If speeding is a crime on the Mississippi River, Howard Arneson’s run from New Orleans to St. Louis on September 22 would have put him in jail for life with the chance on no parole. No one in history has ever gone so fast for such a distance in any type of boat. His attack on the 1039 miles of winding river was merciless. In addition to lopping more than seven and a half hours off the previous record, the kindly, 69-year old inventor handed to the other competitors a defeat so humiliating, that by comparison Napoleon’s Waterloo was a celebrity roast. This wasn’t a race, it was a demolition. Not only did none of the other boats keep up, nobody else even finished.
Arneson’s new record is so far out of reach, even the fastest raceboats may not even come close to it for . . . well, probably forever, unless he breaks it himself …Details & Pictures
Amid plenty of speculation over the past few weeks, Reggie Fountain, the legend behind Fountain Powerboats, announced his resignation today from the Washington, N.C., company that he founded more than 30 years ago and developed into one of the world’s leading high-performance boat builders.
Powerboat’s calls to Fountain went unreturned on Friday afternoon (Dec. 10), but here are his comments from a press release that was sent out.
“When I first started building performance sport  … Details
That most legendary of high-performance marques, the Cigarette Racing Team, is situated in Florida, just a few kilometres south of Fort Lauderdale and the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show.
Consequently, Cigarette regards the show as virtually being ‘home ground’ and as such the company will be going in with its throttles wide open. The Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show is set for its five-day spectacular from October 28 through November 1. This marks the 51st edition of the show, widely regarded as the world’s largest in-water boating exhibition.
The Cigarettes produced by the legendary company may … Details