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Apache 555 Sinks at Poole Bay 100 After Suspected Debris Strike — Crew Safe, Boat Recovered■Poole Bay 100 2026: What They Said After the Race■Meet the Maltese Team Racing the Full UKOPRA 2026 Championship■Poole Bay 100 Results: Smokin’ Aces Win Round 2 as Rough Weather Course Runs■Happy Birthday, Keith Whittle: The Record Run That Nearly Ended in Tragedy■The Curious Story of Noel Edmonds, a Fraudster, and the Water Speed Record That Never Was■Apache 555 Sinks at Poole Bay 100 After Suspected Debris Strike — Crew Safe, Boat Recovered■Poole Bay 100 2026: What They Said After the Race■Meet the Maltese Team Racing the Full UKOPRA 2026 Championship■Poole Bay 100 Results: Smokin’ Aces Win Round 2 as Rough Weather Course Runs■Happy Birthday, Keith Whittle: The Record Run That Nearly Ended in Tragedy■The Curious Story of Noel Edmonds, a Fraudster, and the Water Speed Record That Never Was■

Apache 555 at speed in Poole Bay during the 2026 Poole Bay 100

Apache 555 Sinks at Poole Bay 100 After Suspected Debris Strike — Crew Safe, Boat Recovered

Poole Bay 100 2026 podium and class winners at Race Control, Poole Quay

Poole Bay 100 2026: What They Said After the Race

Team Interceptor Visit Malta D-6 passing Bournemouth Pier at the Poole Bay 100 2026

Meet the Maltese Team Racing the Full UKOPRA 2026 Championship

Poole Bay 100 Results: Smokin’ Aces Win Round 2 as Rough Weather Course Runs

Keith Whittle's PowerTech Marine F2 cat flips at Coniston Records Week 2013, sequence of five frames

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Happy Birthday, Keith Whittle: The Record Run That Nearly Ended in Tragedy

Noel Edmonds holding the Hydro-Wing scale model at the 1981 press conference

Back in the Day

The Curious Story of Noel Edmonds, a Fraudster, and the Water Speed Record That Never Was

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A Riva luxury boat moored at sunset, one of the iconic brands within the Ferretti Group portfolio

Boating Industry

Ferretti Group boardroom battle moves to court as Czech investor targets Weichai voting rights

Mercury 808hp V12 concept outboard on display at the Miami International Boat Show, February 2026

Boating Industry

Mercury Looks to Extend Its Position at the Top of the Outboard Market

MARTAC T38 autonomous unmanned surface vehicle underway at sea

Boating Industry

Mystic Powerboats Enters Defence Sector With MARTAC USV Partnership

West Marine store exterior, United States

Boating Industry

West Marine: The 59 Stores That Are Closing

The superyacht Amadea photographed in Fiji after seizure by US authorities in 2022

Boating Industry

The Amadea Affair: How a $300 Million Superyacht Became the Test Case for Sanctions Enforcement

Princess Yachts Odyssey superyacht range

Boating Industry

Princess Yachts Completes Turnaround With Return to Profitability Ahead of Plan

Thundercat inflatable racing boat airborne at Fistral Beach Cornwall

Boating Industry

Tohatsu Marks 70 Years of Outboard Production

A CBP Air and Marine Operations 39-foot Midnight Express Interceptor vessel

Boating Industry

CBP’s New All-Weather Interceptor: Inside the Boat Built to Chase Maritime Smugglers

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Hydro GP World Championship Round 3 — Boretto Po, Italy, 12-14 June 2026

Hydro GP Boretto Po 2026: Everything You Need to Know

IHRA Shootout Offshore at Lake of the Ozarks 2026: Everything You Need to Know

Race World Offshore

Atlantic City Sports Offshore Grand Prix 2026: Everything You Need to Know

UIM F2 World Championship 2026 Gran Premio d'Italia Brindisi pit area

UIM F2 World Championship Gran Premio d’Italia 2026: Everything You Need to Know

Norgesmesterskap Offshore Holmestrand 2026 - Drammen Sportsbåt Team

Norgesmesterskap Offshore Holmestrand 2026: Alt du trenger å vite

IHRA Alton Powerboat Nationals 2026: Everything You Need to Know

32nd Annual St. Clair River Classic 2026 - July 24-26 - OPA Racing sanctioned

St. Clair River Classic 2026: Everything You Need to Know

GoGPS Cowes International Powerboat Festival 2026: Everything You Need to Know

August 28, 2026

HistoryBack in the Day

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

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

Renato Molinari holds an AMPS scale replica of his Martini Racing boat number 18, Seville Christmas 1985

Back in the Day

The AMPS Models That Went Racing

Giesse Philosophy Class 1 catamaran number 42 racing at speed with helicopter overhead, 1994 World Championship

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The Lamborghini Offshore V12: Class 1’s Most Feared Engine

When Chuck Norris Became a World Powerboat Champion

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When Chuck Norris Became a World Powerboat Champion

Noel Edmonds holding the Hydro-Wing scale model at the 1981 press conference

Back in the Day

The Curious Story of Noel Edmonds, a Fraudster, and the Water Speed Record That Never Was

Maggie’s MerCruiser Special 1985 50' aluminium Cougar catamaran

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Offshore Racing Champion to CIA Witness: The George Morales Story

January 11, 2026

Fountain USA No. 57 yellow superboat at speed, 2000.

Reggie Fountain: 101 Wins, a Billion Dollars and a Christmas Ham

When Nigel Mansell raced a Formula One powerboat in 1982

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When Nigel Mansell raced a Formula One powerboat in 1982

January 17, 2026

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Lewis Hamilton with Gustavo Morales's 1986 Wellcraft Scarab 38KV Miami Vice Edition on Biscayne Bay

Lewis Hamilton Takes the Helm of Gus Morales’s 1986 Wellcraft Scarab 38KV

Wim Wagenaar drives a Shakespeare speedboat through crates on a barge during filming of Puppet on a Chain, Keizersgracht canal, Amsterdam, May 1970

Back in the Day: The Tewkesbury Boatbuilder Whose Yellow Speedboat Inspired James Bond

Glastron GT-150 airborne during the Live and Let Die boat jump stunt, Louisiana 1972

The Boat That Outran James Bond: Glastron’s Hollywood Story

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

RacingIHRA Racing

IHRA Alton Powerboat Nationals 2026: Everything You Need to Know

IHRA F1 powerboat fleet at the start of the Battle on the Colorado 2026, Marble Falls Texas, Chris Rinker #52 Sylvan Pontoon Boats leads the field

Anderson Wins Battle on the Colorado as Love’s Motor Fails in the Lead

IHRA Shootout Offshore at Lake of the Ozarks 2026: Everything You Need to Know

IHRA and OPA logos split by lightning bolt as partnership ends

IHRA Drops St. Clair, OPA Partnership Ends and the 2026 Offshore Calendar Keeps Changing