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www.marinelink.com MN 67 unreliable platforms. They needed one of our boats. Each episode we watched brought us closer to our decision to contact the loggers and suggest a

Miracle Marine Custom work boat.”

Miracle Marine looked up Joe

Collin of Collins River Logging, who had been featured on the program. “It was late June when we chose to con- tact Joe and his crew about developing a custom logging boat for his applica- tion. Joe was really excited about see- ing our jet driven hull we had avail- able for demos. Most of our boats are powered by inboard engines and jet pumps. This gives the operator the advantage of shallow water applica- tions as well as enough power to get the job done. The jet driven, heavy duty aluminum boats have been very popular on the West Coast for years — unfortunately the East Coast hasn’t had much exposure or experience with these products.” “The Collins River Loggers were on the Suwanee River in North Florida and were finishing filming Ax-Men, season four, when Joe Collins called

Miracle Marine and asked if we could get a demo boat there in three days.

There had been a delay in production filming and we had the opportunity to show the crew what our boats were capable of.”

Joe Collins River Loggers were impressed with power and perform- ance of the boat, the television pro- duction crew loved the action shots and Miracle Marine got the go ahead to custom build a boat.

Engine power by . . .Kodiak Marine Motors

Jet propulsion . . . . . . . .American Turbine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jet Pumps

Trailer by . . . . . . . . . . . .EZloader Trailers

Recovery gear by . . . . . . . . . .Mile Marker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Recovery Systems

Custom graphics by . . . . .Southpaw Grafix

Rigging parts by . . . . . . . . .Perko Marine

Sound system by . . . . . . . .Jenson Marine