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Anderson Wins Battle on the Colorado as Love’s Motor Fails in the Lead■Mathilda Wiberg wins Grand Prix of Lithuania to open 2026 UIM F2 season■Adam Wrenkler Wins Race 2 to Split Klaipėda Championship Honours■Kalkkiranta Offshore Race 2026: Sweden Sweeps Offshore 3B as Hamrén Takes Finnish Championship Victory■Ardis Slakteris: Pole to Win on F4 World Debut■Siblings Rule in Klaipėda as Wibergs and Morins Lock Out the Front Four■Anderson Wins Battle on the Colorado as Love’s Motor Fails in the Lead■Mathilda Wiberg wins Grand Prix of Lithuania to open 2026 UIM F2 season■Adam Wrenkler Wins Race 2 to Split Klaipėda Championship Honours■Kalkkiranta Offshore Race 2026: Sweden Sweeps Offshore 3B as Hamrén Takes Finnish Championship Victory■Ardis Slakteris: Pole to Win on F4 World Debut■Siblings Rule in Klaipėda as Wibergs and Morins Lock Out the Front Four■

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

Mathilda Wiberg rounds the buoy on the Danė River during the Grand Prix of Lithuania 2026

Mathilda Wiberg wins Grand Prix of Lithuania to open 2026 UIM F2 season

Adam Wrenkler celebrates his UIM F4 Grand Prix of Lithuania 2 win with his family on the Dane River, Klaipeda, June 7, 2026

Adam Wrenkler Wins Race 2 to Split Klaipėda Championship Honours

B-32 Rasmus Hamrén and Madeleine Samuelsson lead B-62 Lovisa Sahlén and Mattias Lind at the Kalkkiranta Offshore Race 2026

Kalkkiranta Offshore Race 2026: Sweden Sweeps Offshore 3B as Hamrén Takes Finnish Championship Victory

Ardis Slakteris, UIM F4 Grand Prix of Lithuania winner, Klaipeda 2026

Ardis Slakteris: Pole to Win on F4 World Debut

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

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

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

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

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

IHRA Miami World Powerboat Grand Prix - season finale October 20-25 2026 at Miami Marine Stadium

IHRA Miami World Powerboat Grand Prix Set for October 20-26

October 20, 2026

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

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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

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

Shaun Torrente with Vision Marine Technologies electric outboard platform

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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

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Chasing Blue Water: Inside MTI’s 2026 Bahamas Run

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

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Force Outboards: The Budget Motor That Divided a Generation

Miami Marine Stadium on Virginia Key, closed since 1992, with colourful graffiti art covering the grandstand seating

Miami Marine Stadium: The World’s First Powerboat Racing Stadium

When Trump Promoted an Offshore Powerboat Race

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When Trump Promoted an Offshore Powerboat Race

January 10, 2026

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

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

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

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

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

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Fabio Buzzi: The Italian Genius Who Ruled Offshore Racing

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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

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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

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Don Johnson’s Team USA: The Boat He Built After Winning the World Championship Is For Sale

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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 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