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bajaholic 09-23-2025 09:38 AM


Originally Posted by Markus (Post 4935241)
My understanding is that using to DW build the hulls created so much downstream effort for PBC that they gave up on DW and found another solution.

My understanding; was a business situation rather than hull situation.

There is numerous older articles and posts about the changes in ownerships etc... Bottom line, Previous to last year, DW builds the Hulls and different companies finished them. Now Waves and Wheels is owner, you get the complete package....

I think it is safe to say, they were/are the "Gold Standard" all the other companies compete against.

BrettM 09-23-2025 10:22 AM

Performance Powerboats is alive and well. We offer a P280, P360 and a P420. All hulls/molds are owned by Performance and are laid up in our plant in Texas by our employees.

Boats are shipped from Texas to LOTO and are painted and rigged in house.

Feel free to stop by anytime and I will give you a full tour!

Markus 09-24-2025 04:43 AM


Originally Posted by Lucky Strike Jr (Post 4935242)
That could be. All I know is if you look at a 36 DW and you look at a P360 they look almost identical :drink:

Almost identical, but my understanding is that most/all of the PXXX hulls have been tweaked to work better than the DW versions.

Markus 09-24-2025 04:54 AM


Originally Posted by BrettM (Post 4935254)
Performance Powerboats is alive and well. We offer a P280, P360 and a P420. All hulls/molds are owned by Performance and are laid up in our plant in Texas by our employees.

Boats are shipped from Texas to LOTO and are painted and rigged in house.

Feel free to stop by anytime and I will give you a full tour!

Thanks, Brett! If I ever get to LOTO, I will stop by for sure. Even the Ft Lauderdale shop is mighty impressive by my standards, though.

Any progress in getting Järnbröderna to sell some cats, by the way? They are just down the road from me and could spice up the showroom a bit...

vdrsnk04 10-31-2025 11:02 AM


Originally Posted by Twodocs (Post 4935092)
I went with DWR/Doug Wright Powerboats 42 for reasons you listed (except top speed—it is fast). My kids are 6 & 7 and love it!

which one of the 42’s is yours, The blue one or the needs more cowbell one? Also what speed have you got out of your 42 so far?

Pete B 10-31-2025 11:37 AM

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Smarty 10-31-2025 07:46 PM

Is Victory making a pleasure boat cat that would be a sister-ship of the Raymarine raceboat? If yes, what is the price point compared to a similar DW? I’ve always liked Skater and MTI cats, but I am really impressed with the Victory raceboat and DWs.

Markus 11-01-2025 02:18 PM

The excitement around Victory pleasure boats died down due to unspecified quality problems.

Smarty 11-01-2025 02:32 PM


Originally Posted by Markus (Post 4937659)
The excitement around Victory pleasure boats died down due to unspecified quality problems.

Thank you for letting me know, I was unaware. The Raymarine Victory cat looks great on the racecourse in sloppy to rough water which made me think, that same race set-up in the pleasure version of the Victory cat, if not priced too high, would be one hell of a hot rod pleasure boat.

Pro1 11-01-2025 05:42 PM

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