Water Sports

7/6/2026 |  F1 Powerboat National Championships Returns to Pittsburgh in 2027 (SportsTravel) The Formula One Powerboat National Championships will return to Pittsburgh’s Three Rivers for the first time in a decade next year, headlining the city’s Fourth of July celebration in 2027 as part of a two-day land and water event.
The event will mark the beginning of a three-year partnership between SportsPITTSBURGH, a division of VisitPITTSBURGH, and the International Hot Rod Association (IHRA) Powerboat Series.

12/30/2025 |  Two French sailors in a 35-foot boat are set to win handicap honors in the Sydney to Hobart race (Associated Press (AP)) HOBART, Australia (AP) — Two French sailors based on the Pacific island of New Caledonia — one of them a former windsurfing Olympian — have overcome tough Sydney to Hobart seas on one of the fleet’s smallest boats to all but clinch handicap honors in the annual race.

11/13/2025 |  MarineMax Posts Q4 Loss, Same-Store Sales Gain 2.3 Percent (SGB UPDATE)

MarineMax Inc. reported a small loss in its fiscal fourth quarter ended September 30, primarily due to higher costs and lower sales resulting from fewer new boat sales and rationalization efforts, including store closures, over the last year. Same-store sales increased 2.3 percent, driven by strength in used boat sales.

Fiscal 2025 Fourth Quarter Summary

• Revenue of $552.2 million
• Same-store sales increase 2.3 percent
• Gross profit of 34.7 percent
• Reported and Adjusted net loss per share of 4 cents
• Net loss of $0.9 million
• Adjusted EBITDA of $17.3 million

10/3/2025 |  Pilots at the helm of E1’s new wave (Insider Sport) E1 is making headlines with celebrity team owners and futuristic electric boats, but it is the pilots who are shaping the series’ identity. Insider Sport caught up with four of them back in June to find out more.
E1 may have captured headlines with its celebrity owners and spaceship-like electric boats, but it is the pilots who are shaping the sport’s identity.
Drawn from backgrounds as varied as rally driving, jet ski racing and endurance motorsport, they are the human face of a series that is still working to prove its commercial case.

7/14/2025 |  BRP Inc. Agrees to Sell Manitou Boat Business to Owners of Bentley Pontoons (SGB UPDATE) BRP Inc., the Canada-based parent of Sea-Doo, Ski-Doo and Lynx, has entered into a definitive agreement whereby members of the Marcott family, owners of Bentley Pontoons, will acquire Manitou Pontoon Boats assets in Lansing, Michigan.