While yachts, cruisers and sportfishers always will command center stage the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show, the South Florida event has in recent years seen a significant surge in participation from performance-boat builders and dealers with center consoles in their line-ups. Go-fast boat-minded visitors to next week’s event, which runs Nov. 1-5, will have plenty to ogle at the docks from the likes of Cigarette Racing, Deep Impact (read Saturday’s speedonthewater.com story), Mystic Powerboats, MTI, Nor-Tech, Sunsation Boats and Wright Performance Powerboats. Here’s a quick look at what they’ll find.

In addition to several small center consoles and a V-bottom sportboat, Nor-Tech is bringing a 450 Sport CC to the Fort Lauderdale event. Photo courtesy/copyright Pete Boden/Shoot 2 Thrill Pix.

Cigarette Racing Team
While Opa-locka, Fla.-based Cigarette isn’t exhibiting, per se, Performance Boat Center—the company’s dealer at the Lake of the Ozarks in Central Missouri—is and will be showing off the first 41’ GTR Reserve Edition center console. It will be the first time the special-edition 41-footer has been exhibited at a boat show in the United States.

Marine Technology Inc.
MTI is bringing a trio MTI-V 42 performance center consoles to the Fort Lauderdale Show. As a sporty compliment to those 42-foot beauties, the Wentzville, Mo., also will exhibit its white-hot 340X sport catamaran.

Mystic Powerboats
Making its official debut in Fort Lauderdale, the first Mystic M3800 luxury center console powered by triple Mercury Marine Verado 350 outboard engines will be paired with an M4200 powered by quad Mercury Racing Verado 400R outboard engines.

Here is a look at some of the performance-oriented center consoles and sport catamarans from Cigarette Racing Team, Marine Technology, Inc., Mystic Powerboats, Nor-Tech Hi-Performance Boats, Statement Marine, Sunsation Powerboats and Wright Performance Powerboats that will be on display at the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show this week.

No-Tech Hi-Performance Boats
Nor-Tech is loading the docks in Fort Lauderdale with two 34-foot center consoles, three 39-foot center consoles (one with a fishing package) and one 45-foot center console in Fort Lauderdale. (Look for a feature on the Nor-Tech 450 Sport CC in the upcoming Sept./Oct. edition of Speed On The Water digital magazine.) To spice things up a bit, the Fort Myers, Fla.-based center console, catamaran and V-bottom builder also is bringing a 36-foot outboard engine-powered American Flyer model V-bottom sportboat.

Statement Marine
FB Marine Group, Statement Marine’s dealer headquartered in Pompano Beach, Fla., is showcasing a pair of Statement center consoles in the from of a 35 SUV and a 38 SUV. In additon to those performance-oriented models, FB Marine Group also we be displaying a trio of center consoles from 21 to 25 feet from Sea Pro, a recent addition to the FB Marine Group’s offerings.

Sunsation Powerboats
Courtesy of Performance Boat Center, Sunsation will have a 32 CCX center console on display in the show.

Wright Performance Powerboats
Courtesy—once again—of Performance Boat Center, a Wright Performance Powerboats 360 catamaran will be at the docks.

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