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Old 04-20-2026 | 11:18 AM
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The high performance marine industry has lost one its most intriguing individuals. Jason Johnson reports, https://speedonthewater.com/one-of-a...joe-logiudice/
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I’ve never met or spoke to Joe. I knew of him through my good friend Henri Abbadie of Performance Marine Specialties who always spoke very highly of Joe. A number of Henri’s customers have purchased several Hustlers, like 4 and 5 over the years, incredible! Yes, I will confirm they are Quality builds.

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I am his dealer in Europe since 1999. Can only tell the best about him and the boats he made.
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Loved our 388. Spoke to Joe a couple times when we had it and was always helpful. Had a log of all the boats built/sold, who owned, how many owners, where sold, options etc. Cool to trace history on them or what was known about them. RIP.
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We have 2 Hustlers a 388 and 25 Talon, and Joe was always available to speck to me about any Q's I had about our boats. Great guy! RIP Joe!
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Joe was a great man
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Old 04-29-2026 | 03:22 PM
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The more people I talk to about Joe who knew him, the more I hear about how great of a person he was, from coast to coast and overseas. Short video of Joe and Bob Teague at the 2019 Miami Boat Show.

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Joe testing a Rockit at 32 degrees in December years ago. He did it for Fun I hear. Great Video

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Have had four Hustlers. 266 (still have), 344 Cheetah, 388 Slingshot, 388 Sling-Rockit? (Still have).

Have spent hours on the phone with Joe over the years asking questions about the boats we’ve owned. He was 100% honest and knew every one of them inside and out. Very personable and always answered our calls. He built our final 388 and kept us in the loop every step of the way.

Huge loss to the industry and Hustler, really enjoyed the times we had spoken. Wish I would have flew to NY to actually meet him and see the facility. RIP.
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Nice man brought some very nice hardware 2006 2007 battle on the bay Long Island RIP!
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