boat races

Testing on Saturday won’t just include the unlimited class, there will be other classes testing as well, all making noise on the river beginning at 8:00 am on Saturday, May 17, 2025.

This article is for those of us that just don't get it.

The Tri-City Dust Devils will don the Columbia River Rooster Tails persona to commemorate the annual Tri-City Water Follies.

The event brings over 65,000 spectators to watch the hydroplanes and airplanes in the air but this year it's not going to happen due to the lingering effects of the pandemic.

H1 Unlimited hydroplanes are the fastest racing boats.  With deep history, the 116 year-old sport ‘s majority of hydroplanes are powered by turbine-engines that produce 3,000 horsepower, allowing the H1 Unlimited hydroplanes to reach speeds of nearly 200 mph, producing a massive 60-foot tall, 300-foot long wall of water called a roostertail behind them.  With very few restrictions, these majestic

Kids and adults alike will love checking out the hydro planes at the Columbia Center Mall today. It's their annual event and you can stop by and snap photos and meet the racers and crew.

Way to go Andrew!

Boat Race Deets!

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FOUR H1 UNLIMITED HYDROPLANES ON DISPLAY Parking Lot Party!!!    Columbia Center Mall hosts four H1 Unlimited hydroplanes at a late afternoon display, free to the general public. The display showcases the world’s fastest race boats in advance of HAPO Columbia Cup, July 27-29, 2018, and the Public is invited to meet the team members and get photographs with the hydroplanes...

Wednesday July 25th 2018  4:00 PM - 6:00pm Hydro’s at the Mall Columbia Center, Kennewick, WA A select group of Unlimited Hydroplanes will be on site at the Columbia Center Mall Wednesday afternoon before heading to the pits ... Read More ...

I might be too young for the memory of the boat races from the 1980's, but one year really stands out and that is 1987. It was the year that the Boat Races had a huge riot. I'm a newbie to the Tri-Cities so what is the deal with the riot of 1987?