| Endurance Boat Racing is the ability to achieve and | | | | The event will once again be sanctioned by the |
| maintain the following skills in boating:o Staying | | | | American Power Boat Association (APBA), and it is |
| powero Patienceo Survivalo Staminao Fortitudeo | | | | expected that a very large number of teams will |
| Continued existence | | | | enter to try and break the APBA Endurance Record |
| Most popular Boat Racing Categories:o Offshoreo | | | | of 5 Hours 13 Minutes to cover the 300 miles set at |
| Open cockpito Closed cockpito Formula 1o Fresh | | | | last year's event. These type endurance boat races |
| water lakeo Kayako Ski boat endurance | | | | are held all over the world. |
| Driving an F1 powerboat is like piloting a fighter jet. | | | | Kayak events in Port Lincoln's Water Warriors |
| Take a seat inside the fully enclosed safety capsule | | | | became registered members of Dragon Boat South |
| of a F1 powerboat and go at full throttle; if it were | | | | Australia with a paddling group of eighteen. Also the |
| not for being on the water you would think that you | | | | 10th Australian Masters' Games took place on the |
| were in a fighter jet over Iraq. | | | | River Torrens in Adelaide in October, 2005. They |
| The propellers of these water crafts are specially | | | | trained fighting elements such as hail, rain, and |
| designed. They are secrets of the trade and one of | | | | sunshine to race against the clock testing their |
| the many parts of the powerboat that design plays | | | | endurance. |
| in winning. This is referred to as a 'black art' of the | | | | A final endurance boat racing is ski boat racing in |
| sport. Water is one of the hardest materials to | | | | which a team of skiers compete in a relay type race. |
| include in any form of technical analysis, thanks to | | | | These skiers compete in a barefoot skiing completion |
| the way the water is changing as the propeller is | | | | to prove their team is the most dominant and |
| pushing the boat across the surface at | | | | consistent. They compete on lakes plus rivers, in |
| one-hundred-miles-per-hour. This multifaceted surface | | | | smooth and rough water. |
| is why the propeller design is kept secret. | | | | Each boat contains a team of four to six |
| Choosing the right propeller; teams can often bring | | | | barefoot-skiers plus a judge. The race proceeds |
| six propeller designs to a race, and will make their | | | | relay-style with team members taking turns bare |
| final choice as the boat is being put into the water, | | | | footing at speeds of 40-55 miles per hour. When one |
| keeping its design secret from the competition. | | | | goes down, he is replaced. The competition lasts for |
| Fresh water Lake power boat racing; like the | | | | a distance of twenty to forty miles. The purpose of |
| Memorial, 300 Mile Endurance Race from Crazy Beach | | | | the race is to test the endurance of the team for |
| at Crazy Horse Campground in Lake Havasu, Arizona. | | | | the length of the itinerary. |