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Lewis Hamilton Takes the Helm of Gus Morales’s 1986 Wellcraft Scarab 38KV■Back in the Day: The Tewkesbury Boatbuilder Whose Yellow Speedboat Inspired James Bond■The Boat That Outran James Bond: Glastron’s Hollywood Story■Tohatsu Marks 70 Years of Outboard Production■Poole Bay 100 2026: Everything You Need to Know■The Man in Front of the Tower — Karolis Ramoška■Lewis Hamilton Takes the Helm of Gus Morales’s 1986 Wellcraft Scarab 38KV■Back in the Day: The Tewkesbury Boatbuilder Whose Yellow Speedboat Inspired James Bond■The Boat That Outran James Bond: Glastron’s Hollywood Story■Tohatsu Marks 70 Years of Outboard Production■Poole Bay 100 2026: Everything You Need to Know■The Man in Front of the Tower — Karolis Ramoška■

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

Back in the Day

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

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

Back in the Day

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

Thundercat inflatable racing boat airborne at Fistral Beach Cornwall

Boating Industry

Tohatsu Marks 70 Years of Outboard Production

Poole Bay 100 2026 - UKOPRA Round 2, 12-13 June, Poole Quay Boat Haven

Poole Bay 100 2026: Everything You Need to Know

Karolis Ramoška, President of the Lithuanian Motorboat Federation, in front of the Bokštas sculpture in Klaipėda's Old Town, June 2026

Powerboat People

The Man in Front of the Tower — Karolis Ramoška

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UIM World Championship Returns to Klaipėda for Fourth Consecutive Year

UIM F2 ir F4 Pasaulio Čempionatas grīžta į Klaipėdą ketvirtus metus iš eiliės

Battle on the Colorado 2026: Everything You Need to Know

Paulius Stainys, boat #41, competing in the UIM F4 World Championship

UIM F4 Grand Prix of Lithuania 2026: Everything You Need to Know

Grand Prix Motonautique Occitanie 2026 - Championnat de France Inshore at Rivières, Tarn

Grand Prix Motonautique Occitanie 2026: Everything You Need to Know

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

Hydro GP Boretto Po 2026: Everything You Need to Know

Poole Bay 100 2026 - UKOPRA Round 2, 12-13 June, Poole Quay Boat Haven

Poole Bay 100 2026: Everything You Need to Know

Race World Offshore

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

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

Back in the Day

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

Thundercat inflatable racing boat airborne at Fistral Beach Cornwall

Tohatsu Marks 70 Years of Outboard Production

SpiritBARTech F35 foiling on the Solent during the inaugural Harmsworth Trophy electric challenge

SpiritBARTech F35 Sets Benchmark in Harmsworth Trophy Electric Challenge

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

Brunswick Corporation wins a record 15 Boating Industry Top Product Awards for 2026

Boating Industry

Brunswick Corporation Sets Company Record with 15 Boating Industry Top Product Awards

Sunseeker 134 Superyacht hull being lifted by twin cranes at Osprey Quay, Portland

Boating Industry

Owner Arrives by Helicopter as Sunseeker 134 Superyacht Hull is Lifted at Osprey Quay

Shaun Torrente with Vision Marine Technologies electric outboard platform

Boating Industry

Vision Marine Technologies Files 16th US Patent for Electric Outboard Reverse Thrust

MTI performance boats at a Bahamas sandbar during the 2026 MTI Bahamas Run

Boating Industry

Chasing Blue Water: Inside MTI’s 2026 Bahamas Run

HistoryBack in the Day

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

Back in the Day

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

Volare II, the first Cougar Marine catamaran, racing in 1969

Back in the Day

Cougar Marine: How Two Men from a Hounslow Back Street Changed Offshore Racing Forever

1969 Soviet postage stamp promoting water-motor sport, showing a racing speedboat numbered 5 with the slogan Take up water-motor sport in Russian

Back in the Day

Full Throttle Behind the Iron Curtain: Soviet Powerboat Racing in the 1960s

La Gran Argentina Daniel Scioli and Fabio Buzzi

Powerboat People

Daniel Scioli: From World Champion Powerboat Racer to Argentine Cabinet Minister

January 30, 2026

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

Back in the Day

How Four Deaths in Four Months Changed Circuit Racing Forever

October 20, 2025

When Trump Promoted an Offshore Powerboat Race

Back in the Day

When Trump Promoted an Offshore Powerboat Race

January 10, 2026

Renato Molinari Corse Saffa number 165 in yellow and black livery at speed

Back in the Day

Renato Molinari: The Career Behind 18 World Championships

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

Back in the Day

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

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

Back in the Day

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

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

RacingIHRA Racing

IHRA F1 Powerboat Series 2026: Everything You Need to Know

IHRA Offshore Powerboat Series 2026: Everything You Need to Know

Dylan Anderson, #17 Anderson Marine, takes the chequered flag to win the F1 Final at the 2026 Red River Rumble, Shreveport

Dylan Anderson Wins 2026 Red River Rumble as Jump Start Chaos Hands Schubert Shock Podium

IHRA President Dustin Farthing open letter to offshore racing teams

IHRA President Dustin Farthing Addresses Offshore Teams After Cocoa Beach Shake-Up