This 28-foot, composite construction, Skater Cat from the USA, is powered by a pair of Mercury Racing 300hp outboards. It’s all yellow, with black accents, and there’s your bee. The team is new, in a sense, commencing in 2022, but take a deeper look, and you can see something special going on, and they have desires to become a two-boat team, as well!
Driver Mike Ratcliffe knows a thing or two about speed, having participated in both car and drag racing. After competing in Offshore Racing, he simply said, “I have never experienced a bigger adrenaline rush than this!" Throttleman and Mechanic Karl Wall brings to bear some 30 years of Offshore Racing in Supercat 400, Supercat 600, Supercat 1000, and Supercat Extreme (Class1). He holds two Championships in Supercat 400 and one Championship in Supercat 1000, as well as being the current speed record holder in Supercat 400.
Karl also competed in New Zealand from 2015 to 2019 in Supercat 400 and Supercat 600, winning the Lachlan Wall Memorial Supercat 400 Trophy, and the New Zealand Supercat 400 Championship. In 2017 he was back up Throttleman for Team Australia, who were competing in China and Dubai in the XCAT series, and finished second in the World Championship.
