Zapcats originated from South Africa where since the early 80’s local crews have raced inflatable boats down treacherous rivers and along rugged coastlines. They were developed from life saving surf rescue craft for racing and leisure boats.
Zapcats are designed to cope with a huge variety of sea conditions from flat calm lakes to large breaking surf. This weekend the latter was certainly put into practice as the 20 Championship teams were faced with messy surf of 8-10ft and offshore winds in the final event in the championships 10th anniversary year.Â
Heading into the final event 2009 RYA National Champions and 2010 championship leaders BlueSheets Racing 1 Craig Davis and Rob Martin were confident with a comfortable 85 point lead on closest rivals  … Details
Key West World Championships are to kick off with a parade of race boats down the island’s legendary Duval Street, slated to begin at 4pm Sunday, November 7. The action continues throughout the week, with leading American and international teams to compete in high-speed races Wednesday, November 10; Friday, November 12, and Sunday, November 14.Â
A portion of the challenging 6.5-mile course runs through Key West Harbor, meaning smooth water where racers can achieve speeds above 140 mph and fans can watch from vantage points breathtakingly close to the action.Â
Varying water conditions along the course afford race teams the chance to … Details