You know you’ve made the go-fast-boating-writer big-time when one of your headlines lands on a T-shirt created by Skater Powerboats catamaran fans. I mean, those people are rabid. They don’t mess around. They put the fan in fanatic. They’re a little scary that way. Here’s…

A generally easygoing guy, photographer Tom Leigh takes his craft seriously. Leigh is a true pro and it shows in his work, especially when it comes to photo composition. Though there’s no such thing as a perfectly composed image, this one comes close. Photo by…

Across the boating universe, there’s no finer form of cheap entertainment than posting up at a public launch ramp with beach chairs and a full cooler on a weekend afternoon. From mishaps to mash-ups, you never know what you’ll see. But you’re guaranteed to catch…

If controlling your own schedule is a priority when you’re on the water, avoiding large boat-to-boat raft-ups is a wise choice. Because once you’re locked into a sizable flotilla, you’re not going anywhere. Escape becomes a group activity, and group activities move at their own…

Heading to Riviera Dunes Dockside restaurant in Palmetto, Fla., from the Sarasota Hyatt hotel this morning, the invitational Outboard Skater Fun Run fleet includes just one boat completed in this decade. Now the property of Brandon Burgess, the fiery 368 catamaran was completed for Tyler…

Though the 2024 Speed On The Water Year In Review print magazine is printed and mostly delivered, no Year In Review issue, much less the 10th anniversary edition, is “official” until we hear from Florida reader Jack Kemp. OK, we don’t actually “hear” from the…

In a few hours, by-appointment performance-boat demo rides will begin at Mercury Racing’s three-day event at Grove Harbour Marina in Coconut Grove, Fla. The venue is far enough away from Miami International Boat Show, which also opens this morning, to feel like a great escape…

Randy Sweers of The Marine Group and Shaun Torrente of Shaun Torrente Racing have been dialing in the first Statement Marine 44 GTrs center console and 396 catamaran this week in the Fort Myers, Fla., area. They’ve made good progress, according to Sweers, with the…

Anyone who’s ever been to the early September Lake Cumberland Poker Run hosted by State Dock in Jamestown, Ky., knows that Harmon Creek is home to the largest and rowdiest raft-up of any poker run in the country. I won’t refer to it as the…

Despite that Californian Dale Rayzor and Texan Ross Ramsey are proud Americans, they weren’t going for a show of patriotism when they ran their blue and red catamarans alongside one another during last Saturday’s RP Elite Motors & Marine-produced Skaterfest lunch run on Lake Texoma…