Boat racing lost a major part of its family this past weekend when Chris Denslow passed away after a short illness.

New Martinsville welcomed vintage hydroplanes back to the fastest freshwater course in America on Labor Day weekend 2025.

EVANSVILLE, Ind. (WEHT) – For decades, hydroplane boat races entertained those along the Evansville riverfront. Now, one organization is trying to bring them back. The group Evansville Regatta ...

With 75 years of hydroplane racing tradition, this Fourth of July celebration features thrilling races where boats reach speeds of up to 200 mph on the Ohio River.

Dave Villwock in the U-27 Miss Apollo unlimited hydroplane bounces across a choppy Columbia River Sunday to win the Apolllo Gold Cup championship after officials said other boats jumped the start.

While spectators experience almost poetic or symphonic beauty as the boats race by, inside a vintage unlimited hydroplane awaits the most atrocious human environment possible: the massive pipes ...

He’s the 2006 American Power Boat Association’s national champion racer of 5-liter class hydroplanes. Johnston’s carbon-fiber hydroplane can hit speeds of up to 120 mph.

Boat race fans fill hotels, restaurants, stores and other businesses. The Follies board made a similar appeal for help from the public when the race was in dire financial straits in 2007.

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After boats were sold by the Miss Madison board earlier in the year, a new one has been leased to race in this year's Regatta.

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