There are quieter ways to spend a Saturday in the Solent. And then there’s the UKOPRA Round the Island Race. On 16 May 2026, the south coast of England shook once again as thirty offshore powerboat teams lined up off the Isle of Wight for the opening round of the 2026 UK Offshore Powerboat Racing Association Championship. Sixty miles. Anti-clockwise. No easing into it. Just throttle forward and hold on.