Team Bermuda Create History with Offshore Championship Title
IslandStats.com
Team Bermuda S1 made sporting history in Key West on Sunday, capturing the 2026 Offshore World Championship after delivering a commanding wire-to-wire victory in the Super Stock finale.
Driver David Selley and throttle man Steven Bridges headed into the decisive third and final race holding a slender eight-point advantage at the summit of the standings.
However, any prospect of a tense points calculation evaporated as the Bermudian pair produced an imperious exhibition of powerboat racing, grabbing the lead from the drop of the green flag and never looking back to seal the world title in style.
"This is amazing. We have had a great season and to win this is just amazing," Selley said over team radio immediately after taking the chequered flag. "Everybody wants to win Key West and I just can't believe it. We are now going to do a drive-by for all the Bermudians on the shoreline."
The triumph caps a remarkable week of resilience for Selley and Bridges aboard their 32-foot catamaran. Having opened the regatta with a difficult seventh-place finish on Wednesday, they hit back with a flawless maiden victory in Friday’s second race to propel themselves into pole position for overall honours.
Fellow Bermudian competitor Luis Martins and throttle man Nick Imprescia brought Nuff Said home in second place to complete a memorable 1-2 finish for local interest in the final heat.
The contest was brought to a premature halt under red-flag conditions when a marine mammal was spotted encroaching onto the active race course, with race officials swiftly stepping in to freeze the positions.
While Nuff Said's own world championship aspirations had been dashed on day one following a penalty for striking a course marker, their spirited second-place display capped off an outstanding week on the water for Bermuda’s offshore fleet.
