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The dream finish scenario thatNaples resident Alfredo Amato haddescribed the day before the racewas not to be at the Napoli GrandPrix – the third round of the UIMSkydive Dubai XCAT World Series. After starting in pole position, Amatoand Marco Pennesi missed a buoyand were handed a penalty longlap from which they struggled torecover, eventually finishing down ineighth place. But the massive, local crowd wasnevertheless given plenty tocelebrate as two other Italian teams,Marine Investimenti Sud (SerafinoBarlesi and Alessandro Barone) andT-Bone Station (Luca Fendi andGiovanni Carpitella) made it onto thepodium in second and thirdrespectively. Neither of them, however, couldcatch the imperious Fazza team of

Arif Al Zaffain and Nadir Bin Hendi,who started the race in second spotbut took the lead on the first lap.And despite fairly serious steeringproblems from the fourth, the duomanaged to hold onto the lead fortheir third consecutive victory tofurther extend their lead at the topof the overall Series standings. “It was very difficult for us because westarted well but after four laps we hada problem with the steering,” admit-ted Al Zaffain afterwards. “I thinksomething happened in the oil sys-tem. But we tried to continuetogether and Nadir really helped mewith the steering because the boatwas going left and right. We just triedto do our best to make it to the

Football legendMaradona to follow

the third Xcat round actionin Naples

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• Football legend Maradona at the• Xcat race in Naples

• Aquabike Class Pro World• Championship in style, in Milan

• The UIM Athletes & Equality• Committees

• The UIM at Solar1 Monte-Carlo Cup

• UIM 3A & 3B World Championships• in Guernsey island

• Xcat fourth round in Stresa

• Out & About

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finish which we did and stayed infront so I am very happy”, he added.Barlesi, meanwhile, was thrilled withhis podium finish. “The set up wasperfect today. We have a new boat withshort propellers and this meant wewere very fast,” he said after the race. “We are very happy because we are anew combination in the boat andwe’re getting along very well. We areextremely proud to be on thepodium in Italy. Allesandro is fromMessina and I am from Rome andhere in between the two cities, we areon the podium,” he added. The trophies were presented byArgentinean football legend DiegoMaradona, who earlier in the day gothis first taste of driving an XCATpowerboat. Maradona, who is hailedas a hero in Naples after guiding thecity’s football team to glory in the1980s, took the wheel of Six withItalian powerboating stalwart,Matteo Nicolini as his throttleman. “I won!” Maradona quipped as hereturned to the pontoon afterreaching a speed of 90 miles an hourout on the water. “It’s great to be partof the XCAT World Series again,especially here in Naples – a city Ilove so much.” Nicolini, meanwhile, was impressedwith Maradona’s driving skills. “Hewas very excited about the speedand really liked it. I think he could bea good driver. A champion like himcould be a champion in any sport,”he said. “Maradona is known world-wide – I think he’s even more famousthan the president here in Italy – theylove him a lot,” reckoned Fazza’s BinHendi.

A star-studded gathering of World,European and National Championshave headed up a stunning interna-tional field of 91 riders from 19 coun-tries at the Grand Prix of Italy atIdroscalo in Milan, 5-8 June, round 2of the UIM-ABP Aquabike Class ProWorld Championship. Jeremy Perez and Chris MacClugageproduced two outstanding perfor-mances and cruised to victory in heat2 in their respective categoriesRunabout and Ski to win the GrandPrix of Italy, with Jennifer Menardlifting the title in Ski Ladies and theimperious Rok Florjancic extendinghis remarkable unbeaten run to claimthe Freestyle title.After taking his first UIM-ABP tour winthe day before, the Frenchman wasfired up and looking to complete thedouble, but despite starting from P1

was outgunned at the start by AndrzejWisniewski, his race ending on lap 4,and trailed the Polish rider for theopening laps before hitting the fronton lap 3 with Qatar’s Mohammed AlHeidus in third.In Ski MacClugage led from start-to-finish to banish the memory of seeingthe Qatar Grand Prix title agonisinglyslip away from him when he broke onthe last lap.This time the American made nomistake, getting the perfect start andstealing the advantage of startingfrom pole position away from rivalJeremy Poret immediately, and formthat point was in control of the race,

going on to close out the eleven laprace and take his first victory on theUIM-ABP tour, winning by 4.96seconds. “I really won it at the start,the bike launched like a bullet from agun. I think it was having my familyhere that really fired me up to get thiswin,” MacClugage said. “I kept on eyeon Sousa throughout the race and hedid a great job holding off Jeremy[Poret]. To win the racing today makesme feel like the best in the World.”Jennifer Menard produced a gutsyperformance racing with a heavilybruised hip after the day before’scoming together with Julie Bulteau,and despite taking the chequered flag

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Glory for Perez, Macclugage,Menard and ‘The Rok’at the spectacularGrand Prix of Italy


in second place was the race winnerafter Sweden’s Emma Ortendahl, wholed from the start, was given a onelap penalty for jumping the start, thesame penalty handed to Estonia’sHelen Lauri dropping the pair to sixthand seventh respectively.After the day before’s brilliant win,all went wrong for 18-year-oldEstelle Poret on the start lap,dropping the bike twice but sherecovered to take second and secondoverall with the returning three-timeWorld Champion Julie Bulteau inthird and claiming the final slot onthe Grand Prix podium.After an impressive set of tricks byNac Florjancic, he then had to sit backand watch routine by elder brotherRok, who produced anotherstunning performance scoring 94points to extend his unbeaten runto 20 and ten consecutive GrandPrix titles, with Italy’s ValerioCalderoni third.


During last Council meeting whichtook place in Milan on Monday, June9th, Council Members have appoin-ted the Equality Committee and theAthletes Committee members. As an International Federationrecognized by the IOC, the UIM iswilling to demonstrate that we arenot only sharing the same passionfor sport but also the same values.By creating an Equality Committeeand an Athletes Committee, the UIMis striving to raise awareness aboutgender equality and to make surethat the athletes’ interests areprotected.The Equality Committee (Formerlycalled Women’s Committee) and theAthletes Committee which havebeen discussed and ratified by the2013 General Assembly in Auck-land, consist of 1 chairperson andup to 8 members appointed by theCouncil. The appointment of thechairperson and members is valid

for one year and automaticallyrenews for a further period of oneyear unless the Council withdrawsthe appointment or replaces therelevant function with anotherperson for the end of the year.Their duty is: • To give advice to the Council, tothe Commissions and Committeesin questions of its function,• To study all existing UIM rules andall new rule proposals with regardto its function,• To identify problems in the areaof its function and to propose ruleproposals, modifications of newrule proposals and other solutionsto the relevant body of the UIM.UIM appointed Committee memberswill have the opportunity to attendthe first meeting which will be heldin Ibiza in October 2014.A great opportunity for all of themto exchange knowledge andexperiences.

UIM Councilbrings Athletes and Equalityinto the limelight

EQUALITY COMMITTEErule 8.13 UIM by Laws

Michela LAUTAItaly ChairmanAna Mónica Mateus LEONARDO Portugal MemberDenise PREECENew Zealand MemberMette Brandt BJERKNAES Norway MemberNadezhda PYLAEVA Russia MemberIeva TAUNINALatvia MemberAlyona GOLOVKOVABelarus MemberSami Abu SHAIKHAQatar Member

ATHLETES COMMITTEErule 8.14 UIM by Laws

Marit STROMOYNorway ChairmanDuarte Leitão Maia BENAVENTE Portugal Member Evgeny ERUKHIMOV Russia Member Pal VIRIK NILSENNorway MemberAlberto PASCALIItaly Member

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Last 10-12th of July, The UIM PresidentDr. Raffaele Chiulli and the Environmen-tal Working Group Chairman, Dr.Riccardo Ballesio attended Solar1 MonteCarlo Cup, three days of festivities,filmed by Eurosport, which attracted 24teams from across the globe. The 1stSolar1 Monte Carlo Cup was held in themagnificent new premises of the YachtClub de Monaco (YCM), designed, withlow environmental impact criteria, bythe famous building’s architect LordNorman Foster .The Solar1 Race, under the Green Patro-nage of the UIM saw a double successof the Dutch team, winning the OpenClass (the most innovative, as there isonly one restriction - the length - 8m orless) and in the A class (maximumlength 6m and four solar panels). TheRussian Team, Beluga, Powered bySynergy won the one-design V20 class.Finally the Monegasques, who were theonly team from the Mediterraneanbasin, took third in their NakhimovRacing boat driven by GianmarcoCasiraghi, the son of Marco Casiraghi.Aside from racing, the on land activitiesnever stopped. The stimulating solarconference attracted a range of spea-kers ranging from top universities andengineering businesses to extraordinarynaval architects like Vripack, thetechnical partners for the Solar1 Cup2014 who were also awarded with the

2013 UIM ENVIRONMENTALAWARD Special Mention -“Greening the Sport “during lastUIM Awards Giving Gala. “The first edition of the Solar1Monte-Carlo Cup has givenevidence that solar-poweredpropulsion has a bright futurein the Powerboating Sport and I am verymuch looking forward to building aclose cooperation between the UIM andSolar1. “Dr. Raffaele Chiulli, UIMPresident. “It was a great event that demonstratedthe relevance of the environmentalissues. The Green Patronage granted bythe UIM EWG has the aim to promotenew green classes, as required in the

last General Assembly in Auckland.”Riccardo Ballesio UIM EnvironmentalWorking Group chairman.To top off this exquisite event, at theclosing dinner, Solar1 received thethanks from HSH the Sovereign PrinceAlbert II of Monaco, President of theYCM, whose commitment to preservingthe planet is well known through hiseponymous foundation.

The Island of Guernsey is proud to announce that, with thesanction of the Union International Motonautique (UIM) andRoyal Yachting Association (RYA), the UIM 3A & 3B WorldOffshore Powerboat Championship is to take place inGuernsey Channel Islands in September 2014.The three race Championship will run from 9th to 15thSeptember. The centre of operations will be at the prestigiousGuernsey Yacht Club, situated on the Castle Emplacementoverlooking the lovely harbour of Guernsey’s capital, St PeterPort and its neighbouring islands.For many years the Island of Guernsey has earned a reputa-tion as a premiere venue for International Powerboat Racing.The tidal waters, both sheltered and exposed, form a natural

amphitheatre for racing between the smaller islands of Herm,Sark and Jethou.Challenging race conditions coupled with first class safetycover, combined with great hospitality, have tempted racers,teams and spectators to come here over many years. What is more the week will feature the world famous Red Ar-rows aerial display team, an open air “Last Night of the Proms”concert on the Albert Pier and the Decorated Boat Parade.

UIM 3A & 3B World Championships in Guernsey

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The UIM at Solar1 Monte-Carlo Cup

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Four in a Raw for Fazza An intriguing long lap battle and a maiden trip to the po-dium marked the fourth round of the UIM Skydive DubaiXCAT World Series in Stresa. While the winner may have been the same as the lastthree races, the battle to get there was certainly not quiteas easy as in the previous rounds. Arif Al Zaffain and Nadir Bin Hendi were taken by sur-prise at the start when the T-Bone Station combination ofLuca Fendi and Giovanni Carpitella stormed into the lead.But a tactical move after the fifth lap saw the Fazza teamtaking their first of two mandatory long laps and even-tually restoring their usual spot at the front of the pack,which they then held onto until the finish. T-Bone Station finished second and the Yachts Maga-zines pair of Francois Pinelli and Saul Bubacco, who lefttheir long laps to very late in the race, claimed their firstever XCAT podium place after finishingin third.

“In testing this morning we felt good, but we were sur-prised by boat number 10 [T-Bone Station]. They had avery good start, so we tried to push them. But after fivelaps, I told my driver we have to do the long lap becauseour radio man had told us our lap times were quickerthan theirs,” said Al Zaffain. “After I did it, we saw that we were in front. And then wecontinued the rest of the race in this position so I am veryhappy and we want to say thanks to all the organisershere in Stresa. Our goal in the Victory Team is always totake the Championship. After today’s race we really havea big points lead and I can say I’m 90 per cent sure the2014 Championship is finished,” added Al Zaffain, whotogether with Bin Hendi has indeed all but secured theoverall Series title. Speaking about their phenomenal start, which saw themleaping from fourth position to first, T-Bone Station’sFendi explained: “We were challenging with the startboat. We were really concentrating on seeing the yellowflag and going together. We took it to the limit and thenpushed to the limit when we saw the green flag. “The second they showed the green flag we already hadgood acceleration so that was the secret.”After this victory, Fazza have extended their lead at thetop of the overall standings with 1600 points. Dubai(Salem Al Adidi and Jay Price) are second with 789 and T-Bone Station are third with 620. After their impressivelyimproved performance in Stresa, Yachts Magazines arenow in sixth spot with 405.

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Out About&

Planet Solar tied to the New Yacht Club of Monaco dock

Solar1 Monte-Calo Cup podium

Klingande at the Aquabike Music Festival.

Jeremy Perezwon Runabout GP1

in Milan

Julie Bulteau & Estelle Poret,

French Aquabike riders

Xcat winners on Pace Cat

with Maradona

Diego Maradona Xcat pilot

Slalom & Freestyle night


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