Points leader Andrew Tate and the U-91 slightly strengthened their bid for the Unlimited Hydroplane season championship Friday by posting the fastest qualifying lap on Mission Bay for Sunday’s season ...

Backflips are dangerous if you don’t pull them off. It doesn’t matter if you’re talking about doing it in a car, bike, or boat—get it wrong, and you’re likely to break your neck, or worse. One ...

The world’s fastest racing boats are the unlimited hydroplanes. As much airplane as boat, they are bellowing giants powered by World War II fighter-plane engines, ride on two hand-size patches of hull ...

The Gold Cup race, for the world’s fastest hydroplanes, is supposed to end in a triumph of one boat over the others. Last week’s race almost ended in a triumph of all the boats over the men who built ...