In The Lead 2022 Season Wrapping Up With Bob Teague

As seen online November 2, 2022 Speed on the Water.

Written by Matt Trulio

For many years, I sat alongside lead test driver Bob Teague as a co-pilot/data collector during Powerboat magazine’s annual Performance Trials, as did my longtime friend and speedonthewater.com co-publisher, Jason Johnson. For the most part, those 12-hour boat test days were uneventful, though each of us had at least one indelible moment with the founder of Teague Custom Marine, a famed high-performance marine engine-building, rigging, service and parts business in Valencia, Calif.

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Overflowing Positivity From The Biggest Big Cat Poker Run In Years

As seen online August, 16th 2022 Speed on the Water.

Written by Jason Johnson and Matt Trulio

With pre-registration right around 80 boats, the organizers behind this year’s Big Cat Poker Run in Northern California were excited to build upon the event’s 2021 rebirth of sorts following the pandemic and leadership changes. What they didn’t expect was for the participation numbers to exceed expectations, reaching 95 boats and increasing the estimated attendance from 250 people to more than 370 in total.

Bob and Andrea Teague of Teague Custom Marine

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New Speed On The Water ‘Women of Substance’ Issue Featuring Cherilyn Noack & Andrea Teague

Cherilyn Noack & Andrea Teague Featured in Speed On The Water’s Annual Interview Issue

Anyone who knows anything about performance boats and/or offshore racing, is likely to recognize the face of Teague Custom Marine, the legendary Bob Teague, who founded the company nearly 50 years ago. But those familiar with the Valencia, Calif.-based business know there is a couple of women supporting him at all times. Continue reading

Legacy Daughters Of The Go-Fast Marine Revolution

Written by Matt Trulio
John Cosker had a special passenger for a speedonthewater.com aerial photo shoot during the 2020 Lake of the Ozarks Shootout in Central Missouri in late August. The Mystic Powerboats founder and owner was joined by his 22-year-old daughter, Rachel, in the cockpit of an M4200 luxury performance center console.

For Cosker, it was one of countless helicopter photo shoots, just another day at the office running boats of his own creation for the camera. But for his daughter, it was a first.

Mystic’s Rachel Cosker experienced her first aerial photo shoot in late August with her father, John, at the helm of a Mystic M4200 center console. Photos by Pete Boden copyright Shoot 2 Thrill Pix.

Mystic’s Rachel Cosker experienced her first aerial photo shoot in late August with her father, John, at the helm of a Mystic M4200 center console. Photos by Pete Boden copyright Shoot 2 Thrill Pix.

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