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Offshore boats are just that. These boats usually race out in the open ocean on very large courses. In racing out in the ocean, the conditions can be very different to the regular cicuit racing. Due to the condiotions, these boats are ganerally larger than most of the other boats you'll find racing in Australia.
Offshore classes include nearly the entire gamut of boat designs. Inboard and Outboard tunnel designs, inboard and outboard mono hulls. Ranging in size from Production Classes all the way up to the ocean going monsters of supercharged triple engined tunnel hulls. These boats can measure up to 15 metres in length.
These classes are the most active hydroplane classes in Australia at this time:
CLASS 1
CLASS 2
CLASS 3 - 1 LITRE
CLASS 3 - 1.3 LITRE
CLASS 3 - 2 LITRE
CLASS 3 - 4 LITRE
CLASS 3 - 5 LITRE
NATIONAL "A" CLASS
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- as at August 2006
| Boat |
Driver |
Speed (kph) |
Venue |
Date |
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| CLASS 1 |
| MARITIMO |
B Barry-Cotter / P McGrath |
242.89 |
Eagle Point Bay |
3.11.03 |
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| CLASS 2 |
| MURRAY MORE STEEL |
J Rumler /
P Lingard |
148.43 |
St Kilda |
17.5.97 |
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| CLASS 3 - 1 LITRE |
| HAWK I |
B Tootel |
71.63 |
Ricketts Point |
4.7.81 |
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| CLASS 3 - 1.3 LITRE |
| ERNIES MILK CART |
P Hawkins |
76.33 |
Glenmaggie |
18.9.77 |
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| CLASS 3 - 2 LITRE |
| THE HUNTER |
M Lynne |
104.31 |
Ricketts Point |
4.7.81 |
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| CLASS 3 - 4 LITRE |
| SHIFTY |
P Gibb /P Fowlds |
137.25 |
Eagle Point Bay |
3.11.03 |
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| CLASS 3 - 6 LITRE |
| GLOBAL RACING |
M Gilbert |
149.40 |
Eagle Point Bay |
3.11.03 |
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| NATIONAL "A" CLASS |
| ZOOM ZOOM |
S Thomas / A DeFina |
118.23 |
Eagle Point Bay |
3.11.03 |
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