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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■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■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■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■

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

Back in the Day

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

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

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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

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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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

Back in the Day

How Four Deaths in Four Months Changed Circuit Racing Forever

October 20, 2025

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

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

Fabio Buzzi with the Code X catamaran on water - photo by Chris Davies

Back in the Day

Fabio Buzzi’s Code X: The Catamaran That Was 25 Years Ahead of Its Time

La Gran Argentina Daniel Scioli and Fabio Buzzi

Powerboat People

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

January 30, 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

Back in the Day

Virgin Atlantic Challenger II: How the Blue Riband Came Home

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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