Alas, I live on the ocean and could not afford the gas for an open ocean racer like in Miami Vice. The cost of the boat is an issue as well. Kayaks will have to do, but the acceleration sucks.
Certainly not an ocean-going vessel, but the boats were run on an exhibition course on the Columbia River and on just about any lake in the area recreationally (such as Moses Lake). The high state of tune of the motors in the faster classes was actually more of an impediment to non-race use than the hull design.