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Story and photos by DinaRella / Professional images courtesy of Axopar In the midst of finishing up final preparations on the Axopar 45 ST (Sun Top), just weeks after the world premiere of the new flagship alongside its sibling XT (Cross Top) in Cannes, and moments before the USA debut –...

Story and select photos by DinaRella / Professional images from Adrenaline & Mad Marketing (Boats Daily) Adrenaline Powerboats Reaper No. 4 did a lot of luring in amid the superyachts and Seabobs flanking FLIBS… the “REDical” 47-footer was exactly like nothing else. The scenario felt somewhat...

Story by DinaRella / Photos from Richard Davis, Ryan Beckley & Freeze Frame Part Two: The Wrap and The Race Justice League is a jaw-dropper. The Phantom graphics instantly pop from the intermingling of styles on the deck and sides. Ryan Beckley, Super Stock racer and sticker master of Kinetic...

Story by DinaRella / Photos from Phantom, Richard Davis & Ryan Beckley Part One: The Build Hollywood has a Bad Boy Will Smith, but the boating industry has the talented namesake with a rep for tooling and turning out some of the most victorious professional racing and vicious pleasure edition...

Story and photos by DinaRella / Additional images from Jaguar Powerboats and BTH Marine Incorporating a proven “Jack Clarke-designed padded system” in the running surface for ultimate high speed handling and stability; sporting a specially crafted 72-inch tunnel; and predicting near to the...

Story and select photos by DinaRella / Professional images via Mad Marketing from Nautical Network & Boats Daily Following the boating world’s outboard-obsessed trajectory, FLIBS was loaded with enough of them clamped on catamarans and console boats to make your head spin and bank account...

Story and select photos by DinaRella / Additional photos from Jackie and Mark Wilson & boatracingfacts.com This November, some of the sweetest speedboats in Key West were the smallest… the shiniest… and not sitting in slips on Stock Island or the Galleon, but instead, on the display table of...

Story and photos by DinaRella / Additional photos from Devin Wozencraft, MPH Motorsports, J Wyszatycki , T Jones & J Heimcamp Ironically, more than one insurance-sponsored, feisty green cat was spotted prowling around Key West at the Race World Offshore Championships and 31st annual Florida...

Story and select photos by DinaRella / Race footage from social media Insurance premiums are high enough nowadays, but during the 42nd annual Key West World Championships, one brand soared to even greater heights! We’re talking about the X-Insurance sponsored Class 1 MTI raceboat, not the...

Story and photos by DinaRella On a dock full of hardware heavy on the black, white, red and blue hues, the audacious orange and glittering gray twin hull in slip number three in the Red Zone of the Fort Lauderdale Boat Show told another story. Rightfully titled First Born – the bright striped...

Story and photos by DinaRella / Professional images from Mercury Racing & Boats Daily Before the hype had even died down from Mercury Racing’s Miami Boat Show party and premiere of the V10 400R, this June the celebratory good times kept on rolling in Charleston at its 50th anniversary gala. But...

Story and select photos by DinaRella/ Additional images courtesy of Donzi (Clint Garant), Donzi registry forum, boats-from-usa & boats.iboats Part Three: In it to win it, Donzi fame has been measured in all sizes since the sixties. Designed by Walt Walters and Jim Wynne, the "signature starter...

Story and photos by DinaRella / Additional photos from NASA, Wikimedia and Archilovers Part Two Jockeying through an hour of Los-Angeles-like traffic, 30 miles south from the chic Mina Seyahi district, home to the man-made Dubai marina and host of the annual boat show, takes you to the...

Story and select photos by DinaRella / Professional images from Dubai Boat Show, DIMC & Gulf Craft Part One Dubai aka “the City of Superlatives,” is the epicenter of HIGH. High-rise structures hypnotize. High-society citizens charge down mega-lane highways in high-performance supercars – even...

Story and select photos by DinaRella / Additional photos from Pier17 Rooftop & the Seaport Coalition Cited as “Where New York Began,” the South Street Seaport dates back to the early 1600s Dutch colony of New Amsterdam, before England gained control ushering in the name change to New York, when...

Story by DinaRella / Images courtesy of Donzi (Clint Garant) & STAX Performance Marine Part Two: In the swarming sea of performance-orientated center consoles, Donzi Marine delivered the unimaginable, crafting a discernibly different vessel from the competition. Manifesting impressive and...

Story and select photos by DinaRella / Additional images courtesy of, Donzi, Online Registry & Tales of Thunderboat Row Part One: Donzi — the brand bearing the endearing nickname that company founder and King of Offshore Don Aronow's secretary bestowed upon him back in the early 60s — started...

Story and Select photos by DinaRella / Additional images courtesy of the USCG A 295-foot Eagle landed in Lower Manhattan the last weekend in July stealing the summertime thunder on Pier 17 at South Street Seaport. Of course, we're talking about the USCG Eagle Cutter Barque... which inherits the...

Story by DinaRella / Photos courtesy of Tomas Velazquez, Ryan Beckley and Ocean Cup Part Two: "Thousands of horses invaded the Bahamas" for the Ocean Cup's 128-mile, open-water trot to the West End from Palm Beach and back, commented long-established, Apache boat builder Mark McManus online...

Story and photos by DinaRella / Professional photos courtesy of Tomas Velazquez Part One: Celebrating its tenth anniversary, since its 2013 inception by California-resident and veteran powerboat racer Nigel Hook, the Ocean Cup is a series of endurance races on the East and West Coast. Its goal...