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  4. Fortitudo Property Poole Bay 100 Offshore Powerboat race

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  5. A day full of adrenaline capturing British Offshore Powerboat Racing

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  6. Cowes Winners

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  1. Welcome

    The British Powerboat Racing Club was formed in 2001 following the gala dinner held at the Royal Yacht Squadron in Cowes to celebrate the 40th running of the Cowes-Torquay-Cowes offshore powerboat race. The Cowes-Torquay launched offshore powerboat racing as a sport in Britain in 1961. Initially sponsored by the Daily Express newspaper, its ...

  2. Offshore powerboat racing

    Class1 offshore powerboat. Offshore powerboat racing is a type of racing by ocean-going powerboats, typically point-to-point racing.. In most of the world, offshore powerboat racing is led by the Union Internationale Motonautique (UIM) regulated Class 1 and Powerboat P1. In the US, offshore powerboat racing is led by the APBA/UIM and consists of races hosted by Powerboat P1 USA.

  3. British Powerboat Racing Club

    British Powerboat Racing Club, Cowes, Isle Of Wight, United Kingdom. 33,731 likes · 223 talking about this · 378 were here. Offshore 'Open Sea' Powerboat Racing UK

  4. PDF 2024 RACE INSTRUCTIONS British Powerboat Racing Club

    Offshore Powerboat Race for B.P.R.C . Classes: 75, 65 & 55 . Final Version . Organised by: BPRC Sanctioned by: BPBA . B.P.R.C. Event Management Ltd, 83 High Street, Cowes, Isle of Wight PO31 7AJ ... Committee, sponsors and The British Power Boat Association(BPBA) and their respective officials servants agents ...

  5. About Us

    The British Powerboat Racing Club was formed in 2001 following the gala dinner held at the Royal Yacht Squadron in Cowes celebrating the 40th running of the Cowes-Torquay-Cowes offshore powerboat race. The Cowes-Torquay launched offshore powerboat racing as a sport in Britain in 1961. Initially sponsored by the Daily Express newspaper, its ...

  6. Class 1 World Powerboat Championship

    The UIM Class 1 World Powerboat Championship (also known as Class 1) is an international motorboat racing competition for powerboats organized by the Union Internationale Motonautique (UIM). It is the premier class of offshore powerboat racing in the world.. Class 1 is considered one of the most spectacular marine motorsports. A Class 1 race-boat has twin inboard 1100hp engines and can reach ...

  7. Cowes Winners

    Cowes Winners. 1961 Daily Express International Offshore Powerboat Race. Cowes Torquay - Thunderbolt - GB. Tommy Sopwith / Geoff Fanner. 156 NM / 24.50 mph. 1962 Daily Express International Offshore Powerboat Race. Cowes Torquay - Tramontana - GB. Jeffrey Quill / Don Robertson / Sam Hutchins. 170 NM / 36.80 mph.

  8. Cowes Torquay Cowes & Cowes Poole Cowes Offshore Powerboat Races

    The Cowes Torquay Cowes race starts at 09:00 am and is followed 15 minutes later by the start of the Cowes Poole Cowes race at 09:15 am. The British Powerboat Racing Club is organising the event under Union Internationale Motonautique (UIM) sanction and BPRC Management Offshore Rules and regulations. 2023 Official Programme

  9. The sun sets on 2022 British Powerboat Champions

    Winners of those championships are as follows: 2022 CPA British Powerboat Champions. GT15. Elsie Walker. GT30. Ashley Penfold. OSY400. Wayne Moyse. Outboard Hydros.

  10. Powerboat racing returns to Brixham ⋆ Powerboat Racing World

    Powerboat racing returns to Brixham. Brixham hosted Round 3 of the 7-race series organised by the Offshore Circuit Racing Drivers Association (OCRDA) at the weekend when a fleet of 20 of the UK's fastest race boats came to town. The F1 and F2 Classes were very well represented, but only single entries for F3 and Formula Sport.

  11. UK Circuit Racing into 2022 ⋆ Powerboat Racing World

    They also mentioned that Ben Jelf might even be making a comeback but that's still to be confirmed. CPA 2022 British Championship. 28/29 May - Carr Mill Dam - Lancashire Powerboat Racing Club. 23/24 July - Oulton Broad - Lowestoft & Oulton Broad Motor Boat Club. 17/18 September - Stewartby Lake - Stewartby Powerboat & Hydroplane ...

  12. Team25Racing

    TEAM 25 RACING. The current members of Team 25 came together in 2021, initially with the Class 1 Dragon followed by the Class 3 V24 Bat Boat in late 2022. Most of us are known in powerboat racing over the years but this is the first time we are all together with a concentrated effort.

  13. Bullet Offshore Racing

    The race has a rich history, dating back to 1961, and has attracted some of the biggest names in powerboat racing over the years. Drew Langdon is a British powerboat racer who has competed in the Cowes-Torquay-Cowes race, as well as other offshore powerboat races around the world.

  14. News

    Cowes Torquay Cowes Race takes on a new look. Powerboat P1 and the British Powerboat Racing Club have jointly announced a new partnership for Cowes Torquay Cowes offshore powerboat race that sees P1 provide marketing, communications and sponsorship support for the 63rd staging of the famous event. 14. 1.

  15. Cowes Torquay Cowes

    The Cowes-Torquay-Cowes (CTC) Powerboat Race has a long and storied history, dating back to its inception in 1961. The race was the brainchild of Sir Max Aitken, a British newspaper magnate and powerboat enthusiast who suggested to the Royal Yacht Squadron that a race be held from Cowes on the Isle of Wight to Torquay in Devon and back. The ...

  16. Blastoff Racing

    Blastoff Racing was formed initially to compete in the 2008 Round Britain Powerboat Race. Blastoff Racing during the 2008 Round Britain Powerboat Race - Photo: Chris Davies. After a tough few years of developing the boat, success was to follow. Blastoff established a Marathon Class C record at 83.49 mph on Lake Coniston in late 2015 and then ...

  17. UK Offshore OK ⋆ Powerboat Racing World

    There must be something about the date 02-02-2022 that inspires offshore racing series organisers to publish their calendars. So, having seen what's happening across the pond in the sunshine state the British based United Kingdom Offshore Powerboat Racing Association published their World 'Offshore' Powerboat Championships for 2022.

  18. Classic Offshore Powerboat Club

    2008 Round Britain Race; The Privateers; South African Offshore; MBY's Cowes-Torquay Albums 1965 to 1967; Personalities of the sport. Sir Max Aitken; T.E.B. "Tommy" Sopwith; BILL Bunting; Ken Raybould; The BAD BOYS of the Sport and their Boats; Bruce Campbell; An interview with Clive Curtis; Famous Race Boats of the Sport. Don Shead ...

  19. Top 10 powerboat racing icons that helped make boating what it is ...

    Initiated in 1961 by Daily Express newspaper magnate and keen yachtsman, Sir Max Aitken, who foresaw it would help grow the UK marine industry, it bred a string of British and international heroes and brands. This 200-mile race, now known as the Cowes-Torquay-Cowes, and its coveted Harmsworth Trophy, intermittently awarded since 1903, is still the one all top powerboat racers yearn to win.

  20. Offshore Powerboat Racing

    December 6, 2016. Offshore powerboat racing is, for all intents and purposes, the aquatic version of off-road automobile racing. There are similarities, such as man and machine versus a demanding environment, and the demands on both simply to survive any given contest. Yet there's also a key difference: In off-road racing, the course changes ...

  21. Enigma Powerboats

    British manufacturer Enigma Powerboats are proud to offer a range of super ribs; ... High performance powerboat racing runs through the Enigma teams' blood with over 25 years of UK Offshore powerboat race involvement and multiple challenging endurance race wins in a Enigma 38 replica hull build. With further boat design builds, and 10 years of ...

  22. British Offshore Racing Archives ⋆ Powerboat Racing World

    Owner. +47 46 42 77 88. frode(a)powerboatracingworld.com. What is PRW? It's a powerboat racing website that has covered circuit racing, offshore racing and PWC since 2016. Maintained by The Race Factory based in Norway who have specialists in event planning and promotion, social media, graphic design, and photography.

  23. British Model Powerboat Racing Society

    Model powerboats of the off-shore type predominately petrol powered, with nitro power also an option. Engines can range in size from 3cc nitro, to 60cc pertrol, and race in classes dependent on hull type and engine size. Races are typically 15 minutes duration, and boats have to achieve as many laps as possible round a square course during this ...