Inside Powerboats
A Powerboat P1 race is an experience like no other. At events, you can watch the
action from the harbour or the beach, get close-up and personal with the crews and
their boats, or just chill in the public bar or VIP hospitality, with a host of
entertainment to keep you amused when the boats are out of the water.
With seven rounds and the non-championship Cowes-Torquay-Cowes race on the calendar
for 2008, there’s every chance that Powerboat P1 is stopping at a port near you.
San Benedetto del Tronto provides a new home for the Italian season-opener, before
Powerboat P1 visits France and the coastal city of Marseille for the first time
at the end of May. After the return of a traditional favourite in the shape of Malta,
hosted in the island’s capital city of Valetta, the Powerboat P1 crews head to Africa’s
north coast and the city of Hammamet in the small Arab nation of Tunisia.
The summer break gives Powerboat P1 crews the chance to take part in the notoriously
gruelling four-hour Cowes-Torquay-Cowes endurance race. Few teams will be able to
resist the lure of one of offshore racing’s most famous events. From there, the
teams head to the new Spanish event in the industrial port of Vigo, then take in
one of Powerboat P1’s most popular races in Portimao on the southern Algarve coast
of Portugal. To round off the year, a new event in the Middle East island state
of Bahrain provides a fitting season finale.
There’s no better way to experience Powerboat P1 than from inside the harbour, so
come inside and see what’s going on…