Heat Wave: Offshore Superboat Racing

Have you ever wondered what would it be like to be strapped in front of a pair of supercharged Lamborghini V-12 rocket launchers? How about planing across the Gulf of Mexico at 100 MPH, kicking up a monster rooster tail that can be seen on the beach, maybe five miles away.
Imagine: No traffic. No conscience. Just you, a few fish, and about 11,000 pounds of screaming muscleboat built of space-age metal alloys, designed to run about 1,300 horsepower at open throttle. This kind of machine that guys like Don Johnson, star of Miami Vice, might take for a spin in the Offshore World Championships.
For real speed freaks, hoisting a spinnaker on even the fastest 12-meter yacht causes shrieking boredom. You need huge throbbing MerCruiser 420s that eat a gallon of gas every three-quarters of a mile - three of them whenever possible, maybe mounted on a Kevlar hull. You need speedmaster drives and hydraulic steering systems. You need a little thunder on the water.

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