| ZAPCAT ONE-DESIGN RACING |
Since its conception Zapcat Racing has proved a phenomenal success, with the UK Zapcat National Championship establishing itself as the worlds largest one design championship. The reasons for the sports success can be attributed to the foundations and ethics on which Zapcat Racing is based:
Strict one design powerboat racing that is safe, affordable, fair and fun in challenging marine environments.
Due to the strict one design nature of Zapat Racing and the way in which it is enforced, a level playing field is created across the sport. This means that unlike other expensive and often elitist classes of powerboat racing, with their need for countless numbers of propellers and engine modifications, are thrown out of the window due to Zapcat Racing allowing only one hull, one engine, two propellers and importantly one propeller guard … making the Zapcat R/R simple, safe and affordable!
The Zapcat R/R is the standard for all Zapcat Racing. We fit the Zapcat R/R with a short shaft 50hp Tohatsu outboard engine that has been tailored for our sport by a number of patented improvements made by us at Zapcat Racing HQ. The strict one design ethos of the sport means that the costs remain within the reach of the many and not the few.
Skill and ability is the leveller of our highly competitive championship that takes place in flat water to surf depending on the sea state and location. Nearly every championship to date has seen the Champion undecided until the last race of the year … something unheard of in other motor sports, another testament to the strict one-design foundations that Zapcat Racing is built on.
The skill and ability of our competitors and owners is the one thing we at Zapcat Racing continually seek to develop and challenge. From the provision of Race, Engine and Surf Clinics to educate and develop skills, through to the introduction of Divisions, the Zapcat National Championship to continually challenge competitors.
As a sport, Zapcat Racings best ambassadors are our competitors and owners. To say our ownership is diverse does not do it justice, with competitors ranging in age from 16 to 55+ who are either male or female, friends, brothers and sisters, fathers and sons, fathers and daughters, husbands and wife’s whom all come from different back grounds to enjoy Zapcats and Zapcat Racing. It may sound to be good to be true but just ask one of our owners or for that matter us, and it will become clear why Zapcat Racing is the largest powerboat championship in the world!
Think you’re up for the challenge!?! Check out these teams who have caught the bug and find out why they love spending time in a Zapcat.
Everything you need to join this incredible sport is outlined below:
All you need is:
- To be over 18 (People of 16+ can race when accompanied by someone over the age of in the boat and with parental consent)
- A Zapcat R/R (you will be required to have the minimum of RYA Powerboat 2 certification to purchase a Zapcat)
- A pilot and co-pilot!
- Safety Equipment (lifejacket, helmet, goggles)
- RYA Race Licence
- RYA Powerboat Level 2 Certificate for all drivers
One of the major attractions of joining the Zapcat National Championship is the affordability of Zapcat racing when compared to other powerboat classes and for that matter motor sport as a whole.
Outlined below is a break down of the costs you can expect to incur in entering the 2008 Zapcat National Championship.
| Racing | Costs | | 2008 Entry Fees | £ 1095 inc vat |
Race Approved Buoyancy Aid | £145 inc vat |
2008 RYA Race Licence | £251 by RYA * |
Wetsuits / Drysuits | From £80 |
Helmets | £49.99 inc vat helmets must be bright / dayglow orange |
Fuel & Oil | £50 (per two day Grand Prix) |
Maintenance | £200 plus (per annum) |
To enter the 2008 Zapcat National Championship please complete the entry form and return it to Chrissy at Zapcat HQ, once I've received the form I will send through all the information and paperwork that you need to compete in the World's Largest One Design Powerboat Racing Championship - the Zapcat National Championship. Entry Form
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