Of the six high-performance boats he's sold this year, Waszak says, all are being used for pleasure. They just want a lot of power on the water. An offshore racer can boast 800-1,000 horsepower in its twin engines.
Some local boaters complain about the noise and speed of the big race boats.
Poelker has a second boat for pleasure cruises, however. The people who race professionally, you never see them on the lake with their race boats. Occasionally during a weeknight, we take the racing boat out to test it, but I'll phone the sheriff and Coast Guard, to tell them I'm out there. Poelker acknowledges not everyone who owns a big offshore boat is as conscientious. The biggest thing that annoys me is you see people out there in their high-performance boats going as fast as they can, jumping wake with all these people aboard.