Posted on 12/15/2015
A week after a white-knuckle 106-mph ride in his 39′ (11.9m) Nor-Tech offshore performance boat, Jamie Pellizzi was looking down at his boat’s GPS while his friend Nick Buis drove. Pellizzi said, “I was hitting him on the arm saying, ‘Look, look.’” The GPS read 117 mph.
With no alteration to the bottom or engines, Pellizzi’s boat had picked up 11 mph because Wilson Custom Marine in Stuart, Florida, had “blueprinted,” or fine-tuned, the lower units on the Mercury Racing No. 6 drives. The higher top speed was the direct result of improved handling.
“The more stable and safe the boat feels, the faster you can make it run,” said Craig Wi...