2023 Ocean Cup - World Speed Records

2023 World Speed Records

Putting OCEAN back in OFFSHORE

Powerboat Racing,

first endurance races frequently spanning By the mid-1990s, OFF-shore races moved to a track style boats raced up and down the shoreline for a number of Unlike circuit races held within sight of land, Ocean Cup man and machine will be taking on the forces of nature

Ocean Cup, embracing the heritage of powerboat racing, series of long distance world endurance speed records sea worthy craft capable of undertaking independent, extended offshore passages.

first recognized as a sport in 1904, began as point-to-point spanning hundreds of miles of open ocean. style format and became NEAR-shore races ... of pre-determined laps.

Cup events are point-to-point competitions in open seas. nature for a true test of power, endurance, and navigation. racing, is presenting a

designed for

GOVERNING

GLOBAL - THE OLYMPIC STANDARD

Established in 1922, the Union Internationale Motonautique is the world governing body for all powerboating activities. The UIM is fully recognized by the International Olympic Committee.

NATIONAL AUTHORITY

Founded in 1903, the American Association is the sole powerboat racing in the is the sanctioning authority

Every year APBA sanctions nationwide in 13 different

GOVERNING BODIES

AUTHORITY

American Power Boat

sole governing body for the United States and authority for the UIM. sanctions over 150 races different categories.

POINT-TO-POINT ENDURANCE

Since 2013, Ocean Cup has working closely with APBA and UIM to produce World Speed Records designed for sea worthy, offshore craft capable of undertaking independent, extended offshore passages in unprotected waters.

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Beach - 415 miles

112.5 miles

Shipwreck - 110 miles and Back - 128 miles - 137 miles

4 - Gateway Marathon

3 - Miami around SS Sapora

NorCal to SoCal

September 15, 2023 415 miles

Endurance runs between San Francisco and Los Angeles date back to 1929 when the race was against the clock and the sea — a genuine sea race — run far offshore, not round and round on a spectator-friendly short course.

This type of endurance run hearkens back to the old days of offshore racing, when it was man, machine, and compass against the savage ocean.

San Francisco to Long Beach 415 miles

Side trip into Marina del Rey adds 34 miles

OCEAN CALL TO ADVENTURE

CUP ®

ADVENTURE

Class: CC 35-45'

Average Speed: 68.92mph

Elapsed Time: 1 hr 31 min 5 sec

MTI 42-V - Quintuple Mercury 450R 10/1/2021

Class: A 40-45'

Average Speed: 112.19mph

Elapsed Time: 1 hr 0 min 10 sec

Mystic 52' - Twin Mercury 1350 10/1/2021

Class: B <30'

Top Speed: 90.06mph

Average Speed: 65.84mph

Elapsed Time: 1 hr 42min 31sec 28' Batboat - Twin Mercury 300R 9/30/2022

Jay Johnson & Nigel Hook

Austin Carver & Mike Carver

Kyle Lancom & Tim Pattison

Rum Run - Pacific Airshow®

September 27-October 1, 2023 - 112.5 miles

Class: B 40-45'

Average Speed: 81.33mph*

Elapsed Time: 1 hr 24min*

47' Outerlimits - Twin Mercury 1350

9/30/2022

Tony Adams & Steve Seaton

Rum Run hosted by

3M+ People on Average

20 Aerial Acts with 48 Planes

21K+ Tickets Sold on Average

by Pacific Airshow®

3 Days of Action Packed Activities

200M+ Social Media Impressions on Average $2.1M Average Earned Media

Rum Run hosted by Pacific Airshow® Huntington Beach, CA

BOATS ON MAIN

After Friday's world record race, teams relocate to Main Street directly across from the world famous Huntington Beach Pier the epicenter of Pacific Airshow. Saturday and Sunday hundreds of thousands of fans will be up close and personal with the pilots and their extreme offshore boats.

The World Famous HUNTINGTON BEACH PIER Pacific Coast Highway & Main Street

CALL TO ADVENTURE

ADVENTURE

Huntington

Class: Center Console 35-45'

MTI 42-V with Quintuple Mercury 450R

Average: 68.92mph

Time: 1 hr 31 min 5 sec

2021 World Record Holders - Austin Carver & Mike Carver

Photo: Daren VanRyte

Beach around Catalina

Miami around

The SS Sapona was a concrete-hulled cargo steamer that The shipwreck lies in 17 foot deep water and is 4 miles easily visible above the water, and is both a navigational

around SS Sapona

that ran aground near Bimini during a hurricane in 1926. miles south of Bimini Island in the Bahamas. The wreck is navigational landmark for boaters and a popular dive site.

Sailfish Marina Where The Season

Marina Resort Season Never Ends!

The Historic Gateway

The Gateway Marathon was a classic offshore endurance Cup and international race promoter Powerboat P1 revived Straits of Florida in a 200-mile round trip.

First recognized as a sport in 1904, offshore powerboat frequently spanning hundreds of miles of open ocean. in a track style format where even the outside leg can

Keeping alive the true spirit of powerboat racing, the designed for sea worthy, offshore craft capable of competing The worlds biggest race track!

Gateway Marathon

endurance race held between 1964 and 1969. In 2019, Ocean revived the Gateway Marathon which twice crosses the powerboat racing began as point-to-point, endurance races ocean. In the mid-1990s, offshore became near-shore racing can be clearly seen from the shoreline.

the Ocean Cup World Speed Record competitions are competing in offshore racing across the open ocean.

Farallon Island

August 23-26,

Farallon Islands

Golden Gate

Island Challenge

23-26, 2023

Gate Bridge

Alcatraz Island

Putting OCEAN back in

OFFSHORE

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