Offshore Powerboat Racing History

offshore powerboat racing history

Mike taylor traces the uk origins of long-distance offshore powerboat racing, from the first cowes-torquay in 1961 in 1959, newspaper tycoon sir maxwell aitken and fellow powerboat enthusiast john coote had seen the exciting miami-nassau powerboat race and, fired with enthusiasm, sir max decided to participate in the following year’s event alongside his wife, lady violet.. Offshore powerboat racing was first recognised as a sport when, in 1904, a race took place from the south-eastern coast england to calais, france. in the united states, the apba (american power boat association) was formed soon thereafter and the first u.s. recorded race was in 1911, in california.. There were many offshore powerboat racing competitions that sprung up around the world in the late 20th century. but the one that perhaps holds most in common with the harmsworth trophy, was the class 1 world powerboat championship..

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Offshore racing pompano beach, miami, ft. lauderdale

offshore powerboat racing history John raced offshore uim class 3 in the 1980’s & 1990’s. he served as the cowes torquay cowes event director for 4 years, including running the 50 th anniversary event in 2010. he has recently organised 4 british offshore races under ukopra sanction. he is the editor of powerboat racing world.. A focus of this website is a passion for offshore powerboat racing - it acknowledges the history and spirit of the sport and considers the sad decline as the focus drifted from the original ‘ocean challenge’ concept, toward a ‘speed at all cost’ culture..