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July 29, 2010

Picture courtesy EMB photographics

Tom Barry-Cotter on 2 dollar equipment, the AUS 1 jinx and racing AOPC 525 Class.

We caught up with Tom after the two North Queensland races in Mackay and Townsville of the AOPC Class 1 Tom is racing together with his team mate Pal Virik Nilsen from Norway. Despite Tom’s positive feeling about the new …

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July 23, 2010

Blue Sheets acclimatise to North Wales by climbing Snowdon

In an attempt to acclimatise to the North Wales climate, Rob Martin attempted to summit the highest mountain in Wales to prepare for the latest round of the 2010 National Zapcat Championship. The next round of racing is to take place …

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July 19, 2010

ZapCat Edinburgh Grand Prix – Blue Sheets 1 Race Report

Edinburgh Grand Prix – Race Report
By Rob Martin (co-pilot: Blue Sheets 1)
 After the flat water of Belfast, it was onto another flat water race in Edinburgh with another technical course produced by the OOD with severe weather due over the …

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July 8, 2010

BLUE SHEETS RACING HOLD ON TO CHAMPIONSHIP LEAD

Saturday 3rd July saw sunshine and benign conditions in Leith Docks for the opening round of the Ocean Terminal Edinburgh Zapcat GP with a very fast and technical course that included a double M and a pit lap.
BladeRun and …

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June 15, 2010

Tom Barry-Cotter on testing new Maritimo boat, Team Qatar and Mackay

We catch up with Tom just as he is helping out at the Maritimo factory. Things are very hectic with the work to be done for Maritimo Racing and with aftermath of the Sanctuary Cove boat show on Australia’s Gold …

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June 7, 2010

BLUE SHEETS RACING ANNOUNCE GILL AS OFFICIAL TECHNICAL CLOTHING SUPPLIER

Blue Sheets Racing, current Zapcat National Champions, are pleased to announce that Gill are now the official technical clothing suppliers to all 3 race teams.
Gill have been watching the growth and popularity of the worlds largest one design powerboat championship …

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June 5, 2010

Interview Jeff Stevenson 5 June 2010

PowerboatPro was lucky enough to hook up with Jeff Stevenson of JBS Racing on his way to the Sunny Isles / Bimini Run. We talked with Jeff about how he became involved in racing, his love for boats and the …

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May 26, 2010

HRT Hughes Reel Time; NZ 2009 season in review

HRT – Opening season review. Sam Hughes takes us back to 2009 and to New Zealand and looks back  to the 2009 season with PowerboatPro. Read below how Sam did in continuing the Hughes legacy in New Zealand. 
Coming into 2009 …

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May 21, 2010

AOPC New Race Format at Mackay and Townsville Events

19th May 2010
The Offshore Superboat Championship will have a new 2 race format for the Mackay and Townsville events.
Having 2 races on the same day will be great for race fans with the Mackay race 1 on Sunday 27th June …

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May 4, 2010

Jeff Stevenson crowned “King of the Desert” at Lake Havasu

April 25th 2010
JBS Racing headed West for the first time to see what the 50′ turbine powered Mystic could do. Jeff Stevenson and Joe Skrocki blew the competition out of the water with the highest speeds Lake Havasu has ever …

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