CLASSIC OFFSHORE POWERBOAT CLUB

Where it all began!
Reproduced with the permission of Ed Williams-Hawkes

Make way for the Ladies...
Author Mike James

The Cowes-Torquay The Wood & Glass Years 1961 to 1970
Author Mike James

Cowes –Torquay Winners 1961 To 1970

The Cowes-Torquay Cigarettes, Tin Boats & Cats 1971 to 1981
Author Mike James

Cowes –Torquay Winners 1971 To 1980

The Cowes-Torquay, Della Valle, Diesels and Cats 1981 to 1990
Author Mike James

Cowes –Torquay Winners 1981 To 1990

TALES OF PAIN & PLEASURE The 2008 Round Britain Offshore Powerboat Race
Author Mike James

The Privateers
Author Mike James

Hamble to Cannes in a "Christina"
Author Bruce Campbell

South African Offshore
Author Mike James

MBY's Cowes-Torquay Albums
from 1965, 1966 & 1967
Author Charles Lawrence

Personalities of the sport

Sir Max Aitken
Author Mike James

T.E.B. "Tommy" Sopwith - The Cowes Torquay Master
Author Mike James

Bill Bunting - unsung backroom boys 1
Author Mike James

Ken Raybould - unsung backroom boys 2
Author Mike James

The Bad Boys of the sport and their boats.
Author Mike James

Bruce Campbell...Sidelines
Author Mike James

An interview with Clive Curtis
Courtesy of David Sewell - Raceboat Magazine

Famous raceboats of the sport

Don Shead Planatec
Author Mike James

Tramontana
Author Mike James

Tramontana II
Author Mike James

Ghost Rider
Author Mike James

Telstar
Author Mike James

Gee
Author Mike James

558
Author Mike James

A`Speranziella
Author Mike James

Thunderbolt
Author Mike James

Trident
Author Mike James

Monaco Mercury

Miss Enfield 2
Author Mike James

The Vosper Built - Flying Fish
Author Mike James

Apache / HTS
Author Mike James

Boatbuilding

The effects Fibreglass had on Boatbuilding
Author Bill Bunting

Aluminium Raceboats
Author Mike James

Engines of the sport

Engines
Author Mike James

Designers of the sport

Renato "Sonny" Levi
Author Mike James

Jim Wynn
Author Mike James

Lorne Campbell
Author John Moore

Alan V. Burnard
Author Charles Lawrence

The lost history of the sport

A catalogue of famous names destroyed never to be seen again.
Author Mike James