Powerboat News Digital Edition
April / May 2026 — Edition #1
The Powerboat News Digital Edition brings together the best of Powerboat News in a single monthly edition — race reports, industry stories, technical features and Back in the Day.
This edition includes:
- Night Racing Returns to the Seine — Chris Davies and John Moore report from the 24 Heures Motonautiques de Normandie 2026 at Poses. 10,000 spectators. Team Touax MRK Racing win the UIM S3 World Endurance Championship.
- St. Pete & New Orleans Powerboat Grand Prix — Full race reports and results from the opening two rounds of the 2026 IHRA Offshore season, with championship standings after Round 2.
- IHRA F1 — Bradenton & Port Neches — Race reports from the inaugural IHRA F1 Powerboat Series, Rounds 1 and 2.
- Mercury’s 808hp V12 Concept — The outboard concept signalling the next evolution of the V12 Verado platform.
- Inside Sunseeker — Exclusive first-ever unrestricted media access to all of Sunseeker’s Poole manufacturing facilities. Photography by Chris Davies.
- West Marine Chapter 11 — What the restructuring of America’s largest boating retailer means for the industry.
- Iran’s Fast Boats — How offshore racing technology ended up in the Strait of Hormuz.
- Malta UIM Pleasure Navigation World Championship — Race report and results, Round 1.
- World’s Oldest Motorboat Racing Venue — The venue that cannot confirm its 2026 season.
- The Venetian Designer — The man who built the world’s fastest single-engine monohull.
- Igor Tycel — In memoriam: Polish jet ski champion, 1984–2026.
- Back in the Day — Wellcraft Scarab 38KV Miami Vice Edition · John D. D’Elia and the Special Edition Years · ABBA’s forgotten connection to powerboat racing.