On October 26, 2023, a team of engineering students at Princeton University—Princeton Electric Speedboating—set a new world record of 114.20 mph for an electric-powered boat. The famed pro-outboard ...

Ed Karelsen, who built championship race boats in all classes and in the unlimited hydroplane class in particular, died Saturday in Edmonds, H1 Unlimited said. He was 86. Karelsen’s Miss Bardahl and ...

SEATTLE – Dave Villwock, driver of the Ellstrom E-Lam Plus unlimited hydroplane, is closing in on two of powerboat racing’s historic marks. If he wins Sunday’s Chevrolet Cup race on Lake Washington, ...

KINGSTON — South Shore Outboard Association will hold the Kingston Sprint Cup Invitational, Granite State Title Series from Sept. 23-24. The event will feature small outboard hydroplane racing in a ...

MILL CREEK — Peter Olesen is squeezed into the tiny cockpit of an 11-foot racing boat that sits on a trailer in front of his Mill Creek home, fiddling with the steering wheel. He, his father, Steve, ...

The King family was a bit nervous the first time. Colton and Chance King were to hop on to a watercraft that topped out at 50 miles per hour. At the time, Colton and Chance were just 12 and 14 years ...

Racers from all over the western United States will take part in the American Power Boat Association 2008 Western Divisional Pro Outboard Hydroplane Championships at the South Thermalito Forebay ...

Hydroplanes and runners will occupy the Hampton Roads spotlight this weekend, with the Virginia State Hydroplane Championship races in Portsmouth, the 5K By the Bay in Newport News and the Norfolk ...