Archive for the ‘Powerboat’ Category

Sep

Hydroplanes set to shred up waters of Mission Bay for 50th year

Drivers Jimmy Shane and J. Michael Kelly will be battling for supremacy Sept. 12-14 when the unlimited hydroplanes return for the sport’s 50th anniversary on Mission Bay.

Shane, piloting the Oh Boy Oberto boat, and Kelly, with the Graham Trucking boat, have each won a pair of races in the H1 Hydroplane series of San Diego Bayfair.

Since 1964, when legendary hydro driver Bill Muncey convinced the City Council that the bay was the right place for hard-charging, rooster-tail spewing unlimited hydroplanes … More

Stoked News

Aug

Powerboat Video – Off-Shore Catamaran goes airborne in horrifying crash

LAKE OF THE OZARKS, Mo. — Less than an hour after racing began, tragedy struck the 2014 Shootout when a Outerlimits catamaran driven by Joel Begin and throttled by Mike Fiore crashed at the finish line.

It was only the sixth run of the day, at about 10:30 a.m. The water along the 34 Mile Marker was calm, with minimal winds. The run started well, but just as the brand-new Outerlimits approached the finish line at the end of the one-mile course, the bow began to lift dangerously high. Suddenly, the boat flew out of the water, flipping end-over-end … Pictures and more