Longtime performance boat enthusiasts know Perfect Storm as a vibrant Nor-Tech Hi-Performance Boats 3600 Supercat painted by Dean Loucks of The Art of Design and commissioned by Bob Christie, then a powerhouse Donzi and Baja dealer in New Jersey. A 2004 model-year build initially powered by 1,000-hp supercharged engines built in house at the Cape Coral, Fla., factory, Perfect Storm was among the hottest catamarans of its era. The 36-footer had graced the cover of Powerboat magazine early that year and was the talk of any given poker run it entered.
Test driver Bob Teague ran Perfect Storm for a Powerboat magazine photo shoot in 2004. Photo by Tom Newby.
A perfect storm, as described in the blockbuster book of the same name by Sebastian Younger, is the result of two ferocious weather events colliding. That makes Nor-Tech something of a perfect as it is the result of a collision between two Norwegian forces of nature, meaning Trond Schou and Nils Johnsen.
But back to the boat. Perfect Storm was Christie’s first catamaran. One test ride in another 3600 Supercat with Schou was enough to convince the longtime V-bottom man—his current ride at the time was an Outerlimits—that he needed to own one. Then the head of Nor-Tech’s in-house engine program, Ron Potter built the cat’s 1,000-hp mills.
The 36-footer was a poker-run fixture in the Northeast and South Florida. …