BANDIT 65 Traditional is highly acclaimed contemporary 65-footers, including the world-record-setting FREEDOM.

DON TEO 72 Traditional is a 72-foot, sleek, custom sportfish with wrap-around enclosed flybridge, and smooth, flowing lines. Full tuna tower and teak cockpit and toe rail. A work of art that’s also fast.

Of course, to achieve speeds in excess of 40 knots, a 65-foot boat has to have some serious horses under the hood. The Freedom's stallions come from Detroit by way of Jack Bivens, whom LaCombe refers to as a "genius" in marine diesel applications. For the Freedom, Bivens converted a pair of brand-new Detroit 1692s into a set of heftier 1,750-hp 1696s. He then replaced one crankshaft in backward, so both oil filters would be located inboard, and then the team at ACY installed the diesels in a highly customized, very clean V-drive configuration. This V-drive arrangement achieves one very important task - reducing the shaft angle by half, thereby increasing thrust and speed at all rpm ranges. The reduced angle (7.5 degrees) also helps prevent the stern from digging into the water in reverse, which allows the Freedom to back very aggressively.