Key Figures · Organiser

Patrick Mell

Hired in 2004 to organise and manage the APBA's personal watercraft racing division, and thanked by the IJSBA in 2005 for serving on its transition committee.

1. The early years, in print, 1981 to 1993
2. The makers and their machines, 1985 to 2005 (this page's records)
3. Noise, safety and federal rules, 1996 to 2002
4. The rule book years, 2002 to 2018 (this page's records)
5. Three rule books, 2021 to 2026

1990200020102020

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Organising the sport

2000 · Confirmed

The IJSBA's pages for its 2000 U.S. National Endurance Championship, held 8 to 10 September 2000 at Cedar Point, Sandusky, Ohio, say that Hammertime Promotions and PM Sports Marketing presented the event and give him and Jacque Bryant as its contacts. The pages link the champions' story and the results.

Sources: IJSBA Endurance Nationals 2000

2004 · Confirmed

The APBA's announcement on its personal watercraft racing site, dated January 23, 20004 as printed, which the archive reads as 2004, says that Patrick Mell, a current IJSBA and AWA event promoter and a previous APBA employee, had been hired by the APBA to organize and manage its new Personal Watercraft Racing division, to be run from APBA National Headquarters in Eastpointe, Michigan.

Sources: APBA PWR announcement 2004

2004 · Confirmed

The IJSBA's release of 23 January 2004 says the association was evaluating applications to take on the responsibility of United States affiliate, including a proposal from Patrick Mell on behalf of the American Power Boat Association (APBA).

Sources: IJSBA post board restructure 2004

2005 · Confirmed

The IJSBA's post of 29 April 2005 announcing its elected board thanks the members who had served on the transition committee until then, among them Patrick Mell from the U.S. The association's release of 23 January 2004 says a transition committee of representatives from 10 nations was approved on 20 January 2004 to assume the board's responsibilities.

Sources: IJSBA post new board 2005; IJSBA post board restructure 2004

2005 · Confirmed

The APBA's announcement of 23 July 2005, carried on the IJSBA's site, of its agreement with the USWRA to create one sanctioning body in the United States quotes Patrick Mell as the APBA Personal Watercraft Racing Marketing & Event Coordinator and gives him as the contact at APBA National Headquarters.

Sources: APBA and USWRA post 2005

Confirmed

The IJSBA's lists of promoters print his name with PM Sports Marketing: under the company in its sanctioned promoters directory as captured in March 2002, and as the company's contact, Region 6, on its United States promoters page captured in October 2008 and in its rule books of 2010, 2011 and 2012. The books of 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2014 also give him as the contact for the American Power Boat Association in their directory of affiliates. None prints a post beside the name.

Sources: IJSBA sanctioned promoters 2002; IJSBA US promoters page 2008; 2010 rule book; 2011 rule book; 2012 rule book; 2014 rule book

Elsewhere in the archive

• History chapter: The IJSBA and the World Finals
• Organisation: International Jet Sports Boating Association
• Organisation: American Power Boat Association
• Organisation: United States Watercross Racing Association
• Era: The makers and their machines
• Era: The rule book years

What the archive has not read (1)

• No document read says when his APBA posts began or ended beyond the dated announcements of 2004 and 2005 (searched the archive's mirror and the set 5 research cache for Mell, 2026-10-09).

Documents cited on this page

• APBA PWR announcement 2004 (web.archive.org): APBA to Sanction Watercraft Racing Events (APBA Personal Watercraft Racing news page, printed date January 23, 20004, Wayback capture of 15 April 2004), American Power Boat Association (apbapwr.com), 2004-01-23; sanctioning body, high. The APBA's own announcement of its new Personal Watercraft Racing division, saying that Patrick Mell, a current IJSBA and AWA event promoter and a previous APBA employee, had been hired to organize and manage it, and that the APBA had been elected the United States representative on the IJSBA Transition Coordinating Committee. High for the APBA's own appointment. The page prints its date as January 23, 20004; the archive reads it as 23 January 2004, the date of the IJSBA's restructure release, which is a reading.
• IJSBA Endurance Nationals 2000 (web.archive.org): 2000 IJSBA Endurance National Championship section (ijsba.com page, Wayback capture of 30 October 2000), International Jet Sports Boating Association, 2000; sanctioning body, high. The association's page for its 2000 U.S. National Endurance Championship, 8 to 10 September 2000 at Cedar Point, Sandusky, Ohio. It says Hammertime Promotions and PM Sports Marketing present the event, gives two people as contacts, and links the champions' story and the results, so the event is shown run. High for what the association printed. Telephone numbers and an email address are replaced in the held copy.
• IJSBA post board restructure 2004 (web.archive.org): IJSBA Board Restructure (IJSBA news post with the dateline January 23, 2004, Wayback capture of 20 September 2020), International Jet Sports Boating Association, 2004-01-23; sanctioning body, high. The association's own release on its re-organisation. It says the association had been run by a board of manufacturer members only, that an IJSBA Transition Committee was approved on 20 January 2004 and assumed the board's responsibilities, that the committee's members were representatives of 10 nations (it lists the nations, not the people), and which member groups would make up the future board. It also says the association was evaluating applications to take on the responsibility of United States affiliate, including a proposal from Patrick Mell on behalf of the American Power Boat Association. High for what the association says about its own structure. It names no committee member; the members are named in the post of 29 April 2005 (ijsba-new-board-2005). The held excerpt leaves out the paragraphs on memberships, the World Finals, the rule book and the website.
• IJSBA post new board 2005 (web.archive.org): New IJSBA Board of Directors Announced (IJSBA news post dated 29 April 2005, Wayback capture of 19 September 2020), International Jet Sports Boating Association, 2005-04-29; sanctioning body, high. The association's own list of the directors elected to serve on its board for 2005, each with the member group represented and a country, and its thanks by name and country to the ten members who had served on the transition committee. It quotes the managing director. High for whom the association names in each post. The year 2005 is printed in the text.
• APBA and USWRA post 2005 (web.archive.org): USWRA Joins Forces with APBA (the American Power Boat Association's announcement as posted on ijsba.com, dated 23 July 2005, Wayback capture of 18 September 2020), International Jet Sports Boating Association (carrying the American Power Boat Association's announcement), 2005-07-23; sanctioning body, high. The APBA's announcement of its agreement with the USWRA, carried on the IJSBA's site. It quotes Patrick Mell as the APBA Personal Watercraft Racing Marketing & Event Coordinator; the sentence naming Jacque Bryant as the head of the USWRA sits inside that quotation, so it is the APBA officer's words. High for the APBA's own post and agreement. An earlier summary of the same capture was not used. Telephone and email are replaced in the held copy.
• IJSBA sanctioned promoters 2002 (web.archive.org): IJSBA directory of Sanctioned Promoters (ijsba.com page, Wayback capture of 11 March 2002), International Jet Sports Boating Association, 2002; sanctioning body, high. The association's directory of the promoters it sanctioned, each entry a company with a person's name under it, an address and a region. No post is printed beside any name, so it is high for the listing and does not by itself name anyone to an organising post. The held excerpt keeps three entries and drops every address, telephone number and email.
• IJSBA US promoters page 2008 (web.archive.org): US Promoters (ijsba.com page, Wayback capture of 12 October 2008), International Jet Sports Boating Association, 2008-10-11; sanctioning body, high. The association's directory of United States promoters, each a company with its region and a "Contact:" name. High for the listing; it prints no post. The page shows the day's date, 11 October 2008, the day it was captured; the listing itself is undated. The held excerpt keeps four entries and drops addresses, telephone numbers and email.
• 2010 rule book (web.archive.org): IJSBA 2010 Official Competition Rule Book, International Jet Sports Boating Association, 2010; sanctioning body, high. The complete 2010 book, kept by the Czech affiliate after IJSBA removed it. Part 8 is headed Open Class with Superstock as an addendum; the Stock part carries the Lites and class naming addenda; part 4 prints the 500 unit figure without a Ski exception and the 100 unit route below it; the appendix adds Special Production homologation below 100 units.
• 2011 rule book (web.archive.org): IJSBA 2011 Official Competition Rule Book, International Jet Sports Boating Association, 2011; sanctioning body, high. The complete 2011 book from the Czech affiliate's server. Repeats the 2010 Lites addendum (85 and 220 horsepower) and the class naming addendum, and its competition classes appendix still prints 500 (200 for Ski Division) while its part 4 prints 500 flat.
• 2012 rule book (web.archive.org): IJSBA 2012 Official Competition Rule Book, International Jet Sports Boating Association, 2012; sanctioning body, high. The complete 2012 book. Its Lites addendum redefines Runabout Lites as four-stroke naturally aspirated Stock runabouts under 2000cc, and its Ski sponson rule is dated to itself, as of 2012, for the four-sponson allowance on Lites-eligible Ski.
• 2014 rule book (web.archive.org): IJSBA 2014 Official Competition Rule Book, International Jet Sports Boating Association, 2014; sanctioning body, high. The complete 2014 book. Runabout Lites is renamed Runabout Rec Lites in the addendum, and the class list adds Vintage Ski (JS type hulls only, 550cc maximum), Sport GP and Runabout 1000 Superstock.

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