The Coolest New Boat in Miami

The Miami International Boat Show took place this past week, and there were literally thousands of boats on display, including three hot new fishboats we talked about a couple of weeks ago. But my favorite from the show wasn’t among these. In fact, it didn’t have a fishfinder, a cooler, or even a single rodholder. Bear with me a while, folks… because you’re going to LOVE this thing!

The coolest boat was, in fact, not even entirely a boat. Actually, it’s a quad. And a boat. It’s sort of a Jet-ski, too. Or, maybe it’s a boat-quad-ski thingie. It all depends on how you look at things. But any way you think about it, the new Gibbs Quadski is uber-awesome.

Wanna go for a ride? Me, too – the Gibbs Quadski is rockin’!

This multi-personality vehicle comes to us from the same company that manufactured the Gibbs Aquadica (which made our list of the Three Wackiest Boats in the World), a road-ready car which you could drive right into the water, then turn into a boat at the press of a button. And the concept is the same. You can zip through the woods, across a field, and into the marsh, then press a button and in seconds the wheels pull back and power from the 175-hp BMW Motorrad engine is diverted from the drive train to the jet drive. Top-end is around 45-mph, both on land and on the water.

Two other features make the Quadski even better: first off, it’s built right here in the good ‘ol US of A, in a manufacturing plant in Michigan. Secondly, it’s list price of $40,000 is really pretty dang reasonable, when you think about it. Usually, you’d have to spend more than twice as much to get something with a cool-factor this huge. So despite being surrounded by fishboats of all types and sizes, million-dollar yachts, and just about every type of motorized water-toy on the planet, my personal pick for the coolest boat in Miami is without a doubt the Aquadica. Now, if only I could afford one of my own…