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Nordic Boats of Lake Havasu City, AZ, has revealed that it is in the process of producing a new tunnel catamaran between 34 and 35 feet. The boat, designed by Thane Tiemer, will be a full carbon Kevlar layup with a bustle on the back and will typically be powered by twin outboards. Nordic’s team has been working around the clock to have the boat ready for the Los Angeles Boat Show (January 10-13, 2019 at the Fairplex in Pomona, CA). The deck has just come out of the mold, and is being laminated to the hull this week. 

“The boat will probably be called the 35 Long Deck,” Tiemer said. “It’s a beautiful piece that has nice, wide sponsons.” While the first out of the mold will be powered by twin outboards, the boat can be fitted with up to quad outboards, he said.

Tiemer compared the boat’s bottom to Nordic’s 28SS, whose bottom he also tooled. “The 28SS is the fastest single-outboard and the fastest twin-outboard cat in North America,” he said. “No one’s beaten that thing yet. I just kind of took what I did on there and made it bigger. Since it’s not powered by a single outboard, I didn’t need a center pod in the middle. This will be a true offshore boat—this isn’t limited to just the lake.”

On December 3rd Powerboat Nation traveled to the heart of Florida for the 2021 toy tour. This event takes place alone the St. John River, in Palatka Florida. The run is to help underprivileged kids, and victims of domestic violence. This event was created by and has been going strong for the past 21 years with the help from Walter Braithwaite and Scott Mccormick of velocity powerboats. Other sponsors include Mystic Powerboats, Mercury Racing, Mystic powerboats,  Spectre powerboats, Cigarette Racing,  and Myco Trailers.

Friday’s fun run started with 55 boats heading from Crystal Cove Resort down the St. John’s river,  to Dunn creek. Dunn creek is 10 miles of Sharp left and right turns that takes you to crescent lake where you end up at 3 bananas.  After the teams road back to crystal Cove for a fun night that included a dance party,  that ended with a magic / hypnosis show.

Saturday’s run from Crystal Cove to was quite the excitement. The morning started off with heavy fog that delayed the run a few minutes as it was really thick.  After the fog lifted the boaters strapped up their life jackets with blood pumping waiting on Velocity president Scott Mccormick in the new Velocity 29 with twin 400rs to signal to start run.  We rode along with DJ Williams in his 31 American offshore to all the toy drop at Weleka Boat Ramp where the Putnam Police department was waiting for everyone to drop off the toys.

“We really appreciate all the powerboaters that participants in this”

After the toy drop off the boaters went to the toys drop off, everyone headed to Renegades for lunch stop. The fun didn’t stop there, everyone headed to Silver Glenn Cove for a big raft up and party in the clear water. That night the banquet was packet full of fun an excitement with a live band and plenty of give aways.

” It was a really good first time” said Williams, ” it’s a really great cause and we will be back next year with Powerboat Nation on board with us.”

Marine Design’s TrimSync Testimonials:

Backed by five decades of professional powerboat racing experience in multiple classes from his
Allison Boats start in 1969 to tunnel boats in the mid 70s to more current victories the last
twenty years in an array of offshore V-bottoms – one must only say the name Ben and it’s
evident the respected world-champion racer being referenced is Ben Robertson, president of
South Carolina-based BAR Marine Group. And while his early career includes time spent at
Cigarette Racing Team and a more recent partnership as a stateside representative for Predator
Performance Boats out of Norway, by and far, the badge Ben Robertson wears most proudly
from the brand that defines him is – Fountain Faithful!

As a result, when someone with Robertson’s wealth of nautical expertise speaks out in favor of
a product, the boating community listens… and does so attentively! Such is the case with
TrimSync the game-changer from Marine Design, in which he’s been an outspoken advocate of
for seven years repetitively stating, “I won’t race professionally or run a boat for pleasure if
TrimSync isn’t installed.”

Campaigning Peter Meyer’s Fountain Instigator at the 2014 Key West Worlds is when Ben first
became aware of the innovative instrument after hearing the success stories from Team Gone
Again and STIHL Racing which had them installed in the catamarans; discovering the device’s
capabilities during testing is what hooked him in. Climbing out of Instigator at the docks, “All
you have to do is push a button,” he said. That day Mike Clesceri, the proprietor of Marine
Design and the architect of TrimSync, took on the “button guy” moniker.

Robertson explained, “TrimSync keeps the drives perfectly even which is the biggest job of the
throttleman, plus another major advantage is the fact, there’s no need to look down at the
indicators. The impact it makes on how to trim the boat and keep the drives synchronized is
huge. The beauty of the system is that it has an infinite amount of numbers to work off of,
whereas, Mercury cables and digital indicators don’t come close to being that precise. Even
when Mercury introduced Auto Trim it was speed controlled only up to 50 mph… with TrimSync
it’s about user input and control.”

The recall feature has four preset modes that let you set or automatically sync the drives to the
exact position you want for: getting on plane; going into the turn trimming down; accelerating
out of the turn trimming up; and half way down the straightaway when trimming the drives in
with less slip and better hooking up of the props. In addition, this takes the load off the
competitive racer, not to mention, the pleasure boat poker runner who is always making
adjustments during go time!

Racing is where Robertson fell in love with the system and learned to make it work; today he
continues to triumph in that arena. This past August at the 33rd Lake of the Ozarks Shootout, he
laid down a 152-mph pass in Swedish powerboater Christian Dahlberg’s 2008 Fountain. For the
speed run, Robertson engaged just two presets, rightfully titled: launch mode and haulin’ ass!
Off the competitive course, businesswise Robertson is also seeing big gains on his BAR Marine
Group customers’ triple and quad center consoles by way of 2-to 3-mph bump-ups in speed and
an improved fuel economy of up to ten percent. Because the multi-outboard crafts are often
improperly trimmed due to the longer drive shaft of the center engine (or engines) which throw
off the geometry, he’s discovered it’s necessary to trim the middle one (or two) buried in the
water just two degrees higher.

For a not-so-experienced boater, removing the “how and where” guess work from the equation
is worth its weight in gold, and whilst it takes a bit of skill to set up the perfect angles, once the
task is complete TrimSync keeps the engines perfectly offset and aligned. Competitively priced
and easy-to-use, Clesceri guides you through the software programming, and even better, with
a Wi-Fi connection the system can be remotely accessed for setup and diagnostics. Isn’t it time
you tried TrimSync?

On Saturday, July 31, 2021, over 50 powerboaters took to the waters of the James River, leaving from Jordan Point Marina in Prince George, Virginia, heading downriver to Tidewater Yacht Marina in Portsmouth, Virginia.

This event was established by Joey Cutrona, after numerous and lengthy conversations with his close friends; Rob Paden and gathering ideas from JW Davis. Over the years, Joey has spoken to several other collaborators for insight and ideas to finalize his vision. Joey finally put his plans into motion and with the enormous support from the local boating community, the event commenced once again. This run emulated the ‘Jammin on the James’ run of years past, which drew boaters in from all over the country.

The event kicked off Friday night at Jordan Point Marina with a party to welcome all boaters and spectators. Friday evening’s festivities included live music, along with an oyster and shrimp bar that was located inside of the marina. Jordan Point offers an on-site pool which allowed activities to run late into the evening. There was ample parking to accommodate the RV’s, campers and boats that opted to stay and make the most of their weekend getaway.

Jordan Point Marina’s team stated, “We welcomed the boaters as well as the followers that came to watch this event take off.”

Saturday morning, the boats gathered at the Benjamin Harris Memorial Bridge, coming from as far north as Maryland and as south as North Carolina. The boaters heard the national anthem and observed a beautiful flyover by John Mazza Jr. and John Mazza III before taking off.

Afterward, Mazza Jr. stated, “I thought it went great, the timing and support all worked out great!”

A fellow boater, Michael Wilkerson, commented, “It gave me goosebumps, I don’t think anyone knew about it, it just made everything complete”(describing the flyover). Michael went on to say, “Just talking about it gives me goosebumps!”

The 55+ boats began their run to Tidewater Yacht Marina only stopping for a quick lunch at Decoys in Suffolk, Virginia and some opted for other stops along the way. Eventually all boaters arrived and docked at the marina to enjoy the remainder of the day.

“We had a blast” said Ashley Wood. “It was a lot of boats for things to be run as smoothly as it was. We were impressed.”

Powerboat Nations (PBN) own videographer Mike Goode took to the skies via helicopter to capture the days’ events.  Aerial photography is typically how most larger powerboat poker runs are photographed.  This was Goodes first event shooting and covering for PBN.

“It’s really great to be a part of this event and help with the growth of it,” said Goode. “Seeing people come from out of town, bringing their beautiful boats, I’m still shocked about the turnout.” “I can’t thank everyone enough for bringing me in and trusting me. It was a dream come true,” commented Mike.

“Most people usually don’t get to attend such events without traveling states away so to be able to experience and record this event, in a helicopter, for everyone to see was such a cool and exciting thing!” said Goode.

This run was officially put on by Joey Cutrona, Organizer and Powerboat Nations videographer, Mike Goode. Other than the boaters fuel, food and there beverages of choice, this was a free event for all to enjoy, what more could you ask for? It is now in the record books for being a true “Fun Run”!

 

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BBLADES Offers Winter Tune-Up Special Pricing

 

Improve your boat performance & save BIG TIME!

Fine tuned propellers are the easiest and least expensive way to improve boat performance and winter is the best time to have BBLADES Professional Propellers inspect, repair or improve your favorite wheel.

It’s never too early to start planning for your next boat outing so act now and you won’t be waiting in line when Spring comes. Get your propeller work done for a HUGE SAVINGS with this Winter Special. You’ll be ahead of the game and ready to hit the waves before your friends. BBLADES is offering:

  • A labor rate reduction of just $90.00/hr (regularly $115/hr).
  • This is $25 off the regular hourly rate.
  • That’s more than a 20% discount!
  • Offer valid from January 2nd until February 28, 2021
  • Propellers must arrive at BBLADES between the dates January 2 – February 28, 2021 to qualify.

You may not be aware of your propeller imperfections until it’s too late. BBLADES performs magic on almost any type of propeller– aluminum or stainless steel – from any manufacturer, inspecting for dents, dings and cracks. Banged-up blades are renovated and restored to like-new condition and can be custom tweaked for extra performance. Act now! Take advantage of this winter special & save big time!

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Check out BBLADES’ signature line of performance propellers. We offer competitive pricing on most major brands and can match the perfect prop to your boat through free consultation. The propeller demo program also allows boaters to “try before you buy.” And, those needing replacement wheels can order online.

Start planning for your next boat outing — avoid the Spring rush and take advantage of this Winter Special labor rate reduction. Act now & save big time!

For more information, join us at www.bblades.com or by calling 920-295-4435. BBLADES can also be found on Facebook.

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Based in Princeton, Wisconsin, BBLADES Professional Propellers is a full service propeller company offering consultation, inspection and repair of any aluminum, stainless steel, nibral and brass propellers; “Lab-Finishing” or “Blueprinting” of stainless steel propellers; Its own line of BBLADES performance propellers; competitive pricing on new props from Mercury, Hering, Hydromotive, Signature, Acme, and Turbo; and the most comprehensive propeller testing program in the marine industry.