Hours after his throttleman and crew chief, Grant Bruggeman, had left the Thunder on Cocoa Beach offshore powerboat race a couple of weeks back, Wayne Valder, the owner of the 42-foot MTI catamaran, Valder Yachts/Pro Floors Racing, called out the race winners, Tyler Miller and Myrick Coil of the Monster Energy/M CON team. At the […]
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Sebastian Vettel will be co-owner of the new German SailGP team alongside Thomas Riedel, with 49er medallist Erik Heil at the helm Four-time F1 World Champion Sebastian Vettel and double Olympic sailing bronze medallist Erik Heil have joined forces, alongside team owner Thomas Riedel, to announce a brand new German SailGP Team. Germany will be […]
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As many of us take to the water this holiday weekend—and pay respect to the U.S. military personnel who have died throughout history while serving in the United States Armed Forces—let’s honor the many military members who lost their lives fighting for our freedom in the best way possible, by making sure our voices are […]
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Kevin Escoffier’s IMOCA team Holcim-PRB has smashed the 24-hour monohull sailing record by covering an incredible 640.9 miles in the transatlantic leg of The Ocean Race The Ocean Race 2022-23 – 26 May 2023, Leg 5 Day 4 onboard Team Holcim – PRB, at full speed during the 24 hours record. Kevin Escoffier’s IMOCA Holcim-PRB, competing in […]
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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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As turnarounds between offshore powerboat races go, two weeks is tight, particularly for teams that have any significant repair work to do. But that’s exactly the challenge competitors who competed last weekend in Cocoa Beach, Fla., will face ahead of the LOTO Powerfest races, June 1-2, at the Lake of the Ozarks in Central, Mo. […]
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Legendary American sailor Buddy Melges known as the ‘Wizard of Zenda’ has passed away at the age of 93 Skipper Buddy Melges and the crew of America 3 get set to round the second mark on their way to a victory over Stars and Stripes in the America’s Cup defender series 30 April 1992. (Photo […]
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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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A former Union Internationale Motonautique F1H2O world champion, Team Sweden’s Jonas Andersson clinched a dominating start-to-finish victory in Sunday’s Grand Prix of Zhengzhou, China on the Yellow River. Team Sweden’s Jonas Andersson took the wire-to-wire victory on Sunday to earn the checkered flag at the F1H2O World Championship Grand Prix of Zhengzhou China. Photos courtesy […]
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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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Mistral makes for fast, fun (and sometimes furious) opener The 54th Semaine Olympique Française de Hyères – TPM opened in classic Côte d’Azur conditions with unending sunshine and a 25-knot Mistral mixing it up across fleets. It was a day for flying, punctuated by nosedives, capsizes and white knuckle rides in short steep waves. The […]
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The start of the second IMA Maxi European Championship, organised by the the Naples-based Circolo del Remo e della Vela Italia (CRVI) in conjunction with the IMA, the body officially tasked by World Sailing to administer and develop maxi yacht racing internationally, is approaching rapidly. Taking place over 12-18 May and supported by Rolex as […]
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The 58th Congressional Cup kicked off with fiery action beneath blue skies and splendid winds of 10 to 14 knots, as 10 of the top-ranked match racing teams from seven nations began the battle for the iconic Crimson Blazer. The Congressional Cup is one of the most prestigious and long-running match racing events on the […]
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It’s all change onboard the IMOCA 60s for The Ocean Race leg 4, which starts on Sunday, with In-Port racing set for Friday 21 April 15 January 2023, IMOCA Leg 1 Start of The Ocean Race in Alicante. Photo: Sailing Energy / The Ocean Race Crew rotation is proving to be a big feature in […]
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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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Earlier this week, Team Abu Dhabi confirmed that driver Thani Al Qemzi will be unable to take part in this month’s Union Internationale Motonautique F1H2O World Championship race in China for personal reasons and that his place on the team alongside three-time F1 world champion and Florida native Shaun Torrente will be filled by his […]
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Offshore racers in the thriving Mod-V and still-growing 450R Factory Stock classes will have more than bragging rights to compete for in the 2023 American Power Boat Association Offshore National Championship Series thanks to a backer who prefers to remain “anonymous.” That’s the word from Larry Bleil, the head of Key West, Fla.-based Race World […]
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The defending champion Andoo team, John Winning Jr, Seve Jarvin and Sam Newton, retained the crown of world champion with an outstanding victory in the Winning Group JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Championship which concluded on Sydney Harbour today. Andoo finished in second place in today’s race but the result was good enough to complete the […]
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No stranger to success in Key West, Fla., veteran offshore powerboat racing throttleman John Tomlinson departed the place last November with a couple of titles to his credit. Tomlinson claimed a Union International Motonautique world championship in the 450R Factory Stock title with Taylor Scism, his TS Motorsports teammate, in an MTI 390XR catamaran. He […]
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According to a press release, the revival of Class 3 powerboat racing in Abu Dhabi this weekend could quickly lead to an influx of top teams from around the world looking to compete in the new United Arab Emirates-based championship. While there hasn’t been much news ahead of time on the series resurfacing, several teams […]
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