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Taupō dishes out a hammering as NZ Offshore Championship hits Round Two
Short steep chop and cold wind made Taupō one of the toughest rounds in recent years.
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Race World Offshore 2025: From Lake Michigan to Key West glory
Race World Offshore’s first fully independent season began on the cold rollers of Lake Michigan and ended in the tropical calm of Key West. Four round...
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Monster Energy, Dirty Money and Nautical Ventures crowned in Key West
The 44th Annual Key West World Championship closed in style, wrapping up Race World Offshore’s 2025 season. Across three race days, from Wednesday’s o...
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From fire to flip: Day 1, Key West World Championship 2025
Monster Energy / M•CON leads Key West World Championship 2025 opener as a spectacular Mead Family Racing flip steals the headlines.
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Showdown in the Straits: Race World Offshore crowns champions in Key West
Key West hosts the 2025 Race World Offshore finale as champions are crowned ahead of New Zealand’s Taupō opener.
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Australian Offshore Superboat Championships 2025 results: Boost Mobile and The Sting dominate Lake M...
The 2025 Australian Offshore Superboat Championships roared to life at Lake Macquarie under warm skies and perfect spectator conditions. Crowds packed...
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Taupō race back on for NZ Offshore Powerboat Championship
Taupō event saved by community effort
The New Zealand Offshore Powerboat Association (NZOPA) has confirmed that Round 2 of its 2025–26 Championship, ...
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Australian Offshore Superboat Championships 2025/26 – Lake Macquarie delivers a thunderous Day 2
Boost Mobile / 222 Offshore and The Sting sweep their classes as Lake Macquarie roars back to life for Australian offshore powerboat racing.
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Australian Offshore Superboats start a new year: Superboats roar into the season
Day 1 delivers emotion, precision, and high-stakes racing as Australia’s premier offshore series opens in style.
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The 2025/26 Australian Offshore Superboat Championships roar to life
Lake Macquarie hosts the season opener for the Australian Offshore Superboat Championships 2025/26, promising the biggest fields in a decade and thund...
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Full throttle: Australian Offshore Superboats hit Lake Macquarie for season opener
The 2025/26 Australian Offshore Superboat Championship bursts back into life as part of the Lake Mac Action Fest.
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Roar across Hobbs Bay: NZ Offshore Powerboat Championship blasts into Gulf Harbour
The 2025–26 New Zealand Offshore Powerboat Championship opened with high-speed racing and early-season mechanical drama off Gulf Harbour’s Hobbs Bay.
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Tomorrow’s the day — and your chance to compete in a landmark Auckland offshore powerboating e...
Tomorrow’s the day — and this is your last chance
It’s the night before the historic 2026 NZ Offshore Powerboat Championship kicks off, and if you’...
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Scrutineering day kicks off New Zealand offshore powerboat season
Scrutineering day clears offshore powerboats for racing, with safety checks and a community BBQ before the season kicks off.
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Clearwater Nationals crowns new winners as season heats up
Clearwater Offshore Nationals 2025 ended with M•CON on top, GC Racing strong, and Graydel, Nautical Ventures among class winners.
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Clearwater Nationals opens with GC Racing breaking XINSURANCE streak
GC Racing broke XINSURANCE South’s winning streak as Clearwater delivered high drama in the 2025 Offshore Nationals.
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Race World Offshore heads to Clearwater as 2025 season heats up
Race World Offshore turns south as Clearwater sets the stage before the Key West World Championship finale.
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Superboats roar back at Lake Macquarie for 2025/26 season opener
The Australian Offshore Superboat Championship launches at Lake Macquarie, 18–19 October 2025, with six high-horsepower races and free shoreline viewi...
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Offshore powerboat racing roars back to Auckland
Offshore powerboat racing roars back to Auckland with new boats, family racing, and the return of the Archer Trophy.
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Offshore powerboat racing celebrates 2025 season in style
The New Zealand Offshore Powerboat Racing community came together last weekend for its annual prizegiving, capping off a fast and furious 2025 season ...
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Cowes Torquay Cowes Offshore Powerboat Race 2025: Good Boy Vodka claims breakthrough victory
Good Boy Vodka triumphed in the Cowes Torquay Cowes Offshore Powerboat Race 2025, ending Silverline’s streak. 66 Racing won the Cowes Poole Cowes.
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Cowes Torquay Cowes offshore powerboat race: timeless endurance
The Cowes Torquay Cowes Offshore Powerboat Race 2025 returns, testing crews with endurance, speed, and prestige across England’s south coast.
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Australian Offshore Superboat Championship 2025/26 season calendar announced
Australia’s premier offshore powerboat series returns with four action-packed rounds, building on more than a century of racing tradition.
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Mercury Racing updates the 300R and introduces the 300 ROS into the same race-ready league
Two V8s, one DNA – but very different personalities.
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Lymington Challenge cut short as Solent seas turn wild
The Lymington Challenge has long been one of the UK offshore powerboat season’s most spectator-friendly events, its Western Solent course taking boats...
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Origins of offshore powerboat racing
From riverside wagers to open-sea warfare — the wild ride to the world’s first offshore race.
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Offshore powerboating: from timber testbeds to carbon speed machines
The story of how a six-metre wooden boat called Rems sparked a marine revolution that still echoes in every offshore powerboat.
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New Zealand Offshore Powerboat Association launches 2025/2026 race season calendar
NZOPA’s 2025/26 season brings offshore powerboat racing back to Auckland, adds new classes, and promises tighter competition with races across both si...
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Solent spectacle: newcomer stuns in 2025 UKOPRA Solent 80
Newcomer Alexander Welham stuns the field with a Class 2 victory at the 2025 UKOPRA Solent 80 in Portsmouth.
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The Blue Pill makes a comeback in Taupō for the NZ 2025 Offshore Powerboat Series
After the first round of the 2025 New Zealand Offshore Powerboat Championships was called off on the second day due to high attrition rates and challe...
2025 New Zealand Offshore Powerboat Championships: Day 1 sees high attrition rates during the racing...
But Day 1 proved to be as much a test of endurance as of speed, with only five boats managing to finish across both the 100-Mile and 60-Mile champions...
An impressive 60 years on. What does NZ Offshore Powerboating look like today?
Boating New Zealand will be following this weekend's racing offshore at Napier. Join us throughout the weekend for developing results, and the latest ...
High-Speed thrills in Hawke’s Bay: The 2025 NZ Offshore Powerboat Championship begin
The anticipation is palpable as Napier gears up to host the inaugural round of the 2025 New Zealand Offshore Powerboat Championship.
Maintenance is key
Keeping a racing boat together, on the water and competitive takes a great deal of ongoing maintenance. Every racer has their own set of guidelines to...
Hull design and balance, Part II
There are many different hull designs and shapes, derived and refined largely as a result of trial and error in modifications and testing. Today, tech...
Power On : Gear ratio
Outboard manufacturers make engine/gearbox configurations for the ‘most common’ applications, but these seldom give racing craft optimum performance. ...
Balance and weight
Getting the balance of a boat right is perhaps the most critical element in improving real race performance.
Safety first
Crashing a boat at high speed is not something anyone wants to experience, but it is a very real possibility when racing given the unpredictability of...
Ballast balance
At face value ballast is the most counter-intuitive system when it comes to going fast.
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