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Start with hulls, ownership, safety and weather.
How performance hulls create speed↗How to evaluate a performance boat↗High-speed boating safety system↗BoatStars performance-boating academy
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From first launch to race day.
Boating 101 is becoming a comprehensive performance-boating knowledge base: full technical explainers, safety systems, ownership guidance, setup methodology, racing fundamentals, and official reference links—all written to help performance boaters keep learning.
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Setup and systems
Build a disciplined foundation for measurement and hardware decisions.
Propellers, pitch and slip explained↗Performance testing without guesswork↗Steering, trim and control feedback↗Aspiring racer
Learn race-weekend structure, boat control and offshore decision-making.
Your first offshore race weekend↗Steering, trim and control feedback↗Read weather and water before speed↗BoatStars editorial
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8 articles01 / Hull DesignFoundation · 12 min
How performance hulls create speed
A practical guide to deep-V bottoms, catamarans, deadrise, tunnels, steps, lift, drag, and the compromises every fast hull makes.
02 / PropellersIntermediate · 14 min
Propellers, pitch and slip explained
Understand diameter, pitch, blade count, cup, rake, gear ratio and calculated slip before changing hardware.
03 / SafetyEssential · 15 min
High-speed boating safety system
Build a repeatable safety system around equipment, crew communication, conditions, emergency planning and conservative operating limits.
04 / SetupIntermediate · 13 min
Performance testing without guesswork
Create a defensible baseline, change one variable at a time and turn every safe test pass into useful setup data.
05 / RacingFoundation · 16 min
Your first offshore race weekend
Understand sanctioning, technical inspection, drivers’ meetings, course procedures, communications and the responsibilities of a race team.
06 / SeamanshipEssential · 13 min
Read weather and water before speed
Translate wind, wave period, current, visibility, traffic and local geography into a conservative go/no-go decision.
07 / Boat ControlAdvanced · 14 min
Steering, trim and control feedback
Learn what hydraulic steering, drive trim, tabs and control feedback are doing—without turning education into unsafe operating instruction.
08 / OwnershipFoundation · 15 min
How to evaluate a performance boat
A buyer’s framework for mission, survey, power, structure, records, insurance, training and the real cost of ownership.
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