Offshore Powerboat Racing According to Wikipedia:

Offshore powerboat racing is racing by large, ocean-going powerboats, typically point-to-point racing.

Probably the largest, most dangerous, and most powerful racing machines of all, the extreme expense of the boats and the fuel required to participate make it an expensive and elite sport. Many different classes of boats, can compete in individual races, on the same course, at the same time. This may include single or twin piston engine V-bottom boats, single or twin piston engine catamaran style boats, four piston engine boats, and turbine boats. In Europe, Middle East & Asia, offshore powerboat racing was led by the UIM regulated Class 1 but this category is no longer recognized by the sports governing body. It has re-organized itself and is instead regulated by the Dubai based WPPA, which now allows the sport to have a bigger variety in engines and props.

In the USA, offshore powerboat racing is split between the OPA Races, SBI/APBA/UIM races and the Premier organization of OSS races.

Depending on the class, speeds vary from 65 mph (105 km/h) to 190 mph (310 km/h).

Offshore Super Series (OSS)

The Offshore Super Series (OSS) is an offshore powerboat racing organization founded in December 2003 by 30 of the top offshore race boat teams in the USA. The teams were dissatisfied with the way their sport was going. Before the founding of OSS, the offshore racing sport had seen many attempts to create money-making franchises, often dubbed as “NASCAR on water.” These attempts were never fully realized, leaving a wake of unpaid debts and lawsuits.

The Offshore Super Series set out to change this. OSS is organized as a not for profit corporation, run by a democratically elected Board of Directors. OSS is organized into classes of race boats. Each class bringing 5 or more member boats to OSS has a right to nominate two directors on the OSS Board. The basic principle is “one boat, one vote.”

Founding board of Offshore Super Series or OSS

The OSS founding board consisted of nine directors. Each OSS Board member is elected for a two year term.

The OSS Not-For Profit Corporation was represented by Paul Whittier, President, Billy Mauff, Vice President, Stan Ware, Treasurer, and Bertel Schmitt, Secretary. Gerry Chastelet served as Director At Large, and Paul Whittier served as Chairman.

Classes

The OSSC (OSS Cat) class was represented by Billy Mauff and Tom Abrams.
The OSSCL(OSS Cat Lite) class was represented by Stan Ware and Bob Teague.
The OSSV (OSS Vee ) class was represented by Todd Welling and Jim Richardson.
The OSSVL (OSS Vee Lite) class was represented by Bertel Schmitt and Ben Hedrick. www.BenHedrick.com