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PUBLISHER William E. Taylor
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BREAKING NEW EDITOR Steve Fennell
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TECHNICAL EDITOR Price Turner
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RACE EDITOR Dina Paolella
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Eric Colby, Bill Jennings, Bobbye Kenyon, John Maley, MM
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Todd Taylor todd@pokerrunsamerica.com t’snot easy to choose The Boat of the plays at offshore races throughout the year.
Mark Booker markb@powerboating.comYear. Over the past four decades we Where this year’s honor was finally

have published a series of motors- determined was at the Miami International
POKER RUNS EVENT ADMINISTRATORports publications for the motorcycle, Boat Show, where our test writer Chip Fendt
Susan L. Ljungberg
snowmobile, ATV, recreational boat- covered The MTI-V 42 Center Console with
SPECIAL EVENTS COORDINATORSing and personal watercraft industries rave reviews. He brought back the informa-
Al Buitenwert, Melanie Taylor– all of which were highlighted annual- tion to our panel of editors and test writers

ADMINISTRATIONly with a special model of the year honor. at the round table and it was an unanimous
President William E. Taylor Needless to say, they were a huge success! hands-up vote for the MTI to take top honors.
VP/General Manager Roy Baird Sr.
VP/Special Projects Norm Rosen When we approached the similar con- “Our long list of criteria for this honor
Public Relations Director Jo-Ann Searlscept for Poker Runs America in 2013, the included creative styling, tooling, use
decision to single one model was difficult. of materials, and power and perfor-
EXECUTIVE & EDITORIAL OFFICES
DETROITManufacturers are creating engineering and mance and in all categories, the MTI-V
1601 Clay Street, Detroit, MI 48211-1913 technological marvels way outside of the box 42 earned straight A’s,” said Fendt. “My
Tel: 1-800-354-9145 • Fax: 905/844-5032
year over year and companies like Sunsation, entire life has revolved around the boat-
FT. MYERSOuterlimits, Hustler, Mystic, Skater, and ing industry. It’s very seldom that you
14200 Royal Harbour Court #302, Cigarette, to name a few, are providing more see a model as expertly engineered and
Ft. Myers, FL 33908
239/433-4110 • Fax: 239/433-9987performance and comfort every new season. thought out in every respect as the MTI-V
While we narrowed the choice down 42. Hands down, this 42 is a real winner.”
TORONTO
1121 Invicta Drive, Unit 2, Oakville, ON L6H 2R2 to The Most Innovative SUV of Year in As we gear up for yet another season,
905/844-8218 • Fax: 905/844-5032 2013 we expanded the concept this year its clear performance boat manufacturers
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Subscription inquires call: 1-800-461-9128 to The Most Innovative Boat of the Year in continue to break new ground in comfort
Website: www.pokerrunsamerica.com the performance boating segment. This design, and performance. More importantly,
E-mail: info@pokerrunsamerica.comwas done to increase our efforts in rec- with this first-rate technology and design, it’s

Poker Runs America magazine is published six times a year. Cover and ognizing performance boat manufac- our mandate to encourage, inspire, and bring
contents are copyright protected and may not be reproduced in any form turers, who again, push all the stops in a new wave of boaters to the sport through-
without prior written consent from the publisher. Editorial contributions
must be accompanied by return postage and will be handled with engineering, design and functionality. out the pages of Poker Runs America. PRA
reasonable care. The publisher assumes no responsibility for return or The selection process is something we
safety of artwork, photographs, or manuscripts. Poker Runs America begin at the turn of the model year, or even
reserves the right to refuse any and all advertising and disclaims all
responsibilities for claims or statement of facts made by its sooner. When a new model rolls of a line
advertisers or independent columnists at any given performance boat manufac-
Regular subscription rates are 1 year: $25 US.
2 years: $40 US. Canadian subscribers add $10/year. turer’s facility, notes are taken, phone calls
Overseas Subscribers $80 US - 1 year. are made, and an inspection of the model
Single copy price is $4.95 US and $7.50 Cdn.ensues. We also keep an eye open for
POSTMASTERWilliam E. Taylor, Publisher
Send all returns to Poker Runs America, new models at poker run events and dis-bill@pokerrunsamerica.com
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