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Phil Rolla: The Man Who Took the Black Art Out of Propeller Design■Whatever Happened to Mariner? The Merc-a-ha Story■The Photographer in the Lake: Rob Clifford at the Bluebird K7 Festival■Bluebird K7: Organisers Defend Slow-Speed Day One After Social Media Backlash■Powerboat News Digital Edition: Edition #1 Out Now■Hornet Racing Wins 2025/26 Supercat Extreme Title by Two Points at Port Adelaide■Phil Rolla: The Man Who Took the Black Art Out of Propeller Design■Whatever Happened to Mariner? The Merc-a-ha Story■The Photographer in the Lake: Rob Clifford at the Bluebird K7 Festival■Bluebird K7: Organisers Defend Slow-Speed Day One After Social Media Backlash■Powerboat News Digital Edition: Edition #1 Out Now■Hornet Racing Wins 2025/26 Supercat Extreme Title by Two Points at Port Adelaide■

Phil Rolla with a Rolla surface-piercing propeller at his Balerna design studio, 1989

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Phil Rolla: The Man Who Took the Black Art Out of Propeller Design

The Mariner-powered Pobjoy Mint Two — Peter Bloomfield's offshore Class 3D Stapley catamaran in 1980

Back in the Day

Whatever Happened to Mariner? The Merc-a-ha Story

Photographer Rob Clifford standing waist-deep in Coniston Water with a telephoto lens on a tripod during the Bluebird K7 Festival, May 2026

The Photographer in the Lake: Rob Clifford at the Bluebird K7 Festival

Bluebird K7 on Coniston Water during the 2026 festival, the hydroplane's first appearance on the lake since Donald Campbell's fatal crash in January 1967

Bluebird K7: Organisers Defend Slow-Speed Day One After Social Media Backlash

Powerboat News Digital Edition: Edition #1 Out Now

Hornet Racing and MOJO battle at Port Adelaide during the 2025/26 Australian Offshore Superboat Championship finale

Australian Offshore Superboat Championships

Hornet Racing Wins 2025/26 Supercat Extreme Title by Two Points at Port Adelaide

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Bluebird K7 - The Festival at Coniston Water, May 2026, marking the 70th anniversary of Donald Campbell's first world water speed record

Bluebird K7 Festival 2026: Everything You Need to Know About the Coniston Water Event

British Motor Yacht Show at Swanwick Marina on the River Hamble

Boating Industry

Sunseeker at the British Motor Yacht Show 2026

Thunder on Cocoa Beach 2026 – IHRA Offshore National Championship, Cocoa Beach, Florida

Thunder on Cocoa Beach 2026: Everything You Need to Know

MDL Marinas Shamrock Round the Island 2026 - UKOPRA Round 1, Shamrock Quay, Southampton, 15-16 May 2026

MDL Marinas Shamrock Round the Island 2026: Everything You Need to Know

Hydro GP World Championship Round 1 – Jedovnice, Czech Republic, 15–17 May 2026

Hydro GP Jedovnice 2026: World Championship circuit racing – everything you need to know

Sunseeker at Sanctuary Cove International Boat Show 2026, Gold Coast

Boating Industry

Sanctuary Cove International Boat Show 2026: Everything You Need to Know

IHRA F1 2026 Red River Rumble at Shreveport-Bossier, Louisiana

2026 Red River Rumble: Everything You Need to Know

UIM F1H2O World Championship Regione Sardegna Grand Prix of Italy 2026, Cagliari, Sardinia

F1H2O Regione Sardegna Grand Prix of Italy 2026: Everything You Need to Know

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Sunseeker furniture production factory floor, Poole, Dorset

Boating Industry

Inside Sunseeker: Behind the factory doors with the man who started on the tools

MarineMax dealership and marina, Clearwater, Florida

Boating Industry

MarineMax Sale Process Advances as Donerail Raises Its Bid

Parsun F300 300hp four-stroke V6 outboard engine

Boating Industry

Parsun F300: Does China’s 300hp Outboard Change the Market?

Azimut Instagram post and Sunseeker YouTube channel — boating brands social media engagement study 2026

Boating Industry

Boating brands lag on social media as sector engagement sits at less than half the luxury average

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Phil Rolla with a Rolla surface-piercing propeller at his Balerna design studio, 1989

Powerboat People

Phil Rolla: The Man Who Took the Black Art Out of Propeller Design

The Mariner-powered Pobjoy Mint Two — Peter Bloomfield's offshore Class 3D Stapley catamaran in 1980

Back in the Day

Whatever Happened to Mariner? The Merc-a-ha Story

All four ABBA members on a boat powered by an Evinrude 60 outboard, Stockholm archipelago, 1974

Back in the Day

ABBA’s forgotten connection to powerboat racing

Holed piston from Paul Jousseaume's Evinrude engine that ended his 1976 Rouen 24 Hours race in the early morning hours

Back in the Day

No Sponsor, 24 Boats, One Mercury: Rouen Fifty Years Before Poses

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Don Johnson's Team USA catamaran number 50 racing at speed, Samsonite and Revlon sponsorship, 1989

Back in the Day

Don Johnson’s Team USA: The Boat He Built After Winning the World Championship Is For Sale

Anya Taylor-Joy Tells Seth Meyers: My Dad Was a Champion Powerboat Racer

The Powerboat Behind Hart to Hart’s Opening Credits

Gustavo Morales owns the ultimate Miami Vice tribute: a 1,300hp 1986 Wellcraft Scarab 38KV. John Moore went aboard.

Wellcraft Scarab 38KV Miami Vice Edition Review

February 25, 2026