The Bermuda Challenge

1995 - Glacier Bay founder Larry Graf and Troy shields, general manager of Todd Marine in Virginia Beach, Va. win Boating Magazine's Bermuda Challenge in a 26' Glacier Bay center console, posting a record of 728 miles in 36.5 hours on 2 four-stroke Honda outboards.

"It was just an incredible ride," says Shields, 34. The two made the trip answering a challenge set forth by Boating Magazine. It proposed a New York to Bermuda run in a powerboat under 40 feet, emphasizing safety and the newest fuel-efficient technologies and hull shapes, says Richard Stepler, Boating's editor-in-chief.

Hawaii to Midway Island

1998 - Glacier Bay catamarans and Honda outboards set another offshore world record, completing a record-breaking run of 1,328 miles to Midway Island in the Pacific.

The trek was made by two Honda-powered, Glacier Bay 26' trailerable sportfishing catamarans. The boats ran unassisted from Honolulu to Midway in seas as high as 10' and winds up to 30 mph. The trip was a dream of Glacier Bay founder Larry Graf, to explore and fish the six extremely remote islands and atolls northwest of the main Hawaiian Islands. All are part of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife preserve.

The Alaska Challenge

1999 - Across the Bering Sea - Nome to Siberia.

During the summer of 1999, a 26-foot Glacier Bay Catamaran escorted two, personal watercraft across the Bering Strait from the United States to Russia to claim the record for the smallest boats to make this dangerous passage. Armed with twin,140 hp Suzuki engines, the Glacier Bay 2680 served as safety/support vessel to the Sea-Doos that would run from Alaska's Little Diomede Island to Siberia's Big Diomede Island.These islands are located two miles apart in the midst of the 48-mile wide Bering Strait about 50 miles south of the Arctic Circle.

The Grand Americas Tour

2003 - Glacier Bay Catamarans new 3470 Ocean Runner completed the 8,400-mile Grand Americas Tour. On this ambitious coastal journey, the first 34- footer off the line at the Monroe, Wash., factory traveled from Seattle to the Baja, then trailered across Mexico to continue the trip by following the Gulf Coast and around Florida, and up the Eastern Seaboard. The power catamaran made 22 stops in 55 days. Afterwards, the owner took delivery in Rhode Island.