Marathon powerboat racing receives a cash injection 

£35,000 cash prize for overall winner of the Round Britain sea race...

With less than 200 days until the start of the most gruelling RYA Powerboat Race, the 2012 Round Britain race (RB12), preparations are well under way.  

Taking place on the 21 June 2012, for the first time ever, this unique marathon event will see 50 boats, 50 cars, and 50 aircraft compete simultaneously against each other in their disciplines in the 2012 Round Britain Race.  

10 gruelling legs

The race itself is 10 gruelling legs over 10 days which will start and finish at the Olympic Sailing Venue, the Weymouth and Portland Sailing Academy.  

Unlike its predecessors in 1969, 1984 and 2008, the 2012 RYA Powerboat race will entail a complete circumnavigation of Britain making it, without doubt, the toughest endurance powerboat race in the world.  

The stopover venues have now been finalised with the longest day being the third leg of Swansea to Liverpool covering 238 nautical miles.  

For the overall winner

Organisers of RB12, the Land, Sea and Air marathon are delighted to announce a thirty five thousand pound (£35,000) cash “purse” for the overall winner of the Round Britain 2012 Sea race.  

The winners will also receive the Beaverbrook Round Britain Trophy. This will be presented by Lord Beaverbrook whose family have long been involved in prestigious international power boat racing.  

The “purse” will include a fifteen thousand pound (£15,000) cash prize together with a “goody bag” worth five thousand pounds (£5,000) and free entry into the 2016 Round Britain powered marathon, worth up to fifteen thousand pounds (£15,000). Cash prizes will also be awarded to the second and third place competitors.  

The Sea race is recognised by the UIM as a World Cup status event. It is run under the auspices of the RYA, the national body for power boat racing.  

RB12 Director Hugo Ambrose said “As organisers we are keen to put marathon powered racing on a professional and sustainable footing and to raise the level of reward for successful competitors. We hope the race for the “purse” will add further challenge to what is already one of the biggest endurance tests for the teams and their power boats”  

Beaverbrook Trophy

Commenting on the awarding of the trophy for this edition of the Round Britain race Lord Beaverbrook said “I am delighted to offer the Beaverbrook Round Britain Trophy to the overall winner of Round Britain Sea 2012.

This edition of the race will be particularly exciting as it offers the competitors in the Sea race the chance to compare their endeavours with those in the air and on the roads. I am looking forward to meeting all of the competitors at the end of this unique marathon”.