{"id":26141,"date":"2025-10-30T04:25:18","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T04:25:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/26141\/"},"modified":"2025-10-30T04:25:18","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T04:25:18","slug":"four-highlights-from-fort-lauderdale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/26141\/","title":{"rendered":"Four Highlights From Fort Lauderdale"},"content":{"rendered":"

You won\u2019t find the largest displays of go-fast powerboats at traditional boat shows such as the one that kicked off today in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. If you\u2019re looking overall volume and brand diversity, a street party display held during a boating event\u2014the Shootout On The Strip Affair at the Lake of the Ozarks Shootouts\u2014is a far better bet.<\/p>\n

So I wasn\u2019t surprised to find very little that blew my hair up\u2014albeit that I don\u2019t have much hair to blow up\u2014during the opening day of the Fort Lauderdale. Still, there were standouts such as the new Deep Impact<\/a> 449 center console that made braving the early-to-mid-afternoon rain worth the time.<\/p>\n

The Dark Knight Mystic<\/p>\n

Commissioned by first-year Mystic Powerboats<\/a> dealer Angle or Attack Marine<\/a> in South Florida, the newest M5200 center console is a radical departure from all of the previous 52-footers built by the DeLand, Fla. Very much for sale, the Angle of Attack creation is the least conservative\u2014and downright rad\u2014M5200 Mystic ever has created.<\/p>\n

A Cigarette White Party<\/p>\n

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For the past few years, Cigarette Racing Team<\/a> displays at the Fort Lauderdale and Miami shows have been explosions of bold-color center consoles and sportboats. But sometimes, a plain white boat proves that less really can be more, and it was tough to walk by the iconic go-fast boat builder\u2019s display without staring into it.<\/p>\n

One Hot Cat<\/p>\n

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There are three hot outboard-engine-powered catamarans on display at the Fort Lauderdale show, an MTI<\/a> 440X, a Nor-Tech 4000 Roadster<\/a> and a Performance Powerboats P420. They all looked good, even under the gray skies that prevailed throughout the day. But only the P420, with its slinky lines and bold red-and-while hues, looked downright hot.<\/p>\n

Second-Gen MTI Badness<\/p>\n

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Introduced at Performance Boat Center<\/a> early in the week during the Lake of the Ozarks Shootout<\/a>, the MTI-V 422 is an elevated, second-generation version of the original 42-footer that launched the Wentzville, Mo., company as an extraordinary high-performance center-console builder. According to company representative Tom Stuart, who is on hand in Fort Lauderdale this week, the 422 borrows a few features from the MTI V-50. Now the general public in South Florida gets to bask in its badness for the next several days.<\/p>\n

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