Uim Newsletter February 2014

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UIM Newsletter February 2014 UIM NEWS • 5th UIM Awards Giving Gala • at Salle des Etoiles • 87th UIM GA in IBIZA • 2013 UIM Environmental Awards • Class 1 – Victory Team did it again • Alex Carella – three in a row • XCAT: Arif and Nadir on top • of the World • Stark crowned again F2 World Champ • Aquabike: a spectacular season • 2013 UIM World Champions – Best Of 5th UIM Gala Sponsors and Supporter

The UIM World Champions Awards Giving Gala, a great gathering opportunity for the Sport!

The UIM will host its fifth UIM World Champions Awards Giving Gala on Saturday March 1st, 2014 at the prestigious Salle des Etoiles, Monaco, where the international governing body of Powerboating will reward the World’s best racers and celebrate the successes of the 2013 season. This special event will be attended by VIP guests, top representatives from National Authorities, International Sport Federations and Institutions, Boatyard Industry and International Medias.

Dr. Raffaele Chiulli, UIM President stated: “We are very proud to organize this prestigious event with all our Word Champions and key stakeholders also this year in the Principality of Monaco. This occasion, year after year, has developed into one of the main happenings for all our top athletes.

I am looking forward to another extraordinary experience”.

The last racing season has been a very successful one for the Powerboating movement. 47 World titles awarded to 75 individual racers.

Over 100 International events hosted by almost 60 UIM National Authorities. These figures show how the sport of Powerboating is global and successful.

Along with the 2013 UIM World Champions who will receive their awards on stage, the UIM will also present several other significant recognitions such as the “Stefano Casiraghi Memorial Trophy”, the Safety Award, the Sam Griffith Memorial Trophy, and moreover the 2013 UIM Environmental Award and the Special Mentions which recognize outstanding environmental leaders, whether individuals or organizations, that have exemplified inspiration, vision, innovation, leadership and applications for the Environment.

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87th UIM General Assembly in Ibiza !!!

The UIM is pleased to announce that the 87th UIM General Assembly will take place in Spain in the fantastic landscape of Ibiza Island from Sunday, October 19th to Sunday October 26th. Ibiza is an island in the Mediterranean Sea, 79 kilometres (49 miles) off the coast of the city of Valencia, in eastern Spain. It is the third largest of the Balearic Islands, an autonomous community of Spain. Ibiza has become famous for the association with nightlife and the electronic music that originated on the island. It is well

known for its summer club scene which attracts very large numbers of tourists, though the island's government and the Spanish Tourist Office have controversially been working to promote more family-oriented tourism. The Grand Palladium Palace Ibiza Resort & Spa will be the location of the meetings and it provides the ideal setting for an unforgettable edition right on the beachfront of the renowned Playa d’en Bossa.

The UIM Environmental Award has been launched in 2009 in order to inspire and recognize excellence in innovation, development and application of environmentally friendly technologies. For the 2013 edition there is a Winner and three Special Mentions. Among the main selection criteria: Innovation, Significance, Practicality, Usability, Greening the Sport and Environmental Benefit. It is open to all UIM stakeholders, boat builders, engine manufacturers, universities, research centers, scientists, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO’s), companies in order to recognize outstanding environmental leaders, whether individuals or organizations, that have exemplified inspiration, vision, innovation, leadership and applications for the Environment. The prestigious trophies will be given at the annual UIM Awards Giving Gala which will take place on Saturday, March 1st at the Salle des Etoiles – Sporting Monte Carlo in Monaco, where the UIM will host and entertain a truly international crowd of 450 VIP guests from 30 different nations to honor over 45 World Champions of Powerboat racing.

2013 Special Mentions GREENING THE SPORT V20 Solar Boat

by VRIPACK

2013 Environmental Award Winner 40S Hybrid

by COLUMBUS YACHTS

ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFIT Multi-Site Certification

by AZIMUT BENETTI GROUP INNOVATION Computing Sustainability in the Yachting Sector

by VSY

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2013 UIM Environmental Awards The 2013 winner: 40S HYBRID

by COLUMBUS YACHTS

In line with the Green approach to yacht building pioneered by Columbus Yachts, a brand of Palumbo Shipyards, the innovative 40S Hybrid debuted last year at the Monaco Yacht Show. “Sport” indicates the high performance of this Superyacht equipped with two diesel engines which give a top speed of 23 Knots, with the ability to easily cruise at 18-20 knots. Columbus Yachts is very proud that 40S Hybrid is the first Motor Yacht to be RINA classified with the additional class notation “Hybrid Propulsion (Y)” along with “Green Star Plus Platinum” and AUT CCS (Y), the latest being another innovation studied with RINA to fulfil the need of having unmanned machinery spaces, even not having a control room inside the machinery spaces. The boat is provided with a hybrid system consisting of double means of propulsion and power generation.

Special Mention for “GREENING THE SPORT” to: VRIPACK - V20 Solar Boat

The V20 is the world’s first One Design Solar Racer which is solely driven by the energy created from the sun. The V20 is a so called Hydro Foiling WIG vessel. The adjustable hydro foils carry her hull out of the water and the NACA shape of the deck creates a Wing in Ground (WIG) effect creating additional lift. The goal for all this is to reduce the natural resistances to a minimum allowing the Solar Power to be used for pure speed followed by pleasure and an ear to ear smile. The V20 is a light weight composite vessel with solar cells which also has the possibility to stall the sun energy in her Lithium Ion batteries or convert this energy directly to the propeller. A sophisticated battery management system assists the pilot to determine what the ideal speed is.

With sufficient energy yield it is possible to cruise 100% on the sun and even recharge the battery at the same time. The boat is driven by an electro motor which powers the propeller allowing the V20 to fly up to a speed around the 30 km p/h. In a World Wide Class several V20s will be challenging each other and the elements in an International race circuit. The boats in the V20 class are all identical except for a few strategic elements.

Special Mention for "INNOVATION" to: VSY - COMPUTING SUSTAINABILITY IN THE YACHTING SECTOR

VSY technology and innovation work table: a structured program with the aim of developing a new cost/benefit indicator to implement sustainable governance in the sector. Although for years under discussion among scholars and policy makers, sustainable development has recently assumed particular importance in the value system of the yachting industry. Through the program approved by European Commission in 2010 and called The EU strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, the EU suggests concrete measures that set new targets for 2020 in terms of a greener and more competitive economy, energy efficiency etc. VSY “Technologies and Innovations Worktable” is a Computational Sustainability model based program and has its focus on developing mathematical methods for decision making processes concerning the management and allocation of resources in order to help solve some of the most challenging problems related to sustainability.

Special Mention for "ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFIT” to: Azimut Benetti Group MULTI-SITE CERTIFICATION

Started in Avigliana in October 2009, and ended in November 2013 in Livorno, the procedure for the ‘BS OHSAS 18001’ certification has involved eleven different sites, all belonging to Azimut|Benetti Group. last December 2nd 2013 RINA Technical Committee for Safety authorized the new OHSAS 18001: 2007 certificate release for Livorno’s site, thereby stating the implementation, along with the applicable laws, of an accurate control system regarding the workers’ Health and Security and the relevant environment. This last step brings to eleven the number of Group’s detachments to have obtained such a qualification, thus making Azimut|Benetti the first and unique yacht builder in the world to have gained a multi-site certification. With this achievement Azimut|Benetti is once more focusing on social responsibility and environmental issues strongly believing that workers’ health and safety represent an essential equirement and therefore any action taken to support employees is not to be seen as a burden but as a relevant investment.

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UIM 2013 Class 1 World Championship

Class 1 - Victory Team did it again 2013 saw Victory Team’s vice-like grip on the coveted Sam Griffith Trophy hold firm securing a remarkable 13th Class 1 World Championship as the sport celebrated the 50th anniversary of the first drivers’ Championship and cruised passed the 600 Grand Prix mark since being sanctioned by the World Governing Body, the Union Internationale Motonautique (UIM), in 1964.

Understandably tipped by the majority at the start of the year to deliver the Dubai-based outfit a seventh consecutive Championship, Arif Al Zaffain and Mohammed Al Marri duly delivered. But it was not the trouble-free run of previous seasons, with breakdowns and uncharacteristic driver errors forcing the duo to endure the title chase to the last race of the year in Abu Dhabi.

It was a highly prestigious and entertaining season; a spectacular landmark first Grand Prix in the People’s Republic of China in Sanya, the discovery of a precious new jewel for the sport with Terracina delivering a simply sparkling Italian Grand Prix on its series debut, the emergence of a trio of genuine potential race winners and title challengers and the crowning of the most unexpected - certainly most flamboyant - European Champions. The season kicked-off at the end of March on the Chinese Riviera at the stunning bustling city port of Sanya on the southernmost tip of Hainan Island. Despite being pushed to their limits, Victory 3 made the perfect start to the defence of their title leaving Sanya with a trio of trophies and unbeaten.

In June the Championship returned to Turkey but this time to race across the Bosphorus in Pendik on the Marmara Sea. Race 1 was a thriller. HUB Australia’s Nicholson and Willaton produced a spectacular performance in testing conditions to win and become

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3 Victory Team 91 Zabo-Isiklar 10 LF10 7 Victory Team Australia LF8 23 FA.RO ACCIAI Team Abu Dhabi 74 Poliform

120pts 89pts 88pts 84pts 72pts 61pts 46pts 38pts

the first Australians to take the top step of the podium since 2002 in a dramatic and incident-filled race.

Arif Al Zaffain and Mohammed Al Marri banished all memories of their race 1 exit and produced an emphatic start-to-finish win in race 2.

Terracina hosted round 3 and delivered arguably the event of the season, certainly the most dramatic in terms of outcome, but also in terms of glitz, glamour and atmosphere. An untroubled flag-to-finish victory in race 1 gave Arif Al Zaffain and Mohammed Al Marri their fourth win of the year.

Race 2 could not have been scripted with Miles Jennings and Alfredo Amato pulling off one of the most popular and surprising results of the year with a simply sensational win in a race 1 winning their first win in just their third Grand Prix together and clinch the European Championship.

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The World title would be decided in Abu Dhabi and with a 26-point advantage Al Zaffain and Al Marri were looking to close it out in race 1. Victory dominated official qualifying locking out the top two places with Arif Al Zaffain and Mohammed Al Marri going quickest.

Nadir Bin Hendi teamed-up with Australia’s Darren Nicholson and marked his return to racing after an imposed two-year absence with second quickest,

but over four seconds slower than their teammates.

A win in race 1 made it a dream return to the Championship for Bin Hendi, winning with Nicholson in their first outing together. In race 2 Arif Al Zaffain and Mohammed Al Marri produced a command performance to take the win and clinch a record 13th Class 1 World Championship title for Victory Team.

UIM F1 H2O: Alex Carella three world titles in a row Alex Carella for the third straight season came from behind climbing the ladder of success once again to win the UIM F1 H2O World Championship in 2013. The 27 year-old from Italy led a strong Qatar Team for a resounding one-two finish in the drivers’ championship out-dueling his American teammate Shaun Torrente by just six points in the end 80 to 74.

The Qatar Team dominated the prestigious Team Championship as well winning by a comfortable 80 points for the highly skilled multi-national organization based out Doha.

The seven months journey began in early June, in Brasilia, at the series first ever event on the South American continent, with Finnish two-time World Champion Sami Selio of the Mad-Croc Baba Racing Team stealing the spotlight winning from pole position with the Qatar Team duo reaching the podium for the first of three times during the year with Torrente finishing ahead of Carella in two of the three opportunities. In mid-summer in late July the tour was off to historic Kyiv for the Grand Prix of Ukraine and this time the story was all about French driver Philippe Chiappe of the CTIC China Team who captured his first victory in his 11 year-career, making UIM - 1, avenue des Castelans - Stade Louis II - MC 98000 Monaco - Tél. +377 92 05 25 22 - www.uimpowerboating.com

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it a very popular victory throughout the paddock for the likeable driver from Rouen.

As the series headed to the Far East for the fall season stopover in the Southern city of Liuzhou at the Grand Prix of China, it was once again time for the Italian to exert himself. Alex knew that he had to make a move if he wanted to win another title. He did just that, winning for the second year in a row from pole position.

It was off to Doha and the 10th Grand Prix of Qatar with Alex nailing down pole position just ahead of his teammate Torrente. It looked it would finish that way in the race as well, until, with just three laps from the end, Alex's engine gave out handing his friend Shaun the victory. The Floridian had earned his first career victory on the tour and had now moved into first place in the championship with 55 points. With just two races to be run in the United Arab Emirates, the lead in the championship had changed for the fourth straight race in a row.

Sami Selio dominated the day in Abu Dhabi reasserting himself to the top of the drivers’ championship with a win in Abu Dhabi for his 12th career victory tying Francesco Cantando of the Singha F1 Team as the winningest most active driver on the tour.

In one of the closest finishing scenarios in the 30 years of racing on the UIM F1 H2O World Championship tour, four drivers were still in the hunt in their chase for glory chasing the title. It would all come down to this one race.

When the final checkered flag felt to end the 2013 season, it was Alex Carella setting the stage with a perfect run. He never once made a wrong during the event leading from start to finish for all 38 laps and earning his eighth career victory and adding another World Championship to his resume in just 25 career starts.

UIM 2013 F1H20 World Championship 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 10

Alex Carella Shaun Torrente Philippe Chiappe Sami Selio Youssef Al Rubayan Thani Al Qamzi Jonas Andersson Marit Stromoy Francesco Cantando Ahmed Al Hameli

80 pts 74 pts 69 pts 64 pts 29 pts 29 pts 27 pts 18 pts 17 pts 16 pts

2014 UIM F1H20 Calendar 15 March May 19 July 2 October 5 December 12 December

Gp Qatar TBA GP Ukraine GP China GP Abu Dhabi GP Sharjah

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UIM Skydive Dubai XCAT World Series 2013 Review The UIM Skydive Dubai XCAT World Series continued its phenomenal growth in 2013, taking massive strides towards the aim of reaching six continents by 2016.

2013 was the year that the Series went international for the first time. After three races in the UAE (Abu Dhabi and two in Dubai), the action moved to the spectacular setting of Stresa, on Lake Maggiore in Italy. Then a week later, the racing continued a little further along the picturesque lake, in Arona with crowds of over 40,000 lining the shore to take in the action.

It was then on to Ningbo, China for the first time (in front of another record-breaking crowd) before the Series returned to its UAE roots, with the seventh and final race of the season being contested back in Dubai.

Making this all possible was the creation and development of a unique containerised system in order to be able to transport the competing boats and other equipment in the most efficient manner. This new system, referred to as ‘Cat in a box’ enables the entire Series race set-up including hospitality facilities and a race village to be transported globally within the confines of standard shipping containers.

2013 also marked the securing of several new partners for the Series. Among others, Skydive Dubai came on board as title sponsors, while Dubai Duty Free and property developers Emaar signed up as main sponsors.

Meanwhile, on the water, it was the Dubai-based Fazza team of Arif Al Zaffain and Nadir Bin Hendi who emerged as overall Series champions once again (with Mohammed Al Marri having raced alongside Al Zaffain at the start of the season). The team took an early lead in the Series after winning the first two races, but succumbed to mechanical problems at the third, in Dubai, where Team Westerlund took the win.

A second place in Stresa meant they maintained the lead, however, and despite Mouawad (Omar Danial and Gary Ballough) and Skydive Dubai (Sultan Al Dhaheri and Jay Price) closing in on them towards the end of the season, a victory in the final race sealed the Series for Fazza.

A third place finish in the final race saw Skydive Dubai overtaking Mouawad for second spot in the overall standings.

As ever, safety remains a massive priority for the WPPA, who are constantly working with experts around the world to ensure the safety of the pilots and all involved in the Series.

2014 will see the Series expanding to 10 rounds, and extending its reach 2014 even further afield with races planUIM XCAT Calendar ned in several new 25 January GP Dubai venues such as Switzerland 14 February GP Fujairah (Lugano) and 25 May GP Naples Azerbaijan (Baku) 22 June GP Lugano – as well as ma20 July GP Stresa king a return to 31 August GP Baku Italy, China and of 5 October GP Ningbo course its birthplace – the United 2 November GP Hining Dao Arab Emirates.

13 December GP Dubai

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3 Fazza 7 Sky Dive Dubai 50 Mouawad 50 33 Victory Team 6 Six 8 Westerlund Racing 94 Qatar Team 11 Spirit of Dubai 20 Fujairah Racing Team 17 Raheeb

1901 pts 1431 pts 1385 pts 1103 pts 1031 pts 781 pts 744 pts 686 pts 568 pts 336 pts

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UIM 2013 F2 World Championship UIM F2 World Championship Stark crowned again F2 World Champion The 2013 F2 UIM Powerboat World Champion is Erik Stark of the Swedish Team; second and third places went to Ola Petterson (Sweden) and Paolo Zantelli (Italy).

“Finally in 2013 the F2 has had the World Champions hip it deserves. Five events were requested and inserted in the 2013 UIM racing calendar, and for this I wish to deeply thank all the people who have concretely contributed to the success of the 2013 F2 World Championship”, said Giacomo Borgonovi, Chairman UIM Formulae Committee.

“The number of Drivers that participated in each event has been higher than expected with 20-23 boats coming from 13 Nations at each race; I feel very satisfied with the course of the World Championship and for this reason I wish to warmly thank the National Authorities who have organized the races, the Drivers and the Teams who attended them and all the people who have cooperated in the fulfilment of the races.

The professionalism of the participating drivers in this class is improving year after year; as a matter of fact the 5 events raced saw the victory of different drivers and this proves that the level is very well-blended.

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1 Erik Stark - SWE 6 Ola Pettersson - SWE 25 Paolo Zantelli - ITA 2 Johan OSTERBERG - SWE 14 Jonas ANDERSSON - SWE 5 Rupert TEMPER - AUT 51 Uvis SLAKTERIS - LAT 17 Tobias SÖDERLING - SWE 24 Per EDWARDSEN - NOR 3 Owen JELF - GBR

73 pts 46 pts 38 pts 37 pts 30 pts 28 pts 24 pts 16 pts 15 pts 14 pts

Unfortunately” proceeds Mr. Borgonovi, “we have to recall the tragic event occurred at the European Championship at Idroscalo in Milan which took away a great and victorious driver: Paolo Zantelli. We remember him forever for his humanity and sportsmanship.

Anyway the season was really up to this category which is now one of the grown up. All the venues where the races were raced have been absolutely up to the situation and both the drivers and organizers were completely satisfied.

During 2013 there had been five good races of World Championship and one race of European Championship.

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WORLD’S BEST AQUABIKE RIDERS PRODUCE AN ELECTRIFYING SEASON

2013 was an amazing year for the UIM-ABP Aquabike World Championship with five Grand Prix and the World’s top riders fighting it out for the ultimate accolade of being crowned Champion.

The Championship visited some breath-taking venues, from the stunning resort of Sanya in China to the idyllic northern Italian town of Viverone, then back to China to amazing Liuzhou before ending the season with a Middle East double-header in Doha, Qatar and the final round in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates.

And what a Championship it was; racers from over 20 countries fought it out in three categories, the men and ladies Ski Division GP1, Freestyle and the Runabout GP1. There was drama, excitement, thrills, shocks and heartache with all but one title going down to the final race of the year.

In September the Championship proper kicked into gear in Viverone in Italy then Liuzhou in China was the next stop on the tour then Doha in Qatar and Abu Dhabi in UAE. The 2013 UIM-ABP Aquabike World season crowned eight athletes. Pija Sumer for Serbia in Ski Division Women, the Frenchman Michael Poret in Ski and Slalom Men, the Kuwaitian Yousef Al Abdulrazzaq in the powerfull Runabout GP1, Cyrille Lemoine, France, in the Runabout Slalom GP1 and Rok Florjancic, for Croatia.

The Aquabike Rally Jet challenge saw again the French Jean Bruno Pastorello crowning the title in Vladivostok in Russia while in the Offshore Runabout category the World title was for Marc Forbin, another French athlete, which triumphed on Guadalupe’s waters.

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