MapisM
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Can anyone possibly know where to find which boats were awarded PotY in the last dozen of years?
I tried to google around, but no joy.
Thanks in advance!
I tried to google around, but no joy.
Thanks in advance!
Powerboat of the Year - history of nominations
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rbcoomer
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Isn't that something that various countries/publications would have their own take/awards on? Is there a global award?
There's quite a bit of race stuff over on powerboatarchive2.co.uk - mostly scanned documents etc and building up all the time I think? I don't recall seeing any annual awards, but the original site certainly had a lot of race results, video and scanned press clippings so perhaps an email to Graham Stevens?
Also burgundyben of this parish has some involvement in the racing aspects of Cowes Classic etc I believe, so might have some pointers for you?
Edit: www.boat-duesseldorf.com run a European Powerboat of the Year award - is that what you were looking for? Type the following into Google search: "powerboat awards site:http://www.boat-duesseldorf.com" I can see some of the last few years, but what is found will depend on what pages they've left live and which have been deleted.
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MapisM
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Yes and no, because what I had in mind was a "PotY" award (not specified as "European"), handled by Powerboat Magazine and started well before 2005.
In fact, I half remember to have read something about it on the actual paper magazine.
But as I recall, the magazine went out of business already several years ago...
...and I'm not sure if the one you linked was established as a sort of continuation of what Powerboat Magazine did.
Thanks for the hint anyway, if nothing else it gives me some inspirations for other searches! :encouragement:
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Deleted User YDKXO
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MBY and MBM magazines used to run (maybe still do) motorboat awards but they were limited only to those boats they had tested during the calendar year so were useless in terms of identifying the best boat in each category
MapisM
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Yep, actually even with more "general" awards, I don't think I would have trusted them a lot, in a potential boat search.
In fact, also my OP had nothing to see with that - more an historical curiosity, sort of...
In fact, also my OP had nothing to see with that - more an historical curiosity, sort of...
ChrisJefferies
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Yep, we still do - this year's shortlist is here:
http://www.mby.com/news/2016-motor-boat-awards-finalists-49534
We limit them to boats we've actually tested because we don't feel its fair to judge boats we haven't tested...
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Deleted User YDKXO
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But that means that virtually everybody gets a prize! How terribly modern
ChrisJefferies
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Not really - there are 8 awards to go between 52 nominees.
Trust me, plenty of people are left dissapointed...
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Deleted User YDKXO
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Still, its better odds than the lottery. Are Fairline up for an award this year?
petem
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Woosh!
petem
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Targa 53. At least someone liked it!
petem
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Targa 53. At least someone liked it!
rbcoomer
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F/L get the "Optimism in the face of adversity" award! 
petem
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F/L get the "Optimism in the face of adversity" award!
I'm claiming that one!
