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Cougar Marine which produced the first successful offshore powerboat racing catamaran, introduced at the Swanage 80 race in 1969, is to celebrate its 40th anniversary in June with a ‘Beach Ball’ open to all owning Cougar race boats, both old and new.
The event will take place on May 30th …Â More info
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Howard is one of the nicest people you will ever meet. He is in his mid 80’s and builds these turbine powered offshore boats himself with a helper or two. This is a 45 ft Skater that has been well over 180 mph. Howard uses it to its full capability down the middle of San Francisco Bay and up through the Sacramento Delta. Stoked News been in it at 180 and it was still accelerating hard.
Visit www.howardarneson.com and www.arneson-industries.com for more info.
In an attempt to clear up some of the starting confusion that has plagued the sport over the past few years, the American Boat Racing Association will assign lanes before the start of each heat this coming season.
In the past, drivers were allowed to “jockey” for lanes before the start of each heat in order to seize preferred race lanes, most often by slowing down as much as possible to camp out in the inside lanes.
While many loved the “race before the race,” others complained that it provided some boats with an unfair advantage and took attention away from the race itself.
That jockeying led to quite a bit of controversy last season. Jean Theoret and the U-37 Miss Beacon Plumbing had a win at Seattle taken away after being called for being off-plane before the start. Jeff Bernard was awarded the win San Diego aboard the U-5 Formulaboats.com despite apparently cutting off Steve David and the U-6 Oh Boy! Oberto.
For the past two years, the ABRA has attempted to clean up the mess by…Â More info
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