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Well-known in performance boating circles around the world,

Marine Technology Inc’s MTI-V 42 Center Console was the top

pick for Poker Runs America’s Most Innovative Boat of the Year

for 2014! Showcased at many events throughout 2013 and 2014,

this attention-grabber pushes all the stops in innovation, unique

styling, safety, functionality and performance.

We’re sure you’ll agree.

By Chip Fendt and PRA Staff

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okerRuns America kept this classified. For average price tag, reaching high into the six-digit figures.
months leading up to the closing of the Miami My entire life has revolved around the boating industry.

International Boat Show, we maintained an The Miami International Boat Show has been an annual event
eagle-like eye on some of the most impressive for me since my preteens. Not only does salt run through my
launches from mid-2013 to early 2014.veins, but so does the addiction to performance boating. If

The more we observed models from center console manu- you are reading this, you probably have the addiction as well.
facturers at such events as The 2014 Miami International The economy has rebounded to a degree where people

Boat Show, The SBI Key West World Championships, the Fort who can comfortably afford top speed and comfort are doing
Lauderdale Boat Show, and the series of poker runs, the more just that. What is different, however, is that customers have
difficult the choice became, considering the latest develop- been introduced to a new, innovative type of boating with

ments and competition from Nor-Tech, Cigarette, Yellow Fin, the popular SUV center console design. While center consoles
Deep Impact, Jupiter, Midnight Express, to name a few. In the typically signify blue water fishing to consumers, performance

end, however, it was a unanimous vote among our editorial boat manufacturers have provided new meanings for passen-
team that the MTI-V 42 Center Console was to be named Most ger capacity, comfort, functionality, safety, while still deliver-
Innovative Boat of the Year and for good reason.ing power and performance.

Our long list of criteria for this honor included creative
styling, tooling, use of materials, and power and perfor- A CLOSE LOOK AT DESIGN AND INNOVATION

mance, being the most important. In all categories, the For 2014, walking the MTI exhibit in the Miami Beach
MTI-V 42 earned straight A’s across the board. What we Convention Center, the company was pushing all the stops to
also encountered is no matter where the 42 was present showcase its latest efforts for the year. After all, MTI is known

it garnered plenty of activity among serious buyers – an throughout the world as one of the most premiere custom
impressive fact considering the MTI-V 42 has an above-builder of performance boats.

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