What Happened to Offshore Powerboats?

Documentary22 minEnglish

For decades, offshore powerboats were built around one idea: going faster through rough water. In the 1970s, 1980s, and early 1990s, names like Cigarette, Apache, Fountain, Formula, Donzi, Magnum, Skater, Scarab, and Outerlimits defined high-performance offshore boating with deep-V hulls, twin turbo big-blocks, surface drives, and offshore catamarans. This documentary explores how that industry evolved from purpose-built inboard race boats into today's massive outboard center consoles, and why t…