Through a representative of the patients company, Shelyn Lee, Pursuit was asked if they would be willing to present a Pink boat to bring awareness and ultimately financial support to the ongoing research that is close to cracking the code for a cure to breast cancer. Pursuit agreed and with a local designer developed a pink graphic that will be displayed on Pursuit’s model OS 315 during the 2012 Miami International Boat Show. The 31 foot Pursuit features mirror images of the graphic on both hull sides from the chine to the rub rail, a 30 foot long graphic. The boat will be prominently displayed and available for the boating public and media to enjoy during the show.

Dr. Ben Park, leading the team of researchers at Johns Hopkins, will be on hand Thursday, February 16 to answer questions and speak during Pursuit Boats press conference scheduled for Thursday, February 16 at 1:30 PM in the Pursuit booth, C-46, Miami Beach Convention Center.

According to Pursuit President Tom Slikkers

“We are very pleased to be a part of such a great cause and look forward to contributing to the future research efforts and ultimately the cure to breast cancer.”

Pursuit boats will make a financial donation to the research foundation for every boat sold during the Miami International Boat Show. Representatives will be on hand to accept additional donations from interested parties or you can go to Hopkins Medicine.

Pursuit Boats is a division of Holland, Michigan-based S2 Yachts, Inc. For more than half a century, three-generations of this family-owned business have set an unsurpassed standard of quality in marine design and manufacturing. From their modern, recently expanded production facility in Ft. Pierce, Florida, the Slikkers family continues to build distinctive award winning outboard powered fishing boats in Offshore, Center Console, Sport and Dual Console configurations, in models from eighteen to thirty-eight feet. S2 Yachts also produces Tiara Yachts, whose inboard power models include Open, Sovran, and Convertible models ranging in size from thirty to fifty-eight feet built in Holland, MI.

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Pursuit: C280, ST310C, DC265, DC235, C200, C180 & The International Debut of the C260
Parker: 18CC, 21CC, 21SC, 23CC, 23SC, 25SE

Boating’s Tech Team tested more than 60 boats during 2011. And we spent time aboard dozens more boats, enabling us to make the insightful comparisons in our tests that you’ve told us you value. Sifting through both the test boats themselves and where each lies in its respective category is key to our selection of Boat of the Year. The ST 310 clearly ranks as a leader in the burgeoning category of multipurpose boats, in which many builders now participate.

Additionally, the ST 310 proved capable and comfortable in rough seas, meaning that its owner can enjoy boating even when the flags are snapping. Its side-console layout offers a massive head compartment. Combined with deep seating forward, lounge seating aft, an expansive hardtop, and cockpit refrigerator and grill, it makes an ideal day cruiser. Yet anglers won’t feel shorted, since a livewell and rod and tackle stowage are all standard. All boaters benefit from the safety and easy cleaning of its self-bailing cockpit. Outboard power provides shoal draft for exploring coves, fishing the shallows or nosing up to a sandbar. The ST 310’s rigging and construction are as good as you will find in production powerboats. They say every boat is a compromise. We found little compromise aboard Pursuit’s ST 310, Boating’s Boat of the Year.

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We are pleased to announce that Gregory Poole at Starling Marine has expanded our Morehead City location another 6,000 sq. ft. and on December 6th, 2011 we held our grand re-opening and ribbon cutting with the Carteret County Chamber of Commerce. In celebration of Gregory Poole’s grand re-opening they
have  a 10% discount on parts through December 31, 2011 for customers who mention the grand re-opening special!

About the Gregory Poole Marine Morehead City Service Center

Gregory Poole Marine provides comfort and ease with an all-in-one stop experience at their Morehead City full-service center. With a fully stocked ship’s store and new, used & surplus parts department, GPM further serves all major outboard needs as a Five-Star authorized dealer and service center for both Yamaha®, Mercury®, Honda® & Suzuki® outboards.

We are bringing our showrooms to you this winter! With many Parker, Pursuit, Pioneer, & Regulator boats on display at two shows, there will be plenty of new models to see!

Join us at the Bass and Saltwater Fishing Expo at North Carolina State Fairgrounds in Raleigh on January 6th-8th for an up close look at your favorite boats.

We will also be displaying our latest and greatest at the Raleigh Convention Center Boat Show  from February 2nd-5th.

Please contact us if you would like information on the specific makes and models that will be on display at each of these events.

The public can begin dropping off donations at either location beginning Tuesday, November 1st, 2011.

For more information on the Toys for Tots program, please visit toysfortots.org

Some boatbuilders are using words such as “crossover,” “hybrid” and “multifunction” to describe their new models. Take Pursuit, for instance.

“It’s built to be a great crossover boat for whatever offshore or inshore activity you want to do,” Pursuit Boats marketing manager David Glenn says of the new ST 310. “There is a bit of a transition away from the real hard-core fishing [center console].”

You can do pretty much anything you want to do with this boat — fish, dive, swim, tow water-toy riders, take a dinner cruise.

The most noticeable differences between the ST 310 and a standard center console are the ample cushioned seating and the console’s extension to the starboard gunwale, allowing for a two-person companion settee.

I examined the boat and took it for a short ride during a recent Yamaha press event in Florida. The dark-colored helm reduces glare, and there’s lots of real estate for flush-mounted electronics. You could fit two 12- or 14-inch displays here. The standard hardtop offers more coverage than a typical center console, extending outboard to the gunwales.

I saw many examples of the Fort Pierce, Fla., builder’s top-notch workmanship and fit and finish. Most impressive was the nicely finished console door, which is held open by a mammoth stainless-steel gas lift. The area housed a head and an optional scuba tank holder.

In addition to the fiberglass hardtop, noteworthy standard equipment includes a windlass, fresh- and saltwater systems, a slide-out refrigerator, trim tabs with indicator, and a forward fiberglass table with a Corian insert that receives a sunpad filler cushion. A 20-gallon live well in the helm seat console, four flush-mounted stainless-steel gunwale rod holders in the cockpit, folding rod racks under the bow seats, and an in-deck fishbox round out the standard fishing equipment.

The builder hand-lays the solid fiberglass bottom and uses balsa as a core for the hull sides above the waterline, Glenn says. The stringer system, transom, hardtop, and various hatches and deck parts are resin-infused, he says.

The demo boat was powered with twin V-6 Yamaha F300s. Cruising at 29.6 mph, she has a range of 400 miles, using 90 percent of the 260-gallon fuel capacity. Ocean5 Naval Architects carried out the naval architecture and engineering for the ST 310.

Climbing out of the hole, I could see the horizon while seated at the helm, an indication of minimal bow rise. It tracked straight, and I felt in control during high-speed turns.

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