Powerboat News adds XCAT to centralized 2026 racing calendar
XCAT now sits inside a single 2026 powerboat calendar, with Kuwait and Dubai locked in and three more rounds still to come.
XCAT now has a cleaner lane on the 2026 powerboat map, and that makes life easier for anyone following multihull racing. Powerboat News updated its centralized calendar on May 29, giving fans one place to track the season across multiple disciplines while keeping the catamaran class visible instead of buried in a longer schedule.
The page says it covers the full 2026 calendars for UIM F1H2O, F2, XCAT, H1 Unlimited, International Hot Rod Association events and more, with dates and venues listed in one place. That matters because the broader Union Internationale Motonautique calendar runs to 119 events across circuit, electric powerboating, aquabike, offshore and endurance classes, which makes the season easy to lose track of if you are following only one series. The page also links back to past events, turning it into a working reference as the year unfolds rather than a static schedule.
For catamaran fans, XCAT is the obvious anchor. The XCAT championship describes itself as the UIM XCAT World Championship and calls it extreme powerboat racing, which fits the twin-hull spectacle that sets the class apart from monohull-heavy series. The 2026 XCAT campaign has already been adjusted after the Fujairah Grand Prix was rescheduled, and the current calendar shows six rounds in total, with Kuwait set for October 29-31 and Dubai set for December 11-13. Three more rounds are still to be announced, so the schedule remains live and subject to change.
That is why the calendar matters as much as the racing. Victory Team’s Salem Al Adidi and Eisa Al Ali won the 2025 world title in Dubai aboard Victory 7, and Powerboat News’s standings page lists them as champions with 165 points. Results archives also show Victory Team, HPI Fujairah Racing Team and Sharjah Team among the leading names in the 2025 fight, which gives the new calendar immediate context for the teams and storylines worth watching. For readers tracking the multihull side of the sport, this is the practical roadmap that keeps XCAT from slipping off the radar.
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