More than 40 high-performance powerboats roared through the Barnegat Bay on a recent Saturday, smashing through waves and cruising past people whose faces read, “I wonder what that’s like?â€
A rollercoaster in the open water is what it is like, except every hand onboard firmly grasps metal handrails rather than waving in the air, especially when the vessel flies over the largest waves and crashes back to the surface.
That was the sensation on Dave Ginfrida’s 52-foot, 15,500-pound Nor-Tech 5000 called “No Compromise,†as three 850-horsepower motors propelled it along the Ocean County coast. That much power is equivalent to about six standard Chevrolet Corvettes, or roughly 26 Toyota Priuses.
Enthusiasts who spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on these boats, known commonly as cigarette boats or go-fast boats, always remember their first such experience, almost universally calling it “life-changing,†and … Details & Pictures