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Skater At 50—Celebrating Skater Powerboats’ 50th Anniversary Weekly
Compiled throughout 2024, “Skater At 50” is a weekly series on speedonthewater.com celebrating the Douglas, Mich., company’s 50th anniversary. A new installment recognizing a bit of Douglas Marine/ Skater Powerboats history will go live every Wednesday through the end of the year.
Here’s the complete list of Skater At 50 features Skater At 50—A Hot Date With A 478 Skater At 50—The Collector Skater At 50—Life In The Fast Lane With The Great 368 Skater At 50—A Rockette Ship Skater At 50—The Cat Man And The Engine Man Skater At 50—Riding A 36-Foot Rocket Skater At 50—Zero Defect’s Open-Class Perfection Skater At 50—The Radical Reinvention Of The 30 Prototype Skater At 50—Revisiting The Ultimate 388 Catamaran ‘Drag Race’ Skater At 50—The First 318 Cat And The First Speed On The Water Year In Review Cover Skater At 50—Colorful Characters Skater At 50—Peter Hledin In 2000 Skater At 50—Plan 32B Simplicity Rules At The Outboard Skater Fun Run Skater At 50—Tom Cat At 23 Skater At 50—Skaterfest Then And Now Skater At 50—Remembering Mr. Mavrik, Roger Schaller Skater At 50—The Original Game Changer Celebrating Skater At 50—A New Article Series
For more on Skater Powerboats founder Peter Hlledin, watch In The Lead video below or search Hledin on the site.
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Inside Skater Powerboats with Peter Hledin
For over 35 years Skater Powerboats has been building Catamarans and Peter Hledin has been the industry leader setting the pace by continually bringing innovation and advanced designs to the market. All SKATERS are unique in ways far beyond paint, graphics, and interiors. SKATER give the owners the ability to influence deck design, interior design, hull side contours, and of the famous individualized SKATER bustle’s.
Peter is quick to note that when he builds a new model, every inch of the boat is calculated and designed to carry the dimensions throughout the boat rather than just stretching or widening an existing model. The new 428 Skater is a perfect example of a new hull that has had months of design criteria worked into the build. Most notable is the additional space for the larger engines now in the market place.
PowerBoatNation recently visited the SKATER factory in Douglas, Michigan and had a chance to visit with Peter. We hope you enjoy or video tour of SKATER POWERBOATS!
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When it comes to performance, the automobile world has Ferrari and Lamborghini, while the motorcyclist long to ride Ducati or BMW. Those who crave tear-duct draining, cheek-smearing velocity on the...
Welcome to Skater Powerboats! Those who crave tear-duct draining, cheek-smearing velocity on the water know there is only only one king: Skater! When it comes to performance, the automobile world has Ferrari and Lamborghini, while motorcyclists long to ride a Ducati or BMW. The Number One builder of high-performance catamarans in the world has ...
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Fuel Capacity 140 Gallons. 28 RACE PLEASURE BASIC BOAT INCLUDES: 2" Stainless fuel fills, fuel pickups, fuel senders and vents. SS lift eyes, bow and stern. Standard high gloss base color - White. Cored Construction throughout. Hull and Deck bonded around entire perimeter with Kevlar. Five full cross bulkheads.
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388. The current offshore racing national and world championship winning model, Skater's 388 is the top predator in the cat class. Having also won several shootouts at speeds in excess of 190mph, the 388 has proven itself to be the leader in both offshore and inland waters. Offered only as a custom flat deck/wrap-around windshield boat, this ...
Skater Powerboats At 50. Imagine if a new boat appeared today on the offshore racing scene and instantly dominated all its competition. Such was the case in 1984 when Bob Erickson and the late Hurley Stepp fielded Miss Minneapolis, the first Skater Powerboats 24 catamaran to pull offshore racing duty against what was then a fleet of V-bottoms.. To learn more, we turned to longtime Skater man ...
Racing. The Skater Racing heritage began in the mid 1980's when our 24-footer began winning races and titles almost immediately. So successful was our design that the following models; 21, 32, 36, 40, 46, and others continued to win races and championships here and abroad. Success breeds competition, although not the kind that ever pleased ...
Created: June 14, 2024. Written by Matt Trulio and Jason Johnson. Compiled throughout 2024, "Skater At 50" is a weekly series on speedonthewater.com celebrating the Douglas, Mich., company's 50th anniversary. A new installment recognizing a bit of Douglas Marine/ Skater Powerboats history will go live every Wednesday through the end of ...
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Ross, owner of RP Elite Motors & Marine walks us through the Skater Powerboats Factory. Get a glimpse of how these amazing speedboats are made out of Douglas...
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Belanger's Skater 50 dubbed KONG was water-tested last weekend when the team from TNT Custom Marine in North Miami launched the radical catamaran for the first time. "It is absolutely perfect—everyone involved with the boat did an unbelievable job," said Belanger, who sold his G-Force Skater 438, which also has twin Mercury Racing 1550/ ...
32' Skater Flat Deck: Luxury ultra rare 2007 32 flat deck Skater o nice show room quality skater powerboat on the market!!! . Freshwater boat power with two MERCURY 1075s motors very low hour 80 with # 6 drives Turn key ready to go for the summer (Must SEE) For viewing, please make an appointment with us @ Rockstarboats.com (928)208-8460.
Auto Meter gauges and latham controls For more details or to make an offer call 203-521-7488 or email johnakoury@ gmail .com.all offers considered. Located in Trumbull Connecticut. Year: 2003 Power: Twin 575 hp (each) Location: Connecticut Contact Number: 203-521-7488 Asking: $145,000 Details & Photos ».
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For over 35 years Skater Powerboats has been building Catamarans and Peter Hledin has been the industry leader setting the pace by continually bringing innovation and advanced designs to the market. All SKATERS are unique in ways far beyond paint, graphics, and interiors. SKATER give the owners the ability to influence deck design, interior design, hull side contours, and of the famous ...
Skater boats for sale on Boat Trader are offered at a range of prices, valued from $244,950 on the cheaper end all the way up to $1,600,000 for the higher-end boats. Higher performance models now listed come rigged with motors up to 2,800 horsepower, while the smallest more functional models may have as little as 2,800 horsepower engines ...
Skater 40 from Douglas Marine: Exquisite catamaran delivers stellar performance. Top speed for the Skater 40 was 147 mph on radar. (Photo by Tom Newby) As happens in fall, a thick south swell was pushing up from Baja California when we tested the Skater 40 in San Diego. That translated to evenly spaced, for the most part, 3- to 5-footers, with ...