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Powerboat fans in for swell time off Napier

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The Napier Offshore 100 powerboat race in 2019. Photo / Paul Taylor.

An offshore powerboat racer has no qualms in tackling Napier’s Offshore 100 despite having a boat wrecked in the notorious conditions.

Mike Gerbic returns on Saturday for the country’s longest-surviving powerboat race, which starts at 11am.

The Napier event, which attracts mainly Queen’s City racers, is being revived after a three-year lapse caused by Covid-19.

Gerbic recalls hitting the swells on the race’s back leg - from off Napier Port, towards Bay View - about six years ago.

When the boat rounded the north point to head south along Westshore Beach, the hull “delaminated”.

After limping back to race headquarters in Napier’s inner harbour, an inspection revealed its racing days were over.

“Over. Off to the tip,” Gerbic told Hawke’s Bay Today , as he looked forward to racing the latest vintage of Espresso Engineers team boats.

As the New Zealand Offshore Powerboat Association focuses on Napier to get its annual drivers’ championship series moving again, Gerbic is back, undaunted, and says: ”The swells were four metres one year”.

The Napier race hasn’t taken place since 2020 , but it has a history dating back to the 1970s.

Other races are on sheltered courses such as Lake Taupo, or harbours or firths.

The Hawke’s Bay challenge attracts racers as it is regarded - as a prominent driver once said - as the “only true offshore race in the series”.

Large catamarans of more than 14 metres, from as far as Australia, had raced in the past, but the current fleet is limited to about 10 metres.

NZPBA president Paul Greenfield says Napier, race five in a six-race series this year, is one of three the association is keen to foster, because of the history, and conditions.

The crews arrive in Napier on Friday and will be based at the Hawke’s Bay Sports Fishing Club, with the boats parked for public viewing on the neighbouring reserve.

The racing is best watched from Westshore, from the points at the entrance to the inner harbour, the Hardinge Rd foreshore and the sweep towards the port entrance.

Among the fleet is Red Steel, raced by now retired Napier racer and former national drivers champion Tony Carson , who also raced with Auckland-based brother Wayne Carson .

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Hydro Thunder GP Hydroplane NZ Championship Series

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NEW ZEALAND JET BOAT RIVER RACING ASSOCIATION INC.

The NZJBRRA administers the sport of jet boat river marathon racing.

Racing takes place on rivers throughout NZ.

Secretary – Tim Guthrie c/- Steve Woodside PO Box 6605 Upper Riccarton Christchurch 8442 Phone : 0276-418814 Website : www.riverracingnz.com

NZ Jet Sprint Association Inc.

The NZJSA administers the adrenalin pumping sport of jet sprint racing. All classes of jet sprint boats race on tight purpose built circuits with only a little water to race in.

Secretary – Pip Thompson PO BOX 3468 Hawkes Bay Mail Centre Napier 4142 Phone : 021-02481421 Website: www.jetsprint.co.nz

NZ Offshore Powerboat Association Inc.

If blue water racing is your thing then join the NZOPA. Offshore powerboat racing takes place on inner and outer harbours around NZ and on larger lakes such as Lake Taupo.

Secretary – Rebecca Lewis PO BOX 51-911 Pakuranga AUCKLAND Phone: 021-995750 Website: www.nzoffshore.co.nz

NZ Power Boat Association Inc.

Circuit boat racing is controlled by the NZPBA. Many different classes of powerboats including hydroplanes, tunnels, flatties and vees race on short courses set on lakes, rivers and sheltered harbours throughout NZ.

Secretary - Rachel Jones 100 Hinemoa Street Levin Horowhenua 5510 Phone: 021 298 5579 Website: www.nzpba.com

Thundercat Racing Association of NZ Inc.

Thundercat Racing is for those who love the beach and racing in the surf. All boats are light inflatable catamarans powered with 50hp outboards. Some race meetings are circuit racing or longhaul endurance events.

Secretary – Brad Brown PO BOX 39353 Howick Auckland 2145 Phone: 021-2377284 Website: www.thundercatracing.co.nz