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Ferretti Group boardroom battle moves to court as Czech investor targets Weichai voting rights■Mercury Looks to Extend Its Position at the Top of the Outboard Market■Roar Offshore Sold to Shaun Torrente and Cole Leibel■Mystic Powerboats Enters Defence Sector With MARTAC USV Partnership■West Marine: The 59 Stores That Are Closing■IHRA Alton Powerboat Nationals 2026: Everything You Need to Know■Ferretti Group boardroom battle moves to court as Czech investor targets Weichai voting rights■Mercury Looks to Extend Its Position at the Top of the Outboard Market■Roar Offshore Sold to Shaun Torrente and Cole Leibel■Mystic Powerboats Enters Defence Sector With MARTAC USV Partnership■West Marine: The 59 Stores That Are Closing■IHRA Alton Powerboat Nationals 2026: Everything You Need to Know■

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

Shaun Torrente S-54 Hi-Tech Deck Super Stock boat at IHRA Offshore

Roar Offshore Sold to Shaun Torrente and Cole Leibel

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

IHRA Alton Powerboat Nationals 2026: Everything You Need to Know

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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

EventsComing Up

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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

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 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

HistoryBack in the Day

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Fabio Buzzi winning the 2010 Cowes Torquay Cowes Race in Red FPT

Back in the Day

Fabio Buzzi: The Italian Genius Who Ruled Offshore Racing

January 11, 2026

Back in the Day

Virgin Atlantic Challenger II: How the Blue Riband Came Home

When Trump Promoted an Offshore Powerboat Race

Back in the Day

When Trump Promoted an Offshore Powerboat Race

January 10, 2026

Force Outboards service manuals and Seloc repair guide from the 1984-1999 era

Back in the Day

Force Outboards: The Budget Motor That Divided a Generation

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

Auto Armor Special Edition catamaran, John D. D'Elia's 35-foot Jaguar offshore racer

Back in the Day

John D. D’Elia and the Special Edition Years

When Tennis Champion Adriano Panatta Raced Offshore

Back in the Day

When Tennis Champion Adriano Panatta Raced Offshore

January 25, 2026

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

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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