At the 2020 Miami International Boat Show, Joe LoGiudice of Hustler Powerboats discusses the sale of Checkmate Powerboats to Pete Caldwell of Caldwell Marine Design.
For all new inquiries of Checkmate Powerboats, please call (252) 917-3673 and speak to Pete.
On the opening day of the Miami International Boat Show, Marine Technology Inc. (MTI) announced that it is building an all-new model to add to its line of luxury center console performance boats: the 50V. The vee-bottom boat will effectively bridge the gap between the company’s 42V and 57V models.
The announcement came from Randy Scism, president of the Wentzville, MO, manufacturer of some of the speediest boats in existence. It is well-known for its line of I/O-powered catamarans (38′ to 52′) and outboard cats, including the 340X and 390X. Scism said that he expects the boat to be formally unveiled at the 2021 Miami International Boat Show.
“Some of our customers love the amenities the 57 has, but they don’t want that much size,” Scism told Powerboat Nation. “So we’re scaling it back. It’s going to land right between our two center consoles. It will have more floor space than a 42, but less than a 57, both in the front and the back. But we will still maintain a big cabin, so they’ll have all the amenities they want. And it’ll still be a very performance-oriented center console available.”
The cabin will also feature a private head. The 50V can accommodate four or five outboard motors.
Some specs on the new model:
Length: 50 feet
Beam: 12 feet
Fuel Capacity: 550 gallons
Weight: 18,000 lbs.
While Mercury Racing already dropped a legendary product bombshell last June—the supercharged 450R 4.6-liter V8 outboard engine—it took the opportunity to unveil several new items at the Miami International Boat Show on Feb. 13, including a 60R outboard engine, an array of racing propellers and a new HD Steering Pump. This also marks the first time that the Fond du Lac, WI-based company has had the wildly popular 450R outboard at the Miami exhibit.
Mercury Racing calls its new 60R outboard “a brilliant performance solution” for technical flats skiffs. The only outboard in its class with a 15-inch midsection, the 60R fits perfectly on the transom of these compact performance skiffs and offers the added benefits of a high-thrust gearcase. This lightweight, compact outboard is a powerhouse tuned and geared to deliver amazing holeshot acceleration for instant on-plane performance in skinny water.
In addition to the outboard, Mercury Racing debuted four new high-performance propellers designed to maximize boat performance and handling in specific applications, and broaden a range of performance propellers that is unmatched in the marine industry. The propellers are handcrafted, precision-tuned works of high-performance art, customized for specific boat types and performance goals. Each individual propeller is zero balanced and measured to ensure consistent performance.
The propeller introductions include:
• 600HP-Rated 5-Blade CNC Cleaver—A surface- piercing design engineered with the optimal blade thickness to deliver unmatched top-end speed and handling on performance hulls powered by Mercury Racing 520, 525, 540, 565 and 600 SCi engines paired with a Mercury Racing Bravo XR Sport or Sport Master outdrive. Prop slip is dramatically reduced to an average of 4.5 percent at WOT in Bravo XR Sport and Sport Master applications. The cleaver is produced to exact tolerances on the same state-of-the-art CNC milling machines used to create the benchmark Mercury Racing CNC Cleaver propellers for use with Mercury Racing M6 and M8 outdrives.
• 12-Degree Rake CNC Cleaver—Mercury Racing has added a new 12-degree rake option for its CNC Cleaver high-performance propeller line already available in 15-, 18-, and 21-degree rake designs. Intended for use with shaft drives and some Mercury Racing M6 and M8 sterndrive applications, the new low-rake profile generates the minimal lift desired for hulls that have substantial lifting characteristics at speed, such as Unlimited-class offshore race boats.
• Round-Tip CNC Cleaver—All Mercury Racing CNC Cleaver propeller models are now available with rounded blade tips for boat owners who prefer that design.
• Spitfire XP—Designed to be the ultimate prop for the new Mercury Racing 60R outboard, the Spitfire XP can also offer outstanding performance on Mercury outboards up to 115 hp. The Spitfire XP has a four-blade design and long barrel that combine to deliver extra stern lift for lightning-fast holeshot, a key advantage in skinny-water applications. This precision-tuned Mercury Racing Pro Finish propeller is crafted in Mercury-exclusive X7 stainless steel alloy. It’s offered in 12″ to 21″ pitch in half-inch increments to dial in optimal RPM at wide-open throttle.
Finally, Mercury Racing also introduced a new HD power steering pump for high-speed catamarans and other high-performance applications, designed to deliver increased pressure and flow rate. The new Mercury Racing HD power steering pump and Mercury Racing High Flow Helm deliver a new level of high-performance steering for boats powered by multiple outboard motors, including the Mercury Racing 450R outboard. The introduction of the HD pump allows high-performance boat builders to assemble a complete, validated steering system for almost any application using components from Mercury Racing.
Mystic Powerboats has doubled the size of its existing production facility by acquiring a building that neighbors its factory in DeLand, FL, according to company President John Cosker.
“The new facility gives us enough room to expand our model line without interfering with existing model production,” Cosker said. “It will enable expanded production on existing models as well.” With the growing number of Mystics currently on the market, the company will be adding a dedicated service and warranty department in one section of the new facility.
The move is just the latest in a series of expansions for the builder of luxury high-performance catamarans and deep-vee center consoles. Mystic is the builder of the five-time Top Gun competitor at the Lake of the Ozarks Shootout, American Ethanol, a 51-footer owned and campaigned by Don Onken.
Mystic Powerboats was launched nearly 25 years ago in a barn located in John and Robin Cosker’s backyard in Melbourne, FL. In 1999, they moved their facilities into a rented 5,000 square-foot building in Port Orange, FL, after which they joined Marine Performance to build a 6,400 square-foot building a couple of years later.
In 2005, Mystic purchased three acres in an industrial park in DeLand, FL, to build a new facility. The following year, it completed phase one of construction on a 15,000-square-foot building and officially relocated to DeLand. Since that time, the company has continued to expand its facilities, adding more space and employees. Today, the compound consists of a total of 60,000 square feet on six acres of property.
Among the changes: Mystic has added a nicely appointed conference room / design center, where customers can come in to plan their boats out. “Being a custom builder, this is key to customer satisfaction, and this new part of the facility will make this process easier and more effective,” Cosker says. “The new facility presents a better retail experience for existing and prospective customers.” Seven customers visited the new facility in the first month it was open.
Big Thunder Marine, the mega marine retailer and service center located in Missouri’s Lake of the Ozarks, is now an official dealer of the Chris-Craft line. Big Thunder is a well-known dealer of the Iconic Marine Group brands (Fountain, Donzi, Baja), as well as Statement, Mastercraft and various runabouts, pontoons and more.
According to general manager Jeremy Anderson, the move became official at the recent Overland Park Boat Show, where the Big Thunder Marine booth featured several models in the Chris-Craft line, including a 34 Launch, 31 GT, 35 GT and a 34 Catalina. “It went really well,” he told Powerboat Nation. “We had a huge opening VIP party Thursday night, and it was awesome. There was a huge turnout, and the head guys from Chris-Craft were there. It was a good time.”
Anderson described the Chris-Craft line as “pure class, perfection and art on the water. People don’t buy them for the speed; they buy them for the look. They handle the rough water amazingly well, and their attention to detail is second to none.”
He tells Powerboat Nation that he had been wanting to bring Chris-Craft into the Big Thunder Marine mix for for a couple of years, because “I know that there’s a clientele here at the lake that we were not getting because we don’t have that really high-end product,” he says. “They interviewed a lot of dealers here at the lake—we didn’t just call them up one day and order boats. There was a process on both sides to make sure that we were the right fit for them, and that they were the right fit for us. And I think they are, because we’ve got plenty of customers who have a go-fast boat as well as another boat, such as a cruiser. And on this lake, that could be replaced with a Chris-Craft very easily.”
America’s oldest boat company, Chris-Craft continues to thrive in today’s marketplace. Founders Chris Smith and his brother Henry Smith could not have imagined the path the company would take when they began building rowboats a century and a half ago. They built wooden boats for 80 years—the classic, hand-built mahogany Chris-Craft speedboat was a status benchmark in the 1950s to 1960s. Chris-Craft later became a performance player with the introduction of of the 1970s Chris-Cat, a fast, stable air-trapper that stirred the imagination of the serious recreational boater, and cleaned up at the race course. Produced by Chris-Craft into the early 1980s, the Chris-Cat mold later spawned any number of offshore sport-boat companies, and was the “inspiration” for dozens of hulls.
Today, the name Chris-Craft is synonymous with luxury and style. The lines include the Launch, a series of 23’ to 38’ open-bow luxury vees; the Corsair, a closed bow vee line spanning 27 to 34 feet; the Capri series, a 21’ and 27’ modern interpretation of the 1930s runabouts; the Launch GT series of center-console vees ranging from 25’ to 35’; and the dual-console Calypso series, available in 26’ and 30’.
Chris-Craft Corsair 27
Chris-Craft Catalina 30
Chris-Craft Launch 28 GT
Chris-Craft Launch 27
Brunswick Corp.—the parent company of Mercury Racing and Mercury Marine—has been recognized by Forbes and Statista as one of the Best Employers for Diversity in 2020. Brunswick’s Top 500 ranking is now live on Forbes.com, highlighting the company’s commitment to diversity across its entire global workforce.
“We are honored to be recognized on the Best Employers for Diversity list,” said Brenna Preisser, Brunswick Corp. Chief Human Resources officer. “Diversity and inclusion are key elements of our culture and a fundamental source of innovation, which is how we intend to shape and inspire the future of boating experiences.”
Winners of the award were chosen based on an independent survey from a representative sample of 60,000 employees working for companies employing at least 1,000 people in their U.S. operations. Respondents were asked questions regarding the topics of age, gender equality, ethnicity, disability, LGBTQA+ and general diversity concerning their own employer.
“We continue to take steps to strengthen diversity in the organization. Over the past several years we’ve expanded benefits to include infertility treatments, we’ve added maternity and paternity paid time off, we’ve invested in manufacturing automation to expand talent pools and we’ve opened innovation labs in university and metropolitan settings,” said Preisser. “This award says we are executing on our strategy and our employees are taking notice.”
In 2019, for the second consecutive year, Forbes Magazine named Brunswick Corporation among America’s Best Employers. That award, also employee driven, is determined by an anonymous survey of employees and identifies companies that employees like to work for and would recommend to others. In addition, Brunswick was honored as a 2019 Corporate Champion by the Women’s Forum of New York for accelerating gender parity in the boardroom with 30% or more board seats held by women.
To see the entire list of the America’s Best Employers for Diversity, click here.
Headquartered in Mettawa, IL, Brunswick Corp.’s leading consumer brands include Mercury Marine outboard engines, Mercury MerCruiser sterndrive and inboard packages, Mercury global parts and accessories including propellers and SmartCraft electronics, Mercury and Quicksilver parts and oils, Bayliner, Boston Whaler, Crestliner, Cypress Cay, Harris, Lowe, Lund, Princecraft, Quicksilver, Rayglass, Sea Ray, Thunder Jet and Uttern boats.
When the Miami International Boat Show invades the Sunshine State Feb. 13-17, the in-water docks at the Miami Marine Stadium Park & Basin on Virginia Key will be robust with big-muscle machinery. Powerboat Nation asked many of the high-performance exhibitors which models they plan to show off at the 2020 edition of the show. Here’s what they told us.
CIGARETTE
The Opa-Locka, FL, builder of go-fast vee hulls is notoriously tight-lipped about its big reveals, but usually has some astounding surprises—including at least one head-turning theme boat—ready for Miami. Expect Cigarette Racing to have at least one of each of its models on display, including a Top Gun, 42X, Marauder, GTS, GTO, Huntress and the super-sized 59’ Tirranna. For what it’s worth, the company is rumored to be debuting two new models this year, and we’re just as excited to find out what it is as you are.
DEEP IMPACT
Miami is Deep Impact’s hometown. The builder of go-fast center console vees is planning to display a 399 Sport powered by quad 450R outboards, and one 369 Sport with triple 350s. “We will be doing sea trials by appointment,” according to sales manager Tim Gallagher.
HCB
HCB Center Console Yachts will have three “sea trial” models on the water at Miami Marine Stadium: the 39 Special (with triple F350 Yamaha outboards), the 42 Siesta and the 53 Sueños (with quad Yamaha 425 outboards). In addition, five additional versions of those models will be featured at the Miami Yacht Show.
HUSTLER
The Calverton, NY, muscleboat builder says it’ll be showing a 29 Shotgun (with twin Mercury Racing 400R outboards) and a 39 Shotgun (with triple 450Rs) this year. The 29 Shotgun is an all-new boat for Hustler; last year, the 29 Rockit was the smaller of the two boats they had on display.
ICONIC MARINE GROUP
(FOUNTAIN & DONZI)
The Washington, NC, builder of Fountain and Donzi brands will be displaying the following boats at its on-water display:
• Donzi 38 ZRC
• Donzi 41 GTZ
• Fountain 34 Sport Console
• Fountain 39 NX
• Fountain 43 NX
• Fountain 34 Center Console (Tournament Edition)
• Fountain 38 Center Console (with luxury seating)
In addition, you’ll find the Fountain 34 Outboard Thunder Cat at Mercury on-the-water booth, available for demo rides.
MTI
At press time, the Wentzville, MO-based builder of performance catamarans and luxury center console vee hulls was planning to show off the following models in Miami:
• Two 42Vs, both powered by quad 450s.
• A 57V with five 450s—the company’s very first quint-powered craft.
• A 340X catamaran powered by twin 450Rs.
• Two 390X catamarans, one of which is being delivered to longtime MTI customer Jake Nossaman.
• MTI will also be delivering a 48 Pleasure catamaran to customer John Caldwell at the show; it’s powered by Mercury Racing 1350/1100 engines.
MYSTIC
John Cosker, president of the DeLand, FL, builder of performance catamarans and center-console vees, will be brining the following models:
• M4200 – dealer demo boat with quad 300s.
• M3800 with triple 300s
• M4200 – loaded factory demo boat with quad 450Rs, Seakeeper, new high-level stereo and new front seating arrangement; this boat will be at the Mercury Racing on-water booth.
In addition, Mystic will be unveiling a brand-new outboard catamaran. Details to follow!
OUTERLIMITS
Rhode Island’s Outerlimits always has a can’t-miss exhibit in Miami. For 2020, the boys are showing off an SL44 vee, the first to be built with Mercury Racing’s naturally aspirated, 9.0-liter 860 stern drives. “We’re pretty excited about this package,” says sales manager Dan Kleitz. “It should be a perfect setup for our 43 and 44.” The boat is owned by Cass Shewbart of Texas (his second Outerlimits after his famous 47 GTX, XXX: Disturbing the Peace. The SL44 features a unique center entrance cabin layout with separate driver and passenger bolsters. At the time of this writing, Outerlimits was also working feverishly to try to bring a new 46’ carbon canopy cat powered by MR 1550 engines.
SKATER
The world-famous manufacturer of performance catamarans from Douglas, MI, will be bringing a 2020 438 powered by twin Mercury Racing 1550/1350s called G Force, as well as a 2020 368 powered by twin Mercury Racing 450R outboards.
STATEMENT
Randy Sweers, founder and managing partner of the South Florida-based sales/service/dealership FB Marine Group, will be showing a Statement 350 powered by twin Mercury Racing 400R outboards, as well as a 380 powered by triple Mercury Racing 400R outboards. In addition, Sweers will be displaying a Seafinity T4 with quad 400R outboards from Italy.
SUNSATION
Performance Boat Center, the Lake of the Ozarks-based mega-dealer, will be featuring two boats from the builder of luxury performance center consoles:
• 32 CCX with twin Mercury Racing 400R outboards.
• 40 CCX with triple Mercury Racing 450R outboards.
Both boats will feature new interior styling, according to PBC’s Brett Manire. “We did a relaunch of the 32 CCX in Fort Lauderdale with a few changes, and liked them so much that we made the same interior changes to the 40 CCX. The boat is now way more functional, with high quality and cutting edge features,” he says.
WRIGHT PERFORMANCE
Also at the Performance Boat Center booth: two boats in the Wright Performance line that PBC developed with Doug Wright Designs, the 360 (powered by twin 400Rs) and the 420 (powered by twin 450Rs). The 420 debuted at the 2019 Miami boat show.
Mercury Marine presented its 2019 Customer Satisfaction Index (CSI) Award to more than 250 boat dealerships that embody the highest levels of service, according to customer evaluations.
“We continually strive for service excellence and to ensure that our dealers share that same vision,” said Jim Helmick, Mercury Marine director of field service development and operations.
Mercury Marine measures consumers’ satisfaction with the service performed on their Mercury outboard or MerCruiser sterndrive and inboard products according to several dimensions of the experience. The company asks customers who have recently sought service from a Mercury‑authorized dealer to rate their overall satisfaction with the dealership’s service and to indicate the likelihood of their returning to the dealership in the future.
“As the ratings are determined by customer feedback, this award is considered one of the industry’s most prestigious,” Helmick said.
To be eligible for the award, dealerships must be a Mercury Premier Level or Certified Service Level dealer and must have maintained a score of greater than 94 out of a possible 100 for 12 consecutive months. Mercury began the program in 2006.
The CSI score for each dealership is measured and monitored by Mercury Marine. After warranty work has been completed, Mercury sends out a Service CSI survey to the consumer, asking the consumer to rate the service received.
“Customer service is key to remaining competitive in the evolving marine marketplace and to retaining long‑term customer relationships,” said Helmick. “The dealers who achieve the Service CSI Award have shown themselves as the benchmark to the industry, delivering world‑class service support and providing our customers with the service that they expect.”
Headquartered in Fond du Lac, WI, Mercury Marine is a world-leading manufacturer of marine propulsion systems. A $3 billion division of Brunswick Corporation (NYSE: BC), Mercury designs, manufactures and distributes engines, services and parts for recreational, commercial and government marine applications, empowering boaters with products that are easy-to-use, extremely reliable and backed by the most dedicated customer support in the world with 10,000 service points globally.
DCB Performance Boats has delivered a 2020 M33R Widebody powered by Mercury Racing 450R outboards to South Carolina native Scott James, who has been enjoying the boat in Lake Havasu for the past few days.
The boat, which features a 9’7” beam, features STR Brackets (courtesy Shaun Torrente Racing), custom matching carpet kit with shaved diamonds in the fabric, Phase III gelcoat scheme and Mercury Zero Effort DTS shifter/throttle. The M33R also sports a six-person intercom system with VHF boat-to-boat communication (aka the “DCB Channel”).
Although he has extensive seat time in both vee bottoms and catamarans—his previous performance boat was a 35 Fountain—the DCB is the first cat he’s owned.
“These sport cats have really taken off,” James says. “And all of the torque and power that you get out of these 450s are so impressive, as well as the fuel efficiency. It just seemed to make a lot of sense.”
James says he was attracted to the DCB because of the superior workmanship, fit and finish, etc. “The quality is just amazing. These guys are on top of everything,” he says. “They build an outstanding boat. I’m blown away by the attention to detail and the whole build process. It was absolutely incredible.”
James traveled to the facility during the build a couple of times and says he was impressed by the process. “It’s like building a custom home,” he says, “right down to the color of the thread I wanted to the upholstery and fabrics and all the different panels sections. They even went the extra mile on things I hadn’t even thought about, like adding more LEDs underneath the boat.”
Now that he’s had some time to drive the boat on Lake Havasu, prior to having it transported back east, he couldn’t be happier by the DCB’s performance. “It’s mind blowing—just unbelievable,” he says. “The boat is so stable and so smooth. The power and midrange punch of the 450s is truly extraordinary, and it gets up to the top end real quickly. I hate to overuse the term, because you hear it so often, but it runs like it’s on rails. And it turns really tight and really smoothly, and handles so well.” He says he expects to see a top speed of around 125 mph.
Some of the other features of the boat include:
• 100% Alcantara interior with matching under cuddy, as well as a full bed pad.
• Half cap with stainless steel rubrail.
• Vacuum Infused Resin (VIR) process, balsa-cored, with aggressive carbon-fiber and carbon-kevlar.
• Three Garmin 8612 monitors.
• Mercury Vessel View 5” (C-Zone).
• Dual Garmin VIRB HD camera system mounted to windshield strut
rear view mirror.
• Isotta Carlotta steering wheel.
• Two Garmin GMi20s in back of the headrests.
• Interior Rigid LED lighting package (mood lighting, courtesy lighting, LED cupholders, underwater lighting).
• Stage III stereo, including Fusion head unit, two JL Audio amplifiers, 10 JL Audio M6 midrange LED speakers and two 12” JL Audio W3 subwoofers.
• Billet foot shower.
• Billet swimstep with SeaDek.
• Extreme custom trailer, tandem-axle with custom two-tone chrome 18” fuel rims, stainless steel fenders, triangular drive guard, courtesy ladder, undercarriage LED lighting package, etc.
Stu Jones, head of the popular Florida Powerboat Club, is resurrecting a poker run that dropped off the schedule a decade ago.
Known as the Spring Key West Poker Run, the event was once a quite popular part of the FPC calendar years ago, attracting more than 40 powerboat teams and featuring an agenda that was completely different to its sister event—the November Key West Poker Run. For 2020, the March 19-22 getaway will be back, with an entry roster of under 50 boats and a more laid-back agenda, according to Jones. It will include a visit to Boca Grande Key (“a place that we’ve been locked out of for over probably five or six years,” he says), and lodging at the Hyatt Centric Key West Resort and Spa. The four-day adventure will feature a Thursday departure from Miami and a Sunday return.
“I was waiting to see how we hit the numbers on the November run to Key West,” Jones told Powerboat Nation. “When we hit record attendance, I realized that key West is such a popular destination for boaters that it seems a shame that we would only go there once a year.”
Jones says he’s committed to growing the Spring Key West Poker Run event for the foreseeable future. “It will allow participants to enjoy something that’s a little more casual and less stressful than its November counterpart, with slightly better rates, not as much demand and competition for dockage and marinas,” he says.
Jones said one major highlight of the spring run will be the opportunity to take his club members on an organized fun run to Dry Tortugas National Park, including Fort Jefferson, the largest brick masonry structure in the Americas. “It’s one thing that we’ve never done in our club’s 27-year history,” he says. “Everyone asks me about it during our November run, but there have always been too many moving parts, too many other things happening. But the spring run will have a completely different, more relaxed format, and with an extra day, we’ll have the opportunity to take optional local boating trips.”
Meanwhile, Jones is about to embark on his group’s Winter Poker Run (Jan. 24-26), which will take them from North Miami to Faro Blanco Resort on Marathon Key.
Jones said that one consequence of his group’s growth and success has been that members need to plan further in advance. “There’s no such thing as a last minute booking anymore,” he observes. “You can’t just call me a week before the poker run because the weather looks good and say you want to go. It doesn’t work like that anymore.”
The new normal, he explains, suggests that members start planning their poker runs at least 120 days out, with a 60-day deadline that locks in the lowest event and hotel rates. “At the 30-day deadline, rates go up and there’s no guarantee that the participant will get the room or the slip that they request,” Jones says.
Race World Offshore President Larry Bleil has revealed his tentative schedule for an expanded 2020 offshore race season.
After a three-race 2019, during which he mounted races in Dunkirk, NY, Clearwater, FL and Key West, FL, Bliel says he is adding two new races in the Southern USA that will kick off his RWO season in the spring. The first will be in Orange Beach, AL (April 17-19), followed by a June event on Atlanta’s Lake Lanier. Although the dates may change to a week before or a week following, Bleil said the tentative dates are June 12-14. These races will be followed by Dunkirk (July 10-12, dates tentative), Clearwater (Sept. 25-27), and finally the Key West Offshore World Finals (Nov. 8-15).
He said he hopes to see his schedule continue to expand in upcoming years.
“It keeps steadily moving along,” Bleil tells Powerboat Nation. “We’re going after both new sites and sites that have been raced before. We’re excited about bringing races back to Orange Beach. As for Atlanta, we’re looking forward to get something going at Lake Lanier. We want to keep our sport growing into several areas and get more people involved in it.”
The 2019 season saw Race World Offshore take the reins of the Key West World Championships after Superboat International organized it for many years. Bleil succeeded in bringing a renewed vigor to the event and a determination to see it more accessible to both fans and participants.
Pending any reshuffling of dates, the tentative RWO season will be as follows:
April 17-19: Orange Beach, AL
June 12-14: Atlanta, Lake Lanier (tentative)
July 10-12: Dunkirk, NY (tentative)
Sept. 25-27: Clearwater, FL
Nov. 8-15: Key West
Boat show anglers looking for the perfect and affordable fishing boat this season will be anxious to check out Lund’s new 1650 Angler SS (side steering). The new 1650 Angler is strategically targeted for first-time boat buyers and has an aggressive entry price of $14,897 and includes 50 HP Mercury engine and a ShoreLand’r swing tongue trailer for optimal garage storage. In addition, there will be a free travel cover available for purchases made during the boat show season.
“Lund understands that affordability is an important factor when making a purchase decision, and we wanted to ensure we provided consumers with a Lund quality fishing package at a very affordable price,” said Jason Oakes, Lund director of marketing. “We’re thrilled to bring back the Lund Angler, which has a rich tradition of quality, fishing innovation and product excellence.”
The 1650 Angler has an overall length of 16 feet 5 inches and comes with a wide 80” beam to maximize space for seating in the cockpit. There are two side rod lockers that hold a maximum rod length of 8’ 9”, a 16-gallon bow livewell, and four bow storage compartments to house all your tackle and gear. The 1650 Angler also contains Lund’s innovative SportTrak/ProTrak accessory mounting system for easy access to tools, cup holders, rod holders or other fishing accessories. The ProTrak also secures the travel cover so there’s no snaps to align when installing the cover.
The 1650 Angler is available in five different colors including black, red, blue, white and grey and has a 5-person capacity rating. From the premium finished interior to the spacious cockpit layout, anglers have yet another ultimate fishing experience option from Lund at a friendly first-time boat buyer price.
For more information on the new 1650 Angler or to shop Lund’s full selection of fishing boats, visit lundboats.com.
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