First stop in the 2011 Ocean Grand Prix Powerboat World Championship is the beautiful Mediterranean island Malta. In the past few months International Sea Racing Limited (ISR), a Malta based company, on long term contract with Union Internationale Motonautique (UIM) to hold exclusively the rights for the Ocean Grand Prix (OGP) Powerboat World Championships, had to deal with many obstacles. Thanks to their perseverance and diplomatic approach the 2011 season is here. (more…)
Author: karel
Audio interview with Nigel Hook and Janet Wilson
The 2011 Ocean Grand Prix UIM Endurance World Championships will have its first stop in Malta on June 10 to 12. The powerboats are already on their way to this beautiful Mediterranean island. Rumours had it that the all red, white and bleu powerboat number 77 (Lucas Oil Scandinavian Offshore Challenge) would be a brand new concept especially designed to race. This new design was kept hidden and no pictures were to be found. Eager to hear more about this secret project, powerboating.be held a Skype call on Sunday May 29th with the renowned Nigel Hook and team manager Janet Wilson. (more…)
lmor Marine celebrates its 1000th marine engine
May 26, 2011: Ilmor Marine, LLC marked the production of its 1,000th marine engine with a celebration at its Mooresville, NC headquarters. The 1,000th engine – a MV8 6.2L – is manufactured at the Mooresville location. Ilmor Marine, LLC is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ilmor Engineering, Inc, and operates in a state-of-the-art 50,000 square foot marine engine assembly and test facility open since July 2010. The plant manufactures Ilmor’s new series of inboard GM-based marine V8 (MV8) engines, and is capable of assembling up to 15,000 engines per year. Ilmor Marine is currently the primary engine supplier to MasterCraft Boat Company, its principal boat manufacturing partner. (more…)
Dave Custom Boats M-35s
UIM Yearbook 2010
The UIM (Union International Motonautique) publishes each year a yearbook containing all the powerboating and aquabike results. Enriched with plenty of pictures the season of each class is beautifully described. The federations get their pages also and all reigning world champions of 2010 are listed including a picture. (more…)
Some time ago we had the opportunity to interview Reggie Fountain, the builder of the fast and famous Fountain powerboats. This exclusive interview for powerboating.be is truly a document for all those who love powerboating and/or are the lucky ones to own a Fountain powerboat.