1st David Selley & Mathew Smith 2nd Shaki Easton & Shane Madeiros 3rd Cleveland Maybury & Joshua Usher 4th Ryan Davidge & Hayne 5th Craig Nesbitt Sr. & Craig Nesbitt Jr.
Round the Island
Flag Honors - David Selley & Mathew Smith (New Record)
A Class
0:55:11 Mathew Smith & David Selley 0:56:04 Shaki Easton & Shane Medeiros 0:59:40 Ryan Davidge & Richard Davidge
B Class
0:57:02 Quince Dowling & Tai Bean 1:04:35 Cleveland Maybury & Joshua Usher 1:06:30 Craig Nesbitt Sr. & Craig Nesbitt Jr.
D Class
1:05:43 Geoffrey Willoughby & MaKinday Johansen
S Class
0:40:09 Andrew Cunningham & Henry Talbot 1:10:56 Justin Renaud & Daric Seymour
Friday, September 28, 2018
Powerboat Race Called Off for Sunday
Unfortunately the weather is not cooperating to have the final Bermuda Power Boat Association Race this Sunday, September 30th.
According to the Commodore Robert Cardwell said, “The forecast calls for 22 knots from the north.”
“Racing for this Sunday and prize giving is postponed to Sunday 7th October at Spanish Point Boat Club,” concluded Cardwell.
Sunday, August 12, 2018
RUBiS Around the Island Powerboat Race 2018
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The 2018 RUBiS Around the Island Powerboat Race was held today with a fleet of 17 boats registered to race.
Four A Class boats began the race powering out of Ferry Reach heading up the North Shore before heading into Hamilton and then west around Five Star Island and then Dockyard around the head and down the South Shore before going around St. David’s head, back onto the North shore and back into the pillions and to the finish line.
David Selley and Matthew Smith dominated the race and took class honors, also setting an A Class record clocking 55:11, Shaki Easton and Shane Madeiros were second in the Class clocking 56:04.
The B Class was the largest class this year with eight boats racing through the startline, Quince Dowling and Tai Bean powered their boat to the Class Line honors stopping the clock in 57:02, Cleveland Maybury and Joshua Usher were second in 1:04:35.
Despite incurring a 9 minute penalty assessed due to incorrect start the D Class honors went to Geoffrey Willoughby and MaKinday Johansen who crossed the line in 1:05:43.
Andrew Cunningham and Henry Talbot clocked a time of 40:09 to claim the S Class honors.
2018 RUBiS Around the Island Powerboat Race Class Results:
A – Class
0:55:11 Mathew Smith & David Selley 0:56:04 Shaki Easton & Shane Medeiros 0:59:40 Ryan Davidge & Richard Davidge DNF Jody Carreiro & Tony Carreiro
B – Class
0:57:02 Quince Dowling & Tai Bean 1:04:35 Cleveland Maybury & Joshua Usher 1:06:30 Craig Nesbitt Sr. & Craig Nesbitt Jr. 1:19:15 Esperanza Sobroda & Shae Johnson 1:26:40 John Cook & Sanchea Douglas DNF Rodrae Wilson & Sanjay Ramatar DNS Jordan Fletcher & Mark Selley
0: 40:09 Andrew Cunningham & Henry Talbot 1:10:56 Justin Renaud & Daric Seymour DNF Steven Bridges & Keith Bridges
During the race Steven and Keith Bridges were involved in an accident with Keith Bridges ejected from the boat and transported to KEMH.
Reports confirmed that Keith Bridges is ok and resting comfortably in KEMH under observation.
Friday, August 10, 2018
2018 Around the Island Power Boat Entries
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The Around the Island Power Boat Race is scheduled to take place this coming Sunday August 12th with boats taking to the Ferry Reach start line at 2.00pm.
To date a total of 15 boats have registered for the race, with the B Class having 8 entries. Shaki Easton and Shane Medeiros will either power A26 or D007 on the day.
A – Class
Ryan Davidge & Richard Davidge - A16 Mathew Smith & David Selley - A29 Shaki Easton & Shane Medeiros - A26 Jody Carreiro & Tony Carreiro - A77
B – Class
Sadune Raynor & Rickai Raynor - B4 Jordan Fletcher & Mark Selley - B8 Cleveland Maybury & Joshua Usher - B9 Rodrae Wilson & Rickai Raynor - B100 Quincy Jones & Tai Bean - B441 Craig Nesbitt Sr. & Craig Nesbitt Jr. - B177 Esperanza Sobroda & Shae Johnson - B113 Darius Zuill & Taariq Butterfield - B37
Steven Bridges & Aaron Sims - S20 Andrew Cunningham & Henry Talbot - S22
There will be a staggered start as follows:
A Class: 2:00pm B Class: 2:07pm C Class: 2:14pm D Class: 2:17pm S Class: 2:20pm
Tuesday, June 26, 2018
McCallan Set to Make History
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Kim McCallan, the former Bermuda Power Boat Association Commodore, is making headlines and history.
McCallan is presently in the UK to take her position as the first Bermudian female to be the Officer of the Day from June 28th to July 31st, where she will be the overall person in charge of the International Powerboat Race Club (IPRC) Round 2 of the Marathon Class World Offshore Championship race, the Harmsworth Trophy and Round 2 of the Class 3 British Offshore Championship races.
The number of boats entered into each of the races will be announced shortly.
Whilst attending the IPRC races, McCallan will also be presenting one of the trophies and learning as much as she can from the IPRC in order to promote potential Bermuda powerboat racers and Bermuda into the International arena.
