The International Hot Rod Association has named Todd Graham as Lead Diver for its offshore powerboat racing series, bringing more than four decades of public safety diving experience and 15 years of offshore racing rescue to a role that had been publicly advertised since February.
The appointment addresses concerns that surfaced when Powerboat News reported … Read more
The January plan was a Bernico 52R HYBRID in Class 1 – the world’s fastest RIB, 3,100 combined horsepower, and a man with an F1 test to his name at the wheel.
Dean Stoneman decided against it.
Peter Bonham Christie took Apache 555 out from Lymington today for her first run under his ownership, reporting a clean bill of health despite conditions that would deter most newcomers to a boat.
He was joined by Bligh Julius, a multi-champion in ThunderCat Racing and a Lymington local.
Marit Strømøy has invited friends, sponsors, team-mates, family and race fans to the annual Racing Galla at Wallmans Oslo on Wednesday, April 22.
The event, which has grown into an over-ten-year tradition, serves as the official season kick-off for Strømøy Racing and promises a three-course dinner, live music and show from Wallmans’ artists, and a … Read more
The Abu Dhabi Powerboat Team has appointed Majed Al Mansoori to its technical staff as Assistant Technical Manager, bringing one of the organisation’s most experienced racing figures into a management role for the first time.
Al Mansoori, born in Abu Dhabi in 1981, began his competitive career in jet ski events in the late 1990s … Read more
Phonsy Mullan claimed his second UIM Unlimited Superboat world title at Whanganui, New Zealand, in February 2025 – but the bigger story was what happened in the class next door.
His son Bastian, navigated by sister Tahleah, became the first-ever world champion in the newly introduced LS Class.
The biggest boat show in the Baltic states is hosting a powerboat line-up this weekend that most international venues would envy.
At Meremess 2026 in Tallinn, the Estonian Water Motor Sports Federation has installed Team AlUla’s all-electric E1 RaceBird in the B-hall exhibition pool, with two of Estonia’s most decorated aquatic motorsport racers on hand … Read more
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Filip Romsin F1LIP Junior Team on vahvistanut neljä kuljettajaa kaudelle 2026.
Filip Roms’ F1LIP Junior Team has confirmed four drivers for the 2026 season, with GT15 multi-champion Leevi Paasonen making the step up to GT30 as the team targets its strongest international campaign to date.
The announcement, made by Roms on social media, also confirms a significant expansion in the GT15 class and two returns to … Read more
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Sveriges största inomhusbåtmässa öppnar i Stockholm den här veckan, och Smedjebackens Båtklubbs monter får sällskap av ett besök som är värt att resa för. 2025 års UIM F2-världsmästare Mathilda Wiberg och hennes bror Hilmer, tvåa i samma mästerskap, kommer båda att närvara vid klubbens utställning under det tvåhelgersevenemang.
Sweden’s largest indoor boat show opens in Stockholm this week, and the Smedjebackens Båtklubb stand will have company worth travelling for.
The 2025 UIM F2 World Champion Mathilda Wiberg and her brother Hilmer, runner-up in the same championship, will both appear at the club’s exhibit during the two-weekend event.
Peter Bonham Christie has announced he has taken over as custodian of Apache 555, the Don Shead-designed offshore racing boat that won the 1972 London to Monte Carlo race and the 1979 World Class II Championship in Venice.
The boat, one of the most decorated hulls in British offshore racing history, changes hands after 14 … Read more
Take two sports that shouldn’t meet, add 12 hours of non-stop action, throw in an East European powerboat racer with a sense of humour, and you’ve got Lithuania’s most unlikely tournament format of the winter.
UIM F2 racer Edgaras Riabko is bringing his motorsport mindset to the padel court, participating in Lithuania’s first 12-hour endurance … Read more
Pål Virik Nilsen has retired from powerboat racing after a career spanning more than 300 races across 33 years.
The Norwegian driver told Powerboat Racing World that motivation and the absence of competitive opportunities shaped his decision.
The powerboat racer who lost his right arm in a 1989 accident went on to become Vice President of Argentina and remains in public service today.
In early September 1986, a 29-year-old Argentine businessman arrived in Guernsey for the Peter Stuyvesant International Powerboat Week.
Prince Albert II Champions E1 Series as Sustainability Platform at Jeddah Opener UIM E1 World Championship | Jeddah Grand Prix Prince Albert II of Monaco attended the UIM E1 World Championship season opener in Jeddah, where he emphasised electric powerboat racing’s role as a platform for ocean sustainability whilst praising Saudi Arabia’s sports innovation and … Read more
Stuart Porro runs three marketing businesses, commentates on XCAT racing across four continents, and works with Gibraltar Rugby.
The Gibraltar-based broadcaster heading into his sixth XCAT season explains how the seemingly impossible schedule actually works.
