July 13, 2008
Projects: Sunseeker 92 Predator Sport, Sunseeker 30 Metre Yacht, Sunseeker 130 Predator
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July 12, 2008
New Model: Itama Seventy Five

Technical Data:
LOA - 23.54 m (77ft)
Length - 21.53 m
Beam - 5.92 m
Draft - 1.44 m
Weight - 44.50 t empty and dry, 52.20 t loaded
Fuel Capacity - 5500 l
Water Capacity - 1000 l
Max Persons - 16
Accommodation - 3 cabins, 3 heads standard, 4 cabins 4 heads optional, 1 crew cabin for 2
Engines - 2 x MTU 1823hp
Propulsion - Arneson ASD14 surface drives
Speed - 43 knots max light 1/3 load
Certification - CE A
July 11, 2008
Project: Di Donna 38 Serapo
July 10, 2008
New Model: Airon Marine 4300 Sport

Based on the lines of the successful 4300 T-Top Model, the new 4300 Sport is the full open version with the same hull lines, great interior space and unbeatable outside accommodation for a boat measuring just over thirteen metres in length. The interior layout follows the concept also of the T-Top offering a three double cabins or two cabin versions, with six or five berth options. The three cabins six berth option is something rare to see nowadays in this size, as most builders today focus for a more couples orientated two suites layout. This is not the case for Airon Marine it seems with the 4300 having more a family orientated layout plan in the lower deck accommodation. As for the engines powering the new 4300 Sport it is offered with five optionss and three different propulsions; stern drives from Volvo and Mercruiser up to 370hp, Volvo IPS in 370 and 435hp, and traditional inboard shafts with Volvo and or Yanmar 480hp.
Technical Data:
LOA - 13.50 m (44.3ft)
Length - 12.98 m
Beam - 3.80 m
Weight - 11.000 kg
Fuel Capacity - 880 l
Water Capacity - 300 l
Max Persons Onboard - twelve
Berths - six berths in three cabins, plus one berth in convertible dinette
Engines - 2 x Volvo D6 330hp, D6 370hp, D6 435hp, Mercruiser 4.2 ES 320hp, Yanmar 480hp
Propulsion - Volvo DPH or Mercruiser Bravo three sterndrives, Volvo forward looking IPS pod drives, and or line shaft integrated U-drive
Certification - CE B
July 8, 2008
Powerboat P1 - Hammamet, Tunisia Preview
The Tunisian Grand Prix is finally here and after a hectic start of the season for the boats, this was a much wanted longer 5 weeks break from the shore crew of all teams, so it will be interesting to see if any of the teams will have upped there game to be in more challenging form to the firsts of the class. Apart all the usual P1 action, Tunisia will also add the extreme heat which is expected to hit the North African Med race course with temperatures of 4o plus degrees Celsius. Time table has also been revised for a late afternoon, early evening race. In Evolution it will be curious to see if the dominating form shown by 88 Kiton Outerlimits in Malta, was a luck of many factors or if this is the boat to beat for the 2008 season. My gut tell me it's the later one, tough more friendly waters could prove a bonus to the smaller Evolution boats like the Fountain and the Skater V-399. SuperSport Class 44 Conam Yachts seem so far unstoppable, but teams like 38 Baia High Performance say that if weather conditions prove smoother they can be a match for the Italian Maltese pairing.
The Tunisian Grand Prix will also mark the return of 11 Sunseeker Challenger in Supersport Class, after the accident in Marseilles in pre-race testing. Meanwhile 76 Italcraft Inrizzardi Evolution Class team will still be using the old Metamarine as in Malta, with the shore crew continue on updating and preparing the new alloy hulled Diesel Seatek powered Binautica, which should go for a record challenge to the Venezia Montecarlo race in the coming weeks, before racing in the next official round scheduled for Vigo in Spain.
July 7, 2008
New Model: Riviera 70 Enclosed Flybridge
Technical Data:
LOA - 23.37 m (76.7ft)
Length - 22.07 m
Beam - 6.32 m
Draft - 1.7 m
Weight - 41,920 kg (dry and depends engines and options)
Fuel Capacity - 8.000 l
Water Capacity - 1.000 l
Sleeping Capacity - 10 - 14
Engines - 2 x Caterpillar C32 1572 hp
Design - Frank Mulder, Riviera
July 6, 2008
Class 1 - Victory 1 Shines In Moscow

After a red flag and an aborted first start, Victory 1’s scratch-pairing and Championship leaders’ showed their superiority and dominated the race to lead from start-to-finish and win by over a minute, to give Mohammed Al Marri – replacing the injured Arif Al Zafeen - his 11th career win and Nadir bin Hendi his third win in a row.
For Qatar 96’s Sheikh Hassan and Steve Curtis, second place was a result they desperately needed after the disappointment in Montenegro, but not the one they wanted, which now leaves them 29 points adrift of the leaders’ in fourth place. However, the outcome may well have been different if not for the coming together with Victory 7 after the restart, which left them trailing in fifth place at the end of the first lap.
Qatar 95 made it a double podium-celebration for the team, their second consecutive third place to stay ahead of the their team-mates in the title race.
For Victory 7, finishing in fourth place, there was frustration and anger, after a broken a propeller on lap seven robbed them and the team of a probable second consecutive one-two finish.
Giampaolo Montavoci and Kolbjorn Selmer maintained their reliable form to secure more points by taking their third consecutive fifth place finish. This keeps them in fifth place overall in the Championship after finishing ahead of Jotun’s unlucky Jorn Tandberg and Inge Brigt Aarbakke, who, after starting from second place on the front row, broke a propeller on lap five when running strongly in third place, which ended any hopes of a podium finish.
RUSSIAN GRAND PRIX - results
1. Victory 1 - M Al Marri (UAE) / N Bin Hendi (UAE) – 00.59.35,15
2. Qatar 96 - H Al-Thani (Qatar) / S Curtis (England) + 01.49,41
3. Qatar 95 - A Al-Sulaiti (Qatar) / M Nicolini (Italy) + 1 lap
4. Victory 7 - A Al Mehairbi (UAE / JM Sanchez (France) + 3 laps
5. Foresti & Suardi 8 - K Selmer (Norway) / G Montavoci (Italy) + 3 laps
6. Jotun 90 - IB Aarbakke (Norway) / J Tandberg (Norway) + 5 laps
7. SeveneleveN 18 - G Manuzzi (Italy) / N Giorgi (Italy) – dnf
8. Roscioli Hotels Roma 88 - S Carrasco (Spain) / D Cirilli (Spain) – dnf
9. Qatar 9 - M Al-Nassr (Qatar) / L Nicolini (Italy) – dnf
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP POSITIONS - after round 3 of 8
1. Victory 1 - M Al Marri (UAE) / N Bin Hendi (UAE) – 64pts
2. Victory 7 - A Al Mehairbi (UAE) / JM Sanchez (France) – 40pts
3. Qatar 95 - A Al-Sulaiti (Qatar) / M Nicolini (Italy) – 37pts
4. Qatar 96 - H Al-Thani (Qatar) / S Curtis (England) – 35pts
5. Foresti & Suardi 8 - K Selmer (Norway) / G Montavoci (Italy) – 25pts
6. Jotun 90 – IB Aarbakke (Norway) / J Tandberg (Norway) – 18pts
7. Roscioli Hotels Roma 88 - S Carrasco (Spain) / D Cirilli (Spain) – 8pts
8. SeveneleveN 18 - G Manuzzi (Italy) / N Giorgi (Italy) – 5pts
9. Negotiator 50 - B Eker (Norway) / C Parsonage (England) – 4pts
10. Qatar 9 - M Al-Nassr (Qatar) / L Nicolini (Italy)
(championship points include bonus points allocated to teams for running engines for two consecutive races - one point, per engine, per race)
July 5, 2008
Projects: Viking 82 Convertible, Viking 82 Enclosed Bridge, Viking 57 Convertible



July 3, 2008
Project: Sessa C43
July 2, 2008
Class 1 - Moscow Russia Preview
Dubai’s Victory Team has been simply imperious this season and holds the top two spots in the championship standings, with Victory 1 taking two wins from two starts and Victory 7’s, equally impressive in Mehairbi’s first season, grabbing two podiums. With Arif Al Zafeen still sidelined through injury, the team once again turns to former champion Mohammed Al Marri to partner Nadir Bin Hendi in Victory 1 and will be looking for this scratch-pairing to repeat their success in Budva.
Qatar 95 is 19 points shy of the leaders in third place, the leading Qatar boat and heading the team’s challenge to try to halt Victory’s charge, and whilst the team has the overall performance to do so, it will first have to stave off the challenge that they know will come from their team-mates on Qatar 96, with Curtis winning when Class 1 last raced in Russia in 1998 in St. Petersburg, who find themselves down in fourth place after missing out on a podium and struggling home in sixth place last time out after suffering engine problems.
Foresti & Suardi have produced two very solid fifth place finishes and head the middle order, and they will do well to hold onto fifth place in the championship; they know, however, that they will come under pressure from Jotun, who now seem to have found the reliability to match their obvious performance levels, and the all-Norwegian crew will be quietly confident that they can now challenge the top four. However, there is increasing speculation that Inge Brigt Aarbakke could well be drafted in to make his Class 1 debut in Moscow.
After the frustration of being forced to sit out the race in Budva, but having recently signed a new engine supply deal with Italian engine builder, SCAM, SeveneleveN will be looking to get back in the points and to repeat their top six finish from the first race in Doha, Qatar.
For the all-Spanish outfit of Domenico Cirilli and newcomer, Sergio Carrasco, making just his second start in Class 1, the target in Moscow will be to build on their solid performance from their first outing and bring Roscioli Hotels Roma home and in the points.
And whilst the competition amongst all the teams will be fierce with individual battles raging throughout the fleet, what might add spice and influence the outcome of the 24-lap, 95.63Nm Russian Grand Prix, will be the course itself, run on the Khimki Reservoir, one of eight artificial lakes forming part of the Moscow Canal system. The course described by Jean-Marc Sanchez as ‘very technical’ is very tight and narrow, the laps are short and overtaking will be limited and the importance of a good start, crucial.
The Grand Prix weekend gets underway with the first official practice session on Friday afternoon, followed by a second morning session and the Edox Pole Position on Saturday, with a final practice before Sunday afternoon’s Russian Grand Prix.
CLASS 1 WORLD POWERBOAT CHAMPIONSHIP - after round 2 of 8
1. Victory 1 - M Al Marri (UAE) / N Bin Hendi (UAE) – 44pts
2. Victory 7 - A Al Mehairbi (UAE) / JM Sanchez (France) – 31pts
3. Qatar 95 - A Al-Sulaiti (Qatar) / M Nicolini (Italy) – 25pts
4. Qatar 96 - H Al-Thani (Qatar) / S Curtis (England) – 20pts
5. Foresti & Suardi 8 - K Selmer (Norway) / G Montavoci (Italy) – 18pts
6. Jotun 90 - B Jacobsen (Norway) / J Tandberg (Norway) – 13pts
7. SeveneleveN 18 - G Manuzzi (Italy) / N Giorgi (Italy) – 5pts
8= Negotiator 50 - B Eker (Norway) / C Parsonage (England) – 4pts
8= Roscioli Hotels Roma 88 - S Carrasco (Spain) / D Cirilli (Spain) – 4pts
White 4 - M Al-Nassr (Qatar) / L Nicolini (Italy)
Windmare Racing 21 – J Brarda (France) / tbc
EDOX POLE POSITION CHAMPIONSHIP – after round 2 of 8
1= Victory 1 - M Al Marri (UAE) / N Bin Hendi (UAE) – 35pts
1= Qatar 96 - H Al-Thani (Qatar) / S Curtis (England) – 35pts
3= Qatar 95 - A Al-Sulaiti (Qatar) / M Nicolini (Italy) – 21pts
3= Jotun 90 - B Jacobsen (Norway) / J Tandberg (Norway) – 21pts
5. Victory 7 - A Al Mehairbi (UAE) / JM Sanchez (France) – 11pts
6. Foresti & Suardi 8 - K Selmer (Norway) / G Montavoci (Italy) – 8pts
7. Negotiator 50 - B Eker (Norway) / C Parsonage (England) – 7pts
8. SeveneleveN 18 - G Manuzzi (Italy) / N Giorgi (Italy) – 6pts
9. White 4 – M Al-Nassr (Qatar) / L Nicolini (Italy) – 5pts
Roscioli Hotels Roma 88 - S Carrasco (Spain) / D Cirilli (Spain)
Windmare Racing 21 – J Brarda (France) / tbc
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