Barrus supplied engines powered over half the field in the 2008 Round Britain Offshore Power Boat Race with 10 out of the top 12 boats using either Yanmar, Mercury, or Seatek engines. Lionhead, driven by Pal Sollie was the first sterndrive to finish with two Yanmar D Max Bravo drives, achieving second overall and first in class. Carbon Neutral, Revenger, driven by John Caulcott was the first outboard powered boat across the line with two Mercury 300XS engines.

The Barrus Technical Support Team provided maintenance and engineering support to all the crews on every leg of the race comprising three engineers and a 35’ artic carrying emergency spares. “The rogue lobster pots down the East coast caused a few problems so we had a few gearboxes to replace but apart from that we had only a few minor problems to deal with, comments Mike Williams, heading up the Barrus support team. The only other challenge we had was trying to get to the finish before the boats!”