Center Consoles Only $10,000 Blue Cat Challenge Set for July 29
If you have a small(ish) boat that you think rides better on open water than the Blue Cat 17, you could possibly win $10,000.
That’s the offer from popular Instagram creator, Center Consoles Only (CCO). Known for producing a variety of social media content, CCO promotes the Blue Cat 17, an outboard-powered center console fishing catamaran, largely on the basis of its great ride.
While many Instagrammers applaud CCO and the Blue Cat 17, there is a cadre of netizens, pejoratively referred to as, “Keyboard Captains,” by some, that refuses to believe CCO’s claims about the seakeeping ability of the diminutive multihull.
Center Consoles Only founder, Alan Blanco, helping RideDry.org by raffling off a Blue Cat 17.
Courtesy Center Consoles Only
In response, CCO is offering $10,000, in cash, to the “ small” boat that can beat the Blue Cat 17 in an ocean race. The term “small” is being used as a catch-all term to make sure all entrants are similar boats.
Of course, for boats in this size category, speed is not the only factor that will win a race. With less than 20 feet of waterline, a boat can only go so fast in any kind of waves. The boat that rides smoother–or that is run by a crew that can take more punishment–will be the biggest factor in which boat emerges triumphant.
The course is to be from Miami, likely starting at Stiltsville, to a point “to be determined on the day” some miles offshore, and back.
The date for the race is July 29, 2025.
To enter, send a direct message to Center Consoles Only on Instagram.
In related news, you can enter a raffle to win a Blue Cat 17 and help a charity at the same time.
Center Consoles Only, Blue Cat USA, LIQUI MOLY, and others, are supporting Drive Dry, a charitable organization dedicated to saving lives on the water and upping boating safety. You can help by entering the raffle here: drivedry.org/cco.
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