed record on the Monday morning of Aug. 22, prior to LOTO’s popular Shootout Week. Scism will pilot the boat alongside her father, MTI President Randy Scism. But they won’t be alone. National champion offshore racer Tyler Miller, who owns and throttles the Super Cat M-CON 388 Skater with driver Myrick Coil, will also attempt to set the record on that day. Mille ..read more

STORY UPDATED—SEE BELOW FOR DETAILS. Offshore racer Tyler Miller, who owns and throttles the Super Cat M-CON 388 Skater with driver Myrick Coil, will attempt to set a new Dam-to-Dam Challenge speed record in the Lake of the Ozarks, MO this morning. This run had originally been scheduled for the week following Florida’s Sarasota Grand Prix, July 1-3, but mechanical issues prevented it from happening. The event involves a run from Bagnell Dam in Lakeside, MO to Truman Dam in Warsaw, MO and back. Miller and his team must complete the 188-mile trip in less than 2 hours, 29 minutes and 49 seco ..read more