AUSTIN, TEXAS, Oct. 25, 2015 – Lakewiz.com announces PowerboatGuy version 2.0, one app of a series of mobile apps for boating enthusiasts. PowerboatGuy gives you the functions to analyze and improve your boat’s performance. Tom Davidson, President of Lakewiz explains, “We have improved Powerboat Guy to be able to add photos, videos, voice notes and text notes to any trip OR holeshot. While we were at it, we also added a beautful new user interface making the app even easier to use. PowerboatGuy helps you to record a fun boating afternoon wakesurfing, or simply go back to that great fishing spot you found.”
If you love your boat(s!) as much as I do, you probably want them to go faster. Or get up on plane faster. Well, that funny-looking thing stuck on the bottom of your motor is pretty important to how your boat operates. So important, you could write books about it. Well, people already have- my ‘go to’ favorite is “The Propeller Handbook: The Complete Reference for Choosing, Installing, and Understanding Boat Propellers” by Dave Gerr. I just finished my most recent boat construction project- a 13′ 7″ twin-sponson wooden hydroplane from a design penned in the 1960’s. On the back is a 45hp Mercury Classic Fifty (chosen not only for low weight, but also because it’s block is shared with the 44xs motor used in Class D hydro racing- a motor I dream about owning for this boat). I was in the quest for a 45+mph top speed and I…Keep Reading