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Cigarette Racing’s Skip Braver was having dinner with a group of automotive journalists at a posh South Beach restaurant when one of the writers asked if automotive designers ever borrow ideas from the marine industry. “Frankly, that doesn’t happen,” said Braver, who hours earlier had helped unveil the new Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG and a 46-foot …

We understand. You’re tired of looking at reviews and tests of boats you can never afford. Sure they look cool, have killer paint jobs, run amazing speeds, but you can’t even afford the paint jobs. You want to read about boats that you might actually be able to buy, if not now then at least some day. So we went to builders of performance boats …

Assuming that fast boats have been an integral part of your life since you were a preteen, you might wonder what kind of boat you’d want to own when you’re an adult. If you’re like Jerry Gilbreath of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, that answer came in the form of an incredible wooden masterpiece of design, craftsmanship, and perfection. Even though Gilbreath …

We don’t mean to nag, but these are just some of the things you need to do to make a propeller testing session worthwhile. “People don’t understand all the different variables and how stringent you need to be when testing,” said Dirk Bjornstad, brand manager at Mercury Propellers. There’s more to selecting the right prop for your boat …

If you follow the poker-run scene through photos in magazines and on message boards, you might think every boater owns an MTI, a Skater or an Outerlimits. But the truth is those high-dollar boats are just a fraction of the go-fast boats built each year, yet they garner most of the attention at poker runs.
If you own an older Baja, Formula …

Back when the economy was riding high on the bubble, it seemed as though every boatbuilder was developing something new. Sales were brisk and everyone could afford to put their best men on tooling up new products. Obviously, we know how that story turned out, but the high-performance marine industry is driven as much by the economy as it is …

Stop us if you’ve heard this one before. An automotive engine builder wants to expand into the marine market. The company then makes innumerable lofty claims and then, when the curtain finally drops, what do we get? Usually it’s yet another Big-Block Chevrolet-based engine, with parts put together in much the same way we’ve seen before.

MasterCraft Boat Co. announced an agreement with Ilmor Marine as its exclusive engine supplier beginning with the 2012 model year. Until now, Indmar Marine in Millington, Tennessee, had been the sole supplier of engine packages to MasterCraft. For 2011, Indmar and Ilmor engines will be offered in MasterCraft products. Three Ilmor engines …