Though both would downplay the description as is their humble nature, Travis Pastrana and John Tomlinson are the GOAT—Greatest Of All Time—of their respective motorsports disciplines. A South Florida native, Tomlinson is one of the winningest world champion catamaran throttleman in offshore powerboat racing with more than such titles to his credit. His accomplishments include […]
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Members of the offshore powerboat racing community across the nation held out hope that 28-year-old James Jaronczyk, a Bracket 700-class competitor, would be found alive after disappearing at sea in his 22-foot Progression Nauti Boyz raceboat late Sunday afternoon off Long Island, N.Y. But those hopes vanished today as, according to News 12—a regional televisioni […]
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Working again with Case Productions and a new livestream broadcast team, Powerboat P1 has ambitious plans for coverage of the races it produces and markets to the Union Internationale Motonautique Class 1 World Championships Series, which begins May 18-21 in Cocoa Beach, Fla. In the skies above the venue during races, fans will spy the […]
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Offshore powerboat racing fans who’ve longed for more action throughout a given event weekend are about to get their wish this month in Cocoa Beach, Fla. The first race of the Union Internationale Motonautique Class 1 World Championship Series and the second race of the American Power Boat Association Offshore National Championship Series, Thunder on […]
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When the Class 1 Offshore World Championship Series kicks off in Cocoa Beach, Fla., May 18-21, event producer Powerboat P1 will have a new team in the livestream broadcast booth. Veteran offshore racers Marc Granet and Mike Yowaiski will be joining speedonthewater.com founder and co-publisher Matt Trulio for the Thunder On Cocoa Beach broadcast as […]
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Offshore powerboat racing fans can stop wracking their brains—as in “Who the heck is Team Vengeful and when did it compete in Key West?”—about the headline above. That’s just the name the speedonthewater.com team gave Johnny O’Loughlin’s color-matched 48- and 34-foot MTI catamarans when they arrived as part of the 2018 Florida Powerboat Club Key […]
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When the 65 offshore powerboat racing teams and fans in Marathon, Fla., awoke this morning they were greeted by an ominous message: “Tornado watch for the Southern Keys.” The inaugural 7-Mile Offshore Grand Prix proved that no matter how much we prepare, Mother Nature is still in charge. Photos by Pete Boden copyright Shoot 2 […]
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For most of the 65 offshore powerboat racing teams in Marathon, Fla., this weekend for the 7 Mile Offshore Grand Prix produced by Race World Offshore, today’s races were an exercise in frustration. The weather-hampered, American Power Boat Association Offshore National Championship Series season-opener saw Bracket-class racing and Super Cat pole-position qualifying go off smoothly […]
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Not since the late-1990s and early 2000s has offshore powerboat racing been as poised for success as it is at the moment. The 2022 season, from the midpoint on, boasted strong fleets in the Super Stock, Super Cat and Class 1 ranks, making the pandemic-forced interruptions of 2020 and 2021 seem like a couple of […]
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For close to five months, the team at Shaun Torrente Racing in Southwest Florida has been working around the clock to get its 32-foot canopied MTI catamaran, which is sponsored by CMR Construction and Roofing, Raymarine, Dewald Propellers and more, ready for this weekend’s first race of the Super Stock season in Marathon, Fla. Introducing […]
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As the 2023 United Kingdom Offshore Powerboat Racing Association championship prepares to kick off May 13 at the Poole Bay 100, many onlookers will once again relish the prospect of seeing and hearing a very famous name again out in the bay—the vintage 35-foot, Martini & Rossi liveried Dry Martini Cigarette Racing Team V-bottom. During […]
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For a lot of good reasons—wear and tear on the body, considerable expense and time away from paying work and family chief among them—the list of offshore powerboat racers who’ve been at it for 40-plus years is short. It includes the likes of John “The Movie Star” Tomlinson, the co-owner of Miami-based TNT Custom Marine […]
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With the first race of the offshore powerboat season—the Race World Offshore-produced 7 Mile Offshore Grand Prix presented by Performance Boat Center and M CON in Marathon, Fla.—just five days away, there’s plenty of action for fans to look forward to this year. The United Kingdom-based organization Poweboat P1, which holds the media and marketing […]
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As an offshore powerboat racing fan, you’ve lately come to expect no less than nine teams to take the green flag in Super Stock-class catamarans at most events. And based on the way the 2022 season finished with the Race World Offshore-produced, Union Internationale Motonautique/American Power Boat Association-sanctioned World Championships in Key West, Fla., plus […]
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A pair of industry pros who studied at the knee of Reggie Fountain, Jr., Jeff Harris and Geoff Tomlinson are direct competitors. Harris is the chief operating officer for Fountain Powerboats in Washington, N.C. Tomlinson is the dealer manager for Nor-Tech Hi-Performance Boats in Fort Myers Beach, Fla. Though their products are distinctly different, both […]
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Though some 13 Super Stock 13 teams are threatening to compete during the 2023 offshore powerboat racing season, at least one won’t be hard to spy from a distance on the course. Canadian owner/driver Cole Leibel, who shares the cockpit of the 32-foot Victory Big East Construction catamaran with throttleman Gary Ballough of Florida, has […]
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A longtime supporter of powerboat racing from Formula 1 tunnel-boats to Unlimited hydroplanes, David Holley has once again stepped up to back the sport. This time around, Holley is putting Legend Yacht Transport, his Fort Lauderdale, Fla., company behind the 2023 Union Internationale Motonautique Class 1 World Championship Series as the six-race circuit’s Official Logistics Provider. […]
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In the early to mid-2000s, the heydays of Factory 1- and Factory 2-class offshore racing powerboat racing, Kryptonite hulls were among the most coveted in the category. Two factors fueled the demand for the open-cockpit, 29-foot V-bottoms. First, they were fast on for the power in the Factory 1 ranks, which was a single Mercury […]
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You may not recognize his face, but as an offshore powerboat racing fan you surely know Eric Colby for his fine writing and reporting. Not only does the former Powerboat magazine editor and award-winning journalist cover the sport for speedonthewater.com, he’s a steady contributor to mainstream boating outlets around the country. Colby is among the […]
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Heading into the 2023 season, spec-class offshore powerboat racing is in its best shape in decades. The Super Cat fleet has 10 teams committed. Super Stock has something in the neighborhood of a dozen teams eager to compete. The Mod V class has mostly absorbed—at last—the Stock V class and now the category has critical […]
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