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MARIE PRESIDENT’S CUP POKER RUNDESERT STORM STREET PARTY & POKER RUN SKATER POWERBOATS NEW 588 TM SUNSATION POWERBOATS 40TH ANNIVERSARY LAKE OF THE OZARKS JIM DAVIS PROFILE COCOA BEACH THUNDER VELOCITY VR1 115-MPH ROCKET ADRENALINE POWERBOATS NEW 47’ REAPER Cover 25-2 NEW.indd 1Cover 25-2 NEW.indd 12022-06-23 2:02 PM2022-06-23 2:02 PM1000 ISLANDS CAN/AM POKER RUN Register TODAY! 1.800.354.9145 ext: 252 coordinator@pokerrunsamerica.com BILL TOMLINSON & KEN KEHOE 1000 ISLANDS SHOOTOUT RECORD HOLDER 197 MPH WORLD CHAMPIONS GREGG ROSEN & RICK MEROLA 1000 ISLANDS 2022 PBC AD - A.indd 21000 ISLANDS 2022 PBC AD - A.indd 22022-06-23 11:25 AM2022-06-23 11:25 AM1000 ISLANDS CAN/AM POKER RUN Register TODAY! 1.800.354.9145 ext: 252 coordinator@pokerrunsamerica.com www.pokerrunsamerica.com www.powerboating.com SANCTIONED BY KINGSTON POKER RUN AUGUST 5-7 Confederation Basin GANANOQUE POKER RUN JULY 8-1O Joel Stone Heritage Park TWO OF THE BIGGEST EVENTS SUMMER 2O22 WORLD CHAMPIONS GREGG ROSEN & RICK MEROLA Since 1987 1000 ISLANDS 2022 PBC AD - A.indd 31000 ISLANDS 2022 PBC AD - A.indd 32022-06-23 11:26 AM2022-06-23 11:26 AMBill Taylor PUBLISHERS NOTE 4 WWW.POKERRUNSAMERICA.COMWWW.POKERRUNSAMERICA.COM VOLUME TWENTY FIVE / NUMBER TWO PUBLISHER William E. 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Poker Runs America reserves the right to refuse any and all advertising and disclaims all responsibilities for claims or statement of facts made by its advertisers or independent columnists Regular subscription rates are 4 issues: $19 US. 8 issues: $32 US. Canadian subscribers add $10. Single copy price is $5.95 US and $8.50 Cdn. POSTMASTER Send all returns to Poker Runs America, 777 East Park Drive, Tonawanda, NY 14150 PRINTED IN USA It’s the end of an era. Thirty-three years after setting the Trans-Atlantic crossing record, the Gentry Eagle was scrapped in a California harbor after sitting there deterio- rating in the sun and salt air for years. The speed boat converted into a yacht was one of the most famous boats in the world when Tom and Norman Gentry raced the Atlantic to reclaim the record for the United States after British billionaire Richard Branson had broken it. I remember the era well as Poker Run America’s sister publication Power Boating Canada, an international magazine, covered the record run, which was a massive financial undertaking even three decades ago. Tom Gentry spent $7 million to build the boat powering it with twin 3,480 hp MTU turbo diesels and a 4,500-hp turbine. The Gentry Eagle had 11,500 total horsepower. The ship was built with the singular pur- pose of breaking the 3,000-mile race from New York Harbor’s Ambrose Lighthouse to Bishop Rock off the British Coast. The first Trans-Atlantic record attempt failed in 1988 because of a storm and the Gentrys tried again in 1989 smashing the old mark in 62 hours, seven minutes. Branson completed the run in roughly three days and eight hours. The Gentry Eagle would go on to set endurance records from New York to Miami and Florida to the Bahamas. More record attempts were in the works when Tom Gentry was in an accident at the 1994 Key West World Championships and died at age 67 after three years in a coma. Gentry’s son Norman, a developer in Honolulu, Hawaii, tried unsuccessfully to sell the Gentry Eagle for years. Even with the ship’s pedigree, the Gentry was a tough sell spending the last 15 years sitting in the Ventura Harbor in Ventura, Calif. The 117-ft. ship had become oxidized by the sun and was frequently covered in bird droppings. The boatyard needed the slip for other boats and Norman made the hard decision. “It’s kind of like trying to sell an Indianapolis (500) racecar, everyone thinks it’s cool, but no one wants to buy it,” Norman told a local newspaper. The Gentry Eagle was built from alumi- num, which made the boat lighter and faster than endurance-record competitors. Crews using a backhoe picked apart the ship for scrap metal, completing the demolition on May 14. It’s a sad ending to a historic speed boat and a throwback to another era. Billionaires are now more interested in going to space than breaking endurance records on Earth. PRA William E. Taylor, Publisher bill@pokerrunsamerica.com POKER RUNS AMERICA | Volume 25 Number 2 SO LONG GENTRY EAGLE Pub Page 25-2.indd 4Pub Page 25-2.indd 42022-06-23 11:27 AM2022-06-23 11:27 AMSkater.indd 1Skater.indd 12022-06-27 2:48 PM2022-06-27 2:48 PM6 POKER RUNS AMERICA | Volume 25 Number 2WWW.POKERRUNSAMERICA.COM FEATURES 24 16 BIG TICKET Pick between a personal helicopter or a personal submersible. 18 PAINT PERFECT Canada’s Krytiuk Motorsports is perfecting the art of the paint job. 24 FACES FROM MIAMI Check out the sights from the 2022 Miami International Boat Show. 30 SKATER GOES BIGGER Skater Powerboats goes big with the new 588 catamaran in production. 32 EDITOR’S CHOICE: ADRENALINE POWERBOATS The Georgia builder is moving into the center-console market in a big way. 36 VELOCITY’S V-BOTTOM ROCKET The VR1 Carbon Fiber from Velocity Powerboats tops 115 mph with twin Mercury Racing 400R outboards. 40 TIME OUT: CATCHING UP WITH SUNSATION’S JOE SCHALDENBRAND Over the years boatbuilders have come and gone, yet Sunsation Powerboats remains a constant in the industry. 42 TOP OF THE CLASS NPBA LEGEND: JOSEPH CASTELLANA Offshore racer and poker runner joins National Powerboat Association’s Legends class. 48 FIX FOR SUCCESS Formula One and the LuminSea Powerboat Races deliver the speed on land and water. 54 BRINGING THE THUNDER The APBA National Championship Series got off to roaring start at the Thunder on Cocoa Beach. 60 IMAGE MAKER Photographer Jim Davis is on the hunt for the perfect image. 4 PUBLISHER’S MESSAGE 10 FAST FACTS 64 POWER PLAY: Desert Storm 68 2022 ANNUAL POKER RUN & RACE CALENDAR DEPARTMENTS pra vol. 25-2 CONTENTS The APBA National Championship Series kicked off in May at the Thunder on Cocoa Beach with more than 50 teams. The series consists of eight races wrapping up in early October in Fort Myers Beach, Fla. Photo by Jeff Gerardi/123freeze.com contents 25-2.indd 6contents 25-2.indd 62022-06-23 12:59 PM2022-06-23 12:59 PM7 Volume 25 Number 2 | POKER RUNS AMERICAWWW.POKERRUNSAMERICA.COM 364840 contents 25-2.indd 7contents 25-2.indd 72022-06-23 1:00 PM2022-06-23 1:00 PM8 POKER RUNS AMERICA | Volume 25 Number 2WWW.POKERRUNSAMERICA.COMWWW.POKERRUNSAMERICA.COM WWW.POKERRUNSAMERICA.COM SPEED ZONE 8 POKER RUNS AMERICA | Volume 25 Number 2 contents 25-2.indd 8contents 25-2.indd 82022-06-23 1:01 PM2022-06-23 1:01 PM9 Volume 25 Number 2 | POKER RUNS AMERICAWWW.POKERRUNSAMERICA.COM 9 Volume 25 Number 2 | POKER RUNS AMERICA WWW.POKERRUNSAMERICA.COM WWW.POKERRUNSAMERICA.COM Volume 25 Number 2 | POKER RUNS AMERICA 9 PIRATE BOOTY Bill Munholland from Kansas, slicing through the chop at the Florida Powerboat Club’s Miami Boat Show Poker Run 2022 in his Cigarette 39 Top Gun with twin Mercury Racing 565’s. Photo by: Jerry Wyszatycki, courtesy FL Powerboat Club contents 25-2.indd 9contents 25-2.indd 92022-06-23 1:01 PM2022-06-23 1:01 PMNext >