Steve Curtis

Steve Curtis MBE (born 9 June 1964, in Wimbledon) is a British eight time offshore powerboat racing World Champion.

Curtis's father Clive ran boat-building business Cougar Marine, and also was a powerboat racer, making entry to the watercraft racing world easier for his son, after leaving school aged 17.

The pairing became the most successful team in Class 1 so far:[4] Since that date, his other achievements include: In 2005 Gjelsten retired, and Bard Eker took over as owner/pilot of Spirit of Norway, and he and Curtis took the championship again.

He won the Segrave Trophy in 2003 and was awarded an MBE in the Queen's 80th Birthday Honours list.

[6] During the 2019 APBA National Championship, Curtis raced Miss GEICO in Class One International with Miles Jennings.

On Spirit of Norway 10 with Bjørn Gjelsten at Oslo in 2007
On Qatar 96 with Sheikh Hassan Bin Jabor Al-Thani at Arendal, Norway, in 2009