Powerboat Talk

Fred Kiekhaefer, former president of Mercury Racing and son of Mercury Marine founder Carl Kiekhaefer, shares stories of his journey in the marine industry. He now owns K.Lab Design Works, a design an...

31 Jan 20241h 33min

In this episode, I welcome Australian Champion Circle Boat Racer Chris Palmer who is also the promoter of the Australian BAD Boat Championship. The Australian Blown Alcohol Displacement (BAD) boats a...

15 Jan 202449min

In November, the National Jet Boat Association (NJBA) and the Southern Drag Boat Association (SDBA) came together to co-produce the biggest drag boat race in recent history, The Drag Boat Nationals at...

28 Des 20231h 11min

In today's episode of Powerboat Talk, we welcome back Jet Pump and Drag Boat Racing expert Greg Shoemaker, owner of G.S. Marine. Shoemaker spent his most formidable years in the performance boating in...

28 Nov 20231h 8min

I was recently joined by Nathan Yates, founder and Head Graduate Adviser of the Princeton University Electric Speedboating (PES) Team and Andrew Robbins, CEO of PES to discuss their recent world recor...

21 Nov 20231h 4min

Eddie McPheeters is the owner of Eddie's Inboard Marine in Tucson, Arizona. McPheeters took over management of the business from his father in 2001. A self proclaimed "V-drive guy at heart," McPheeter...

15 Nov 20231h 8min

8 Nov 20231h 9min

For the first time on Powerboat Talk, we're excited to have back with us the renowned circle boat racing icon, Duff Daily. I first had the privilege of interviewing Daily last November for an article ...

24 Okt 202359min