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Fatal Accidents during offshore powerboat racing. "Weirwolf" a 23 ft Whitehorse powered by 2 x 175 hp Mercury outboards. Boat nose dived into a wave and broke in half. Co-driver Michael Meeng escaped uninjured. [ 51] [ 53] Pironi was previously a Formula One racing driver for Ferrari.
The boat was participating in the Race World Offshore World Championship, which ends Sunday. Some of the boats can reach speeds of up to 160 mph, according to the Monroe County Tourist Development ...
P1Offshore.com. The UIM Class 1 World Powerboat Championship (also known as Class 1) is an international motorboat racing competition for powerboats organized by the Union Internationale Motonautique (UIM). It is the premier class of offshore powerboat racing in the world. Class 1 is considered one of the most spectacular marine motorsports.
The Miami Marine Stadium is a marine stadium on Virginia Key, Miami, Florida, United States. The facility, completed in 1963 on land donated to the City of Miami from the Matheson family, is the first stadium purpose-built for powerboat racing in the United States. The stadium was abandoned in 1992 when officials declared it unsafe following ...
A Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission photograph shows damage on the left side of a boat that struck a navigational marker off Key West on Oct. 6, 2023. The crash killed a 46-year ...
The Boat Race course, known as the Championship Course, is four miles and 374 yards (6.8 km) long. It stretches between Putney and Mortlake on the River Thames in south west London.
Offshore powerboat racing is a type of racing by ocean-going powerboats, typically point-to-point racing . In most of the world, offshore powerboat racing is led by the Union Internationale Motonautique (UIM) regulated Class 1 and Powerboat P1. [ 1] In the US, offshore powerboat racing is led by the APBA/UIM and consists of races hosted by ...
The Boat Race 2024 was a series of side-by-side rowing races in London which took place on 30 March 2024. Held annually, The Boat Race is contested between crews from the universities of Oxford and Cambridge , usually along a 4.2-mile (6.8 km) tidal stretch of the River Thames , known as the Tideway, in south-west London.