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02-05-2009, 10:52 AM
PERFORMANCE BOATS TAKE A NEW TWIST AT THE 2009 MIAMI INTERNATIONAL BOAT SHOW
St. Petersburg, FL - The search for the perfect boat has led to two new powerboats in the2009 Miami International Boat Show. STATEMENT Marine (http://statementmarine.com), LLC, a new St. Petersburg, Florida company, will introduce a 42’ Vee bottom and a 50’ catamaran, at booth #3790 outside the Miami Beach Convention Center. The new boats resulted from a “think tank” of powerboat enthusiasts and engineers who incorporated hydrodynamics, aerodynamics and ergonomics, into top-quality performance boat design.
“Innovation, engineering and technology are some traits that STATEMENT brings to the market which for years has been building powerboats ‘the way we have always done it,’” said marine industry veteran, Gene Weeks, who recently joined STATEMENT as General Manager. “Over the past four decades, innovative people have built some awesome boats, but in recent years, the tendency has been to stretch, chop, widen and massage what we already had. When I saw the ‘missing links’ that a couple of reputable, creative guys were considering, I had to be a part of it,” Weeks added.
Nick Buis, a Florida native who worked on boats his entire life, and Todd Werner, a World Champion APBA Super Cat racer compared notes about what they did and did not like in catamarans and V-bottoms. They then consulted friend and boat builder, Mark Spates and the team decided to “Make a STATEMENT!” They built two new models from scratch in the company’s state-of-the-art 40,000 s.f. facility, which includes a specially-designed thermal chamber to accommodate high temperatures for post-curing epoxy composite laminates. The V-bottom, powered by Mercury Racing 1075 SCi’s and the 50’ Cat with engine program under development, have signature features including an “air cushion cockpit” designed to mitigate the shock of rough water rides. This technology germinated from “years of getting beat up on the race course!” states Werner who filed for patents on this and several other aspects of the new boats’ construction, including the cat’s tunneled hull.
STATEMENT’s new technologies and designs are combined to develop boats capable of sustaining high speeds for long periods without compromising safety and comfort while also sustaining lower speeds with handling ease. “The end result is a tremendous benefit to the customer!” states Weeks.
“’Making a STATEMENT’ involves physics as well as philosophy and life style,” says Werner, “We teamed experts from unrelated disciplines to explore how to make boats better. It’s in our name--STATEMENT is the force in new ways of looking at powerboating.”
Contact gene@statementmarine.com or visit www.statementmarine.com. Photos available upon request.
St. Petersburg, FL - The search for the perfect boat has led to two new powerboats in the2009 Miami International Boat Show. STATEMENT Marine (http://statementmarine.com), LLC, a new St. Petersburg, Florida company, will introduce a 42’ Vee bottom and a 50’ catamaran, at booth #3790 outside the Miami Beach Convention Center. The new boats resulted from a “think tank” of powerboat enthusiasts and engineers who incorporated hydrodynamics, aerodynamics and ergonomics, into top-quality performance boat design.
“Innovation, engineering and technology are some traits that STATEMENT brings to the market which for years has been building powerboats ‘the way we have always done it,’” said marine industry veteran, Gene Weeks, who recently joined STATEMENT as General Manager. “Over the past four decades, innovative people have built some awesome boats, but in recent years, the tendency has been to stretch, chop, widen and massage what we already had. When I saw the ‘missing links’ that a couple of reputable, creative guys were considering, I had to be a part of it,” Weeks added.
Nick Buis, a Florida native who worked on boats his entire life, and Todd Werner, a World Champion APBA Super Cat racer compared notes about what they did and did not like in catamarans and V-bottoms. They then consulted friend and boat builder, Mark Spates and the team decided to “Make a STATEMENT!” They built two new models from scratch in the company’s state-of-the-art 40,000 s.f. facility, which includes a specially-designed thermal chamber to accommodate high temperatures for post-curing epoxy composite laminates. The V-bottom, powered by Mercury Racing 1075 SCi’s and the 50’ Cat with engine program under development, have signature features including an “air cushion cockpit” designed to mitigate the shock of rough water rides. This technology germinated from “years of getting beat up on the race course!” states Werner who filed for patents on this and several other aspects of the new boats’ construction, including the cat’s tunneled hull.
STATEMENT’s new technologies and designs are combined to develop boats capable of sustaining high speeds for long periods without compromising safety and comfort while also sustaining lower speeds with handling ease. “The end result is a tremendous benefit to the customer!” states Weeks.
“’Making a STATEMENT’ involves physics as well as philosophy and life style,” says Werner, “We teamed experts from unrelated disciplines to explore how to make boats better. It’s in our name--STATEMENT is the force in new ways of looking at powerboating.”
Contact gene@statementmarine.com or visit www.statementmarine.com. Photos available upon request.