The Abu Dhabi International Marine Sports Club , with the authorization of the UIM National Authority – U.A.E. Marine Sport Federation – in cooperation with Class 1 Promotion, under the aegis of the U.I.M., is organizing in Abu Dhabi – U.A.E. Class One the 2015 Grand Prix of Abu Dhabi. The event is held from 4 to 6 November 2015 as round 2 of the UIM Class 1 & V1 WORLD POWERBOAT CHAMPIONSHIP. It will be a very exciting race in V1 as you can see in the results. Malta based team Chaudron is leading the participants together with the Italian powerboating team Karelpiu. Their powerboat is a tuned Fountain, from an open version to a closed one. Team Chaudron is named after the shipyard owned by Aaron Ciantar who’s driving the homonymous powerboat. The Belgian team Bernico New Star holds third place and the Germain team Searex Baltec is still racing for a place on the desired World Championship podium.
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Raffaele Chiuli confirmed as President of the UIM
Raffaele Chiulli was confirmed as president of the UIM, the world federation of powerboating. His reelection was the reward for the development and innovation policies implemented over the last presidential mandate. A renowned manager from the international energy industry, Dr. Raffaele Chiulli is also the president of ARISF, the organization of the 35 sports federations recognized by the International Olympic Committee and Vice-President of SportAccord which assembles 104 Olympic and non-Olympic international federations and he occupies important roles in IOC committees.
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Anyone who’s into powerboating especially in Europe, knows Patrick Huybreghts aka Pat. He’s a die hard powerboater but most of all he’s an optimist by default. He owned 2 Nor-Techs: 38 ft from 1997 and 39 ft from 2008. Both powerboats were named ‘Spirit of Belgium’. I had the chance to interview him about the Nor-tech accident. Only now he can come into the open with his story. Powerboating.be was his channel of choice. Stay tuned to read the full story here!
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No UIM Class C1 World Powerboat Championship Race in Terracina 2015
The message of Marco Sala, Sport Director H20 Racing, leaves no room for doubt when he writes that the organizing committee has informed him that, due to the receivership of the municipal administration, they are not able to host the C1 event this year, which is therefore cancelled. Powerboating.be also found out that the mayor of Terracina resigned or removed as you can read (translation in English) in this article and here in Italian.This decision only leaves Abu Dhabi as final race arena possibility. “The organizing committee has confirmed the organization of the C1 event in Abu Dhabi although the final date have still to be announced” Marco Sala wrote in his e-mail. Meanwhile, powerboating.be found out that the races will be held from 9 to 13 november 2015.
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