The 2025/26 Australian Offshore Superboa...
The 2025/26 Australian Offshore Superboat Championships will return to the New South Wales Hunter Valley and the waters of Lake Macquarie for the highly anticipated opening round of the new season, a season which promises some of the biggest fields in more than a decade, led by the stunning outright Supercat Extreme category that will feature a number of new and returning boats campaigned by both rookie and experienced crews.
Having worked tirelessly to re-establish themselves after setbacks post-Covid, the Australian Offshore Powerboat Club has been rewarded for their efforts with what will be the best field of boats to contest the Championship for more than ten years. Led by the impressive outright Supercat Extreme boats, there has been a big shakeup in every class of competition for the coming season leading to an air of excitement about what’s to come at Lake Macquarie.
Clear favourites to start the new campaign in Supercat Extreme will be Lake Macquarie locals ‘Boost Mobile/222 Offshore’ with reigning champions Darren Nicholson and Peter McGrath strapping in again to weather the coming storm, but whilst the team will use their immense experience; which includes World Championship victory – they know the new season will present some big challenges.
12-months ago at Lake Macquarie, Andrew Searle and Tom Barry-Cotter debuted their new look ‘ACME Racing’ Maritimo, the team having debuted in the final round of the previous season on the Gold Coast as a shakedown, the 2024/25 Offshore season their first real assault with the new boat where typically of a debut package, there were teething issues. This time around though after a big off season preparing new powerplants and making some further adjustments to the package, the multiple national champions are convinced they will present a much greater challenge to the ‘222’ team and are excited about the prospect of the season ahead.
But as they say in the commercials, that’s not all..!
In Port Adelaide back in April, another former Maritimo package made its return to the water under the flag of 2005 Bathurst 1000 winner Todd Kelly, the new-look ‘MOJO’ program put together in the two weeks ahead of the event with new owner Stuart Eustice and Kelly planning a full assault on the 2025/26 season, but electing to run Port Adelaide as a shakedown.
A big off-season for the ‘Kelly Performance’ supported team will see them look to push for podium finishes off the back of two wins on debut at Port Adelaide, although Kelly is quick to point out that they came at the expense of penalties and technical setbacks for their rivals; regardless, they impressed on debut and will be looking to send a message to the established teams that they’re looking for a championship!
And that leads us to the ‘new’ teams, led by two Championship winning crews; multiple Supercat Outboard Champions Antony De Fina and Matt Kelly, and multiple Supersports 85 Champions Mick and Jason Kelly (and yes, three of those Kellys are related, but interestingly, not to Todd Kelly..!)
For AOPC Commodore Antony De Fina, much of his life has been dominated by the sport, his father a pioneer in the category during its formative years, and like most competitors in the sport, his dreams had always centered on the outright category where finally, after many years of success in the Outboard classes, he’s made the leap after purchasing the former Team 3 Victory cat formerly campaigned in Australia by Adam Gilbert.
Joined again by wheel-man Matt Kelly, the pair are under no illusions about what to expect in their maiden season as they work the intricacies of managing a longer, heavier inboard engine boat against some very serious competition, but one thing is for certain, the package has the credentials and the team have immense experience in the sport, and like their rivals, they’re not entered just to make up the numbers, so will be good to watch in their debut season.
For reigning Supersports 85 Champions Mick and Jason Kelly, their plan had been to step into the Supercat Outboard class for season 2026, but through a number of changing circumstances found themselves faced with a 34-foot ‘Skater’ hull which once held both the Australian and New Zealand #1 titles; Hornet Racing the evolution of that, with what is arguably the most stunning paint scheme in the sport – they’ll be hard to miss.
Both teams know they have plenty of work ahead, experience teaching them that with graduation comes a whole new learning experience, but like the other experienced campaigners in the field, they’re not starting from ground zero so could present a challenge to the category’s more seasoned campaigners, especially if they face a setback.
Meanwhile for Philip Wiley and Darren Apps, two long time mates brought together over a passion for ski racing, they’ve emerged from the off-season break with their own project having taken delivery of Brett Luhrmann’s ‘Team Australia’ Maritimo. The duo will spend the new season coming to grips with a very different boat to what they’ve been accustomed too, but have also drafted in the experienced Paul Fowlds, the multiple outboard Offshore Champion running alongside Apps for the opening few races in accordance with regulations, which requires at least one experienced campaigner in the boat for the team’s first four races.
With their size, speed and sound, the Supercat Extreme boats are the most iconic in Offshore competition, but will by no means present the only focal point across the six 30-minute races at Lake Macquarie.
There’s been change in the Supercat Outboard category too in the off-season, most notable being that of reigning Champions ‘The Mantis’. Post-Port Adelaide the Antony De Fina built catamaran was sold on to rival Steve Lancaster of DLR Offshore fame, Lancaster campaigning the multiple championship winning boat under the ‘Kess Racing’ banner this season with the experienced Scott Kelly alongside.
They might be the ‘underdog’ as a new combination, but with the extra speed of twin Mercury 300Rs at his disposal, Lancaster will be able to take the fight directly to the ‘Sting’ pairing of Mike Ratcliffe and Karl Wall who despite missing Adelaide after their big off in Geelong, come into the new season fully repaired and fully prepared. They’re also looking for redemption after holding the championship points lead with De Fina and Kelly at the mid-point of last season, both teams having claimed three wins apiece to that point; for them, 2026 is about completing the job!
Whilst ‘Kess’ and ‘The Sting’ campaign the more powerful 300R engines, for ‘TCR Offshore’s’ Scott Richardson and Steve Kelly, they will have their hands full this season against ‘DLR Offshore’s’ new-look crew, with Craig Dove now joined by son Lachlan in the popular Victorian boat, both teams campaigning the older 300XS Mercury powerplants. Having completed the 2025 season second in points, DLR will be looking to maintain their place in the Championship and based on their reliability last season, will present a real threat to the faster teams.
In keeping with the graduation of champions through to the faster classes, the Supersports 85 category will have a new look to start the 25/26 season, but unlike the Supercat classes, this one has a twist.
Over recent years the battle for supremacy between Cootacraft’s Mark Pecherzeswki and the ‘The Colonel’ of Mick and Jason Kelly has been a highlight, two very different boats competing gunnel-to-gunnel at almost every round, and whilst the Kellys have emerged on top the last two seasons, there has been no doubt about which of the two boats is faster (remembering that the class is capped by GPS to 85mph), Pecherzewski though, lamenting a lack of reliability last season.
Sadly that lack of reliability saw a major overhaul in the off-season where frustratingly parts delays kept the mighty ‘Special Edition’ from readiness for Lake Macquarie, forcing a change in direction, and here’s the kicker..
Graduating to the Supercat Extreme class saw a vacancy in the Kelly family’s beloved ‘Colonel’; enter newly crowned Supersports 65 Champion Hary Bakkr.. Bakkr had designs on building a new ‘Razorcraft’ for the 2026 Supersports 85 season but work commitments (building Razorcrafts for customers) had sidelined the project, delivering the Kellys a solution to keeping their ‘Skater’ in the field. That vacancy and subsequent challenges to Shane Paton’s graduation to driver of ‘Nut Case’ for the new season saw the mighty green-machine available for Lake Macquarie, and yep, you guessed it, Pecherzewksi and Mel Nelson will jump aboard to earn points towards their tilt at the 2026 Supersports 85 title, although acknowledging that they might not be in contention for the class win this weekend.
In keeping with the strong growth of the category, the Supersports 85 class will have no shortage of depth, Bakkr and Pecherzewski joined by Aaron and Jack Panozza in ‘Skater 28’, Darren Penfold in ‘Thunderstruck’ and Anthony and Hunter McEnally in ‘Watersports Marine’ all in contention for a race win across the weekend, and if 2024 was any guide (three different winners across the Lake Mac weekend), anything is possible.. And just a tip, don’t discount the mighty little green boat..!
With Bakr having graduated for the 2026 season, the path is open for a new champion in the Supersports 65 class and again, there’s no shortage of contenders although all will need to be on their A-game with the return of 2024 Champion Patty Paczkowski in ‘Valentus’. Family commitments kept the team from a full program last year, although a return at Wyndham Harbour did nett three race wins, but for the 2025/26 season, Paczkowski is intent on regaining the crown, although he won’t have it all his own way.
Charlie Di Iorio is back in the family-run ‘Cardiac Arrest’ with Greg Walters again alongside despite repairing his much-loved ‘HUN74’ Haines Hunter in the off-season, the Di iorio and Walters combination a serious threat for the outright title, whilst Ben Embleton – again with the experienced Liam Sutherland alongside – will look to press their intentions in their first full season in the Championship.
Throw in the returning Brendan Weeks and Sophie Lancaster in ‘The Con’, Aaron Jackson in ‘All Coast Marine’; who claimed three podium finishes at Lake Mac 12-months ago – Zak Gould in ‘Degen’ and Patrick Bonnici in ‘Power Marine’ and you have no shortage of action across all four classes.
For anyone attending the event, teams will again be based at Empire Marina at Marmong Point with the boats traversing a 6.5-kiloemtre course that runs from the start/finish line at Marmong Point south towards Bolton Point, then east towards Warners Bay, up close and personal to The Esplanade at Speers Point, on towards The Five Islands then back to Marmong Point presenting many great vantage points around the rotation.
Three 30-minute races will run on Saturday, October 18 with races scheduled at 12:00pm, 1:00pm and 2:00pm, whilst on Sunday, October 19, races will run at 11:00am, 12:00pm and 1:00pm.
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2024/25 Australian Offshore Superboat Championships
Supercat Extreme Championship (after four rounds of four)
1. Darren Nicholson/Peter McGrath (Boost Mobile/222 Offshore) – 376-points
2. Andrew Searle/Tom Barry Cotter (ACME Racing) – 323
Supercat Outboard Championship (after four rounds of four)
1. Antony De Fina/Matt Kelly (The Mantis) – 440-points
2. Steve Lancaster/Craig Dove (DLR Offshore) – 347
3. Mike Ratcliffe/Karl Wall (The Sting) – 226
4. Scott Richardson/Steve Kelly (TCR Offshore) – 206
Supersports 85 Championship (after four rounds of four)
1. Mick Kelly/Jason Kelly (The Colonel) – 361-points
2. Mark Pecherzewski/Melanie Nelson (Special Edition) – 241
3. Ryan Shan/Scott Kelly (RS Motorsport) – 92
Supersports 65 Championship (after four rounds of four)
1. Hary Bakkr/Shane Paton (Nut Case) – 377-points
2. Charlie Di Iorio/Greg Walters (Cardiac Arrest) – 156
3. Danny Caelli/Dean Caelli (Villain) – 131
4. Greg Walters (HUN74) – 32
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2025/26 Australian Offshore Superboat Championships – calendar
R1. Lake Macquarie, NSW – 18-19 October, 2025
R2. Wyndham Harbour, Victoria – 21-22 February, 2026
R3. Geelong, Victoria – 14-15 March, 2026
R4. Port Adelaide, SA – 09-10 May, 2026
Off the back of a fantastic close to the 2023/24 Championship on the Gold Coast back in late July, the Australian Offshore Superboats were back in action for the start of the new season as part of the annual ‘Fast and Loud Festival’ at Lake Macquarie on the New South Wales Central Coast in late October, signalling a reset for many of the teams intent on defending their national crowns.
In front of a big passionate crowd, many of whom were enjoying the hospitality of the Lake Macquarie City Council and all the festivities of the ‘Fast and Loud Festival’ held along Warner’s Bay, teams enjoyed a mix of conditions across the two days of racing, with the 2023/24 Champions battling hard against a number of new and return entries to the category.
Four categories were again on the card for Lake Macquarie; Supercat Extreme for the big, outright enclosed cockpit Catamarans like 222 Offshore/Boost Mobile and ACME Racing machines that feature twin inboard big-block V8s capable of over 800bhp each pushing them to speeds of more than 130mph [210kph] or the Supercat Outboards that feature similar, but shorter hulls with twin 300-horsepower outboards capable of pushing boats beyond 115mph [185kph].
The Supersports 85 ‘speed bracket’ category sees boats limited by GPS to 85mph [135kph], they are open cockpit boats with as much as 700-horsepower. Like the Supersports 65 category, these boats are regulated on speed, so whilst horsepower is important, if they ‘break out’ of their speed bracket, penalties arise that can drop them down the finishing order and cost valuable championship points. The beauty of the speed bracket classes is that they can attract boats from various disciplines, including social boats and ski racing machines, allowing for complete novices to play a part in the excitement, bottom line is though, it makes for some very entertaining racing.
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ROUND#1
Ultimately the Supercat Extreme win was taken by Darren Nicholson and Peter McGrath in the Boost Mobile/222 Offshore entry that had claimed the title last season, the 2023 World Class 1 Champions unbeatable in the outright category after technical setbacks for ACME Racing’s Tom Barry-Cotter and Andrew Searle.
In Supercat Outboard, reigning title holders Antony De Fina and Matt Kelly took three wins from three starts to open their ledger in fine form, although the results sheet doesn’t tell the full story, ‘The Mantis’ having to dig deep in the second race to overcome Mike Ratcliffe and Karl Wall in their new ‘Shifty Cat’, the brilliant yellow ‘The Sting’ holding point for the bulk of the second 30-minute race.
For reigning Supersports 85 Champions Mick and Jason Kelly, they too were forced to work hard, overcoming a strong early advantage for Mark Pecherzewski and Melanie Nelson who faced an intermittent issue that sidelined them in races two and three, despite setting the early pace, whilst in Supersports 65, Harry Bakr and Shane Paton emerged with a trio of wins to perfectly kick off the new season with a solid haul of points.
Supercat Extreme
Despite a number of the outright boats being sidelined for the round as they prepare for a return later in the season, there was an air of expectation with the news that former Champions Tom Barry-Cotter and Andrew Searle would team up in the ACME Racing ‘Maritimo’ in an effort to take the fight to reigning champions Darren Nicholson and Peter McGrath. Admitting that they were committed to fighting for the championship, Barry-Cotter urged some caution explaining that the team were still in a development phase.
“We’re still learning the boat, everything is pretty new, so it was a bit of a test for us as well,” Barry-Cotter explained. “It was a bit disappointing to have the engine problem, but it’s a new boat and team that we’ve only just put together so to get the points for the Championship was the main thing and we managed to do that.”
Ultimately Barry-Cotter proved correct, the team forced to play second-fiddle during Saturday’s opening race before being forced to withdraw early during Sunday morning’s second heat, a broken rocker in the engine the culprit. With just a couple of hours between races two and three, Andrew Searle admitted that whilst they might just be able to wing it, that they’d do their best to combat the issue without changing the engine. Sadly time was against them and despite working until the final moments ahead of the start, they were forced to withdraw and watch the action unfold from the bank.
“All the planning and all the scheming and nothing ever pans out the way you expect,” Andrew Searle admitted post-event. “We weren’t on the pace for the opening race so we had a good hard look at all the data overnight and were planning to go hard in race two, but sadly we broke a rocker and whilst we have two spare engines in the truck, you can’t change an engine on a Sunday. This is only our second time in the boat [alongside Barry-Cotter] so not the way we wanted to start the Championship, but we’ll bounce back.”
For Nicholson, his Lake Macquarie result was the perfect preparation for a run at the World Championship event at Key West in the US in early November ahead of a return to Australia to contest round two of the Series at Wyndham Harbour on February 22-23.
Supercat Outboard
Like Nicholson and McGrath, reigning Supercat Outboard Champions Antony De Fina and Matt Kelly enjoyed their own clean-sweep of the three races, but unlike the ‘Boost Mobile’ machine, ‘The Mantis’ team were forced to work hard for their three wins.
Debuting a new ‘Shifty Cat’ hull, Mike Ratcliffe and Karl Wall turned in a solid opening race on Saturday in the stunning bright-yellow ‘The Sting’, before charging off the line in race two to take a strong lead over the reigning title holders, De Fina and Kelly forced to dig deep and charge over the final two laps to just sneak ahead at the chequered flag admitting afterwards that it was tighter than they’d hoped..
“We didn’t know what was going to happen his weekend,” De Fina admitted. “We’ve got the new boat, ‘The Sting’ there – it’s a fast boat, and while we managed to win it wasn’t straight forward. That second race, they got ahead of us off the start and I said to Matt [Kelly] with about five minutes to go that – we’ve got to work something out here to get around these guys – and we managed too, it was great racing.”
Sunday’s third race delivered much of the same result as the opening race, with De Fina and Kelly getting a much better run off the lien to lead from start to finish, Ratcliffe and Wall a close second with Steve Lancaster and Craig Dove again third in the ‘DLR Offshore’ ‘Horton Aluminium’ machine.
Sadly for Scott Richardson and Steve Kelly, their efforts to improve on a third-placed finish in the 2023/24 Championships were thwarted early, a broken gearbox sidelining them in practice, ongoing issues as a result of the failure forcing an early retirement for the ‘TCR Racing’ entry.
For the reigning champions though, Lake Macquarie delivered all they’d hoped for, cementing a solid start to their title defence.
“This is a real driver’s circuit at Lake Macquarie and you’ve got to be on your game every corner,” De Fina explained. “You’ve got to be on the throttle and off the throttle at the right time, take the right apexes and the right lines, it’s a great track, we love it.”
Supersports 85
From the outset it looked very much like Mark Pecherzewski and Melanie Nelson were going to open the season with a whitewash of the category, especially with such a dominant opening race, finishing more than 30-seconds clear of reigning champions Mick and Jason Kelly. The race might have been shortened by a couple of minutes to cater for a red flag to recover Danny and Dean Caelli who had been thrown from ‘Villian’ at the 28-minute mark after launching awkwardly over cross-wash. Both were okay, but they recorded zero points for the race and were left with some work to do ahead of Saturday afternoon’s second race for which they were ultimately non-starters.
Whilst they dominated the opening race, the ‘Special Edition’ team of Pecherzewski and Nelson were unable to repeat the dose in race two despite leading early, an intermittent electrical fault sidelining them before half race distance, handing ‘Colonel Racing’ the top honours from Ryan Shan and Scott Kelly (RS Motorsport) with Hayden Warszewski third.
Come Sunday morning, the Supersports 85 boats were all on the water to do battle, but no sooner had they left the ramp than the dramas started. ‘Special Edition’ was sidelined from the get-go with ongoing electrical issues, whilst for ‘Colonel Racing’ they suffered a similar issue on the opening lap. They lost a lap in resetting the onboard systems, and once mobile were comfortably quickest in class, working relentlessly to get themselves back to the pack over the following 20 minutes to cross the line second, just 42-second back from eventual race winners Ryan Shan and Scott Kelly – it had been an epic run.
Ultimately the reigning Champions were crowned round winners, but hold only a four point advantage over the ‘RS Motorsport’ team, with Warszewski third, Pecherzewski and Nelson a distant fourth, but still well and truly within reach of the title.
“We had an oil bottle issue in that third race which was unusual,” Mick Kelly explained. “During the parade lap [ahead of the start] an alarm started going off on the dash – we made it three quarters of a lap before it went into guardian mode and wouldn’t run over 2000rpm so we stopped. Fortunately the oil bottle started filling up again and it was perfect for the rest of the race, but by that time we were well behind. That cost us the win, but we came through for a second place, so it was a good result overall.”
Supersports 65
A strong field of Supersport 65 entries arrived at Lake Macquarie all looking for valuable Championship points and an opportunity to press for the 2025 title, especially off the back of the absence of reigning champions Patty and Michael Paczkowski, but despite all the potential challengers, it was Hary Bakkr and Shane Patton that emerged with a trio of wins, the Victorians untouchable in all three races.
Second during the opening race was ‘All Coast Marine’s’ Aaron Jackson, whilst Greg Walters (HUN74) and Matthew Simpson/Kai Tee (PFM Revolution) shared the runner-up positions across races two and three.
Ultimately the round win and maximum points went to the ‘Nut Case’ crew, Bakkr and Paton taking their ‘Razorcraft’ to 105 points to be comfortably clear of Jackson (82), Simpson (52) and Walters (30), the Caelli team making a recovery in the final race to claim third.
“Race one was really, really good, race two was even better, race three was a bit lumpy and challenging, but overall it was good,” Bakkr admitted. “Shane [Patton] is monitoring the GPS the whole race to make sure we don’t go over-speed [and incur a penalty], so he shouts at me over the intercom if we’re ahead of where we’re supposed to be, and I back off and get back onto it where I need to.”
For the teams, focus now turns to Port Phillip Bay’s Wyndham Harbour for the second round of the season, a season which will feature both national and international television exposure.
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R1. 2024/24 Australian Offshore Superboat Championships
Lake Macquarie, NSW (19-20 October, 2024)
RND#1 – Race#1
Supercat Extreme
1. Darren Nicholson/Peter McGrath (#222 Boost Mobile) – 00:30:50 (12-laps)
2. Andrew Searle/Tom Barry-Cotter (#441 ACME Racing) – 00:31:37 (12-laps)
Supercat Outboard
1. Antony De Fina/Matt Kelly (#22 The Mantis) – 00:31:50 (11-laps)
2. Mike Ratcliffe/Karl Wall (#99 The Sting) – 00:32:15 (11-laps)
3. Steve Lancaster/Craig Dove (#81 DLR Offshore) – 00:32:00 (10-laps)
4. Scott Richardson/Steve Kelly (#161 TCR Racing) – DNS
Supersports 85
1. Mark Pecherzewksi/Mel Nelson (#07 Special Edition) – 00:25:56 (8-laps)
2. Mick Kelly/Jason Kelly (#161 Colonel Racing) – 00:26.30 (8-laps)
3. Ryan Shan/Scott Kelly (#888 RS Motorsport) – 00:26:53 (8-laps)
4. Hayden Warszewski (#C52 C-52) – 00:28:05 (8-laps)
5. Anthony McEnally/Darren Tickell (#36 Watersports Marine) – 00:28:07 (8-laps)
Supersports 65
1. Hary Bakkr/Shane Paton (#17 Nut Case) – 00:25:04 (6-laps)
2. Aaron Jackson (#11 All Coast Marine) – 00:25:54 (6-laps)
3. Greg Walters (#72 HUN74) – DSQ
4. Matthew Simpson/Kai Tee (#96 PFM Revolution) – DSQ
5. Danny Caelli/Dean Caelli (#300 Villian) – DNF
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RND#1 – Race#2
Supercat Extreme
1. Darren Nicholson/Peter McGrath (#222 Boost Mobile) – 00:32:24 (12-laps)
2. Andrew Searle/Tom Barry-Cotter (#441 ACME Racing) – DNF (2-laps)
Supercat Outboard
1. Antony De Fina/Matt Kelly (#22 The Mantis) – 00:33:07 (11-laps)
2. Mike Ratcliffe/Karl Wall (#99 The Sting) – 00:33:23 (11-laps)
3. Steve Lancaster/Craig Dove (#81 DLR Offshore) – 00:32:49 (10-laps)
Supersports 85
1. Mick Kelly/Jason Kelly (#161 Colonel Racing) – 00:32.59 (10-laps)
2. Ryan Shan/Scott Kelly (#888 RS Motorsport) – 00:33:08 (10-laps)
3. Hayden Warszewski (#C52 C-52) – 00:34:16 (9-laps)
4. Anthony McEnally/Darren Tickell (#36 Watersports Marine) – DNF
5. Mark Pecherzewksi/Mel Nelson (#07 Special Edition) – DNS
Supersports 65
1. Hary Bakkr/Shane Paton (#17 Nut Case) – 00:33:38 (8-laps)
2. Greg Walters (#72 HUN74) – 00:34:37 (8-laps)
3. Aaron Jackson (#11 All Coast Marine) – 00:34:39 (8-laps)
4. Matthew Simpson/Kai Tee (#96 PFM Revolution) – 00:35:12 (8-laps)
5. Danny Caelli/Dean Caelli (#300 Villian) – DNF
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RND#1 – Race#3
Supercat Extreme
1. Darren Nicholson/Peter McGrath (#222 Boost Mobile) – 00:30:11 (11-laps)
2. Andrew Searle/Tom Barry-Cotter (#441 ACME Racing) – DNF
Supercat Outboard
1. Antony De Fina/Matt Kelly (#22 The Mantis) – 00:32:40 (11-laps)
2. Mike Ratcliffe/Karl Wall (#99 The Sting) – 00:32:55 (11-laps)
3. Steve Lancaster/Craig Dove (#81 DLR Offshore) – 00:32:39 (10-laps)
Supersports 85
1. Ryan Shan/Scott Kelly (#888 RS Motorsport) – 00:32:44 (9-laps)
2. Mick Kelly/Jason Kelly (#161 Colonel Racing) – 00:33:26 (8-laps)
3. Hayden Warszewski (#C52 C-52) – 00:33:31 (7-laps)
4. Mark Pecherzewksi/Mel Nelson (#07 Special Edition) – DNS
Supersports 65
1. Hary Bakkr/Shane Paton (#17 Nut Case) – 00:34:49 (8-laps)
2. Matthew Simpson/Kai Tee (#96 PFM Revolution) – 00:34:54 (8-laps)
3. Aaron Jackson (#11 All Coast Marine) – 00:35:02 (8-laps)
4. Danny Caelli/Dean Caelli (#300 Villian) – 00:35:14 (8-laps)
5. Anthony McEnally/Darren Tickell (#36 Watersports Marine) – 00:35:45 (8-laps)
6. Greg Walters (#72 HUN74) – DSQ
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R1. 2024/24 Australian Offshore Superboat Championships
Championship Points (after round one)
Supercat Extreme
1. Boost Mobile (105-points), 2. ACME Racing (32)
Supercat Outboard
1. The Mantis (105-points), 2. The Sting (90), 3. DLR Offshore (78). 4. TCR Offshore (0)
Supersports 85
1. Colonel Racing (95), 2. RS Motorsport (91), 3. C-52 (74), 4. Special Edition (35)
Supersports 65
1. Nut Case (105), 2. All Coast Marine (82), 3. PFM Revolution (52), 4. HUN74 (30), 5. Villian (23)
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2024/25 Offshore Superboat Championships – calendar
R1 Lake Macquarie, NSW – 19-20 October, 2024
R2. Wyndham Harbour, Victoria – 22-23 February, 2025
R3. Geelong Harbour, Victoria – 15-16 March, 2025
Further dates and locations released soon.
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