History of APBA
The American power Boat Association was started in the early 1900's in response to the number of power boats cruising around Long Island Sound waters with the desire to race, but no fair system to measure who's boat was the best or who was the better driver. Since these boats were of many varieties and capabilities, it was agreed that "racing and time allowance" rules woulb be necessary to handicap all boats equally. On April 22, 1903, representatives of 20 yacht clubs meet, adopted the name American Power Boat Association, set up a constitution, adopted rules and elected officers. Today, the APBA conducts organized racing for all types of power boats from the spectacular Unlimited hydroplanes to the family runabout with may participate in an outboard event. The american Power Boat Association also runs R/C Model; Personal Watercraft; Jet Boats; Inflatables; Drag (Outboard and Inboard); Stock, Modified, PRO (Runabout and Hydro); Inboard; Inboard Endurance; Outboard Performace craft: and special events (for others who have different requirements.) Over 300 regattas are sanctioned annuyally in the United States and Canada. Nearly 4,00 boats are gistered by racing members. Clubs, officials and other classifications bring the total membership to almost 10,00.
What Is APBA
The American Power Boat Assocation is the sanctioning body for boat racing in the United States. Apba Racers wanting to transcend internation boudaries to race their boats can compete through joint sanction agreements with the Canadian Boating Federation (CBF) and the Federation Mexicana de Motonautica (FMM) and are licensed to participate in Union of International Motorboating (UIM) events. Go to our clubs section of the page to find info about a club near you!
APBA Website
The official APBA Webisite is apba-boatracing.com.