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Newly-named Cowes Powerboat Festival to feature two races over August Bank Holiday weekend for the 64th staging of this great event.

Based in Cowes on the Isle of Wight, the British Powerboat Racing Club organises the Cowes Torquay race which has been running since 1961. This was the first powerboat race outside the USA and is the longest running race in the world. Held every year over the August Bank Holiday weekend with international teams competing in different classes, the race covers a challenging 210-mile course along the south coast of England. Boats reach speeds in excess of 100mph, with the fleet racing non-stop to Torquay on the South Devon coast, where the teams will stop for approximately 90 minutes to the delight of local crowds, before returning non-stop to Cowes.

The racing fleet will assemble at Cowes Yacht Haven for scrutineering and safety inspection on Saturday 23 August. The Cowes Torquay Cowes race will start at 09.00 the following morning (Sunday 24 August) followed immediately afterwards by the Cowes Poole Cowes race at 0915. Both races will start off the Squadron Line, Egypt Point, in the Solent.

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