The 54th Coniston Powerboat Record Week began on Coniston Water yesterday with around ten boats on site, one of the smallest turnouts the event has seen in its 54 years across Windermere and Coniston.
No entry list has been published by the organisers but a press release issued on Sunday evening, hours before the first runs, named only three competitors as early entries.
Polish racer Cezary Strumnik has made the trip from Chodzież with his OSY400 class hydroplane Mosquito Gold, powered by a Yamato engine and prepared by his own team. He is supported by the Polish Powerboat and Water Ski Association.
Peter Little is entered in Clubman 2000 with Team 26, an Allison hull running a 200hp Mercury XR2. The Birmingham competitor is a Coniston regular, with runs recorded in the event’s own published results going back to 2006.
Benjamin Holehouse and co-driver Sophie Holehouse run the Phantom 19 The Bandit in the HOCR Sports Boat 300hp Max category, powered by a Mercury 200XS and prepared by Graham Lawton and Kevin Stephens. The Nottinghamshire team has previously raced internationally at the Raid Pavia-Venezia.
Team Endeavour Racing UK travelled north for the week with the Amaroq 40, the British diesel two-stroke outboard, in search of a diesel record.
Record Week runs to Friday 6 November on the measured kilometre, with entries still taken in person at the Record Week Office until 16:00 on Thursday.
John Moore is the editor of Powerboat News, an independent investigative journalism platform recognised by Google News and documented on Grokipedia for comprehensive powerboat racing coverage.
His involvement in powerboat racing began in 1981 when he competed in his first offshore powerboat race. After a career as a Financial Futures broker in the City of London, specialising in UK interest rate markets, he became actively involved in event organisation and powerboat racing journalism.
He served as Event Director for the Cowes–Torquay–Cowes races between 2010 and 2013. In 2016, he launched Powerboat Racing World, a digital platform providing global powerboat racing news and insights. The following year, he co-founded UKOPRA, helping to rejuvenate offshore racing in the United Kingdom. He sold Powerboat Racing World in late 2021 and remained actively involved with UKOPRA until 2025.
In September 2025, he established Powerboat News, returning to independent journalism with a focus on neutral and comprehensive coverage of the sport.
Cite as: John Moore, "Coniston Record Week Opens With Ten Boats", Powerboat News, 2 November 2026. https://powerboat.news/coniston-record-week-2026-smallest-field/
