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2026

Shaun Torrente

Powerboat People

Shaun Torrente to Retire After 2026: Four World Championships Revisited

Adam Wrenkler, 2025 UIM F4 World Championship bronze medallist, who has signed for the Black Pharaoh Team for the 2026 season

Adam Wrenkler Signs for Black Pharaoh Ahead of Normandie Endurance

Mike Howe's Skater 388 race boat with flames coming from the engine vents during testing in Fort Myers, 2026

Howe2Live: The YouTube Channel Taking Offshore Racing to 1.47 Million Fans

Apache 555 at speed during sea trials, viewed from astern, showing surface-piercing drive system and rooster tail

Powerboat People

Finding Speed: Dan Lee’s 3D Analysis Reveals What’s Holding Apache 555 Back

Tullio Abbate took the Class S2 overall win in 2017 at the 24 Heures Motonautiques de Rouen

Circuit Powerboat Association

Big Names Set to Compete in the 24 Heures Motonautiques de Normandie 2026

Boats lining up on the Rajang River at the 2026 Sibu International Powerboat Race, Sarawak, Malaysia

Minister Eyes Sibu as Sarawak’s Powerboat Racing Hub

Aaron Ciantar with Malta Prime Minister Robert Abela at the VOOMQUEST UIM Pleasure Navigation World Championship, Malta 2026

Malta Prime Minister Robert Abela Attends VOOMQUEST World Championship

Smedjebackens Båtklubb Honoured by Royal Motorboat Club as GT10 Youth Programme Draws National Interest

UIM Pleasure Navigation World Championship Round 1 Malta 2026 - racing on the Sliema to Grand Harbour course

Round 1 Results: 2026 UIM Pleasure Navigation World Championship, Malta

GP formula tunnel boats lined up on the dock at the Australian Formula Powerboat Grand Prix, Yarrawonga 2026 - 15-boat field including Sam Lucas, Rhys Coles and Will Parker

Will Parker Wins Australian Formula GP at Yarrawonga as Sam Lucas Takes Podium Third

Mercury Pasaka boat number 25 racing at speed on the Rajang River at the 2025 Sibu International Powerboat Race

Sibu International Powerboat Race 2026: 251 Boats Secure Malaysia Book of Records

The new Svemo board: Pelle Larsson, Lars Pärnebjörk, Lotta Kronåker Boström, Ola Hansson, Susanna Hanson Öberg, Ulla Peterson and Jesper Christensen. Photo: Svemo

New Svemo Board Elected at Annual Federation Meeting in Stockholm

Petrol station forecourt at dusk with pumps cordoned off with yellow tape and cars queuing, illustrating the 2026 global fuel crisis

Boating Industry

The Fuel Crisis: What Is Happening, and What It Means

UIM Pleasure Navigation World Championship Malta 2026 - first round at Sliema, April 17-19

UIM Pleasure Navigation World Championship Malta 2026: Everything You Need to Know

UIM President Dr. Raffaele Chiulli speaks to Powerboat News at the Jupiter Lisboa Hotel during the 2026 UIM Mid-Term Meetings

Powerboat People

UIM President Chiulli’s Mission: Modernise a 104-Year-Old Federation

Paulo Ferreira, President of the Federação Portuguesa de Motonáutica (FPM), Lisbon 2026

Powerboat People

Portugal Wins Over UIM as Chiulli’s Lisbon Call Pays Off

Matas Kvizikevičius, head of the Lithuanian Motorboat Academy, Lisbon 2026

Lithuanian Motorboat Academy calls new nations into Formula Future World Championship

Alessandro Bacci at the helm of the Rialto Sette50 with a single 250hp Mercury Verado - capable of over 70 knots

The Venetian Designer Who Built the World’s Fastest Single-Engine Monohull

Sunseeker yachts at the Poole shipyard

Boating Industry

KCP Deal Collapses: Steve Timms Named Sunseeker Interim CEO

Left to right: UIM Secretary General Thomas Kurth, FPM President Paulo Ferreira and UIM President Dr. Raffaele Chiulli check in to the Jupiter Lisboa Hotel ahead of the 2026 UIM Mid-Term Meetings

Powerboat People

UIM in Lisbon as FPM President Ferreira Celebrates Birthday

Bluebird K7 - The Festival at Coniston Water, May 2026, marking the 70th anniversary of Donald Campbell's first world water speed record

Water Speed Records

Bluebird K7 Festival 2026: Everything You Need to Know About the Coniston Water Event

Powerboat racing action at Stewartby Lake, Bedfordshire during the 2026 SWSC season opener

Circuit Powerboat Association

Storm Dave Cuts Short Stewartby’s British Masters Season Opener

Boating Industry

UK Makes PLB Registration Mandatory from April 15

Trask Stands Tall With Third Place On Team Sweden Debut

Grant Trask Joins Sharjah Team for Three-Boat 2026 F1H2O Campaign

Powerboat Racing Returns to Southern France After 30-Year Absence

From Rouen to Poses: France’s Powerboat Endurance Racing Returns with UIM World Championship Status

Dan Lee: From Cotswolds Workshop to Apache 555 Hull Specialist

Rouen’s 24 Heures Motonautiques becomes an election issue ahead of Sunday’s run-off

Jeremy Ward wins UIM 2025 Photo Competition

A Word to the Racing Community

Powerboat People

Abu Dhabi Powerboat Team Appoints Majed Al Mansoori as Assistant Technical Manager

Boating Industry

Sunseeker Marks First Hull Lamination of the 134 Superyacht

RWO Sign Ten-Year Deal With UIM

UIM Honours Over 70 World Champions at Monaco Trophy Ceremony

Jamie Copas Named as New E1 Series CEO

Blacker Tests Mercury 250 APX at Carr Mill Dam

Boating Industry

Mercury in Britain: How Big Is the Market, Really?

UIM Delays F4 Cockpit Rules as Compliance Concerns Mount

Estonia's Powerboat Stars and Team AlUla's RaceBird Headline Meremess 2026

Powerboat People

Estonia’s Powerboat Stars and Team AlUla’s RaceBird Headline Meremess 2026

Powerboat People

Världsmästare på Sveriges största båtmässa: Wiberg-syskonen gästar Allt för sjön

H1 Unlimited Introduces New Race Format Debuting at Madison

Boating Industry

Dubai Boat Show Decision Looms as Gulf Racing Faces Disruption

Powerboat People

World Champions at Sweden’s Biggest Boat Show: Wiberg Siblings to Appear at Allt för sjön

Ramoska Delivers Training Camp Vision in the UAE

Lithuanian Motorboat Academy Delivers First International Formula Future Training Camp in UAE

February 7, 2026

Estonia Honours 14 World and European Championship Medalists

Estonia Honours 14 World and European Championship Medalists

January 28, 2026

Historic 1,860hp Gar Wood Hydroplane Heads to Auction

Historic 1,860hp Gar Wood Hydroplane Heads to Auction

January 8, 2026

Powerboat News Recognised by Google News

Powerboat News Recognised by Google News

January 7, 2026

Motonautica San Nazzaro

Cremona To Carry Olympic Torch After Fourth F250 Title

January 2, 2026

2025

So That Was 2025

December 31, 2025

forecast threatens to disrupt Sharjah F1H2O championship finale

Weather threatens to disrupt Sharjah F1H2O finale

December 14, 2025

IHRA acquires American F1 tunnel boat series with $500k prize fund. Tim Seebold joins expanded powerboat portfolio.

IHRA Acquires F1 Powerboat Racing in Major Expansion

December 11, 2025

UIM Opens Voting for 2025 Driver and Junior Driver of the Year

UIM Opens Voting for 2025 Driver and Junior Driver of the Year

December 9, 2025

Needell Hits Out Against the E1 Series on X

Needell Hits Out Against the E1 Series on X

November 22, 2025

Chasing Dreams: The Percival Hodges Story

Chasing Dreams: The Percival Hodges Story

November 15, 2025

Last to Know - Marit Strømøy

Marit Strømøy Releases “Last to Know” Single

November 11, 2025

Malta Boat Show Debuts Chaudron's Latest Raceboat

Malta Boat Show Debuts Chaudron’s Latest Raceboat

October 30, 2025

Chiulli Calls For United Action On Online Abuse

Chiulli Calls For United Action On Online Abuse

October 29, 2025

Celebration of Life Ceremony for Bill Seebold

Seebold Family Thanks Racing World For Support

October 24, 2025

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ProSport Apparel

October 24, 2025

Giacomo Sacchi Continues Abbate Legacy

October 22, 2025

Billy Seebold: Powerboat Racing’s Greatest Champion Dies

October 22, 2025

The UIM-ABP Aquabike World Championship hits Olbia, Sardinia this weekend with 154 riders competing across 10 categories.

Sardinia Hosts 154 Riders for Aquabike World Round 2

October 14, 2025

Karolis Ramoska, President of both the Lithuanian Motorboat Federation and the Lithuanian Technical Sports Federation Association

Ramoska Secures F2 Long Lap Rule At UIM General Assembly

October 13, 2025

VOLANTEX RC H118 Remote Controlled RC Boat

UIM Launches “Winter Robot Races” to Boost Youth Engagement

October 12, 2025

UIM Teams Championship Approved

October 12, 2025

Raffaele Chiulli UIM President

Chiulli Secures Fifth Term As UIM President

October 12, 2025

UIM Teams Championship Proposal

October 9, 2025

98th UIM General Assembly

98th UIM General Assembly Underway In Shanghai This Week

October 9, 2025

Three Generations of Kade Racing Excellence

October 3, 2025

Qatar’s Sheikh Hassan makes dramatic return to partner Steve Curtis in Key West

September 21, 2025

From Cockpit to Command: Al-Qamzi Takes Management Role

September 8, 2025

Never Say Never Again

September 5, 2025

Introducing powerboat.news

September 4, 2025

2023

Jonas Andersson Seals Teams’ Championship with Sharjah Victory

December 10, 2023

2022

Shaun Torrente, 2022 UIM F1H2O World Champion, at the season finale in Sharjah

Torrente Clinches Third World Title on Dramatic Showdown Sunday in Sharjah

December 18, 2022

2021

Jonas Andersson Wins First World Title with Back-to-Back Victories in Figueira da Foz

November 28, 2021