On the Water: News & Events

A full-size electric PWC does, however, appear to exist. I just haven't been able to nail down any concrete info on it...but I'll keep trying. What is known is mostly shown on this YouTube video, which reveals what the spokesman claims is an all-electric PWC, capable of speeds over 50 mph, and with a run time of three hours. If that's all true it would be a promising start. Speeds would be in line with the lowest current introductory models, although run times would certainly have to be longer. …Read More

Moomba announces a discount program on options for the winter boat show season. …Read More

The Mark Hahn Memorial 300 Mile Race is now approximately one month away. The popular endurance race, held annually in Lake Havasu City, Arizona, is set for February 27, 2010. …Read More

P.A.E. has released preliminary layout details for its new Nordhavn 78 long-range motoryacht.  The plans reveal a focus on outside entertaining and roomy berthing spaces. Clicking on the drawing above will open a larger view that can be magnified somewhat to show more detail. The plans show a spacious owner’s cabin just forward of amidships and [...] …Read More

Well, the Baltimore boat show was a heck of a lot more crowded yesterday then one would have thought… or was it? The isles were pretty packed and there were even a few lines to talk to salesmen, but appearances can be deceiving. This year’s show is in a convention center hall that’s half the [...] …Read More

The Outboard Expert has the goods on the SDS propeller hub, lighter-weight portables, and a redesign aimed at the re-power market. …Read More

Could Rampage Boats be going on a rampage? Maybe the wording is a bit strong, but in one of the few tidbits of encouraging industry news we’ve heard lately, parent company KCS International decided to bring back 100 employees to finish construction on boats they’ve already begun, and to begin construction on newly ordered boats. This isn’t [...] …Read More

Pacific Asian Enterprises, Inc., today announced that it was building a new 78-foot yacht that fuses traditional Nordhavn passagemaking design with “European” styling.  The project is already underway and the first hull will be complete in 2011, according to P.A.E.  First public reveal of the new project is planned for next week, with a press [...] …Read More

Sure, the go-fast powerboat world is loud in every way. It also gives from its heart, again and again. …Read More

"Brimming with technology" according to CEO Robert Braithwaite, the Portofino 48 brings Sunseeker mystique back to (nearly) mainstream cruising. …Read More