Organizations
TCPBA -- Twin City Powerboat Association: This is the principal racing club in APBA Region 8 -- Minnesota, Iowa and Missouri. TCPBA organizes several racing events each summer, including approximately ten races. New racers, and other members, are always heartily welcomed.
APBA -- American Powerboat Association: The largest governing body for powerboat racing in the United States.
Powerboat Nationals: Experience the thrills of breath-taking and heart pounding Championship Powerboat Racing in a city near you.
APR Superleague: The hottest race boats in the world unleash full-bore exhilaration during professional powerboat racing -- Superleague style.
Forums
Boat Racing Facts: A forum created by Ron Hill and Ted March, dedicated to powerboat racing, yesterday and today
Mini Boat Madness: "Thank you for finding your way to the only forum committed to mini boats."
Scream and Fly: An online magazine dedicated to high performance powerboating, both racing and non-racing. They have a very large and busy forum.
HydroRacer.net: Those of us who race sitting down call them "kneel-down boats" or "knee jockeys." This site is mostly about stock, mod and PRO outboard racing. A couple of our club races include some of these guys, and they always put on a good show. High speeds in little slivers of boats.
How-To
AeroMarine Research: "Powerboat Performance Secrets and Design Details." Including TBDP, the Tunnel Boat Design Program.
Jamestown Distr.: Indexed table of how-to boatbuilding topics
Racing
Tabara Racing: "Tabara Racing has been in the racing business for nearly 30 years and won many divisional, regional, national, and world championships."
McCauley & Son Outboard Services: "We rework and produce winning racing props, especially for OPC classes Formula 1, SST-60, and SST-45. We also collect and rebuild Evinrude and Johnson two-stroke outboard motors and offer a few for sale."
Collector Boats: This site is dedicated to the vintage / classic boat and High Performance boat collector. We specialize in hard to find fiberglass boats, Outboard Motors, Propellers, rigging, Parts and accessories from the 1950s through the 1980s.
New Zealand Power Boat Association: "Here in NZ we race many types of craft on oval or triangular left hand turn tracks which range in overall length of between 1 and 2 kilometers. Our courses are on New Zealand’s many inland waterways, lakes, rivers and sheltered harbour's."
Racing in Ukraine. This site paints a picture of grass-roots boat racing with a lot of homebuilt boats and local fun. Photo Album
Boatbuilding, Design & Plans
Boat Design Net - boat design & boat building directory
BoatingLinks.com: Web Directory, find what you're looking for!
Buy and Sell Boats: Buy and Sell Boats provides one of the largest by owner sites on the internet for selling and buying boats.
Simplicity Boats: "This site is my attempt to offer some inspiration and information, for it was a hand full of inspired amateurs who most encouraged me to take the plunge and build my first boat. If you've been toying with the idea of building a boat, don't wait. DO IT NOW!" David Beede
John's Nautical & Boatbuilding Page: Including "The Mother of All Maritime Links" and much, much more.
Duckworks Boat Plan Index: Plans for "Fast Powerboats" from 8' to 32'
Duckworks Magazine: An online boating magazine.
Just For Fun
Grog's Animated Boating Knots:
Other Stuff
Pit Products: Manufacturer of high quality trailer accessories and race trailer storage solutions.
Sign Specialist: Design your own lettering with their online tools, review your graphics then place your order. You'll love the prices and the fast service.
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Dillon Racing Stuff: T-shirts, sweatshirts, and more....
Note: Store items come from a secondary supplier and can only be purchased through their shopping cart
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