OSO News

Pompano Beach, Fl. 17 DECEMBER 2007

Active Thunder Powerboats offers Performance Boat School as Standard Equipment. Committed to customer safety, Active Thunder Powerboats announced today it will now include Tres Martins Performance Boat School with each new Active Thunder Boat Sale. The Ultra Performance Program will be included as standard equipment on all new boat sales. Committed to safety, Active Thunder recognized the importance of proper performance boat driving skills and the benefits to its customer’s, ultimately reducing incidents related to improper operation. Active Thunder is the sixth in an ever growing list of manufacturers who are demonstrating leadership and commitment to the future of performance pleasure boating. With a shrinking pool of appropriate insurance alternatives these industry lead efforts are considered to be essential to the survival of the performance pleasure boating market.

“This type of industry leadership is what will preserve our recreational boating freedoms.” stated Brad Schoenwald of the Performance Boat School. “Rather than waiting for responsive tombstone legislation we are partnering with industry stakeholders who are truly committed to the future of performance pleasure boating and taking appropriate targeted action now.”

“In the end everyone is going to benefit, lowering liabilities and giving credible driving skills to the customers, preserving insurance, preserving the industry as a whole. Everyone will recognize companies like Active Thunder as a contributor to the future,” said Tres Martin, founder of the Performance Boat School.

"The experienced training Tres and Brad can offer my customers is a service long overdue in the performance boating arena." states Patrick Haughey, Active Thunders president. "The speed of today's hull designs requires this intense and professional type of training and we are proud to make it a standard item when we build a new Active Thunder Powerboat."

Active Thunder Powerboats is a premier builder of Custom Offshore Powerboats located in Pompano, Fl.
Tres Martins Performance Boat School is the only skill based boating school in the world to be recognized by the insurance industry and boat manufacturers alike.