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The Future is Now

In January, the world’s most glorious geeks all descended on the Las Vegas Convention Center for a trade show called CES. It’s an event where companies as large and varied as Tesla, Sony and Coca-Cola display their latest and greatest in technology, as well as concepts for how future technology may look and work.

And this year, CES attendees saw a powerboat that shows what the future of cruising may become.

Brunswick Corp., the parent company of numerous marine brands, created a display around a Sea Ray SLX-R 400e with triple 450R Mercury Racing outboard engines. It wasn’t the first time anyone had displayed a boat at CES, but it was the first time a new model had been introduced at the tech show instead of at, say, a boat show—and more people saw it

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