Wettpunkt.com, driven by Austrian Hannes Bohin and his English crew Miles Jennings and Ed Williams-Hawk, overcame the turbo problems that affected them throughout the weekend to win round eight of the P1 World Offshore Powerboat Championship in Cowes
Negotiator, the Class I (16 litre) Lamborghini-powered catamaran driven by Chris Parsonage and co-driver James Sheppard, set a new record for circumnavigating the Isle of Wight with a time of 32 minutes 22 seconds on August 28, representing an average speed of 111mph.
Gavin Parsonage and Nathan Libby driving Negotiator claimed their first victory of 2005 at Liverpool Grand Prix on August 21 when they won round eight of the 225hp Honda Formula 4-Stroke championship.
Plymouth based driver, Chris Parsonage, who currently lies fourth the in world Class I (16 litre) championship, is out to improve the time for rounding the Isle of Wight by sea.
Spirit of Norway re-established its championship challenge after last weekend's race retirement, with Bard Eker and Steve Curtis taking their second win of the season at the Chess Scandinavian Grand Prix on August 14.
Sheikh Hassan bin Jabor Al Thani and Matteo Nicolini moved to the top of the world offshore powerboat championship standings after producing a flawless display in Qatar 96 to win an incident filled Chess Norwegian Grand Prix, with pre race favourites Spirit of Norway retiring on the third lap and Sheikh Hassan and Nicolini's team mates, Abdulla Al Sulaiti and Lino di Biase crashing out in Qatar 95 on the 13th.
Qatar and Victory will lead the challenge to end Spirit of Norway's run of five consecutive Grands Prix and six consecutive Pole Position wins, as the Class 1 World Powerboat Championship heads to Trondheim, Norway for the first of two races in eight days, the Chess Norwegian Grand Prix on Sunday, 7 August.
Red Funnel has introduced ' kids go free' as part of it's support for the Cowes Powerboat Festival taking place over the August Bank Holiday.
Bard Eker and Steve Curtis recovered from a dramatic first lap spin before producing a breathtaking performance to win the Honda British Grand Prix in Spirit of Norway on July 17
Nick Clemson and Paul Trow-Smith in Claygate Bathrooms claimed their first ever win in round six of the Honda Formula 4-Stroke 150hp championship at the Honda British Powerboat Grand Prix, Plymouth on Sunday July 17.
Italian seven -time world Formula I champion, Gudio Cappellini notched up his 48th career win after pummeling the rest of the fleet at the Italian Grand Prix on Lake Como
The clock is counting down to the first round of the UIM Class 1 World Powerboat Championship, the Honda British Grand Prix in Plymouth on Sunday, July 17 and to what promises to be an intriguing and closely contested season
Team leader Neil McGrigor, and the crew of the Round Britain World Record attempt powerboat Bradstone Challenger, have been asked to join the parade of vessels for the International Fleet Review in the Solent as part of the Trafalgar 200 celebrations.
Honda Formula 4-Stroke 225hp team 'Fat Boy Racing' took the chequered flag in spectacular style over the weekend by claiming their second win at the Steam Packet Company Grand Prix on the Isle of Man.
Organisers of the Offshore P1 championship series have announced that Gillette will be title sponsor of the British Grand Prix at Cowes (formally the Cowes-Torquay and Cowes Classic) schedule for 26th-28th August
The Honda Formula 4-Stroke powerboat series is gearing up for the second grand prix of the 2005 championships, in Douglas on the Isle of Man on the 25-26 June. It will also be the first time in its seven year history the series has visited the island.
Organisers of powerboating's P1 world championship has secured title sponsorship for its German Grand Prix from the Hamburg-based bank, Hanseatische i-Bank AG
Scottish navigator Libby Keir experienced success in home waters on Sunday when she won her inaugural Honda Formula 4-Stroke race at Largs. Keir, as co-driver to Shelley Jory in their 225hp Honda monohull Team Raymarine, led the thirteen strong fleet from start to finish.
Italian Gudio Cappellini pulled off a miracle finish by leading, losing and regaining first place before winning the Grand Prix of Portugal: the opening round of the 2005 Formula 1 World Championship on the Arade River
For the first time ever the Honda RYA Youth RIB Championship will be contested at a Honda Formula 4-Stroke Powerboat Grand Prix. The Scottish youth finals will take place at Largs on May 29, coinciding with the opening rounds of Honda Formula 4-Stroke season.
