Because their boating lifestyle adventure videos have millions of views, it may come as a surprise that Michael and Sarah Howe—the personalities behind the Howe2Live channel—have "real" jobs in their home state of Maine. Sarah Howe is a decorated police officer with nearly 20 years of service and Mike Howe, who cofounded Howe & Howe Technologies in Waterboro, Maine, with his brother, Geoff, added YouTuber—after inventor and entrepreneur, of course—to his list of titles a few years back. In both his career and his hobbies, Michael Howe has come a long way from his humble beginnings.

As in the lead as it comes in terms of embracing and promoting performance boating thanks to    / @howe2live   and the incredible MTI 440X catamaran he currently owns, Howe provided a taste of where he comes from and insight into the world of military robotics production during a trip to Maine. Get to know Howe even better than you already do by watching “In The Lead with Michael Howe,” episode No. 3 of the thirdyear video series that tells the stories of the most accomplished and innovative racers, builders, influencers and entrepreneurs in the highperformance powerboat industry. Special thanks to supporting sponsors, MYCO Trailers, Bluave Marine Audio, CP Performance, DEFCO Trucks, Hamilton Marine Finance, Hardin Marine and Race World Offshore for helping speedonthewater.com produce the features.

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Hardin Marine: https://www.hardinmarine.com
Hamilton Marine Finance:   / hamiltonmarinefinance  
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In The Lead Season 3 features include:
Ep 1: Jeff Harris, Fountain Powerboats
Ep 2: Steve Curtis, Offshore Racing Services
Ep 3: Michael Howe, Howe & Howe and Howe2Live

In The Lead Season 2 features include:
Ep 1: Peter Hledin, Skater Powerboats
Ep 2: Johnny Tomlinson, TNT Custom Marine
Ep 3: Randy Scism, Marine Technology Inc.
Ep 4: Tyler Miller, M CON Racing
Ep 5: Stephen Miles, Stephen Miles Design
Ep 6: Bob Teague, Teague Custom Marine

In The Lead Season 1 features include:
Ep 1: Grant Bruggemann, Grant's Signature Racing
Ep 2: Nils Johnsen & Trond Schou, NorTech HiPerformance Boats
Ep 3: Shaun Torrente, Shaun Torrente Racing
Ep 4: John Cosker, Mystic Powerboats
Ep 5: Mark Waddington & Brett Manire, Performance Boat Center
Ep 6: Tony Chiaramonte, DCB Performance Boats
Ep 7: Justin Wagner, Waves and Wheels

Chapters:
00:00 Howe2Live Begins
00:40 Mike Howe's Childhood in Maine
02:34 Bowdoin College & Commercial Fishing
04:04 Howe & Howe Technologies
04:55 Inventing the RIPSAW
06:15 Howe & Howe Tech Discovery Channel
07:13 Robotics, Thermite, Badger, SWAT BOT, Ripchair
08:51 Fast & Furious + RIPSAW
09:27 Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson G.I. Joe
09:55 Textron Systems acquires Howe & Howe Technologies
10:47 MTI 440X
11:56 How Howe2Live Started
12:42 Producing Howe2Live
13:22 Falling in love with the MTI 440X
14:14 Developing DSK The Deep Sea Kraken
15:27 Humble Beginnings to being In The Lead
16:41 Credits & Sponsors