BoatRacing

Important note from the DEV:

Hey, it's me, Jon! The guy behind Jaie55. This message is for the end user, yeah, you, the one downloading the plugin.

I'm going through a really really tough time right now. I got my heart broken back in early July, and because of that, I just don't have the mental energy to keep working on the plugin (or much of anything, honestly). I'm also out of a job and struggling financially. From the time I made this plugin up until today, August 21, 2026, it has only made 4.54 USD, and nobody has tipped me anything on Ko-Fi.

As you can probably guess, that doesn't exactly give me the drive or motivation to keep developing it.

I originally made this plugin because I joined a random Minecraft server (PCC Rebuilt) and became friends with the owners.

They needed something that did exactly what this does, so I built it and kept updating it as bugs popped up and they needed new features. It's a super niche plugin, and there's actually a paid one out there that ripped off some of my code, which I'm pretty pissed about.

So, what does this mean for you as a user or server owner? Honestly, not much, since no one reports bugs on our Discord or GitHub anyway. The only real difference is that updating to future Minecraft versions might take longer and also you might have bugs that I haven't found yet. We used to have the plugin ready to go the second a new update dropped, so that might change.

That's about it.

Thanks to all the server owners for using this plugin, I hope it gave you guys a few good laughs. And remember, if you're going through a rough patch and can't afford professional help, lean on your friends. Cry, vent, try to hang out with them, go grab dinner together, just let it all out. Don't worry about what they'll think, that's what friends are for... <3

BoatRacing

An F1‒style ice boat racing plugin for Bukkit/Spigot (compatible with Paper/Purpur) with a clean, vanilla‒like GUI. Manage teams, configure tracks with the built‒in BoatRacing selection tool, run timed races with checkpoints, pit area penalties, and a guided setup wizard.

> Status: Public release (26.2.1) > Authors: Jaie55 & MC-MrBirdy

> [!WARNING] > Snapshot name: snapshot-26.1-gui-fallback-01 (historical — no longer needed) > This snapshot was published for early Paper 26.1 validation. > As of 1.1.6, BoatRacing has full support for 26.1 via the feeeedox/AnvilGUI fork. > You can safely upgrade to the latest release.

See the changelog in CHANGELOG.md.

This is how we test the plugin to validate its behavior after each update: see the QA checklist in CHECKLIST.md

Locale files are validated with python tools/check_locales.py (Python 3.8+), which checks key parity, placeholders, duplicated keys, colour/escape differences, and possible untranslated text across every messages_*.yml.

What's New (26.2.1)

Global race placeholders and translatable status labels:

• Added: global race placeholders %boatracing_race_running%, %boatracing_race_registering%, and %boatracing_race_status% resolve across all track sessions, so a single scoreboard/hologram line reacts when any race opens or starts.
• Added: %boatracing_race_status% labels are translated in messages_<lang>.yml under placeholder.race-status.* across all 27 bundled languages.
• Added: 11 new community language bundles — uk (Ukrainian), id (Indonesian), ar (Arabic), nl (Dutch), cs (Czech), vi (Vietnamese), th (Thai), tl (Filipino), da (Danish), no (Norwegian), and fi (Finnish) — fully translated with the same keys as English.
• Docs: README placeholder tables and CHECKLIST include validation steps for the new global placeholders and language bundles.

What's New (26.2)