Though I was on the shores of the Pamlico River in Washington, N.C., when Brian Forehand drove an Outerlimits Offshore Powerboats SV 43 model into history with his 180.464 mph kilometer record, I did not recall that today is the 10th anniversary of that amazing feat. Virginia’s Mark Tuck, who did the much of the work required to organize the record attempt, reminded me and speedonthewater.com co-publisher Jason Johnson this morning via text message. Caught in the act of making V-bottom history—Brian Forehand piloted the Outerlimits SV 43 into the record books. As it happened, 2014 was the bes ..read more

Last week in Cape Coral, Fla., a group of Nor-Tech Hi-Performance Powerboats dealers gathered for the company’s annual dealer meeting. They came from as close as Sarasota—the home of Erickson Marine—just 80 miles north, and as far as Toronto, Canada, some 1,500 miles to the northeast and the home of Double R Performance. They came from Texas, Louisiana, Missouri, Michigan and Massachusetts—and even just across the Sunshine State in Fort Lauderdale. Nor-Tech Hi-Performance Boat capped its 2024 dealer meeting as the presenting sponsor of the Fort Myers Offshore lunch run to Punta Gorda. Photo b ..read more

The oldest son of reigning American Power Boat Association Super Stock world champion Reese Langheim, 19-year-old Connor Langheim has been around the offshore circuit since his father started in the sport eight years ago. In 2003, he competed for the first time at the Race World Offshore-produced Key West World Championship in the Bracket 700 class. The Super Stock-class Jackhammer boat has a hot new look for the 2024 season. This Sunday at the Race World Offshore 7 Mile Grand Prix in Marathon, Fla., will be Connor Langheim’s first Super Stock-class contest. He’ll be sharing the cockpit of JS ..read more

Any event will fade into obscurity if its organizers and participants lose steam and it falls out of the spotlight, and that’s exactly what was happening with a longtime go-fast powerboat run on South Carolina’s Lake Murray. By 2022, the event had dwindled to approximately 30 boats. Its future looked bleak. The owner of this molten-hot 42-foot MTI catamaran, New York’s Bill Sestak was the first person to register for the 2024 Dam Boat Run At Lake Murray. A passionate performance-boat fan and the owner of Columba, S.C.-based Carolina Home Improvements, Bret Laso couldn’t stand to see that happ ..read more

Spectators heading to the season-opening Race World Offshore 7 Mile Offshore Grand Prix in Marathon, Fla., will get an in-person view of the 2023 Mod-V National and World Champion Sun Print raceboat owned by veteran Mod V racer Steve Miklos. But for fans who won’t be there and might not catch the livestream broadcast on the Race World Offshore Facebook page, here’s a quick look at the 29-foot Extreme V-bottom. Designed and installed by Kinetic Animation, the new wrap for the Mod V-class Sun Print raceboat sponsored by El Bandido Yankee Tequila is an attention-getter. Ryan Beckley and company ..read more

Famed for taking its dedicated members to some of the most idyllic waterways in North America, the Ontario-based Performance Boat Club of Canada has announced its full roster of fun/lunch runs for 2024. The five-event season begins in early mid-June and finishes and wraps up in early October. Here’s a quick look at what’s on tap this year. • June 15, 2024—Muskoka Lakes, Gravenhurst, Ontario • July 13, 2024—Georgian Bay, Midland, Ontario • August 17, 2024—Lake Simcoe, Brechin, Ontario • September 14—Rice Lake, Roseneath, Ontario • October 5—Kawartha Lakes, Bobcaygeon, Ontario Beautiful bo ..read more

Since speedonthwater.com launched 15 years ago, we’ve published at least one “Image Of The Week” each week (go figure) on the website. And of the more than 100 such images we’ve published featuring a Skater Powerboats catamaran, most have been of the high-flying or high-speed action kind. Rarely will you see two Skater catamarans “running” side by side as slowly as they are in this photo captured by Fallon Thibodeaux. But there is one particularly notable exception. In early 2014, we received a photo of two breathtaking Skater 388 catamarans—Bill Pyburn’s Pure Platinum and Mike Thornton’s Ris ..read more

A leading designer and manufacturer of lithium batteries for marine use based in Southwest Florida, Abyss Battery has signed on as a sponsor for London-headquartered Powerboat P1, the producer/promoter of the five-event Union Internationale Motonautique-sanctioned Class 1 World Championship Series and the P1 AquaX USA National Championship. The news was announced in a Powerboat P1 press release this morning. Abyss Battery has entered the powerboat racing sponsorship world. Photo by Brad DiMaggio copyright Scrapyard Media. “We are proud to partner with Powerboat P1 for the 2024 race season,” s ..read more

With a paintjob almost complete for a DCB Performance Marine M37R Widebody catamaran owned by professional trophy truck racer Bryce Menzies, Stephen Miles has moved one step closer to his stated goal of “painting them all.” The 37-footer is the first DCB model Miles has painted at his shop in Owensboro, Ky. Stephen Miles Design is almost finished painting its first DCB catamaran. The boat should be heading back to the Phoenix-based custom catamaran builder for rigging and interior installation in roughly three weeks, according to the painter. Though Miles described his collaboration with Menz ..read more

Regardless of which brand of catamaran he chooses, they are marketing vehicles for Devin Wozencraft. OK, so he does enjoy running them. Call it an occupational perk. But he owns them to promote his Southern California-based high-performance marine insurance and finance business. Devin Wozencraft’s 34-foot Victory catamaran is a beast thanks to a recent repower with Mercury Racing 500R outboard engines. Photos by Pete Boden copyright Shoot 2 Thrill Pix Wozencraft’s last cat, a 30-footer from Skater Powerboats, was powered by twin Mercury Racing 300R outboard engines with Advanced Mid-Sections ..read more