The Story of Michael Howe - Inventor, Boater and YouTuber

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 co-founded 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 third-year video series that tells the stories of the most accomplished and innovative racers, builders, influencers and entrepreneurs in the high-performance 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. In partnership with: MYCO Trailers: http://www.mycotrailers.com Bluave Marine Audio: https://bluaveaudio.com CP Performance: https://www.cpperformance.com DEFCO Trucks, https://www.defcotrucks.com Hardin Marine: https://www.hardin-marine.com Hamilton Marine Finance:   / hamiltonmarinefinance   Race World Offshore: https://raceworldoffshore.com Produced by: Scrapyard Media: https://www.scrapyardmedia.com Follow SOTW Website: https://www.speedonthewater.com Facebook:   / speedonthewatermag   Instagram:   / speedonthewater   Subscribe to see the newest episode of In The Lead every month:    / speedonthewater   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, Nor-Tech Hi-Performance 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