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14/06/2007 - Honda creates a splash in the Isle of Man

Talented youngsters will take to the water and put their power boating skills to the test this Saturday (16th June) as the Isle of Man’s Douglas Bay plays host to the regional final of the Honda RYA Youth RIB Championship.

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28/03/2007 - Honda Formula 4-Stroke Powerboat Series turns 75

Entering an impressive ninth season, the UK’s premier offshore powerboat championship, the Honda Formula 4-Stroke Powerboat Series, announces its 2007 Grand Prix calendar.

Photo: Honda BF200hp

06/01/2007 - Picton Boats pick Honda to launch new RIB

It’s a new-look London Boat Show this year but that’s not all that’s new at ExCeL in 2007...

Photo: Left to right: Lance LaVallet, Andy Phipps, Chris Percival, Geoff Matthews, Head of The Honda Institute, Steve Curtis, Colin Preston, David Wright

05/01/2007 - Honda Marine apprentices at 2007 London Boat Show

Eight-times Class 1 World Powerboat Champion, Steve Curtis, joined Honda Marine to recognise the first ever class of Honda Marine apprentices who celebrated their official graduation at the 2007 London Boat Show (5 January 2007).

Photo: Honda marine outboard

03/10/2006 - Honda recognises marine dealers with Gold

More than thirty Honda Marine dealers congregated in the picturesque South Cotswolds this week for the prestigious 2006 Honda Marine Dealer GOLD Awards.

Photo: 2006 Honda RYA Youth RIB Championship

25/09/2006 - Honda helps set fastest lap

Honda helped set the fastest lap ever recorded at one of the most prestigious youth powerboat competitions held at the Southampton Boat Show this weekend (23 September 2006) when 29 of the nations top youth powerboaters gathered to compete in the national final of the 2006 Honda RYA Youth RIB Championship.

Photo:  celebrity chef, Jean-Christophe Novelli, tries his hand in the F1 race car simulator

20/09/2006 - Celebrity chef cooks up a crowd at Southampton

Celebrity chef, Jean-Christophe Novelli, cooked up a crowd this week at the Southampton Boat Show when he swapped his chopping board to hop on board the Honda stand...

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14/09/2006 - Honda debuts new outboards at Southampton Boat Show

As official automotive sponsor and one of the largest Marine exhibitors at this year's show, Honda has chosen the 2006 Southampton Boat Show as the location to unveil their brand new BF75 and BF90 outboard engines...

Logo: 2006 Southampton Boat Show

11/09/2006 - Experience the Power of Dreams with Honda

2006 welcomes Honda’s return as official automotive sponsor for this year’s Southampton Boat Show and to celebrate, it brings a whopping 800 square metre stand to the Show overflowing with an amazing array of Honda products...

Photo:  children holidaying at The Calvert Trust Kielder on a motor boat powered with a brand new Honda outboard

16/08/2006 - Honda helps power pioneering charity

With summer well and truly here, children holidaying at The Calvert Trust Kielder last month were delighted to be invited as guests of honour for the launch of the charities’ newly-equipped fleet of motor boats.

Photo: Honda marine outboard

23/05/2006 - Honda gets out and ‘a-boat’ with Top Gear

Viewers of BBC’s Top Gear over the weekend were treated to one of the lads’ more entertaining features as presenters Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May were tasked with the challenge of building their own amphibious vehicle.

Photo: New Zealand

17/01/2006 - Champions win a powerboat race in New Zealand

An unexpected prize was presented at last Friday’s 2005 Honda Formula 4-Stroke awards dinner (January 13); a trip to New Zealand to compete in a round of the British championship’s antipodean sister series, Formula Honda.