On Sunday, November 15, Mystic Powerboats will celebrate its 30th anniversary with an open-house at its DeLand, Fla., home-base. Founder John Cosker and his wife, Robin, and Mystic national sales manager Greg Weber and his wife, Sherry, will be on hand to host the event The fun starts at 1 p.m. with brunch.
Some 30 to 40 guests are expected to make it.
Though its root are in the catamaran world, Mystic’s sole cat offering is the C4000. Photo by Pete Boden copyright Shoot 2 Thrill Pix.
Mystic Powerboats started with the C5000 catamaran as its sole model. Though the 50-footer is no longer in the DeLand, Fla., company’s line-up, it made a place for itself in the offshore racing and pleasure-boating worlds. Exotic builds included those with turbine engine power.
Now the company, which is celebrating its 30th anniversary, offers 52-, 42-foot and 38-footer center consoles and a 40-foot catamaran. All power options are of the outboard-engine kind.
Cosker had no idea what Mystic would become.
“Thirty years ago, I was just focused on getting one boat built and going from there,” Cosker recalled. “It’s been built by steady pressure from Robin and I.
Mystic showcased M4200 center console No. 1 at the recent Fort Lauderdale exhibit.
“The thing that still gets me is the scale that things have gotten to—how much money we spend on people every week and how much money we move around blows my mind,”he added, then laughed. “How little of it we get to keep is what hurts.”
His move into the center-console world proved savvy. During the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show last month, Mystic displayed M4200 hull No. 100 at the Bahia Mar Yachting Center and Marina Docks.
The M4200 was the company’s first center console. The M3800 and M5200 followed.
“Mystic has done an incredible job, and John and Robin are the most amazing people,” said Devin Wozencraft of Wozencraft Insurance. “I’m looking forward to celebrating their accomplishments of the past 30 years.”