Offshore In 2024, Outlook Overview

[Serious Offshore]

UIM, APBA, P1, RWO, and OPA are the organizations which collectively control offshore racing in 2023. Now we also have AOPC stepping in to try to correct some of the negatives that have happened over the past two years and get everyone to work together to create a highly marketable product.

The UIM Class One Offshore race season ended at St Petersburg in September with the 222 team taking the championship.

The APBA Offshore race season in 2023 ended on a positive note with the turnout at the RWO/APBA Worlds in Key West. The following week, at the OPA Worlds in Englewood, there was a smaller turnout than in previous years, and the many spectators we spoke with were upset with the lack of big boats. Unfortunately in our Serious opinion, that is an example of what could be an upcoming downturn to the sport that we have witnessed too many times. We hope that everyone can work together to make sure that does not happen.

We will try to bring you up to date. We are sure there will be more information coming out soon, and especially at the APBA Annual Meeting in Orlando on the 24th through 27th. There has been an ongoing battle between those in charge of the different organizations, the differences in rule books, and the personalities involved.

Here is the current information as we know it