Auckland Powerboat Racing

Auckland City — On a typical Auckland day the New Zealand Offshore Powerboats raced on Auckland Harbour completing the seventh race in their eight race 2012 series.

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Auckland — The penultimate race of the Rayglass New Zealand Offshore Powerboat Series took place on Auckland Harbour today with everyone keen to get out on the course and show the Auckland crowds what they were made of.

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Auckland — Leading this weekend’s 27 February third round of the Jetpro Jetsprint Championship, the rotary engine powered boat of Wanganui’s Peter Huijs is top-billed of the 30 teams contesting the Meremere round south of Auckland.

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Auckland — After two races dominating the superboat class of the Rayglass Offshore Powerboat Series, 'Fairview' were prevented from completing their hat trick by the impressive return of 'Doosan' who had struggled in the previous two races with ballast issues.

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Auckland — Round Three of the Rayglass New Zealand Offshore Powerboats takes place on Saturday 12th February off the coast of Maraetai on South Auckland's East Coast.

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Auckland — It was all action on the waters of Auckland Harbour today with the final of the Rayglass New Zealand Offshore Powerboat Championship.

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Auckland City — Things just got hotter for the Rayglass New Zealand Offshore Powerboat final taking place on Auckland Harbour this Saturday with the return of 'Fairview Windows and Doors' in the Superboat Class.

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Auckland — The eighth and final round of the Rayglass New Zealand Offshore Powerboats takes place on Saturday 8th May on Auckland's waterfront and promises to be an exciting spectacle as the boats roar up the harbour, creating an atmosphere of colour, noise, and the smell of high octane fuel.

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Auckland City — Auckland's waterfront will resound with the sound of throbbing V8s and roaring big block engines on Saturday the 8th May when big production boats from all parts of Auckland assemble on the water by the Hilton Hotel to compete in the inaugural Kohler Power Big Boat Race.

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Auckland — Racing in some of the most pleasant conditions seen in Gulf Harbour, north of Auckland, for several seasons, a strong field contested the third round of the 2010 Rayglass NZ Offshore Powerboat Championship today (20 February).

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Auckland City — A race course offshore from the Gulf Harbour marina in Whangaparaoa, north of Auckland, awaits competitors in the popular Rayglass NZ Offshore Powerboat Championship on Saturday 20 February.

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Auckland — Choppy conditions off Gulf Harbour, north of Auckland, didn’t detract from the sheer excitement of winning their first championship titles for Tony Coleman and Chris Handley in ‘Cure Kids’ and Greg Brinck and Eldon Archer in ‘Konica Minolta’ in the final round of the 2009 Rayglass New Zealand Offshore Powerboat Championship.

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Auckland — With winds of over 50 knots predicted for Saturday afternoon and waves of over two metres already building at Gulf Harbour, officials for the Rayglass New Zealand Offshore Powerboat Championship have postponed the final race by one day.

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Whangaparaoa — A testing offshore race course out from the Gulf Harbour Marina at the end of the Whangaparaoa Peninsula awaits competitors in the final round of the 2009 Rayglass New Zealand Offshore Powerboat Championship on Saturday 2 May.

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Auckland — The executive of the New Zealand Offshore Powerboat Association (NZOPA) has announced the decision to move the final round of the 2009 to Gulf Harbour, rather than holding it in Auckland as originally planned.

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Auckland — Superboat Fairview Windows & Doors has taken the second 100-mile win of the 2009 Rayglass NZ Offshore Powerboats Championship in fine conditions at Maraetai, south-east of Auckland, while Konica Minolta scored its first outright race win in the 60-mile.

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Auckland — An open sea race course set off Maraetai Beach on the Pohutukawa Coast south-east of Auckland will be contested by competitors in the 2009 Rayglass New Zealand Offshore Powerboat Racing Championship on Saturday 28 February.

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Auckland — Low cloud and steady rain have prevented competitors in the Rayglass New Zealand Offshore Powerboat Championship from racing on the Gulf Harbour course on Saturday 14 February.

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Auckland — An open sea race course off the Gulf Harbour marina, north of Auckland, will host the second round of the 2009 Rayglass New Zealand Offshore Powerboat Racing Championship on Saturday 14 February.

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