Contender builds semicustom sport-fishing boats, each matched to the individual needs and tastes of its owner. Homestead, Florida-based Contender Boats says its employees’ extensive experience in ...

Homestead, Florida-based Contender Boats, Inc. celebrated their 35th anniversary, and has launched several thousand boats spanning the three and a half decades. The boats are recognized world wide as ...

Big center-console boats—models ranging from 35 to more than 40 feet in length—are ­taking over in warm places such as Florida where cabins seem superfluous. With a larger center-­console comes lots ...

Contender Boats is known for tournament sport-fishing boats, but the company describes its 24S center-console as “a great day-tripping boat” that fishes well but also serves families and divers. After ...

After the Alsco Uniforms 302, the 2023 NASCAR Xfinity Series shifted to the Homestead-Miami Speedway in Homestead, Florida. Contender Boats 300 will be live on USA Network and MRN at 3 pm ET. The ...

Myatt Snider notched his first career Xfinity Series victory when he held off Tyler Reddick to win the Contender Boats 250 at Homestead-Miami Speedway Saturday evening. He is the third different ...

Myatt Snider finished seventh in the Contender Boats 250 at Homestead-Miami Speedway on Sunday.The top 10 finish ...

MIAMI - Forty drivers will take to the championship 1.5-mile oval of Homestead-Miami Speedway on Sunday, November 19 for the 19th annual Ford EcoBoost 400. All will be traveling at speeds in excess of ...

A Homestead-based boat manufacturer is expanding operations to Fort Pierce with a land purchase at a former citrus packing site, the company announced. Contender Boats will operate a ...

Promises made, promises sunk: The saga of Contender Boats seems like a cautionary tale of good intentions scuttled by circumstance. In 2005, the Florida-based company was looking for a place to expand ...