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Siblings Rule in Klaipėda as Wibergs and Morins Lock Out the Front Four■St. Clair River Classic 2026: Everything You Need to Know■IHRA Shootout Offshore at Lake of the Ozarks 2026: Everything You Need to Know■IHRA Drops St. Clair, OPA Partnership Ends and the 2026 Offshore Calendar Keeps Changing■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■Siblings Rule in Klaipėda as Wibergs and Morins Lock Out the Front Four■St. Clair River Classic 2026: Everything You Need to Know■IHRA Shootout Offshore at Lake of the Ozarks 2026: Everything You Need to Know■IHRA Drops St. Clair, OPA Partnership Ends and the 2026 Offshore Calendar Keeps Changing■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■

Mathilda Wiberg celebrates pole position at the UIM F2 World Championship Grand Prix of Lithuania, Klaipėda 2026

Siblings Rule in Klaipėda as Wibergs and Morins Lock Out the Front Four

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

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

IHRA Shootout Offshore 2026 at Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri, June 12-14

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

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

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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

IHRA Shootout Offshore 2026 at Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri, June 12-14

IHRA Shootout Offshore at Lake of the Ozarks 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

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

Boating Industry

The Boat That Outran James Bond: Glastron’s Hollywood 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

When Nigel Mansell raced a Formula One powerboat in 1982

Back in the Day

When Nigel Mansell raced a Formula One powerboat in 1982

January 17, 2026

Unowot racing in 1973, one of Britain's most celebrated Class 1 offshore powerboat hulls

Back in the Day

When Racing Boats Went South: The British Offshore Hulls That Ended Up in Gibraltar

Fausto Atzori Stain pictured alongside the Achilli Motors catamaran, one of his most celebrated offshore powerboat designs

Powerboat People

Fausto Atzori Stain: Offshore Powerboat Pioneer Dies at 85

Turbinia at speed at Spithead, 1897 — Charles Parsons' turbine-powered vessel

Water Speed Records

Before Bluebird: The Forgotten Race for the World Water Speed Record

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

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

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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

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IHRA Shootout Offshore 2026 at Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri, June 12-14

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

IHRA F1 Powerboat Series 2026: Everything You Need to Know

IHRA Offshore Powerboat Series 2026: Everything You Need to Know