16th December, 2008
The DVD of the event is now available. The price is £10. Please use the contact form if you wish to order one. Thank you.

8th September, 2008
Pictures of the Guernsey races thanks to Richard Page
http://www.guernsey2008.worldoffshore.com/images_0

Pictures by http://www.richard-page.com/
The new UIM World Offshore Champions Roy Smith and Peter Philipson in their Ocke Mannerfelt designed boat - Condor Ferries - Class 3C

7th September, 2008

Race 3

Roy Smith and Peter Philipson win the UIM Class 3C World Offshore Championship 2008
Please click below for pdf's of results (subject to 1 hour protest period and post race scrutineering)
Race 3 Results
Championship Positions
Lap Chart
Lap Speeds

Race 2

Race 2 Results
Lap Chart
Lap Speeds

Picture by Dave Ormiston
C11 Caprisa Yamamay wins first race
C54 Condor Ferries 2nd
C22 GT One 3rd

6th September, 2008

Races 2 &3

Races postponed to 9am and 1pm Sunday

5th September, 2008

Publicity

Latest Guernsey Press article
http://www.thisisguernsey.com/2008/09/04/walsh-takes-on-the-world-in-eba...

Boats on Official Practice
picture courtesy of Guernsey Press

4th September, 2008

Race 1 Cancelled

At the 11:00hrs briefing, it was announced that Race 1 has been cancelled and in view of the Weather forecast, the Lay Day will not be used. It is hoped Race 2 will take place on Saturday and the briefing and timetable will be as per the Race Instructions. Despite the organisers setting a Rough Weather Course, the conditions were not safe enough to rescue people from the water, and so the OOD and the Safety Officer had to cancel Race 1. Friday's Official Practice has been cancelled.

1st September, 2008

Now we are 17

All but one of the World's leading Class 3C boats are now in Guernsey for the World Offshore Championship. With only Roy Smith from Jersey set to arrive Tuesday afternoon, 17 race boats now line the Pits in Guernsey.

Latest images http://www.guernsey2008.worldoffshore.com/images_1

Monday saw a very successful Safety Briefing for Guard Boats, Medics, Doctors and Divers. Led by Edward Fattorini - OOD, Robbie Dodsworth - Safety Officer, and Clive Maides - Course Offficial, almost 200 people attended the Briefing to support the event and provide the best possible safety cover for the competitors.

The World Leading Tracking system is now being installed on race boats and test results can be seen on
http://digimap.touw.org.uk/SeaMap2600.html and
http://tracking.digimap.gg/tracking.htm
These will be the sites for race day
Please note, the positions of the boats are only updates when the units are switched on and the boats are moving.

31st August, 2008

First boats arrive for UIM World Offshore Championship

Today, 7 boats arrived from Europe to compete in this prestigious event. With 2 boats from Italy, 3 from France and 1 from Sweden, more are expected to arrive tomorrow, including most of the English fleet.

Pictured - the pits first thing on Sunday morning

28th August, 2008

New Tracking System

Guernsey has developed a new tracking system which has been tested for the last few months and is ready for action. The information from the tracking system will be displayed on a web page. Please visit this site prior to the race for a link to the tracking system page.

17th August, 2008

Signing on Times

Details of the signing in times have been. Please visit http://www.guernsey2008.worldoffshore.com/competitors_pages for details.
In view of the arrival dates and times of the competitors, a full Competitors briefing has been set for Tuesday 2nd September at 18:00hrs. Please let the organisers know if this will be difficult for you to attend.

16th August, 2008

RIB Rally

Details of the RIB Rally have been published on a new page
http://www.guernsey2008.worldoffshore.com/rib_rally
with many thanks to Welcome to Sark

Web Site: http://www.welcometosark.com

8th June, 2008

Diego Testa & Giovanni Di Meglio of Italy win European Championship in their boat Carpisa-Yamamay

See http://www.guernsey2008.worldoffshore.com/sites/powerboats.digimap.gg/fi... for copy of final results

Francois Pinelli was 2nd in Spirit of Corsica and Massimo Capofferi was 3rd in W.S.A.
Diego Testa has entered for the UIM World Offshore Championship in Guernsey

7th June, 2008

European Championship Race 1 results

See http://www.guernsey2008.worldoffshore.com/previous_results for information

29th May, 2008

Former World Champion enters World Championship

Roy Smith - World Champion in Class 3, 2 litre in 2003 has joined a number of excellent racers in entering for the September event. Roy will have one of the shortest distances to travel, living in the sister Channel Island of Jersey.

12th May, 2008

RYA approves Courses

The RYA has announced their approval of the Courses and Event Information for the World Offshore Championship. They have also advised that John Puddifoot will be the RYA Commissioner for the event.

11th May, 2008

More great entries received for the World Championship in Guernsey

The World Champion of 2004 - Thomas and Annika Wrenkler and the current European Champion, Johan & Magnus Sjolander have confirmed they will be racing in September. Both entries are from Sweden.

16th April, 2008

Per Benson appointed UIM Commissioner

Per Benson, the UIM Cominoff Chairman has been appointed the UIM Commissioner for the UIM World Offshore Championship in Guernsey.

27th March, 2008

First 2 UK entries received

C13 - Brian & Pat Peedell - B23 Mannerfelt "BatBoat"
C56 - Dave Simpkins & Scotty - B23 Mannerfelt "BatBoat"
have officially entered for the UIM World Offshore Championship - see new "Runners and Rider page"

17th March, 2008

Mercury XR2 engines

The UIM Cominoff President, Mr Per Benson, has announced that Cominoff accepted to allow the XR2 engine for the Championship races in 2008. So you can all come and race in Guernsey!

27th February, 2008

Use Google Earth?

Click here to see the provisional Turn Buoy positions on Google Earth? Requires Google Earth to be installed on your computer before opening.

WPPA and UIM reach agreement

Excellent news - Class 1 World Powerboat Championship will return to racing under the aegis of the sport’s World Governing Body – the UIM, in an agreement reached in Dubai between WPPA President, Saeed Hareb and recently elected UIM President, Raffaele Chiulli.

1st January, 2008

Wed 3 - 8 September – UIM 2 LITRE OFFSHORE POWERBOAT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

Following on from the fantastic success of the 2006 & 2007 opening rounds of the Royal Yachting Association UK National Offshore Powerboat series in Guernsey the Union Internationale Motonautiqe (www.uimpowerboating.com) awarded the island the 2008 2 litre Offshore Powerboat World Championships.

Régine Vandekerckhove - Secretary General of the UIM

This event will see teams battle for the famous & coveted crown of UIM 2 Litre Offshore Powerboat World Champions over a series of 3 races. The courses will run in the exciting waters between Guernsey & Sark & will start & finish outside St. Peter Port. Spectators will be able to see the racing action from vantage points at castle Cornet & elsewhere on Guernsey's south east coast. The action is guaranteed not to disappoint with 30+ closely matched boats battling it out in the Islands challenging waters!

The race pits and entertainment areas are to be situated on the East arm of the QE2 marina. Here the high tech race boats will be on full display to the public with teams expected from Italy, France, Scandinavia and many other countries competing in a variety of boat designs.

The event is organised and run by the Guernsey Powerboat Association and the UK Offshore Racing Drivers Association.