High-performance powerboats

The Big Picture: Big Power that Lives

November 12th 2009
Two new developments have made big-power engines a whole lot more reliable.
Read The Big Picture: Big Power that Lives
Tags: high-horsepower, Marine engines, Mercury Racing, powerboat

November 1st 2009
What's the difference between East and West Coast go-fast catamarans? Everything.
Read The Big Picture: Bi-Coastal Cat Fight
Tags: catamaran, Douglas Marine, Douglass Skater 40, Eliminator Boats, power catamarans, powerboat

September 30th 2009
Think you’ve had some wild powerboat rides? Try a day on the water with Bob Teague.
Read The Big Picture: Fast Times with a Top Test Driver
Tags: catamaran, high-performance, powerboat, Powerboat magazine, test driver

September 11th 2009
Thanks to Skip Braver and his team, the world’s best-known brand of high-performance boat is still thriving.
Read The Big Picture: Cigarette Keeps Smoking
Tags: Cigarette, Cigarette 38 Top Gun, Cigarette 39 Top Fish, Cigarette Racing, high-performance, offshore Racing

August 23rd 2009
The bold new styling and nifty features of the RZ4 make it a major player in today's tow-boat market.
Read Tigé’s RZ4 Tow Boat is Sure to Get You Noticed
Tags: pickle-fork bow, Pleasurecraft Marine, Tige, Tige RZ4, Towboat

July 30th 2009
On the domestic and international scenes, offshore powerboat racing is on life support. And the prognosis isn't good-as always.
Read The Big Picture: Whatever Happened to Offshore Powerboat Racing?
Tags: offshore powerboat racing, powerboat racing, powerboats

July 14th 2009
Does it even matter that once a year, a bunch of go-fast boat owners in New Jersey take kids in need for a ride on Barnegat Bay? You bet it does.
Read The Big Picture: Rides That Make Shore Dreams Happen
Tags: Arcs of Love, Atlantic City Poker Run, Barnegat Bay, Make-A-Wish Foundation, New Jersey, New Jersey Elks Club, New Jersey Performance Powerboat Club, Special Olympics

June 30th 2009
Think the boats during the first leg of Powerboat magazine’s annual 100-mph roundup were fast? Get a load of this one.
Read The Big Picture: The Fastest Show on Water, Part II
Tags: boat tests, Florida, high-performance, Powerboat magazine

June 8th 2009
Powerboat magazine’s annual 100-mph roundup attracts some of the fastest recreational powerboats on the planet.
Read The Big Picture: The Fastest Show on Water
Tags: boat tests, Colorado River, high-performance, Powerboat magazine

May 1st 2009
For 12 years, Diane Barrington found photo and rescue helicopters for high-performance boat events all over the country. Then life got complicated
Read The Big Picture: The Blade Babe Soars
Tags: APBA, Powerboat magazine, Super Boat International