Tag: xcat
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The sporty, stylish Pirelli 42 from Tecnorib is on its way to Düsseldorf
A 13-meter long rib, designed for Tecnorib by Mannerfelt Design, and marketed with the Pirelli brand. Here’s the inning combination behind the new Pirelli 42, which will debut at Düsseldorf Boot from January 18 to 26. Tecnorib, the official licensee of Pirelli-branded inflatable boats, will be showing the new model, designed in partnership with Swedish…
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Maritimo from Australia wins the 2019 XCAT World Championship
Tom Barry Cotter and Ross Willaton perform a superb race, finish first, and clinch the World Title at their first full season in XCAT. Team Maritimo of Australia, with the Aussies Tom Barry Cotter and Ross Willaton, on a Maritimo boat built in Australia, win the 2019 UIM XCAT World Championship. That should be enough…
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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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XCAT World Championship Shanghai GP ends with an impressive one-two from Abu Dhabi team
The two boats from Abu Dhabi Team lead race two in the sixth race of the XCAT World Championship season. #4 wins followed by #5, while third is HPI Italia. Sunday’s race, the sixth leg of the 2018 UIM XCAT World Championship, has been much clearer than Saturday’s one. On the same race course on…
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XCAT World Championship: (Team Australia) Abu Dhabi 5 wins a cluttered race in Shanghai
UPDATE – Sunday 14, 11:01 am After re-examining all the images and the timing logs, and taking into consideration protests and appeals, the UIM and the XCAT World Championship Race Officers have issued the amended race results. Here below the official final results of Race 1, while the arrival order (with boats’ numbers is the…
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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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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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Mercury Marine introduces the mighty Mercury Verado 400 outboard engine
It’s the most powerful engine from the American manufacturer: Mercury Verado 400 has just been launched in Miami and is based on the Racing ROS 400 which debuted four year ago in XCAT Offshore Championship. We could expect that: after four years since the debut of the Mercury Racing ROS 400 engine, the official release…
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Abu Dhabi 4 rule race 1 in XCAT World Championship in Hangzhou and reach the top of the ranking
With a great start the duo of the Emirati boat take the lead of the XCAT World Championship race and smash the opponents. Second is 222 Offshore, third The Blue Roo of Team Australia. It’s the day of Abu Dhabi 4 in Hangzhou, China, stage 4 of the 2018 UIM XCAT World Championship. On Saturday…