Motorboat Racing

Japanese: モーターボートレース
Motorboat Racing
(1) A speed race between two or more motorboats. Boats are divided into inboard, which has an engine inside the boat, and outboard, which has an engine outside the boat, racing runabouts with no steps on the running surface, and hydroplanes with steps. Classes are also divided by the size of the engine and the weight of the boat. Usually, it is a lap race, and the prestigious races are the British International Trophy Race (BIT, from 1903 to 1961) and the Gold Cup Race (since 1904). Also famous are the long-distance open ocean race from Miami to Nassau and the marathon race from Albany to New York. In Japan, there is the Atami Ocean Cup Race (All Japan Offshore Grand Prix). (2) Also called kyotei. Public gambling sponsored by prefectures and specific cities and towns based on the Motorboat Racing Law (1951). Winning boat betting tickets are sold and winning boats are paid out. Usually, outboard boats make three or four laps around two buoys 300 meters apart in a straight line.
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Japanese:
(1)2隻以上のモーターボートによるスピード競走。艇は機関が艇内にあるインボードと艇外にあるアウトボードに,滑走面にステップのないレーシングランナバウトとステップのあるハイドロプレーンに分かれ,また機関の大きさ,艇の重量などでクラスが分かれる。ふつう周回競走で,権威のあるレースはブリティッシュ・インターナショナル・トロフィー・レース(BIT。1903年から1961年まで)とゴールドカップ・レース(1904年から)。またマイアミ〜ナッソー間の外洋長距離レースやオルバニー〜ニューヨーク間のマラソンレースも有名。日本では熱海オーシャンカップレース(全日本オフショアグランプリ)などがある。(2)競艇(きょうてい)とも。〈モータボート競走法〉(1951年)に基づき,都道府県や特定市町村の主催する公営ギャンブル。勝舟投票券を発売,的中者に配当金を支払う。通常アウトボード艇で,直線距離300m離れた2浮標間を3,4周する。
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