Categoria: Racing
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The UIM E1 Electric Powerboat Series is set to start with RaceBird boats engineered by Victory Marine
E1 and SeaBird Technologies have announced they are joining forces with Victory Marine of Brunello Acampora to develop, manufacture and assemble the electric RaceBird powerboat that will feature in the UIM E1 Electric Powerboat Series. Cars go electric, and boats go electric. Motorsport goes electric, and powerboating goes electric. And so, after some years of…
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Tullio Abbate, powerboating champion and boatbuilder, dies at 76 for Covid-19
He dedicated his whole life to speed in boating, both in competitions and in boat building. His yard carries his name, Tullio Abbate, and his fast boats have been appreciated by champions such as Gilles Villeneuve and Ayrton Senna. Abbate, 76, had been hospitalized in Milan for a few days and on thursday 9 April…
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New energy sources meet in Yacht Club de Monaco: time to build the motorboats of tomorrow
Reinventing motorboating, to meet energy and environmental imperatives was the concept of this 5th Solar & Energy Boat Challenge organized by the Yacht Club de Monaco: 200 competitors divided into 30 teams and three categories. The event took place in the Principality from July 12 to 14, with meeting at the YCCM. Among the sponsors…
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Fourth success in a row for Dubai Police in the 2018 UIM XCAT season
Two races in Stresa and two in Fujairah for the UIM XCAT championship. And Dubai Police has won them all. Will anybody be able to fight with them for the title, or the season is already over? It’s another victory for Dubai Police: Arif Al Zaffain and Nadir Bin Hendi also win Race 2 in…
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Dubai Police wins race 1 in Stresa, Italy. Abu Dhabi 4 and 222 Offshore to chase
Arif Al Zaffain and Nadir Bin Hendi (Dubai Police) step on top of the podium in Race 1 of the Stresa Grand Prix, second stage of the 2018 UIM XCAT World Championship. With these 35 points the Emirati duo consolidate their leadership in the championship. Second place (with just a 4” gap) for Shaun Torrente…
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The XCAT World Championship is back to Italy: in July the circus will be in Stresa, on Lake Maggiore
With the work from UIM and FIM, the World and Italian powerboating federations, the UIM XCAT World Championship will be back in Stresa in the weekend 6-8 July, in the same location where they raced in 2013 and 2014. The last time it was in 2014: the XCAT catamarans raced on Lake Maggiore, by the…
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Dubai Police takes it all. 17 laps in the lead give the Emirati team the second victory in a row
Arif al Zaffein and Nadir bin Hendi dominate also race 2 of the Fujairah GP. Behind them, an incredible comeback from Team Australia takes them to second, while Newstar clinch their first podium ever in XCAT. They seemed unstoppable yesterday, and they’ve been unstoppable today. The perfect feeling in the cockpit between Nadir bin Hendi…
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The bummer from down under. And the first XCAT race goes to Dubai Police
A collision in the first lap between Maritimo and Team Australia causes both of them to retire, with a bad flipover for the former. Arif al Zaffein and Nadir bin Hendi win the race, 222 Offshore is second and Swecat third. Race 1 in Fujariah, first stage of 2018 UIM XCAT World Championship, seems to…
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XCAT World Championship ready to race in Stresa
The UIM XCAT World Championship is ready to get back to Italy: the Stresa Grand Prix will take place on Lake Maggiore on July 6 to 8. As we anticipated some months ago, the UIM XCAT World Championship is getting prepared for the second stage of the 2018 season. Fifteen carbon fiber catamarans will race in…
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XCAT Round 1: the first pole position of the year is for ‘Dubai Police’
Their boat is sponsored by Dubai Police, but it’s a comeback from two champions in XCAT: Arif al Zaffein and Nadir bin Hendi have clinched the first spot on the grid in the Fujairah Grand Prix. It may seem weird to read “Dubai Police is in pole position”. But the Dubai-based team of Arif al…