The first Powerboat News Digital Edition is out now.
Edition #1 covers April and May 2026 and brings together 31 pages of race reports, industry news, technical features and Back in the Day.
Read it here at powerboat.news/digital-edition/
What’s inside
The edition opens with a full report from the 24 Heures Motonautiques de Normandie at Poses, where Team Touax MRK Racing won the 2026 UIM S3 World Endurance Championship across three races run over three days, including twelve hours of night racing on the Seine.
IHRA Offshore is covered across two rounds: St. Pete and New Orleans, with full race reports, results and championship standings after Round 2, plus race reports from the opening two rounds of the inaugural IHRA F1 Powerboat Series season.
The technology section covers Mercury’s 808hp V12 concept, unveiled at CES 2026, which signals the next evolution of the V12 Verado platform.
The Boating Industry section includes an exclusive factory visit to Sunseeker in Poole and a report on West Marine’s Chapter 11 restructuring.
Features include the Venetian designer who built the world’s fastest single-engine monohull, a report on the Malta UIM Pleasure Navigation World Championship, and analysis of how offshore racing technology ended up in the Strait of Hormuz.
The Back in the Day section covers the Wellcraft Scarab 38KV Miami Vice Edition, John D. D’Elia and the Special Edition years, and ABBA’s forgotten connection to powerboat racing via the Swedish offshore racing scene of the 1970s.
Igor Tycel, the Polish jet ski champion who died in a racing collision at Płock in April, is remembered in a dedicated tribute.
Monthly from here
The Powerboat News Digital Edition will publish monthly.
Edition #2 covers May and June 2026.
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.
