According to a press release from XINSURANCE, a leading resource for customized specialty insurance, the Utah-based business led by president and CEO Rick J. Lindsey is sponsoring two more offshore raceboats for the 2023 season. Starting with the Race World Offshore season-opener in Marathon, Fla., at the end of April and continuing with additional RWO […]
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The Rolex China Sea Race will start on 5 April 2023 in Hong Kong’s iconic Victoria Harbour and take competitors 565-nautical miles (1,046 kilometres) across the South China Sea to Subic Bay in the Philippines. Rolex has enjoyed a longstanding relationship with yachting dating back to the late 1950s. Close support of pre-eminent yacht clubs […]
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In an announcement released Friday night, the organizers of the largest unsanctioned boat race in the United States of America—the Lake of the Ozarks Shootout in Central Missouri—publicized that they are teaming up with the Union Internationale Motonautique and the American Power Boat Association to add a kilo run to this year’s event, which takes […]
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You’re not alone if you’ve never heard of Port Byron, N.Y. But thanks to the work of Phil Hess and his five-person crew at Upstate Powerboat, a fiberglass and paint business just 30 minutes west of Syracuse, Port Byron—population 1,096 as for 2021—has made its way onto the high-performance marine industry map. Upstate Powerboat handled […]
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“ In the Spirit of the original 1973 Whitbread Race” Celebrating its 50th Anniversary. The Golden Age of fully crewed ocean racing around the world seems a distant memory. Huge budgets and elite professionals racing custom carbon yachts that ‘fly’ on €800,000 foils steered by sophisticated autopilots, not sailors, where shore teams via satellite are […]
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What happened in the Cup – March 13, 2023: Alinghi Red Bull Racing sailed out of Barcelona in their AC75, with Dean Barker back onboard. American Magic sailed off Pensacola in their AC40 INEOS Britannia sailed off Mallorca, in their AC40 in light winds. Luna Rossa did not sail. Emirates Team New Zealand did not […]
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As The Ocean Race crews charge around the world, is racing under autopilot cheating… or progress? Matt Sheahan considers the implications of the the new normal 15 January 2023, Start of The Ocean Race, Leg 1 IMOCA Biotherm That’s not racing. It’s cheating. If you’re going to use the autopilot to sail around the world […]
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With his Stock V-class Nobody’s Business raceboat sold, North Carolina-based offshore racer Chris Uzzolina has been focused on getting his new-to-him Extreme V-class Skater 399 raceboat ready for competition this year. Uzzolina’s goal is to have the 39-footer done in time for the 2023 Race World Offshore World Championships November 6-12 in Key West, Fla. […]
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Though offshore powerboat racers and their fans tend to focus on what’s on top of the water in the Florida Keys, there’s a whole lot more going on beneath it. That gave Larry Bleil, the president of Key West, Fla.-based Race World Offshore, an idea for his outfit’s season-opening 7 Mile Grand Prix, April 28-30, […]
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With registration at $100 per boat this year, South Carolina’s 14th annual Hartwell Lake Charity Run, set for June 8-10, has to be the best value in domestic go-fast boating events. Because not only is it inexpensive by current standards for such happenings, it is by all accounts a fantastic event from the expansive waterway […]
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Alex Thomson might have hung up his Vendée Globe boots, but 2024 will see one of the most competitive line-ups of British skippers taking on the epic race Pip Hare is a renowned shorthanded offshore sailor. She will be starting her second Vendee Globe in 2024. Photo: Richard Langdon/Ocean Images /Pip Hare Ocean Racing As […]
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Deal Renews in 2024 Establishing North Americas Premier Outdoor and Conservation Retailer to Remain Title Sponsor of Bass Pro Tour and Exclusive Sporting Goods Retailer Through 2028 BENTON, Ky. and SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (March. 6, 2023) – Major League Fishing (MLF), the world’s largest tournament-fishing organization, and Bass Pro Shops, North America’s premier outdoor and conservation company, […]
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Believe it or not, Ottawa, the capital city of Canada in the country’s Ontario province, historically has been a weak sales market for Double R Performance, a full-service Nor-Tech Hi-Performance Boats dealer outside Toronto. But that’s changed in the past few years, according to Peter Roberts, who co-owns the business with his brother, Raymond. Double […]
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Greg DiPalma dazzles in Bassmaster Kayak Series win at Lake Guntersville SCOTTSBORO, Ala. — Greg DiPalma has spent four days total fishing out of his Old Town Sportsman Autopilot 136 kayak. That did not stop the Bassmaster Elite Series pro from winning the Yamaha Rightwaters Bassmaster Kayak Series powered by TourneyX at Lake Guntersville with […]
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It was another sunny Sunday in St. Maarten for the final day’s racing at the 43rd St. Maarten Heineken Regatta. With slightly lighter winds forecasted, PRO Mark Townsend set two courses for most of the fleet. Tension was high, with many boats counting on getting good results on the water today to seal their podium […]
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Justin Barnes Wins first Bassmaster Open of the season on Alabamas Lake Eufaula EUFAULA, Ala. — St. Croix Bassmaster Open at Lake Eufaula, Justin Barnes felt the tournament slipping away but with only a couple hours remaining in he managed to hang on for the win. The Day 1 leader, Barnes was struggling Saturday after […]
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Yamaha has become an official outboard sponsor of Boone Lake Association (BLA) as the environmental group forms a new relationship with Yamaha Rightwaters. Formed in 1983 to oversee the water quality of Boone Lake, BLA is one of the oldest established environmental groups in the state of Tennessee. Yamaha Rightwaters will provide BLA with a […]
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APPLING, Ga. (March 1, 2023) – Major League Fishing (MLF) and Onyx, the exclusive life jacket sponsor of the world’s largest tournament-fishing organization, are ensuring that the 150 pros competing this week at the MLF Tackle Warehouse Invitational Toyota Stop 2 at Clarks Hill Lake aren’t the only anglers who will be safe on Clarks Hill Lake. In […]
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The presenting sponsor of the upcoming Desert Storm and Super Cat Fest in Lake Havasu City, Ariz., in April, Kicker Marine Audio will head into the April happenings with yet another honor to its credit. The Stillwater, Okla.-headquartered company has earned the 2023 “Best In Entertainment” award in Bonnier’s Corporation’s third-year Best Marine Electronics and […]
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Registration for two of July’s hottest events, the Boyne Thunder Poker Run in Boyne City, Mich., and the 1,000 Islands Charity Poker Run in Clayton, N.Y., is open. Both happenings are limited to 120 boats and—if history is a guide—will sell out in short order. Despite that they happen on back-to-back weekends, Devin Wozencraft makes […]
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