Eric Colby

1 week ago | speedonthewater.com | Eric Colby

Earlier this year, Bud Lorow and Val Jenkins got a call that their longtime friend, Allan “Brownie” Brown wasn’t doing too well and had been told to get his affairs in order. The three were former employees at Cigarette Racing Team and had stayed close through the decades that followed their departures from the company. During the 2020 Thunder On Cocoa Beach, longtime friends Steve Curtis and Allan Brown (right) caught in the dry pits. Photo by Matt Trulio/Speedonthwater.com.

1 week ago | workboat.com | Eric Colby

Imagine being at the helm of a commercial vessel or part of a search-and-rescue team in rough seas at night. Radar is picking up objects, and your night-vision camera picks up shapes, but you have no idea if they’re waves, whales, or a shipping container bobbing at the surface. If your boat has SEA.AI, a computer-based machine-vision system, the technology could identify objects in more detail than the human eye can provide and alert crewmembers about what’s in front of them.

2 weeks ago | speedonthewater.com | Eric Colby

In the first race of a season, there are new teams, sometimes in new boats or in new classes. That translates into a steep learning curve and a distinct advantage for the teams running the same in-cockpit pairing in the same boat as last year. Veteran driver-throttleman combinations claimed checkered flags in all the professional classes at the 16th annual Keltec Thunder on Cocoa Beach. Photos by Pete Boden copyright Shoot 2 Thrill Pix.

2 months ago | speedonthewater.com | Eric Colby

Nineteen-year-old Billy Moore strapped into the driver’s seat of an offshore raceboat for the first time in competition in the 1996 season-opener in Key West, Fla. Alongside in the enclosed cockpit of the 46-foot Skater catamaran powered by four 1,000-hp Mercury Racing engines was legendary throttleman Bobby Moore, who happened to be his father. The two had logged countless hours testing boats, but on race day, Billy saw a different side of his usually low-key dad.

Feb 28, 2025 | thelog.com | Eric Colby

The 16th annual Port of Los Angeles Harbor Cup will take place March 7 through 9 at the Los Angeles Yacht Club (LAYC). California State University Maritime Academy will host nine other collegiate sailing teams from around the country, including the defending champions from the Maine Maritime Academy. “We consider ourselves one of the premier intercollegiate regattas,” said Tom Trujillo, Principal Race Officer and Staff Commodore at the Los Angeles Yacht Club.