British powerboat racer, Andy Smith, tragically passed away last Wednesday, at the untimely age of 56.
Smith had been competing in the UKOPRA series since 2018, in a FB Design RIB named Pippa.
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The United Kingdom Offshore Powerboat Racing Association (UKOPRA) have posted their 2021 racing calendar and in the words of their chairman Kerry Bobin, it is 'ambitious'.
The FB Design RIB, Pippa, won the UKOPRA Poole Bay 100 in flat seas under late summer sun.
Whilst it was disappointing that both the Don Shead designed Uno Embassy and the wooden Cougar cat, Unipart Lambs didn't make the start line, it was certainly refreshing to see 14 boats take the green flag off Bournemouth Pier this afternoon, the first British offshore race of the season.
2020 has been a year to forget for the majority of us, however, the United Kingdom Offshore Powerboat Racing Association, (UKOPRA) have pulled out all the stops to ensure that their British racers get to enjoy at least two races in Poole, Dorset this weekend.
This weekend will see powerboat racing brothers Glynn and Lee Norvall return to action together for the first time in three years.
The pairing from Christchurch in Dorset will be racing a P1 Panther 28ft mono-hull boat in the Poole Bay 100, which is part of the UKOPRA World and National Offshore Championship.
The United Kingdom Offshore Powerboat Racing Association (UKOPRA) sounded a cautiously optimistic note about their 2020 offshore racing season today.
The British ITV television series, Harry Redknapp’s Sandbanks Summer, will feature the 2019 Cowes Torquay Cowes race in its second episode tonight.