Powerboat Racer Ben Jelf (18, Kent) this week has made the long journey to the Lake District for the 48th Annual Powerboat Records Week which will take place from Monday 29th October to 2nd November 2018 on Coniston Water. As proceedings got underway this morning conditions were near perfect and on Ben’s first run of…
Supported by Rooster, IT Computers and SpeedSix The perfect weekend at Lymington! 39 young RS Aero sailors ventured to Lymington for the 2nd annual RS Aero UK Youth Champs with Class racing set over the three RS Aero Classes providing good sailing for all sizes of youngsters. The entrants were aged from 13 to 21…
The RYA has today written to the Union Internationale Motonautique (UIM), the international federation for Powerboat Racing, to inform them that it will no longer act as national authority for powerboat racing in the UK with effect from 01 January 2019. This decision has been taken by the RYA’s Board, following a review of the…
Temperatures were scorching and so was the on water action as Kent based Powerboat Racing Team Jelf Racing headed to Bedford last weekend (4/5 August) for the 2018 Powerboat GP RYA British Sprint Championships. With team racers competing in four of the seven championship classes the team had their work cut out to make it…
British Powerboat Racer Ben Jelf (18, Harrietsham) this weekend heads to Latvia for the UIM F4 European championships. The European championships will take place in Aluksne, Latvia over the 14th & 15th July. The British hopeful will make the journey 2800 mile round trip in a bid to add a 5th European championship crown to…
Mercury Racing is pleased to announce the Powerboat P1 SuperStock outboard racing series is repowering for the 2019 season with the all-new 4.6L V-8 four-stroke 300R outboard. P1 SuperStock, presented by Mercury Racing, is a one-design, single-engine race series. The new 300R will replace Racing’s 300XS as the exclusive power for the series for both…
In a season that has spanned over 7 months with teams travelling to five Grand Prix weekends the 2017 Powerboat GP RYA British Championship comes to a close this weekend (7/8 October) as teams head to the WNT Grand Prix at Rother Valley, Sheffield. Over fifty racers have battled throughout the season in the bid…
The Jelf Racing team last weekend (5/6 August) travelled to Stewartby, Bedford for the 2017 Powerboat GP RYA British Sprint Championships in a bid to fight for 5 British championship titles. The Kent based powerboat racing team made the journey to battle it out at a stand alone event that would see seven British Powerboat…
Last weekend (1/2 July) saw 10 competitors from Great Britain, Poland and Estonia head to Stewartby, Bedford for the UIM GT30 European Championships. Competitors would compete over the weekend first battling for pole position during qualifying and then competing in four heats of racing with the best three heats to count. Quickly getting down to…
Global powerboat championships, the P1 Grand Prix of the Sea, which is heading to Milford Waterfront next month has attracted high profile sponsors from across Wales. Thousands of spectators are expected to descend on Milford Haven on Saturday 15th and Sunday 16th July to watch the world’s top powerboat racing teams go head to head in the…
