19th January 2021
Circuit and Offshore Powerboat Racing News
ICARUS Sports has secured a media partnership with the UIM XCAT World Championship.
The series will be promoted by World Powerboat Management LLC this season and they have instructed ICARUS Sports to produce live streaming from all the races, social media and daily highlights clips during the events, raw footage and interviews for TV usage, and 26-min documentaries for each event.
World Powerboat Management (WPM), the new promotor of the UIM XCAT World Championship, have dropped a bullish 2021 season promo today.
Even with no international racing on the horizon for 2020, Australian based Maritimo Racing are busily preparing for their UIM XCAT World Championship and Australian Superboat title defence, when that day comes.
Arif Al Zaffain and Nadir Bin Hendi have jointly produced a brand new offshore catamaran that is intended for competition use in the UIM XCAT and the APBA Offshore Championship race series' and are looking to target the pleasure market.
According to a press release from the 2019 UIM XCAT World Champions, Maritimo, the Mercury powered catamaran series will have a new championship promoter this year.
The UIM have posted the 2020 international offshore calendar which currently comprises of four events.
The Australian based Maritimo took a series of firsts in Dubai last weekend.
The pairing of Tom Barry-Cotter and Ross Willaton became the first team to win both the UIM XCAT Racing World Championship and the Pole Position World Championship.
Tom Barry-Cotter and Ross Willaton in Maritimo won the 2019 XCAT Racing World Championship in Dubai today.
The Aussie pairing took a fine race win to seal the title, the defending champions in Abu Dhabi #4, Shaun Torrente and Faleh Al Mansoori, were forced to take a one lap penalty after missing a bouy, while leading the race and that was the end of their championship challenge.
