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when compiling rAceBoAt internAtionAl we have a huge choice of photographs, and regrettably many brilliant images never get onto the page. we decided the only way to include more pictures was to add more pages, and so this issue has a considerable increase in stunning pictures from international events. 2014 has not been the most memorable year for both me and powerboat racing in general as poor health has prevented me from travelling to report ‘live’ from the venues, and several international and national meetings on this year’s calendar have struggled to attract healthy numbers. or in the case of the uim world f1h2o promotion who had the boats, but failed to sign up any new venues this year. there has , however, been a more positive season for the h2o class 1 brigade who enjoyed a transformation to their events when monohulls were invited to take part with the catamarans and almost overnight class 1 was rejuvenated. on the uK front, powerboat p1 which concluded the season in october, appears to be going from strength to strength, and it has been very evident that their presentation leaves little room for improvement. thundercats and Zapcats have also completed a very hectic schedule and in the rough, they are a photographer’s dream. there is, of course, still the ridiculous situation of two warring factions competing for the loyalties of a small number of uK offshore racers, and until the ocrdA and sepA start to seriously co-operate, joining forces with a simple formula that caters for all, i can’t see the situation improving in the foreseeable future. Another concern this year has been the outcome of a nine year long court case against the ryA following an accident in 2005 during a Junior offshore powerboat race which resulted in a 13 year old suffering serious injuries in a boat driven by a 10 year old. the co-pilot, now 23 was awarded £5.5 million damages, the highest compensation ever to be paid out in the world of powerboating. nine years ago legal implications were not such a serious consideration when promoting powerboat racing for youngsters and, yes a disclaimer was signed by the parents. the K class for youngsters created by the late tom crump was abandoned immediately after the accident, and in view of this latest claim is unlikely to be reintroduced. this i feel is yet another hurdle for powerboat racing to overcome, and one which i hope will not have future repercussions in a sport which is inherently dangerous and is becoming increasingly more expensive to take part in. in the meantime, it must have come as a shock to the astronomically rich Qatar people to be told they are banned from racing in Key west. furthermore, the boat that has apparently cost them ‘zillions’ is now a white elephant because the turbine class has been scrapped in America. In spite of all this I am confident that 2015 will be a year to remember, especially if uK race organisers take a leaf out of the guernsey promotors who hosted one of the best meetings of 2014.

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NEWS BRIEFING

Who’s WHO and what’s WHAT

CLASS 1 IBIZA

Thirteen Class 1 and V1 boats raced together with wins from TOMMY ONE and CHAUDRON

CLASS 1 TERRACINA

SENSATIONAL event and brilliant racing from BERNICO-NEWSTARS and AQUASPORT

F1H2o 2014 WORLDS A stunning return to F1 by Thani Al-Qamzi at LIUZHOU, CHINA for Round 2 of the UIM World Championship F2 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP

Europe’s elite F2 powerboat racers at COMO, ITALY where IVAN BRIGADA takes the Gold

POWERBOAT GP NOTTINGHAM

F4S Worlds and European Championships for GT15, GT30 and OSY400

NRC PLYMOUTH

Eleven entries for the last two rounds of the National championship for OCR and OFFSHORE

2014 COWES-TORQUAY

Considered to be one of the toughest powerboat races in the world for offshore marathon boats MARATHON boats

GUERNSEY

The Channel Island is back to its best hosting the 2014 3A and 3B WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

THUNDERCAT RACING

Team 33 win the overall RYA National Championship at FISTRAL BEACH Newquay

POWERBOAT SUPERLEAGUE

Forty four entries for National and World records at NEW MARTINSVILLE, WEST VIRGINIA

TAKING THE PIC

More PIT ACTION photos

YESTERYEAR

Looking back to the 1968 Cowes-Torquay event when Dick Bertram in ‘Lucky Moppie’ lost the race to the Gardner brothers in ‘Surfrider’ raceboatinternational 5

SUNSEEkER SHOCkS With 300 Redundancies

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the recent announcement by sunseeker of 300 non-core redundancies came as something of a shock. This is the first major change since a chinese consortium acquired a 92% shareholding in sunseeker

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POWERBOAT P1 TESTINg gROUND fOR EVINRUDE g2 ENgINE Brp evinrude, which has been the exclusive engine supplier to the p1 superstock powerboat race series since 2011, selected the international marine motorsport promoter demonstrated its new e-tec g2 engine at a special media event in italy. P1 is the first race promoter to take delivery of the engine and will be conducting a series of race-related tests in 2015 ahead of a switch to the new engine in 2016. P1 chief operating officer Robert Wicks was invited to attend the launch of Evinrude’s new line of two-stroke engines in Milwaukee this summer and said on his return: “The company are set to revolutionise the outboard engine market, for both pleasure and racing, with new and bold breakthrough design features. Offshore powerboat racing is arguably the harshest proving ground for an outboard engine, testing performance, reliability and build quality to the maximum, and being selected for this role puts P1 at the forefront of marine motorsport.” The G2 is BRP’s first totally new product in almost 40 years and it comes with the promise of as much as 75 per cent fewer emissions, 15 per cent better fuel efficiency and 20 per cent more torque than leading four-stroke

engines. It is the result of a two-year development programme and US$200m investment by BRP. “It is clear that BRP has put a healthy slice of its DNA into the new product, its first all-new outboard since acquiring the Evinrude brand in 2001, and the two-day media launch on Lake Maggiore in northern Italy in November provided a superb opportunity to showcase the P1 Panther race boat combined with the G2 engine,” said Wicks. Ahead of its departure for Italy, the Panther is being rigged by P1’s technical partner, Powertech Marine in Hampshire, whose managing direct Keith Whittle explained; “Although we are still at an early stage in working with the G2 engine, there are clearly many new features that will make its use as a race engine far simpler than before for racers and race engineers alike. These include the strengthened mid-section, built-in power steering and hydrodynamic SLX gear case.”

In an environment where global economic recovery, albeit somewhat patchy, and a general air of optimism in the international leisure marine market implies that the days of large scale redundancies were behind us, this was not expected. Group executive director Sunny Thakrar made it clear that a pick up in demand has not necessarily delivered an easier business environment. A main driver behind the need to streamline the company is the fact that, while new models are seeing strong sales, the legacy designs are finding the going much tougher. That coupled with increasing competition demands that Sunseeker brings new boats to the market faster than before in order to maximise their lifetimes. The new corporate structure is therefore intended to deliver a streamlined business that is capable of innovating and responding to emerging trends much more rapidly than before. In a move that may seem counterintuitive, given recent trends, Sunseeker will also be increasing its focus on its smaller, 40 to 80 feet models in order to win more business from individuals who are in the early stages of their boat owning careers. With repeat business vital for Sunseeker, the emphasis is being directed towards looking after the Sunseeker ‘family’ to create a more sustainable business over the long term. It may also be that superyacht owners have turned out to be fewer in numbers and, with a few notable exceptions, less loyal than had been hoped for. For Sunseeker’s suppliers, the official message is that there is nothing to worry about. Mr Thakrar referred to the company being ‘in a good place, with a strong shareholder who understands the business and provides financial stability’. Production will remain firmly rooted in the UK with the ‘Made in Britain’ tag a big part of the brand’s appeal. For them the axe will fall swiftly. All redundancy notices will be sent out by the end of the year.

fIRE DESTROYS RACEBOATS A major fire at the workshop of OCRDA Chairman Rob McCarthy has destroyed his collection of raceboats including the championship winning Bernico ‘IF ONLY’ this year’s NRC Champion. Another two Bernicos, a RIB and a collection of model powerboats were also destroyed in the blaze together with several outboard motors. The workshop was part of a terrace complex near Kingsbridge, Devon and flames wiped

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out two more units and damaged a further two. A camper van parked across the doors of McCarthy’s workshop was also a total loss. ‘IF ONLY’ was being prepared for Coniston Records Week, and to enable him to participate this year, Rod has acquired a Mod vP Ravencraft

UNIQUE POWERBOAT SIMULATOR A new three to four minute long, interactive experience for up to five guests with an unprecedented level of accuracy and realism.

The new powerboat simulator was unveiled at the IAAPA Attractions Expo in Orlando in November by Cruden, the world’s leading designer and manufacturer of professional, interactive, motion-based racing simulators. The company develops the most high tech, realistic and accurate professional equipment for the top levels of international motorsport, including Formula 1, as well as vehicle manufacturers and their suppliers. The same package is then made available to the global attractions market and to private individuals to create a motorsport experience which simply does not compare with ‘games’ machines on the market. Cruden has applied the same, detailed modeling approach to wave and boat dynamics and professional image generation as the industry has come to expect from its race car simulators. It has worked with the Dutch military on its fast interceptor vessels and security boats as well as Florida powerboat specialists and drivers to get the motion just right. The Cruden Powerboat 5CTR is a unique concept that is an affordable route to realistic, accurae motion and group fun. With two of the crew at the front controling the helm, throttle, trim and navigation, and three participating in the action from the back seats, guests are fully immersed via realistic motion (roll, pitch and heave) and interaction with ocean swell, waves and the wake from other boats. The result is a thrilling, high speed group experience which allows two or more boats to race against each other, and at 3.5 m long, 2.3 m wide and 2.5 m high, the simulator makes an imposing centre stage simulator experience. The Powerboat 5CTR starts at €87,500 for one simulator – around half the price of Cruden’s

Hexatech race car simulator – and €165,000 for two in the recommended dual set-up. “We are very excited about the Cruden Powerboat 5CTR,” says Frank Kalff, commercial director of Cruden. “We gained initial feedback from the industry last year and so married up the powerboat simulator software with a motorsport motion system. People had so much fun and couldn’t believe how realistic the experience was, in particular the elating

feeling of bouncing off the waves again and again. We’ve been developing more games and challenges including precision driving around buoys in creeks, lakes and the open sea. This will be one noisy ride – not just from the sound of the carefully tuned boat engine but because there will be five people shouting at each other, working as a team, to control and navigate the boat to achieve various challenges.”

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EXCITINg TIMES AHEAD fOR COWES-TORQUAY MARATHON since the bumper cowes classic event in 2012 celebrating 50 years of this famous race, the subsequent years have not lived up the the 50th anniversary. But it looks like things are about to change again.

2014 UIM 3C EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS Guillaume Avril and Mickael Dubouè from France are the 2014 UIM 3C European Champions, a win and a 2nd place gave them the title with fellow countrymen Pierre Paul and Noel Giordani runners up. Cucurnia Mauro and Giovanni Casagni from Italy took the bronze, with two 3rd places.

HUGE PAY-OUT FOR INJURED TEENAGER The Bournemouth Pier will once again be a perfect vantage point for the 2015 Cowes-Torquay Race. Last year we witnessed the return of the original Cowes-Torquay start line off the Royal Yacht Squadron after several years starting 3 miles down the Solent, and in 2015 it gets even better - the Marathon boats will be back and starting off Cowes with the outward leg taking the fleet past Hurst Castle, Bournemouth Pier and Swanage. They will take the same route on the

return leg giving spectators a great opportunity to see some close up action. Even the West Cowes Marina will again be used as wet and dry pits and media centre. The Class 3 division has not been forgotten as they, together with v24’s, will race from Cowes, complete two laps of Bournemouth Bay, passing close to the piers, before returning to the finish line off the Royal Yacht Squadron.

SPEED RECORD WEEk the annual records week on lake coniston produced several circuit and offshore powerboat national and world records listed below

WoRld ANd NAtIoNAl ReCoRdS tumBle At CoNIStoN WoRld & NAtIoNAl ReCoRdS (subject to ratification) Runabout Superstock 1200

Alan Pickard

84.02 mph

Runabout gP

Alan Pickard

83.11 mph

Ski division f1

graham leech

68.08 mph

Pro Rib Sport

Peter hart

74.69 mph

S1000

Sam Whittle

70.45 mph est

offshore III B ePA

Paul etasse

64.19 mph

o850

Ben morse

100.05 mph

Clubman unlimited monohull

Peter hart

91.00 mph

NAtIoNAl ReCoRdS (subject to ratification)

VP 2.75

Alan Power

92.86 mph

BCC Class 1

Peter hart

92.15 mph

BCC Class 1

helen loney

79.07 mph

offshore III A

John guille

70.95 mph

offshore III A

Jack Bobin

62.61 mph est

Clubman 1000 Catamaran

Stuart Bird

65.76 mph est

zapcat zCR50x

david finlayson

44.13 mph est

zapcat zCR50

Simon matthews

43.53 mph est

A young powerboat racer who suffered serious head injuries when a boat went over the top of his head whilst competing in a Junior race in Portland Harbour, Dorset, has been awarded a record £5.5 million in damages. 23 year old Ben Ridd was a 13 year old when he fractured his skull during the crash in June 2005, and spent 3 weeks in a coma. At the High Court, UK’s powerboat governing body, the RYA admitted liability and will pay damages to meet his lifetime needs. Mr Ridd, from Poole, Dorset was co-driver in a Sorcerer speedboat with a 10 year old driver when it ‘hooked’ and came to a sudden halt during a 90 degree turn at the first turn mark. The following boat, which was close behind, had no-where to go and went over the top of Ridd’s head. Ridd was wearing a recommended standard size adult helmet which came off during the accident and was found floating in the water. He was revived by a paramedic and airlifted to hospital. The court heard he was left with substantial intellectual and physical disabilities, and has undergone intensive rehabilitation. He has since completed a business course at college and was a torch bearer at the 2012 Olympic Games.

MODELS – FOR CHRISTMAS

A model powerboat or race car, is a gift that will keep any adult or child occupied well into the New Year. Revell’s have a wide range of models including an awesome monohull powered by electric motor, and a catamaran bearing a striking resemblance to a Class 1 cat. The Revell range includes a vast collection of model kits and the Sebastian vettel’s Red Bull F1 car will light up a few eyes this Christmas.

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CLASS 1 WORLD POWERBOAT RACING

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Article: Nigel Quilter Photos: Simon Palfrader Raffaello Bastiani

IBIZA

WINS for TOMMY ONE and CHAUDRON but

VICTORY DOMINATE

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thIRteeN BoAtS lINed uP IN IBIzA foR the medIteRRANeAN gRANd PRIx WIth ClASS 1 CAtAmARANS ANd V1 moNohullS RACINg SIdeBy-SIde foR the fIRSt tIme IN oVeR tWo deCAdeS. Arif Al zaffain and Nadir Bin Hendi carried on from where they left off, and last raced together in 2011, cruising to an easy victory in race 1 to win by a massive 49 second margin. The vICTORY duo, who earlier in the day shared the pole position spoils with LFF10, led from the start and were never challenged, going on to complete the 13 laps in 35:41.85s. Despite matching the winners in qualifying Luca Fendi and Giovanni Carpitella could not match the sustained pace of the leaders, but looked comfortable in second spot when they suddenly hit trouble on lap 9 and stopped. From third place at the end of lap 1 Guido Cappellini and C1 rookie Mikhail Kitashev held off an initial challenge from Ugur Isik and Christian zaborowski in RELEKTA-zABO-ISIKLAR before opening out a comfortable advantage to move into and take second spot following the exit of LFF10. The RELEKTA-zABO-ISIKLAR crew in turn faced a race long challenge from Faleh Al Mansoori and Rashed Al Tayer in Team Abu Dhabiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new MTI, who passed them on the final lap to take the chequered flag in third, only to be hit with a 25-second post-race penalty for destroying a turn buoy, which handed the podium spot to Isiklar and zaborowski, the Abu Dhabi Dhabi duo dropping to fifth behind LFF8-POLIMERSAN.

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Second home was KARELPIU, the team switching driver for race 2 with Federico Montanari teaming-up with Antonio Schiano. Ibiza honours in V1 went to Aaron Ciantar and Dominique Martini in CHAUDRON

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mAuRIzIo SChePICI ANd StefANo BoNANNo took V1 hoNouRS IN tommy oNe The performance of the day came in v1 from the TOMMY ONE crew of Maurizio Schepici and Stefano Bonanno who powered their way through the field from a long way back in fourth spot, first passing BERNICO-NEW STAR, then the early race leaders CHAUDRON before setting their sights on and overhauling the pole sitters Antonio and Giuseppe Schiano in KARELPIU, to take the win in 36:33.39s. In race 2 vICTORY and CHAUDRON produced the stand-out performances of the afternoon and cruised to emphatic victories in their respective classes in a dramatic race that was red flagged after ABU DHABI crashed out at the first corner. Both Faleh AL Mansoori and Rashed Al Tayer emerged unscathed from the upturned boat, but it was a bitter blow for them on their debut weekend in their new boat, and after going second quickest in qualifying earlier in the day, and running in second spot behind vICTORY when they hooked and went over. The boats were led round under the yellow flag and from the restart vICTORYâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Arif Al zaffain and Nadir Bin Hendi dropped the hammer and simply disappeared off into the distance. They were unchallenged throughout to take the win and complete a perfect weekend in Ibiza. Ugur Isik and Christian zaborowski produced another solid performance, and despite breaking two gear boxes over the weekend picked up another podium finish-

ing in second place, with Guido Cappellini and Mikhail Kitashev on their first outing together also picking up a second podium, with third. It was a frustrating and disappointing day for FENDI RACING, with Luca Fendi and Giovanni Carpitella failing to make the start after breaking their gear box in race 1, and any hopes of team success faded early when Tarik Oktem and Miles Jennings limped back to the pits before the restart. The honours in v1 went to Aaron Ciantar and Dominique Martini in CHAUDRON who, like vICTORY, left their rivals in their wake to win unchallenged over the 12 laps, taking the chequered flag with the chasing pack a lap in arrears, and finishing on the same lap as the C1 boats ahead of them to take an early lead in the Championship standings. Second home was KARELPIU, the team switching driver for race 2 with Federico Montanari teaming-up with Antonio Schiano. The duo held off a strong challenge from AQUASPORT on lap 3 as the two outfits thundered through the start-finish line side-by-side and then from a momentarily advancing TOMMY ONE. The drive of the afternoon belonged to Drew Langdon and Ian Blacker in SILvERLINE who found good pace mid race, moving up from sixth spot on lap 2, passing BERNICO-NEW STAR and overhauling AQUASPORT and TOMMY ONE on lap 7 to take the third step of the podium. raceboatinternational 15

CLASS 1 WORLD POWERBOAT RACING

SENSATIONAL ITALIAN GP in

TERRACiNA

BERNICO-NEWSTAR and AQUASPORT

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Article: Nigel Quilter Photos: Simon Palfrader, Raffaello Bastiani and Tim Tapping

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V1 UPSTAGE C1 COUSINS If the first outing of C1 cats and V1 monohulls in Ibiza was good, the next at the Grand Prix of Italy in Terracina was sensational, the event had everything; conspiracy theories, alleged dark shadowy figures up to no good under the cover of darkness in the paddock, brilliant racing, spinouts, collisions and a first win for Luca Fendi and Giovanni Carpitella IN LFF10 But undoubtedly the stars of the show were the V1s, Bernico-New Stars breathtaking win in race 1, Aquasport staking their claim as title contenders winning race 2.

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the dRAmA WAS AlmoSt ImmedIAte, RACE 1 StoPPed AfteR the StARt lAP folloWINg A fIRSt CoRNeR SPIN-out By tommy oNe foRCINg offICIAlS to BRINg out the Red flAg. vICTORY’s Arif Al zaffain and Nadir Bin Hendi were in control of the race, leading the C1 boats onto the second lap ahead of LFF10 and TEAM ABU DHABI when the race was called to a halt. BERNICO-NEW STAR, CHAUDRON and AQUASPORT were the first v1s to cross the start-finish line and were through turn one when Maurizio Schepici and Stefano Bonanno in TOMMY ONE hooked and span out forcing KARELPIU’s Federico Montanari and Antonio Schiano to take evasive action, but they were unable to avoid a coming together damaging their drives, and both boats 18 raceboatinternational

were unable to continue. There was more drama before the restart with Championship leaders Aaron Chiantar and Dominique Martini pulling CHAUDRON off the course and limping back to the pits, a broken turbo charger belt ending their race. A broken propeller on lap 1 also ended Germany’s Siegfried Greve and Udo Gross’ race in HERCULES SAGEMANN. From the restart pole-sitters vICTORY again resumed complete control and were never put under any pressure, moving 15 seconds clear of LFF10 by lap 5, and going on to win comfortably by

27 seconds to seal an eighth European Championship for the Dubai based team. “I am sorry to say we didn’t find any competition.” said Al zaffain, who would rue those words 24 hours later! Local favourites Luca Fendi and Giovanni Carpitella in LFF10 were able to fend off the threat from TEAM ABU DHABI and maintained P2 - apart for a brief spell when they and the front runners took their long laps and conceded the place to team mates Miles Jennings and Alfredo Amato who went on to finish fifth - and grab their first podium of the year.

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The Terracina Class 1 podium for Heat 1 was for VICTORY’s Arif Al Zaffain and Nadir Bin Hendi, LFF10’s Luca Fendi and Giovanni Carpitella (left), and RELEKTA-ZABO-ISIKLAR’s Urger Isik and Christian Zaborowski

After their diastrous Ibiza debut the brand new TEAM ABU DHABI (left) was refitted and excelled in Terracina with a new crew - Gary Ballough and John Tomlinson RELEKTA-ZABO-ISIKLAR

AfteR SeeINg theIR NeW BoAt tIPPed oVeR IN IBIzA teAm ABu dhABI’S hIeRARChy hAStIly CAlled IN tWo AmeRICAN heAVy WeIghtS, gARy BAllough ANd 1997 ClASS 1 WoRld ChAmPIoN JohN tomlINSoN. In their first outing together the new crew produced just the come back result the team was hoping with an impressive performance to take third place, It was a third podium for Tomlinson with the team and a first on his C1 debut for Ballough. “We’re happy with that, glad we brought it home and in good shape,” said Tomlinson. “It was a good fair race with Fendi, they left us room when we needed it. Now we have to work on one or two things to pick up the pace.” There was disappointment for New Star-Poliform’s Guido Cappellini and Mikhail Kitashev, retiring immediately after

the restart. With the top three boats in v1 side-lined before the restart, the Championship race had been blown wide open and BernicoNew Star, Silverline and Aquasport capitalised on it to produce a brilliant race and overshadowing their larger racing cousins, the trio swapping places throughout. Aquasport’s Daniel Cramphorn and Nico Huyben led from the restart but were overhauled by Nico Bertels and Frank Hemelaer in Bernico-New Star on lap 3 and a lap later by Silverline’s Ian Blacker and Drew Langdon. The leaders then raced side-by side for

the next two laps with Silverline piling on the pressure and passing the race leader on lap 5. But two laps later Bernico NewStar came again and made the decisive pass going on to take a brilliant win by 2.86 seconds and momentarily moving to the top of the Championship standings. “We are back in the title race. After all the trouble we’ve had this is a great result and I have to thank all my team,” said a delighted Nico Bertels. “You know it’s races like this when a couple of teams really start to push each other that you get great racing and the feeling after is unbelievable.”

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Race 2 belonged to Luca Fendi and Giovanni Carpitella who produced a scintillating performance to take their first win together in C1 at the team’s home Grand Prix and AQUASPORT’s Daniel Cramphorn and Nico Huybens, produced a totally dominant performance to win in v1. Lining up in first and second at the start, vICTORY and LFF10 delivered a sensational opening lap with Fendi and Carpitella stealing the advantage from the pole-sitters immediately, and leading them to the first turn, then holding them off in a nail biting run to the startfinish line as the two closed on each other and were just inches apart going into turn one of lap 2, LFF10 coming out in front. From that point LFF10 were able to maintain the upper hand, the gap between them fluctuating as they took their long laps. They were eight seconds clear by lap 7 when the defending World Champions and race 1 winners suddenly slowed to a crawl. Arif Al zaf20 raceboatinternational

fain and Nadir Bin Hendi limped round for two laps before retiring from the race with their right drop box hanging from the hull. For the remaining seven laps Fendi and Carpitella were out on their own, and after 25 races together delivered the victory they had been waiting for, taking the chequered flag to win by over 30 seconds. “It was an amazing race for us. We won it with a great start and to win at home is an incredible feeling. We showed that FENDI and vICTORY are at the same level,” said Luca Fendi. “We gave respect to them at the first turn and left them space. They came out on the inside with a bit more speed but we pulled it back and were side-by-side. Giovanni said to me, just go for the corner.” With vICTORY side-lined the fight for second place was between RELEKTAzABO-ISIKLAR and ABU DHABI who traded place behind the leaders. Ugur Isik and Christian zaborowski passed ABU DHABI on lap 3 and held them off

until lap 7 when they conceded position. For the next six laps, and with a 20 second advantage it looked as though Gary Ballough and John Tomlinson were on course for a second podium, but on the final lap ABU DHABI slowed after running out of fuel, RELEKTAzABO-ISIKLAR gifted second place. Third place went to Guido Cappellini and Mikhail Kitashev in NEW STARPOLIFORM, running in fifth for eight laps, but taking advantage of the retirees ahead of them to take their third podium of the year, with outgoing European Champions Miles Jennings and Alfredo Amato finishing fourth. After seeing victory slip from their grasp in race 1 AQUASPORT’s Daniel Cramphorn and Nico Huybens made up for it on the Sunday, going quickest in morning qualifying and delivering an emphatic start-to-finish victory over CHAUDRON and TOMMY ONE. “No gremlins for us today, it was a perfect race,” said driver Daniel Cramphorn.

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A win in Ibiza and 3rd in Terracina puts Nico Bertels and Frank Hernelacer in BERNICO-NEW STAR in third place in the V1 Championship before the final round in Abu Dhabi in December.

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Daniel Cramphorn and Nico Huybens in AQUASPORT produced a totally dominant performance to win Race 2 and putting them in second place in the V1 Championship

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“When you get out front you can run the race you want, take the turns how you want. We had no traffic to worry about after our early battle with CHAUDRON, and the boat ran perfectly. This win is for Mike Fiore.” Second place after their race 1 retire-

ment was enough for Aaron Chiantar and Dominique Martini to clinch the v1 European Championship, with another retiree from race 1 TOMMY ONE rewarded after a late night working on the boat, Maurizio Schepici and Stefano Bonanno moving up from the back of the field to take third.

KARELPIU’s Antonio and Giuseppe Schiano, another team to work late into the night on repairs, held off a race long challenge from BERNICO-NEW STAR to take fourth, with SILvERLINE, who had been running in third, finishing sixth after a spin out.

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2014 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS ROUND 2

TEAM ABU DHABI’S THANI AL-QAMZI FINISHES SECOND BEHIND ALEX CARELLA IN LIUZHOU’S

GRAND PRIX OF CHINA

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Article: Steve Michael Photos: Vittorio Obertone, Chris Davies, Arek Rejs

LIUZHOU CHINA

Team Abu Dhabi’s Thani Al-Qamzi enjoyed a stunning return to UIM F1 H20 racing action by taking second place behind defending World Champion Alex Carella in Monday’s 20th Grand Prix of China on Liuzhou’s Liu River.

arella led the 39-lap race from the start to claim a hat-trick of wins at the popular Chinese venue, but both Al-Qamzi and Team Abu Dhabi colleague Ahmed Al-Hameli were forced to battle their way through the field from ninth and 10th positions. Al-Qamzi looked to have finished the race in third place and in front of the hard-charging American Shaun Torrente until Sweden’s Erik Stark - who had crossed the finish line in second place - was awarded a penalty for striking a course turn buoy. He slipped to fifth and promoted a delighted Al-Qamzi to second and equal second in the UIM F1 H20 Drivers’ Championship points’ standings. “This was a challenging race and we had to battle hard for our position from the start,” said Al-Qamzi. “We missed the first race in Qatar in March and it’s great to come back with a podium finish in China and to stay in contention for the title after two rounds.” Al-Hameli moved up from 10th during the race and was running in a solid fifth place before hitting technical trouble within sight of the finish. He had completed sufficient laps, however, to earn two points for a ninth-placed finish. Germany’s Mike Szymura won both of the F-4S Trophy races from the impressive Australian youngster Rigby Briney. Mohamed Al-Mehairbi and Rashed Al-Remeithi shared driving responsibilities for Team Abu Dhabi and reached the chequered flag in fifth and seventh positions in their respective races. Team Abu Dhabi is supported by Etihad Airways as the official carrier and sponsor and runs under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan Bin Khalifa Al-Nahyan, advisor to the Head of State and chairman of the board of directors of the Abu Dhabi International Marine Sports Club (ADIMSC).

Xiong Ziwei ahead of Yousef Al-Rubayan and Jonas Andersson in the background

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F1 Champion Scott Gillman - Team Manager of TEAM ABU DHABI Samu Sellioâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new Baba

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The race and qualifying Team Abu Dhabi’s Al-Qamzi and AlHameli set the fifth and 13th quickest times in Sunday morning’s practice session and went on to qualify in 10th and 11th for the Grand Prix after Al-Hameli had topped the times in Q1 with a lap of 46.42sec and then retired in Q2 with engine issues. Pole position fell to Carella, with Sami Selio in second and Yousef Al-Rubayan slotting into third place. “I started slowly with a new boat and a new set-up,” said Al-Hameli. “The weather was not easy with the wind on one side of the course. But the boat did not want to continue. I don’t think she liked me! Sometimes old parts are better than new ones.” Al-Qamzi and Al-Hameli began Monday’s race from ninth and 10th positions, with defending World Champion Alex Carella on pole position and former champion Sami Selio in second place on the pontoon. A good start was crucial for the Team Abu Dhabi duo in warm, humid conditions. Carella held the lead from Yousef Al-Rubayan through lap one, as Al-Qamzi and Al-Hameli settled into seventh and ninth positions and maintained their places through five of the 39 laps.

ABU DHABI’s Ahmed Al-Hameli had a new boat and set-up

The Team Abu Dhabi duo moved up to fifth and seventh after Francesco Cantando hit trouble on lap 12 and stayed in position as the race reached half-way, although both were involved in a fascinating tussle with Jonas Andersson and Torrente. There were no changes amongst the top eight through lap 27, although Carella had extended his overall lead to 31.70sec and had lapped all but six of the field. Andersson retired on lap 28 and his demise moved Al-Qamzi into fourth and Al-Hameli into sixth. Selio was also in the wars three laps later and the Team Abu Dhabi pair climbed to third and raceboatinternational 27

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Alex Carella leading the points table

Chinaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s own Xiong Ziwei

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fifth, but Al-Hameli pulled up on the course two laps from the end, as AlQamzi reached the finish in third place behind Carella and Stark. Stark was deemed to have struck a course buoy, however, and the subsequent penalty lifted Al-Qamzi into second and Torrente into third. Rashid Al-Remeithi and Mohamed AlMehairbi represented Team Abu Dhabi in the two Liuzhou F-4S races. Al-Mehairbi raced on Sunday and reached the chequered flag in fifth position. Germany’s Mike Szymura claimed pole and went on to win the first of the two races and eke out a 20-point championship lead. The German was again in top form for Monday’s second qualifying session and 22-lap race and claimed his second win of the weekend from pole position. Australian rookie Rigby Briney was second and Al-Remeithi reached the chequered flag in seventh. F1 H20 and F-4S teams return to action was to be a visit to the State of Qatar for the second time this season on November 13-15, followed by Abu Dhabi and then Sharjah for the last event of the series in December.

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2014 DRIvERS POINTS TABLE Positions after Round 2 results 1

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fRA

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Shaun torrente

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Bartek marszalek

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thani Al-Qamzi

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Jonas Andersson

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Ivan Brigada

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Ahmed Al-hameli

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tomas Cermak

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Jesper forss

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ivan Brigada pierre lundin (left) david del pin

BRIGADA

Brings Home the

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COMO, ITALY

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Always the most exciting part of any formula is the start and this shows how important it is to get out into the lead from the onset With the current Formula 2 European title holder Erik Stark missing from the entry list at Como, there was never a better time for the remaining European and Scandinavian drivers to make their mark. After qualifying in pole position in a brand new BaBa hull, which he had only tested for the first time two days before, Ivan Brigada looked in confident mood when he lined up on the start pontoon for heat one. As the

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red start lights went out Brigada was quickly under way, but as he approached the demarcation buoy his mirrors were soon filled not by Pierre Lundin, as he had expected, but by his fellow countryman David Del Pin who had made an electrifying start from third place on the grid. His race though almost came to a dramatic conclusion there and then as Del Pin’s boat hit a wave and nearly rolled over. This allowed Brigada to open up a small lead as the pack swarmed down the back straight.

The young Italian driver than had Lundin challenging for second place, and it didn’t take the Swede long to find a way past him. With the fifteen lap heat beginning to settle down Brigada was finding the conditions not to his liking. “I kept hitting the waves rather than flying across them,” he said, “We had made the wrong choice with the propeller because it didn’t give me the punch I needed to lift the boat.” By contrast Lundin looked to be on auto-pilot as he soon took the lead, and then extended it to fifteen seconds before backing off with just five laps remaining. As he took the chequered flag Lundin knew that he had the measure of both Brigada and Del Pin. “I knew that Ivan would be quick but also that he wouldn’t take too many chances,” said Lundin, “What really surprised me was just how fast Del Pin was. Now I’m on pole for the second heat so I have a chance to move about in the run to the first mark, because I really felt uncomfortable sat between them on the start line.” Del Pin was realistic enough to realise that the two drivers who finished ahead of him were perhaps in a different league. “I was the first ‘normal’ driver home today,” he joked, “If you had told me on Friday that I would finish in third place I would have been happy with that outcome.” Fourth place went to the young German Stefan Hagin. He had spent much of the day struggling with power steering issues which were only rectified once problems with his alternator had been resolved. “When you look to where I started on the grid you would never have thought that I stood a chance of finishing where I did,” he said. “I found a really good propeller for these conditions. It was always going to be rough, so we just used the one I had on for this morning’s session when the lake was at its roughest.” Fifth place went to Erik Edin, who was another driver to struggle throughout the day. “With thirty minutes to go before the first heat we couldn’t get the engine to work,” he said. “At first we thought it was the Efi box that was causing us issues, but it turned out to be an injector problem. I can’t wait for the second heat because I have so much faith in this boat. I really believe I can mount a stronger challenge.” Sunday morning, and as the huge crowds gathered around the lakeside, all enjoying the warm autumnal sunshine, you could almost feel them willing on Brigada as he set about his hunt for the title with renewed vigour after the BaBa team had spent the night fine-tuning the balance of their latest creation. During heat one he felt that they had chosen the wrong propeller, so for the early morning free practice they changed it to a smaller one which totally transformed the boat. “We knew that using a smaller prop would cost us top end speed,” said Brigada. “But on this short course it’s all about acceleration.”

COMO, ITALY It was a move that would soon pay dividends because Brigada comfortably took heat two though it would take a restart to complete the race. As the seventeen drivers headed for the demarcation buoy Owen Jelf and Erik Edin both made superb starts and shot off into the lead. It would prove to be short lived though as they both hit the wash of one of the local ferries and took off. “We just didn’t see it soon enough,” said Jelf. “The wash was one, maybe two metres high. It must have been huge for both of us to crash out.” Although the damage to Jelf’s BaBa hull was superficial the team didn’t have the right spare parts, so Jelf’s weekend was over. Edin was slightly more fortunate as his damaged Molgaard was repaired. When the remaining drivers lined up for the heat two restart, their numbers had dropped, as both Stahl and Temper had returned to the pits with minor damage. Once again Brigada took the lead and he was quickly followed by David Del Pin. Pierre Lundin, the heat one winner, had struggled to get off the line. “The engine just didn’t start,” said the Swede. “Afterwards we checked the Efi box and it was ok, so we are still looking to find the problem.” To his relief he still managed to finish third, but stood no chance of catching the two Italians in front of him. Heat three would produce the same result, so it would all come down to the fourth and final one. Once again the drivers were held on the start pontoon as the officials were now very wary of the wash being created by the passing local traffic, something they had no control over. As the red start lights went out Tomas Cermak suddenly found himself in the lead much to the delight of the local I-Boat sponsors. However, try as he might he was unable to hold off Lundin and Del Pin, so he opted for a safe third place.

Owen Jelf and Erik Edin hit the wash of a local ferry and took off

Ivan Brigada leads the way

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David Del Pin - third

Pierre Lundin - second place

Erik Edin

Competitors leave the pits

Britain’s Owen Jelf

Stefan Hagin

Safely ashore he then watched as Lundin took the honours and along with it enough points for second place in the championship. “After the first heat today I thought the best I could get would be third place, so even though I’m a little bit disappointed with the way the weekend has gone I know it could have been worse,” said Lundin. “I’m happy for both Brigada and Massimo Roggerio, they put all their cards on the table at this event and it paid off for them.” Roggiero said that it was the best weekend he had had in the last few years, “I’m more than happy that we took pole position yesterday, as that was a true test of what this boat is capable of, so for Brigada to win the European Championship is just amazing.” Third overall went to an equally delighted David Del Pin. “Yesterday morning I looked

at this course and said it was impossible to drive,” he said. “Then after the first time trial I got my head in gear and told myself that there was nothing I could do to change the course and that I should just get out there and race it.” It obviously did the trick as the young Italian driver out drove his more experienced F2 competitors and took the third step on the podium. For a driver that hasn’t raced a boat fitted with an outboard engine since 2011, Brigada showed that he certainly hasn’t lost any of his boat handling flair, so the question remains will he be back in the BaBa hull? “I had an agreement with them to race just this weekend. If they want me back they have my phone number.”

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Alberto Comparato - new F4S World Champion

Young Bright Stars Shine at

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2014 F4s World Championship podium Nikita Lijcs takes second place

After successfully hosting international powerboat events over the last two years, the National Watersports Centre at Nottingham’s Holme Pierrepont once again showed what a superb race venue it is by attracting overseas competitors from as far afield as Finland, Estonia and Slovenia. The race weekend would see no less than three European Championships titles competed for, with drivers battling it out in the GT15, GT30 and OSY400 classes. After races in France , Italy and Latvia , Nottingham would also hold the final and decisive round of the World F4S Championship, so the stakes couldn’t have been higher.

Adrian Maniewski - third

With so many young talented drivers emerging throughout Europe the future is certainly looking very bright for this highly competitive international sport. The young Italian racer Alberto Comparato described his trip to Nottingham as ‘the perfect weekend’. “I don’t think I could have done anything else to improve it.” he said as he stepped onto the top of the podium to celebrate his two race wins and collect the UIM gold medal for winning the World F4S Championship. It was hard to tell who had the biggest smile on his face, Alberto or his father Fabio Comparato, the former F1 powerboat racer. “More fast than Padre.” said the delighted Fabio, as he watched his son receive his awards from the UIM Commissioner Pelle Larsson and Powerboat GP’s Jason Brewer. raceboatinternational 37

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Alberto Comparato winner of the 2014 F4s World Championships with his father, the former F1 powerboat racer Fabio Comparato Ben Morse finishes as highest placed British racer in the F4s World Championships

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Comparato senior, the former UIM F2 World Champion, was quick to praise his son and confirmed that the future looks very bright for him. “He will spend another season racing in the F4S series, racing his Italian built BaBa hull, before he makes the transition to the F2 World Championship. “His mother will be very happy when she hears about his success, it will make up for all the weekends away both testing and racing the boat.” The weekend had got off to the perfect start for Comparato junior after taking maximum points at the previous F4S round held in Latvia, he continued where he left off by taking twenty points in the first F4S race held at the National Watersports Centre, Nottingham, re-taking the lead in the UIM World Championship in the process. The young Italian, racing in the UK for the first time, held off Sweden’s Jesper Forss in the twenty lap race, crossing the finish line just two seconds ahead of the Scandinavian driver. “In free practice this morning I almost took off in the cross winds” said Comparato, “my father had warned me about the tricky conditions, he raced F2 here, so we knew it could get interesting. That gave us a

wake up call, so we altered the weight distribution and now the BaBa boat is perfectly balanced.” Losing his lead in the title chase was the Latvian driver Nikita Lijcs; he had to settle for third place saying the pace at the front was just too quick for him today. Separating the two of them was Forss who had been very quick in the morning’s free practice. “My main aim this weekend is to take third place in the World Championship, so I had to weight up whether I tried harder to fight with Comparato or settle for seventeen points. I’m now only four points behind Adrian Maniewski, so as long as I put enough boats between him and me in tomorrow’s race then my target will be achieved.” The top British driver was Ben Morse, who finished in fifth place. Starting alongside him on the grid was Sam Whittle, who had put in a stunning time in the morning qualifying session. Whittle knew that the race would be a different matter though, so was more than happy when he finished in sixth place, “I kept in touch with Morse for about ten laps, then he just pulled away from me” said Whittle “for my first international race to be second British driver home has given me such a buzz.”

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Gregor Eevardi wins

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NOTTINGHAM In the first heat of the GT15 European Championship, Latvian Uvis Lazarenoks took maximum points in a race that was virtually decided in the opening lap. Pole position driver Stefan Arand failed to get off the line leaving Lazarenoks with clear water as the pack headed for the first turn. Also failing to get off the line was Britain’s Ben Jelf, a seal on the carburettor had failed flooding his engine. Jelf finally managed to get going and would eventually finish in eighth place, leaving him with a tough battle on his hands if he’s going to capture his third GT15 European Championship title. Just ahead of him was Thomas Mantripp, who had seen off several attempts by various drivers trying to get past him. “Towards the end of the race I was having a great race with Rene Suuk until he pushed me wide” said Mantripp. “In doing that we were eventually past by a couple of other drivers, including the pole man Arand.” With the wash coming back from the concrete bank that line the course it was fast becoming a very physical race, which soon began to take its toll on the younger drivers. “I play ice hockey every week in Latvia” said the heat winner Lazarenoks, “this was so much harder today.”

Ben Jelf 4 takes third place in the GT15 European Championship

GT15 podium Left: Harvey Smith and Jessica Beaumont

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Photos: Chris Davies EUROPEAN GT30 CHAMPIONSHIPS

Ben Jelf wins the GT30 CEuropean Championship

Sara Pakalen finishes third in the GT30 European Championship After his disappointing GT15 heat, Ben Jelf then went out and put in a dominate performance in the GT30 category, finishing over five seconds ahead of the Polish driver Marcin Szymczyk. “I made a really good start as the red lights went out” said Jelf, “but I nearly threw it all away as I approached the first turn. Szymczyk was just ahead of me and I had planned to go wide in an attempt to pass him but my boat hooked as I had too much speed.” Luckily for Jelf he salvaged the situation and soon caught and past the Polish driver. “Lap after lap I could see him in my 42 raceboatinternational

mirrors, he would try to get the inside line as we approached the turn buoys but I kept him where I wanted him.” Charlotte Newton was having a frustrating day when after making a good start she was held up by Aivar Kommisaar from Estonia. “He was slightly quicker than me on the straight but every time he took the turns he just got bogged down which meant I had to back off or I would have landed on top of him” she said. Also having a frustrating day was the reigning GT30 World Champion, Sara Pakalen from

Finland. The team had discovered a faulty fuel pump after the qualifying session which was quickly replaced. Then a loose wire on the ignition coil left her stranded on the start pontoon. “I tried to start the race because I thought we could maybe pick up some points” said Pakalen “but then I realised it wasn’t going to happen. Hopefully tomorrow we would have fixed all the problems.” In the GT30 category Britain’s Ben Jelf thought he had blown his chances of taking his fourth European Championship title when he fluffed his start in the third heat. He eventu

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Marcin Szymczyk takes second place in the GT30 European Championship

It’s Champagne shower time for Ben Jelf who wins the GT30 European Championship ally got going but his fourth place finish made his task even harder in the face of the stiff European opposition. As the start lights went out in the final heat the reigning World Champion, Sara Pakalen, shot off into the lead and took her first heat victory of the weekend. Following her home was the Polish driver Marcin Szymczyk and it looked like he had done enough to take the title after scoring one win and two second places. A quick check on the scores soon revealed that by finishing in third place Jelf had just done enough to take the title; his winning point’s margin was just twenty five.

“This really makes up for the disappointment I felt at the World Championships a few months ago” said Jelf. “I hadn’t done the maths before I started the last heat and I thought I needed second place, in the end when people started telling me that I had won it came as a huge relief. This weekend was all about putting to bed my international racing career in GT15; it’s time to concentrate on GT30.” Another driver whose GT15 racing career had come to an end was Gregor Eevardi from Estonia. The reigning World Champion added the European title to his list of racing achieve-

ments when he took two heat victories to add to his second place in the opening heat. The sixteen year old was racing for the first time in the UK and initially was struggling for speed until the team discovered a problem with his throttle pedal. “Once we had fixed the problem everything went smoothly” said Eevardi. “It’s been a great year for me winning both titles. The Worlds were really hard to win, as there were so many competitors but with the top five quickest European drivers here this event was actually tougher to win.”

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Photos: Chris Davies EUROPEAN OSY400 CHAMPIONSHIPS

One reigning World Champion certainly not having any issues was Rasmus Haugasmagi from Estonia. Making only his second visit to the UK since he raced JT250 back in 2009, he said that the morning’s qualification in the OSY400 class was the hardest part of the day because he closet rival Cezary Strunnik was very quick. He had tested two propellers and opted to use one that would give him better acceleration rather than top speed because he knew his best chance of success would be if he got in front of Strunnik at the start. This is precisely what he did, as by the half way point the Estonian had already pulled out a two boat lead on the chasing pack. After six laps he was almost eight seconds clear and took the chequered flag in convincing style. “Our club was won four World Championship titles in a row now, I just get the feeling that we must be doing something right with the way we build our carbon fibre boats” said Haugasmagi. Luke Hugman was the highest place British driver coming home in fifth place and admitted that he couldn’t have done anything more. “I was holding Marcinkus who finished in fourth place for three laps and that was hard enough” said Hugman. “Everyone was going wide around the marks but having raced at Oulton Broad I know how to kiss the turn buoys. There’s only so much you can do before it gets dangerous, tomorrows another day and so let’s see how we get on.” After just two more heats in the OSY400 category the first of the three European Championship titles that were being fought for over the weekend, at the National Watersports Centre, was finally secured by the Estonian driver Haugasmagi. Three heat wins had given him a maximum score of 1200 points. “I came here to be on the podium” he said. “In my home club we train on a two pin course set up on a narrow river near by, it gave me the perfect set up to race here as I have had lots of practised at tight turns; this certainly gave me an advantage over some of the other foreign drivers. In four years I have never had to change my race set up so when I have arrived at a course giving me a huge advantage.” 44 raceboatinternational

Rasmus Haugasmagi wins 2014 OSY400 European Championship

Cezary Strumnik second place

Miroslav Bazinski third place

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FINAL 2 ROUNDS NATIONS RACEBOAT SERIES 2014

PLYMOUTH A good turn out in the warm September sunshine welcomed the teams for the last two RYA rounds of the season at Plymouth, organised by OCRDA.Â Eleven entries in total across OCR and Offshore, with an equal amount of regional ski racing teams, adding to the Aqua Adrenaline Tour in the calm waters of Plymouth Sound as they left the briefing in the local Mayflower Yacht Club, who played host for the weekend. 46 raceboatinternational

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Round 1 on Saturday was scheduled to be a 45 minute race, with the Offshore fleet heading out past the Mountbatten Breakwater and the Malampus mark on a 3.8 mile course, whilst at the same time, the OCR teams competed on a shorter circuit in front of RPCYC. However, despite a rolling start and Neil Jackson and Nial Bouregard in the immaculately prepared 2-926 NWJ Services, steaming off into the lead on the outer course – Team A-12 Kevin Edmondson and Annika Hawthorn had other ideas. Calm seas and excellent racing conditions produced some exhilarating speeds, but the infamous ‘clubhouse’ turn caught out this pair, who barrel rolled right on cue in front of the spectators. A superb response by the safety fleet and following race teams, secured a speedy extraction from the water. With both crew safely on board the boat was righted and towed back to dry pits necessitating a curtailment on lap 6, after only 20 minutes. The Race Officials confirmed later that this fell short of the minimum required race distance by a 48 raceboatinternational

small margin. Race officials praised the conduct of teams on the water whose immediate concern was for the crew and a great camaraderie in the dry pits followed, getting them back on the water for the next day. Day 2 dawned and two shorter heats - with standing starts - was on the menu; the weather still appeared mirror calm from the shore, but with the green flag raised, E08 Kerry Bobin and Andy Macgregor roared off into the lead, hot on the heels of the OCR fleet, who are notoriously quick off the mark from a dead start. With veteran racer Bob McCarthy peeling off onto the shorter course and leading the OCR fleet, ahead of A13 the popular crew of ‘Who Dares Swims ‘ Graham Lawton and David Ayre, it was left to see who would lead the smaller class of Offshore 3A. Team Motivated Jack Bobin and Jamie White in their 20’ Tintorera hull eased into the lead, leaving the three remaining Offshore A boats fighting for positions behind. Eventually the heat settled down,

with A-26 eventually taking line honours ahead of A-28, A-12 and A-18. The great crowd on the Hoe were treated to three regional ski racers in between the heats to keep their appetites wetted and some great names from the past and future were towed around on 200’ ski lines – with ages ranging from 13 to veterans and some local club racers. Heat 2 and teams had been back to the dry pits to ‘tinkle’ and ponder over prop changes, in an effort to give it their all in the last race of the season. Alan Power in A5, who had made the trip alongside his brother in A8 from Ireland, was celebrating his birthday and sporting a new race suit in the Irish colours to boot! A disappointing show, due to engine problems the day before, galvanised him into action in the last heat of the day finishing 3rd to the two leading boats in OCR of A9 and A13. An incorrect fuel estimation left the experienced Bob McCarthy wallowing on empty after having expertly led the field in both heats – allowing ‘Team Who Dares Swims’ to take 1st place in heat 2 and first

PLYMOUTH

Top: Mark Power/Andy Cousins in their Phantom Winner at Plymouth - Team Motivated - Jack Bobin and Jamie White in their 20â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Tintorera hull

Horse trainer and jockey Kevin Edminson and Anka Hoawthorn ended up in the water after their Sotally Tober flipped

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overall across the two heats on time. It just wasn’t Team A19s weekend; the newly crowned 3B World Champions Jeremy Gibson and Rob Dyke in ‘Y Knot’ just couldn’t make their engine perform in its usual manner and despite chasing down the field, were left behind the leaders on this occasion, notching up a 3rd place in Heat 1 but getting left behind on the start line in Heat 2 and needing a flying heat to make up the difference. Exciting times for the last race of the season though in Offshore 3A - all 4 offshore A boats were neck and neck on the back strait at the start of Heat 2, with young Kayleigh Priestley in A-18 giving Heat 1 winner Jack Bobin a run for his money in 2nd place! Despite Team Motivated easing ahead and beginning to settle into first place, to augment his first heat win – the real battle was taking place just behind – causing ecstatic excitement amongst the watching crowds. A terrific battle between Grandmother Sharon Atlee & Tania Willcock in Team Tintorera A-28 and the youngest Offshore National competitor Kayleigh Priestley, with Barry Culver keeping watch in Team A-18 - proved that sometimes experience is no match for enthusiasm and raw talent. Despite trying everything she could to get past, Kayleigh held off the challenge with the drive of her life until the last lap – when Team A-28 managed to inch past just before the line! Team A-26 Team Motivated took their second win of the day in this exciting Offshore class, with a faultless performance across both days giving them an overall win and the 3rd place by Kayleigh Priestley forced a tie for 3rd position overall with Team A-12 who should be applauded for ‘getting back onto the horse’ after their swim the day before. An excellent finish to the racing season and we now look forward to Records Week next month. 50 raceboatinternational

Ireland’s Alan Power and Paul Hutchin in BOAT WITH NO NAME

Last but not least - Neil Jackson and Niall Bougourd in NWJ SERVICES

Photos by Tim Tim Tapping Tapping Article/Photos:

PLYMOUTH Mark Power and Andy Cousins

Sharon Atle and Tania Wilcox in Tintorera

Sotally Tober

One of Britainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s best rough water drivers Jeremy Gibson drives Y KNOT with Robert Dyke - second in the NRC Championship

NWJ Services

NATIONS RACEBOAT SERIES 2014 CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS Class No.

Boat Name

Driver/Navigator

ROUND 1 Torquay

ROUND 2 Liverpool

ROUND 3 West Bay

ROUND 4 Plymouth

TOTAL OVERALL

Final Position

If Only

Bob McCarthy/Robbie Mould

439

760

704

380

2283

1st

A19

Y Knot

Jeremy Gibson/Robert Dyke

702

522

540

293

2057

2nd

A13

Who Dares Swims

Graham Lawton/David Ayre

586

724

380

1690

3rd

Boat with No Name

Alan Power/Paul Hutchin

528

608

308

1444

4th

V17/16

Sick Childrens Trust

Dan Priestly/Robbie Mould

706

400

1106

5th

A55

Team 55

Vince Berridge/Jade Berridge

298

529

827

6th

A16

Sick Childrens Trust

Kayleigh Priestley/Lucy Macgregor

534

146

534

7th

A26

Motorvated

Jack Bobbin/Jamie White

277

400

677

8th

A18

Priestley Racing

Brian Peedell/Barry Culver

505

9th

A28

Tintorera

Sharon Atlee/Tania Wilcox

313

180

493

10th

A12

Sotally Tober

Kevin Edmundson/Annika Hwthorn

298

162

460

11th

E08

Motorvator

Kerry Bobbin/Andy Macgregor

400

12th

V13

Circle Express

Brian Peedell/Stewart Dick

380

13th

Phantom

Mark Power/Andy Cousins

277

14th

E99

Principal Power

Stuart Newcombe/Arran Scott

264

15th

926

NWJ Services

Neil Jackson/Niall Bougourd

16th

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An Absolute

CLASSIC THIS is the toughest powerboat race in the world, AND The stretch of water between the Solent and Devon Coast has long been regarded as one mean piece of water. HOWEVER, THE REPUTATION OF The Cowes Torquay Powerboat Race for punishing boats and crew, and crushing even the most prepared teams has been somewhat subdued OVER the last two years as the south west coast of Britain has turned on spectacular weather with much calmer seas and gentler breezes than the racers are used to. 52 raceboatinternational

COWES-TORQUAY

Historic Class Winner - DRY MARTINI

Class D Winner - HOT LEMON

S 2014 Cowes Classic Winner VECTOR MARTINI RACING

7th overall after mechanical problems - SILVERLINE

outh West England provided yet another stonking day, a day suited for fast racing and spectacular viewing. After the recent bad weather the sunshine and clear skies were a welcome relief, and we received reports from Torquay that the sea was as flat as a billiard table, and fast times would be possible. Back at Cowes the situation was similar with a light breeze and little wave activity. Tim Powell, a 29 year veteran organiser of the race, fired the canons from the Royal Yacht Squadron at Cowes at 09:00 sharp on the Saturday morning, setting the fleet on its way as they raced once more from their historical starting point. Being close to shore the race start was everything that could be hoped for. The fans turned out in force to experience the full spectacle of sight, sound and smell, and the air filled with the sound of welltuned, high powered engines as the fleet powered away down the Solent. Peter Dredge and Simon Powell got out to a handy lead in ‘Vector Martini’ and led all the way to Torquay. They were chased hard out of the Solent by ‘Smokin Aces’ driven by Chris and Nicholas Dodge and ‘Silverline’ driven by Drew and Ali Langdon, with the rest of the pack chasing hard. The Ribs - ‘Hot Lemon V’ (D50) and ‘Birretta Due’ (B41) - chased the leaders fiercely getting very close as the boats rounded Portland. They in turn were pursued by Team Barwood (C7). raceboatinternational 53

The wet pits at Torquay

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COWES-TORQUAY It was great to see Preben Sorensen from Norway racing in his Predator 337 SuperSport. Competing for the first time in the Cowes Torquay he ran well on the unfamiliar course finishing eleventh in the first leg. Both ‘Cube 52’ and ‘Flyin Falcon’ withdrew during the first leg and returned to Cowes. After winning the race to Torquay Peter Dredge commented, “We had a wonderful run. It’s really great to be in Torquay. The Vector Martini Boat is going fantastically well and we have had no problems. We’re looking forward to turning around for the run back to Cowes. We’ll be going downwind and we might even go flat out on the way back.” On the second leg of the race back to Cowes after a clean start in brilliant Torquay sunshine the ‘Vector Martini’ team kept their word and led by one and a quarter nautical miles after clearing the Ore Stone turning buoy at Torbay. By Swanage the lead had grown to 4.62 nautical miles and they were to extend this even further by the end of the race. They were clocked racing into the Solent at 83 knots so it was no wonder ‘Vector Martini’ crossed the finish line at Cowes to a salvo from the canons at the Royal Yacht Squadron and a cheering crowd. ‘Smokin’ Aces’ took second place on the return journey with ‘Team Barwood,’ who were competing in their first Cowes Torquay Race, taking a well-deserved third place. With the tail wind adding to the fast conditions and full on racing on the return journey it was not surprising that two teams made navigational errors on their way back to Cowes. Both Black Ball Racing and Predator 337 SuperSport incurred a one hour time penalty for missing buoys.

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crowds came out in their thousands lining the vantage points and headlands along the way.

Dodge brothers fron Smokin Aces - 2nd boat overall Silverlineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Drew and Ally Langdon Charles Williams Hawke (left) and Max Darby (Richard Bowen bending down) crew of Team Barwood pictured below - a nose ahead of HTS oldest boat in the race - life begins at 40

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After the race Preben Sorensen from Norway commented that it was a great race but a bit rougher than they expected. They really enjoyed the hospitality but would need to come back with a bigger boat for next year’s race. When congratulated on his double win by Dorian Griffith the Race Director, Peter Dredge of ‘Vector Martini’ said they had enjoyed the race very much and were delighted with the performance of their boat. And so concludes another fantastic event on a magnificent summer’s day. The crowds came out in their thousands to make the most of the spectacle, lining the vantage points and headlands along the way, and visiting the pits at both ends of the race to see the colourful noisy beasts up close. The drivers were once again amazed at the number of spectator boats that made the effort to come out to watch the racing, toot their horns and cheer as the boats went past. Everyone would have to agree it was magnificent to see the boats racing once more from their historical starting point in the Solent and we look forward to another exciting event from the same place next year. Passing the crowds at Torquay

Ilmor Engine - one of two fitted in Vector Martini Right: Winning crew in Vector Martini -

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PERPETUAL TROPHIES The Thunderbolt Challenge trophy for the 1st historic boat The Lombard North Central Cup for Concours d’Elegance The MEMA Challenge Salver for oldest participating competitor The Lombard North Central Salver for the best presented entry The Penthouse Salver for the youngest competitor The John Mace Perpetual Challenge Trophy awarded to a race boat designer The Coupe Martini trophy for 5th boat overall The Hamed Buhaleeba Trophy for 1st overseas entry The Motor Boat & Yachting Trophy for 4th boat overall The Unohoo Trophy for 3rd boat overall The King George’s Fund for Sailors Seahorse for 1st diesel powered entry The Royal Yacht Squadron Trophy for 1st production entry The Royal London Yacht Club Trophy for 2nd boat overall The Richard Carr Perpetual Challenge Trophy for the driver of the 1st boat to Torquay The Mellery-Pratt Challenge Trophy for 1st navigator The Waynefleet Challenge Trophy for 1st British navigator The Cougar Trophy for 1st throttleman The Beaverbrook Trophy for 1st boat overall

H9 Dry Martini H9 Dry Martini Francis Whitley - G130 Fugitive D10 Grey Ghost Ali Langdon - A47 Silverline Renato ‘Sonny’ Levi B12 Biretta Due B12 Biretta Due D50 Hot Lemon V C7 Team Barwood C7 Team Barwood C7 Team Barwood B74 Smokin’ Aces B7 Vector Martini Racing B7 Vector Martini Racing B7 Vector Martini Racing B7 Vector Martini Racing B7 Vector Martini Racing

2014 cowes classic - OVERALL RESULTS Pos Boat No 1st B7 2nd B74 3rd C7 4th D50 5th B12 6th H9 7th A47 8th D10 9th G130 10th B8 11th D3 12th H858 DNF B90 DNF D52

Boat Name Crew Class Vector Martini Racing Peter Dredge/Simon Powell/Mal Crease B Smokin’ Aces Chris Dodge/Nick Dodge B Team Barwood Richard Bowen/Charlie Williams-Hawkes/Max Darby C Hot Lemon V Darran Mellish/David Simcox D Birretta Due Thomas Vandamme/Jean Pierre Neels B Dry Martini Christian Toll/Mike Bontoft/Jeff Hall H Silverline Drew Langdon/Ali Langdon A Grey Chost Paul Glenister/Mel Streek D Fugitive Stuart Whitley/Francis Whitley G Black Ball Racing Rod Hawkins/Martin McLaughlin/Gary Todd B Predator 337 Super Sport Preben Sorensen/Andre Bakkegaard/Asmund Naess/Dag Padersen D HTS Perkins Nick Wilkinson/John Ryan/Jonathan Napier/Matthew Wilson H Flyin Falcon Glenn Chidzoy/Ole Finholt/Daryl Grady B Cube 52 Robin Hyde/Timothy Remington/Kevin Jackson D

CLASS WINNERS Historic Class DRY MARTINI Class D HOT LEMON Cowes Classic SILVERLINE

Rolling start

Predator 37 Super Sport 58 raceboatinternational

Team Barwood

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Royal Yacht Squadron pits at Cowes

Fugitive - Stuart and Francis Whitley

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2014 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS GUERNSEY

Memories of the halcyon days of racing on the Channel Island are often spoken about The GYC organisation added to that legacy this year when Guernsey hosted a successful

UIM 3A and 3B World Championship The Guernsey Powerboat Association (GPA) hosted the UIM 2014 class 3A and 3B World Powerboat Championships on 9th - 14th September 2014, at the prestigious Guernsey Yacht Club situated on the Castle Emplacement overlooking the harbour of St Peter Port. Three heats were raced on the Thursday, Saturday and Sunday followed by the crowning of the new World Champion. The prestigious Guernsey Gold Cup was also awarded to the highest scoring boat. In the early 80s Guernsey became the centre of World and European powerboat racing where the competitors have faced the challenge of varied race conditions. In recent years there has been a significant revival and growth in local racing and this event is a welcome return to international competition. As well as a number of Guernsey boats, competition for the World Championship came from Norway, Sweden, Finland, France, Ireland, UK and Belgium. Guernsey’s very own World 3B Champions, John Richardson and Tom Sauvarin, who raced together in their boat B-48 in 2011, competed against each other in separate boats as part of the Top Shed Racing Team, and other local teams included: Frank Le Tissier, Jacques Vermeulen and Paul Etasse. 60 raceboatinternational

A93 Resolution - Olly Duquemin and Clint Roberts - came 3rd in the A Class World Championship A26 Motorvated Racing Jack Bobin/Jamie White in the wake of A80 BAT 19 - Viktor Jansson/Sebastian Hogberg A91 In the Red - Jacques and Pierre Vermeulen

Heat 1

Le Mont Saint Garage Race One for the UIM 3A and 3B World Championship was certainly an action packed affair in the typically confused waters off the Channel Island of Guernsey, beginning with the Swedish female duo of Veronica Olderin and Kristina Coleman competing in 3B turning their Twister 20’ catamaran over just after the start. They were taken straight to hospital and had fortunately escaped with bruising. Whilst the Bats and Cats were struggling in the conditions the ‘old school’ monohulls were positively thriving and showing the way. A93 Resolution, Olly Duquemin and Clint Roberts’ Phantom 19 / Mercury in Class 3A led pretty much from green to chequered flag extending their lead throughout. Hot on their heels in A Class were A7 Tenure, John Guille and Tom William-Hawkes’ Phantom 19 G / Evinrude and A91 In the Red, Jacques Vermeulen and Pierre Vermeulen Bernico 19 / Evinrude. However, during lap 2 the steering system on Tenure started to fail, and navigator Chef Tom William-Hawkes,

using his ThunderCat experience, positioned his body weight to steer the stepped Phantom, but his noble effort failed to hold off In the Red and Jacques Vermeulen took second place in 3A from Tenure on the water. Then Guille and William-Hawkes were Dq’d for missing a mark giving A6 Island Insurance Slayer - Paul Etasse and Chris Stonebridge Bernico 19 / Evinrude the third place. The three Tintorera hulls that have been fighting for the 3A RYA British National Championship all suffered mechanical issues: Tintorera Racing - throttle problems; Motorvated Racing - broken dashboard, and although Sotally Tober

finished with a broken saddle, the team were another to find they had been Dq’d for a navigation error. The rough water specialists B10 YKNOT! Jeremy Gibson and Rob Dyke Phantom / Yamaha took the class 3B win with a 44.30 mph average speed, and a fine second placing in 3B was achieved by the team from Norway of Jan Trygve Braaten and Øystein Haugenesveien in their Twister cat. In fact Norway made it a 2-3 on the 3B podium with Inge and Caroline Lund driving their Ocke Mannerfelt B22 hull to an average speed of 37.07 mph.

Heat 1 Results: Class 3A UIM World Championship - Le Mont Saint Garage Race One A93 Resolution Olly Duquemin/Clint Roberts Phantom 19 A91 In the Red Jacques Vermeulen/Pierre Vermeulen Bernico 19 A6 Island Insurance Slayer Paul Etasse/Chris Stonebridge Bernico 19

Mercury 46.02 mph Evinrude 43.84 mph Evinrude 42.44 mph

Class 3B UIM World Championship - Le Mont Saint Garage Race One B10 YKNOT! Jeremy Gibson/Rob Dyke Phantom Yamaha 44.30 mph B2 Twister 20 Jan Trygve Braaten/Oystein Haugenes Twister 20 Evinrude 41.60 mph B66 Bat 23 Inge Lund/Caroline Lund Ocke Mannerfelt B22 Evinrude 37.07 mph raceboatinternational 61

WORLD CHAMPION CLASS 3B Jeremy Gibson and Rob Dyke in the Phantom YKNOT

HEAT 2

The Condor Ferries Race 2 for UIM 3A and 3B World Championships was run in easier conditions than in race 1, however, the competitors still had their fair share of problems. It was another race win for Jeremy Gibson driving YKNOT! in Class 3B virtually ensured him the 3B World title. His accumulation of 800 points should be enough and only a failure in Sundayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s post race scrutineering would have robbed him of the ChampionHEAT 2 Results: ship. John Guille and Tom WilliamsClass 3A UIM World Championship - Condor Ferries Race Two Hawkes driving their Phantom 19 G A7 Tetue John Guille/Tom Williams-Hawkes Phantom 19 G under the Belgium flag took a fine A80 BAT 19 Viktor Jansson/Sebastian Hogberg Mannerfelt overall win in 3A, with the Swedish A28 Tintorera Racing Sharon Atlee/Tania Wilcock Tintorera pairing of Victor Jansson and SebasClass 3B UIM World Championship - Condor Ferries Race Two tian Hogberg keeping them honest B10 YKNOT! Jeremy Gibson/Rob Dyke Phantom throughout the race. B61 Karnag Thomas Wrenkler/Annika Wrenkler Twister 20 The drive of the day came from B59 Magnum Force Tom Sauvarin/David Corbet Phantom 21 Sharon Atlee, the grandmother from Kent, who put on one of her best ever drives steering Tintorera Racing to third overall and in class. She was hotly pursued by Jack Bobin in Motorvated Racing until the 19â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Tintorera hull suffered delamination forcing the team from Essex to retire on the last lap.

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Evinrude 49.93 mph Evinrude 49.79 mph Mercury 48.67 mph Yamaha 48.03 mph Evinrude 46.60 mph Evinrude 46.30 mph

“

GUERNSEY

Yesterday was my first ever race win. I’ve had plenty of second places, but today I am World Champion! I can hardly believe it!” ‘Tetue’ Navigator Tom Williams-Hawkes

WORLD CHAMPION CLASS 3A John Guille and Tom WilliamsHawkes in Phantom 19G TETUE

HEAT 3

kler from Sweden took the race win in ‘Karnag’ with Annika Wrenkler which was enough to give them the runners up spot in the World Championship. Another impressive drive by Jan Trygve Braaten and Oystein Haugenes in their catamaran gave them second place in the race and third place in the World Championship.

This was surely one of the most exciting Class 3 World Championships held in many years. In Class 3A, 5 boats went into Race 3 with a chance of lifting the World title. In a fantastic battle for the lead John Guille and Tom Williams-Hawkes in A7 ‘Tetue’ followed the Swedish team of Viktor Jansson and Sebastian Hogberg In BAT 9 until finally overhauling them on the last lap ensuring 2 race wins would be enough to secure the UIM 2014 Class 3A World Championship title. Guille told Raceboat International afterwards, “I was driving at past the limit, I had nothing in hand, and I’m amazed we finally got past the Swedish Bat Boat.” Navigator Tom Williams-Hawkes A80 BAT 19 - Viktor Jansson and Sebastian Hogberg said, “Yesterday was my first ever race win. I’ve had plenty of secHEAT 3 RESULTS ond places, but today I am World Champion! I can hardly believe it!” Class 3A UIM World Championship - Oracle Race Three A7 Tetue John Guille/Tom Williams-Hawkes Phantom 19 G A well deserved Race 3 third place in 3A was gained by Jack A80 BAT 19 Viktor Jansson/Sebastian Hogberg Mannerfelt Bobin and Jamie White in ‘MotorA26 Motorvated Racing Jack Bobin/Jamie White Tintorera vated Racing’. Their Tintorera hull Class 3B UIM World Championship - Oracle Race Three and engine had suffered extensive B61 Karnag Thomas Wrenkler/Annika Wrenkler Twister 20 damage in race 2, but the team B2 Twister 20 Jan Trygve Braaten/Øystein Haugenesveien worked all through the night to B10 YKNOT! Jeremy Gibson/Rob Dyke Phantom repair boat and engine, and their podium place was a just reward for 2014 UIM WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS their efforts. Class 3A Jeremy Gibson sealed his 3B A7 Tetue John Guille/Tom Williams-Hawkes Phantom 19 G World Championship with Rob A80 BAT 19 Viktor Jansson/Sebastian Hogberg Mannerfelt Dyke in ‘YKnot’ with a carefully A93 Resolution Olly Duquemin/Clint Roberts Phantom 19 driven third place. The calmer Class 3B conditions ensured that the Twister B10 YKNOT! Jeremy Gibson/Rob Dyke Phantom cats could use the speed to their B61 Karnag Thomas Wrenkler/Annika Wrenkler Twister 20 advantage, and two times UIM 3B World Champion Thomas WrenB2 Twister 20 Jan Trygve Braaten/Øystein Haugenesveien

Evinrude Evinrude Mercury

53.15 mph 53.11 mph 51.47 mph

Evinrude Evinrude Yamaha

52.09 mph 51.97 mph 48.92 mph

Evinrude Evinrude Mercury

800 points 769 points 738 points

Yamaha Evinrude Evinrude

1025 points 700 points 695 points

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NEWQUAY

Team 33 secure the ThunderCat Championship at Fistral Beach After his co driver Charlie Hatfield won the ThunderCat Championship at Folkestone last month, his driver Bligh Julius had to wait for the Fistral Beach event to secure his title. Some impressive driving in the surf off Newquay gave Team 33 the win, the overall RYA National Championship and Julius the honours.

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V-Tach

Kingfisher Fire & Security

Team Gibraltar

The final event of the 2014 RYA ThunderCat National season gave competitors their most challenging conditions of the year. The weekend was rounded off by an end of season party and prize giving held at Tolcarne Beach, a potential new venue for the 2015 season. 66 raceboatinternational

THUNDERCAT RACING UK NEWQUAY Who The Hell

RYA NATIONAL TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP Pos

Team

Total Pts

TEAM 33

240

TORBAY ECO ENERGIES

155

STREAMLINED PROPS

127

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119

BULLETPROOF

115

RAGWORM

V TACH

SURREY JOINERY

KINGFISHER FIRE & SEC

TEAM GIBRALTAR

UNLUCKY 4 SOME

BROAD BEAN

IMMERSION ELEVEN

MULTISPARK

WHO THE HELL

WHITE SPIDER

AHMAD TEA

LIVE AFLOAT

TORBAY ECO ENERGIES TOO

LARS INTERNATIONAL

Multispark

RYA NATIONAL DRIVERS CHAMPIONSHIP 1

Bligh Julius

Jake Bellas

Giles Gillispie

RYA NATIONAL CO-DRIVERS CHAMPIONSHIP 1

Charlie Hatfield

Rob Webb

Martin Pullen

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Photographs: Chance Brockway, Jr. and Sherron Winer

- NE Jeff Krischano pion Divisional Cham

ON THE LINE New Martinsville, West Virginia is rapidly gaining the reputation as the powerboat speed capitol of the East, South and Mid-West portions of the United States. At the end of the third annual Records and Regatta, forty-four entries for National and World records, completing 246 passes in four categories of APBA (American Power Boat Association) racing, rose to the challenge to establish 14 records. Additionally, four new OPC category champions were crowned, two Inboard category Challenge winners were named and three Vintage boats closed the weekend program.

RECORD RUNS

Shattering the ceiling, Dan Kanfoush, (#Y-1, Grand Island, NY) clocked the highest speed of any class at 115.281 mph (Inboard category). New Martinsville was the final race of his stellar career, one that includes a few other records and more than seven National Championships. He admitted that running for a record was not his favorite thing: “You’re out there, on the edge, pushing your equipment… anything can happen and sometimes does.” But the raw emotion on his face, and the victory grins between Dan and boat owner Jim Sechler told the elation of the moment – ending the career of the Y-1 with a new National and World record. Later in the day Kanfoush went on to win the Y class Challenge, ascending the podium for the final time.

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Jenkins, Kingston, Ohio racing in the 5-Litre class became the first of the Challenge winners and Dan Kanfoush captured the title in the Y class on Sunday,

OPC

(Outboard Performance Craft – tunnel boats) Powerboats pulled against the dock, fueled, ready to race, crew chiefs knowing that now it is all in the drivers’ hands, everyone anticipating the countdown and the fall of the starter’s flag. Watch the drivers as their canopies come down; look at their rigid postures, see the fire in their eyes as they narrow their focus. With three divisional championships and one national championship at stake, the adrenalin was palpable. At the end of Saturday, the F3/ SSt 60 class had a new champion: Jeff Krischano (Elk River, MN) followed by Carole Reno (Okeechobee, FL in second and Dave Garza (Coon Rapids, MN) in third. The F2 SST 120 NE Championship title went to Lee

Daniel (North Augusta, SC) with Ashton Rinker (Riverview Heights, FL) and Jeff Reno grabbing the other two podium positions. The NE Divisional SST 200 Championship was awarded to Mark Proffitt (Jacksboro, TN). Brothers Rob and Ashton Rinker, racing under the Amsoil banner placed second and third. The main event on Sunday was the race for the National Championship in the F2 SST 200 class. Eleven entries from the northern tier of states to the bottom of Florida and point in between entered – all with a shot but knowing that only one driver could win. In the interest of time, the race, originally scheduled for thirty laps, was shortened to twenty. In an explosion from the dock the boats headed to the commitment buoy and raced for the downriver sets of turns. Through the glare on the water and the often-blinding spray as drivers maneuvered through the traffic, Rob Rinker chased down Mark Proffitt, managing to pass when Proffitt spun, coming out of the up river turn four mid point in the race. From that point to the end, Rinker powered

NEW MARTINSVILLE RECORDS REGATTA

RECORDS:

as certified by APBA (all speeds are mph)

Rob Rinker - OPC National F2 SST 200 Champion

Left: Carol Reno

Inboard: Dan Kanfoush John Shaw (#145) John Shaw (#T-1) SLT Bandit â&#x20AC;&#x201C; James Yacko Junior: AXH Kelsey Bennett AXR Kelsey Bennett STOCK: ASH Abby Pond BSH Abby Pond ASR Abby Pond SR Bob Austin MOD: 200cc H Kelsey Bennett 200cc R Dave Bennett 350cc H Tom Johnston

115.281 100.206 93.774 58.864 55.669 53.768 58.849 67.157 56.713 65.789

through the field, crossing the finish 60.136 at the end of the race and becoming 57.713 the 2015 National Champion earning enough points to secure the overall 70.475 Powerboat Superleague championJohn Shaw established a new Inboard record on ship. Proffitt eased into second place Saturday and then went on to break it on Sunday :00.378 seconds later and J. Michael Floyd, Rincon, Georgia finished third. These are the risk takers â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the people who live for the moment, the excitement, the thrill of living on the edge. These are the people who scale mountains, sky dive, and race boats. These are the competitors that we come to see and learn to respect and in one way or another, they are all winners.

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PIT ACTION SHOTS

! E L I M S

weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re taking the

Raffiel Chuilli and Nicolo di san Germano

Class 1

Whittle and Morse F4s Marit Stromoy

Guido CappelinI

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Francesco Cantando

Abu Dhabi

Mohammed Al Marri - Victory

Rashed Al Tayer

Class 1 trophies

Jubilant after their victory over Victory - Luca Fendi and Giovani Carpitella Miles Jennings

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NRC boat A8

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YESTERYEAR

1964

COWES-TORQUAY Costly Mistake for Bertram Looking back to one of the earliest Cowes-Torquay events in 1964, it is very interesting to note that all of the boats were funded by their owners, and the only sponsor involved in the early years was the Daily Express who launched the event and was the sole sponsor until W.D. & H.O. Wills joined them in the 1970s with their Embassy Cigarettes.

Second to ‘Surfrider - Dick Bertram in ‘Lucky Moppie’

owerboat racing is obviously very different now, and it seems quite remarkable that the boats were allowed to race without any of the safety measures we have today, and you can see from the old photos supplied to us by Graham Stevens (Powerboat Archives) that none of the crews wore crash helmets, and virtually all of them were pleasure cruisers. It also seems that there was little or no effort made to prevent spectator boats from crowding around the Torquay finish line, and this may have been the reason why American Dick Bertram, aboard ‘Lucky Moppie’ passed the wrong side of the finish line allowing the British Gardner brothers’ ‘Surfrider’ to win the 1964 Cowes-Torquay race. Although Bertram quickly turned to cross the correct finish line as runner-up, his mistake cost him £1000, a lot of money in 1964. The entry list for the 1964 Daily Express International Offshore Powerboat Race looked impressive by any standards with numbers approaching fifty. They came

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from the USA, Italy, UK and Scandinavia. However, by start time five teams had to withdraw with terminal mechanical ailments. The two Italian entries G. Agnelli’s ‘Ultima Dea’ and Sonny Levi’s ‘Speranzella IV’ were encountering officialdom delays en-route to Cherbourg, but eventually they made the ferry and arrived in Cowes late Thursday night. ‘Lucky Moppie’ underwent an engine transplant in Clair Lallow’s boat yard, one of the places used as a pits area at Cowes. A piston had blown in one of her two Daytona Turbo 400 V8’s so a new powerplant was being installed. Sir Max Aitkin’s giant ‘Vivacity’ had blown a turbocharger on one of her Cummins diesel and a new one was being fitted while Dr Emil Savundra was all smiles as his ‘Jackie S’ was fault free and primed for action. The gathering at Friday’s drivers briefing illustrated what a variety of individuals, powerboat racers were at that time. A mixture of old, not so old and very young were clad in everything from smart suits,

flannels and blazers, shorts and buoyancy aids turned out together with the naval personnel from the two Brave class 50 knotters ‘Brave Swordsman’ and ‘Brave Borderer’ acting as start boat and also escort for the fleet to Torquay. Third Officer Eileen Feckleton of the WRNS had the important function of telling the crews what weather to expect and famed yacht designer Uffa Fox presented her with a bouquet of flowers. Ms Feckleton informed crew that there would be calm seas, light winds and the only problem they might face is reduced visibility. There were groans from the owners of the heavier cruiser contenders who were hoping for a ‘bit of rough’, but there were many smiles from those aboard the greyhound sportsboats of the era. Forty five boats mustered 400 yards west of Cowes in 1964, unlike the previous year when the start was run eastwards towards Southsea. It was a spectacular sight as the field roaring past the Royal Yacht Squadron start line in a mass of spray accompanied by the roar of the open exhausts of Daytona Scarabs, the most popular choice of inboard engine. After passing Southsea it was down the east side of the island to Ventnor, then eastwards to the Nab Tower and Southsea again before heading west towards the Solent. ‘Lucky Moppie’, a Ray Hunt design, was in the lead followed by ‘Jackie S’ and ‘Surfrider’. Sonny Levi appeared to hang back at the start in last year’s winning boat

‘Speranzella IV’, but by Southsea she was up into 4th place. ‘Jackie S’ took the lead at Ventnor until Lucky Moppie’ regained the lead from Savundra with ‘Surfrider’ in 3rd place ahead of Don Aronow in ‘Claudia 2’ a Formula hull. The four engine Tramontana 2 came next closely followed by another Formula ‘Lucinda’. Before returning to the Solent, ‘Jackie S’ had stopped when a thrust bearing became red hot. An engineer adapted a water pipe from the manifold cooling system to spray water onto the bearing and after 15 minutes the Uffa Fox designed boat was chasing the frontrunners again. Speeds had dropped when the leaders passed Cowes on their way westwards. ‘Lucky Moppie’ was leading ‘Surfrider’ closely followed by ‘Claudia 2’ and two minutes later ‘Tramontana 2’ appeared, her four Jaguar engines sounding slightly off colour. Then came ‘Lucinda’, Lord Lucan’s ‘Migrant’ and ‘Ultima Dea’. Thirty two boats passed Cowes on their way west whilst ‘Speranzella IV’ limped into Cowes with a broken oil pipe. After a long wait nine more craft passed Cowes, the last being Steve Macey’s ‘Spirit of Ecstasy’. At every vantage point along the course hundreds of spectators had turned out and the two front runners, ‘Lucky Moppie’ and ‘Surfrider’, certainly gave them something to cheer about as only seconds separated the American and British crews. The route took the fleet along the south coast past Hurst Castle, Boscombe and

Scrutineering at Cowes in 1964

‘Surfrider’ - R. E. Gardner - winner of the 1964 Cowes-Torquay

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FINAL RESULTS

Sir Max Aitken’s ‘Vivacity’ Bournemouth Piers before heading out to sea, and the infamous Portland Bill. A huge crowd on Portland Bill spotted a plume of spray in the distance and within seconds not one but two boats appeared right under the point of land. ‘Lucky Moppie’ and ‘Surfrider’ were so close to each other the crews could have handed each other drinks. As the two leaders shot off around the headland and out of sight, third place ‘Claudia’ came into view chased by ‘Lucinda’ and ‘Jackie S’. There was then a long 20 minute gap before Lord Lucan’s ‘Migrant’ passed the Bill followed by Lady Aitkin’s ‘Ultra Violet’ three minutes ahead of her husband Sir Max in his giant hull ‘Vivacity’, which was accompanied by a late entry A.G.Higgins’ Halmatic ‘Silver Spray’. After the loud bark of the V8 exhausts, it was almost a whisper when the Foden and Rolls Royce diesels in ‘Anglesey 2’ and ‘Impedus’ trundled by. At this stage the Italian entry ‘Ultima Dea’ departed with its four Maserati engines sounding decidedly sick, and likewise ‘Tramontana’s four Jaguar’s were protesting with steam belching from the engine room. After passing Portland Bill the leaders were roaring across the 50 miles of open water that is Lyme Bay towards Torquay, and this time it was flat calm, which is almost unheard of. As the excited crowd peeled their eye into the haze, they got their first glimpse of ‘Lucky Moppie’ with a 200 yard lead over ‘Surfrider’ averaging 42 knots. They rounded the last turn off Paignton and made a charge for the finish line only it appeared the leader was going the wrong side of ‘Drumbeat’, the boat which marked one end of the finish line. The Gardner brothers made no such mistake and crossed the line to tumultuous applause. ‘Lucky Moppie’ swept around to cross the line correctly, but she had missed the opportunity of an historic victory together with a £1000 prize. Don Aranow in the Formula ‘Claudia’ filled 3rd place ahead of another American hull ‘Lucinda’. 74 raceboatinternational

1st

Surfrider

2nd

Lucky Moppie

3rd

Claudia

4th

Lucinda

5th

Jackie S

6th

Migrant

7th

Vivacity

8th

Coronet Wyn-Mill

9th

Trident

10th

Silver Spray

11th

Anglesey

12th

Paper Tiger

13th

Blue Moppie

14th

Impetus

15th

Ultra Violet

16th

Sea Plough

17th

Seven Dials

18th

Giovanna

19th

Gavina

20th

Algor

21st

Chasseur

22nd

Findlandady

23rd

Tracey Jane

24th

Posendon

25th

Tramontana 2

26th

Corsair

27th

Ultima Dea

28th

Lobster Thermador

29th

Zingara

30th

Bombadillo

31st

Wiz of Warsash

32nd

Hum Drum

33rd

Vega

34th

Blue Streak

35th

Frivola

36th

Bella II

37th

Spirit of Ecstacy

38th

Willick

39th

Alphabet

101 ‘Lucinda’ was driven by W. Shand-Kydd to 4th position 5th was 110 ‘Jackie S’ driven by Dr E Savundra ‘Migrant’ in 6th place was driven by The Earl of Lucan

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