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Sprintec has opened a new workshop to step up its development of world-leading jetsprint boats, with an astounding eight world championships – including every title since 2008 – seven Australian National Championships, 10 New Zealand national championships and three USA National championships already won under the NZ Sprintec banner. At its helm, multiple New Zealand…

Newly-crowned New Zealand Superboat champion Peter Caughey says the just awarded JSA Engineering Excellence gong for his latest hyper racing boat is the icing on a very busy cake this year. The six-time NZ and four-time world superboat champion designs, develops and builds boats for local competitors and for export, and to be recognised for…

Peter Caughey was crowned New Zealand SuperBoat champion for the sixth time last night in an action-packed final round held at Wanganui under lights. The late hour and intermittent rain didn’t deter the crowds, who turned up to see world-class racers put in some scorching rounds in risky conditions that saw some boats crash out of contention, and false starts due to…

Canterbury racer Peter Caughey and his ENZED team head into the final round of the New Zealand SuperBoat championship at the top of the leaderboard, with the country’s quickest racers lining up to get between him and that chequered flag. And the spotlight will be on them all, with the elimination rounds to be held under lights, and the final at…

The debut of Wanaka’s new jetsprint track was a triumph for the sport down south but not for Cantabrian Peter Caughey, knocked out of the penultimate SuperBoat round by a navigational error. Caughey was philosophical as his ENZED team packed up his pit. He retains a 12-point lead heading into the final round at Wanganui,…

Years of experience on Canterbury’s shifting gravel rivers paid off for ENZED SuperBoat racer Peter Caughey at round four at Hastings’ Crownthorpe track. “The water is very clean at this spring-fed track but the gravel base makes it unforgiving to anyone who got too wide. But that’s what I learned on, years of racing on gravel taught me not to trash…

ENZED racer Peter Caughey’s holding first place in the NZ SuperBoat champs at the half way point, heading into round four at Hastings. But the venue’s an unknown quantity for the four-time world champ, who’ll need all his experience to beat the demanding Crownthorpe track. Caughey and his navigator, Karen Marshall, will walk the track on Saturday. “It’s had a number…

The world’s first four-seater jetsprint boat has hit the water in Wanaka, ready for its public debut at round five of the New Zealand Jetsprint champs at Easter. The QuadSeata is the V8 supercar of jet boats – as different from its everyday jetboat brethren as that supercar is from your everyday Falcon or Commodore.…

There was drama aplenty at round two of the New Zealand SuperBoat champs at Featherston today, with sunstrike upsetting the final order, a leaking track causing low-water crashes and a timing equipment glitch. Five-time NZ SuperBoat champion Peter Caughey finished second despite setting the day’s fastest time in the elimination rounds, after he rounded the final bend to charge at the finish…