Statue of Liberty to gaze upon offshore racers

11:19 AM Thu 9 Sep 2010 GMT

'Peter Meyer’’s ’’Instigator’’ will be racing on 'home soil' in the New York Grand Prix.' Rodrick Cox

There can surely be no more exciting sight in offshore racing that to see a 'red hot' field blasting along New York's Hudson River under the watchful eye of that famous lady, the Statue of Liberty. That will be the scene for the fortunate fans this weekend for the20th running of the New York Super Boat Grand Prix between the world's most famous city and its adjoining state, New Jersey. It is indeed a memorable weekend; on this weekend in 2001 the boats raced along the same circuit with photographers and video cameras capturing some of the last footage of ...

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