• The UIM backs the Solar1 Monte-Carlo Cup • 8th Edition of the Venezia Monte-Carlo, UIM Special Event • UIM Photo competition 2015 – Edition – New category of entry created
About the Union Internationale Motonautique The UIM is the world governing body for all Powerboating activities. It is fully recognized by the InternationalOlympic Committee (IOC) and is a member of the Association of the IOC Recognized International Sports Federations (ARISF) and of SportAccord forwhom the UIM President serves respectively as President and Vice President. The UIM has almost 60 affiliated National Federations. Circuit, Offshore,Pleasure Navigation and Aquabike are among the main disciplines. The UIM has signed a Cooperation Agreement with the United Nations EnvironmentProgram (UNEP) to further its range of environmental initiatives, share expertise and work together for “greening” the Sport.
For its secondedition, the Solar1–Monte-Car loCup, placed underthe UIM greenpatronage, sawthe participationof 16th boatswhich have beendesigned andbuilt by enginee-ring studentsfrom six countries
across Europe and Russia, keen to promote solar powerand demonstrate its viability and performance. Poweredonly by the sun, some of these solar dragonflies canreach speeds up to 25 knots and have unlimited auto-nomy in the sunshine.
The event, organized by the Yacht Club de Monaco,comprised three challenges: an endurance race of 30laps around a one nautical mile circuit on the open seain the bay of Monaco, a test of maneuverability on aslalom course round buoys set in the Marina of the YachtClub de Monaco, and one-on-one speed duels. Thesechallenges, based on those organized in the early 20thcentury at powerboat meetings, offered excellentopportunities to showcase innovation and to test these
boats of the future, divided into the two categories “AClass” and “Open Class”. The 2015 Solar1 – Monte-CarloCup, saw a double success of the “Dutch Solar BoatTeam”, already winner of the 2014 edition, retaining theirtitle in the two categories.
A highlight of this year’s edition was the introduction ofthe International Yacht Club de Monaco Speed record forSolar Boats, in collaboration with the UIM, the goal beingto establish a “benchmark” record which can then bechallenged on other race areas throughout the world. It’sa speed record set over a distance of 1/8 of a nauticalmile, and Gerard van der Schaar, driving for Clafis PrivateEnergy Solar Team, is the man who set the first record ina time of 18.753 seconds, a speed of 23.996 knots.
To top off this exquisite event, the Solar1 – Monte-CarloCup received the surprise visit from HSH the SovereignPrince Albert II of Monaco, President of the Yacht Club deMonaco, who was out on the water to encourage thecompetitors, confirming his commitment to promotingrenewable energy sources.
UIM President Dr. Raffaele Chiulli attended the eventalongside Marco Casiraghi, who is leading the Solar1Monte-Carlo Cup initiative. “The UIM is aware of theprogress that still has to be made in terms ofenvironment and this Solar1 Monte-Carlo Cup is anexcellent testing ground for this.” stated Dr. Chiulli.
THE UIM BACKS SOLAR1MONTE-CARLO CUP
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• The UIM backs the Solar1• Monte-Carlo Cup
• 8th Edition of the Venezia• Monte-Carlo, UIM Special Event
• UIM Photo competition• 2015-Edition• New category of entry created
UIM NewsletterJuly 2015
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From left to right: Dr. Raffaele Chiulli, UIM President,Engineer Marco Casiraghi and Gerard van de Schaar,
driver of the wiining boat and speed record owner.
The 8th edition of the Venezia – Monte-Carlo long distance Endurance Raceconcluded this week-end in the Princi-pality of Monaco and saw the triumphof the Team formed by Gabbiani-Ni-cholson-Lhurmann, after 1415 milesand 12 days of competition. The race it-self, a UIM Special Event, virtuallyconcluded in Civitavecchia, and the re-maining distance to Monte-Carlo wascovered as a transfer over two legs fromCivitavecchia to Viareggio and fromthere to Monte-Carlo, respecting thusthe international agreement for the pro-tection of the cetaceans of the PelagosSanctuary and their habitat. "We are veryproud of this Tour of Italy in blue alongour coast line" declared Raffaele Chiulli,President of the UIM. The overall winners, Team Flotta Italia,were even more satisfied: "We arehappy. When we have concluded thefirst leg in Rimini, we were at first verysurprised; our boat has not given any
problems and it ran smoothly, but theother ones were faster than us. Reliabi-lity has done the difference againststronger boats." The competition hasbeen long and demanding. "From thephysical point of view it has also been agreat challenge, not least due to the du-ration of every leg. From Viareggio toMonte-Carlo 135 miles had to be cove-red. It's a very challenging competition.For example from Formia to Civitavec-chia the sea was very unstable and itwas very difficult to find the right ba-lance between speed and stability." The Venezia - Monte-Carlo Event alsooffered the stage for organizing the firsttwo races of the 2015 Class1 /V1 WorldPowerboat Championship which sawthe victory of Team Abu Dhabi who hadwrapped up a near-perfect start to their2015 title challenge with Gary Balloughand John Tomlinson taking their secondwin in race 2 in Salerno. “This has beena fantastic few days for Team Abu Dhabiand a perfect way to start the season,”said team spokesman Salem Al-Remei-thi. “The team is very focused and wereally feel we can win the Championshipthis year.”The American duo took full advantageof the pole position and crossed the fi-nish line ahead of Victory’s resurgent
Arif Al Zaffain and Nadir bin Hendi whohad qualified in fourth position. MilesJennings and Giovanni Carpitellabrought “T-Bone Station” home in third,after a second place in qualifying, aheadof the second Abu Dhabi Team, whilerookie Niclas Johansson and ChristianZaborowski in “Energima Zabo R” endedup fifth. This result puts Team AbuDhabi’s Gary Ballough and John Tom-linson at the top of the Championshipstandings on a maximum 40 points,with Abu Dhabi 5 and T-Bone stationtied in second spot with 24 points. Inthe V1 Category, Chaudron’s AaronCiantar and Dominique Martini turnedthe tables on pole-sitters and race 1winners “RG87 Karelpiu” to take theirfirst win, with Vandyshev-Bertels’ “Ber-nico New Star” finishing third.The renewed international vocation ofthis competition has been a great suc-cess: "At the arrival of every leg we havebeen welcomed with enthusiasm andcuriosity. This is a winning combinationthat has involved lots of undertakingsthat operate in the nautical industry.And not only: Street Art, debates, eno-gastronomy, which is very significant inthis important Expo2015 year." explai-ned Fiorella de Septis, President of theOrganizing Committee.
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UIM PHOTO COMPETITION 2015 EDITION - NEW CATEGORY OF ENTRY CREATEDIn view of the next edition of the UIM Photo Competition, which will open for entry at the beginning of December 2015,we have created a new category besides the existing ones in order to allow wider participation and to also offer anUIM Award to photographs taken at racing activities not listed on the UIM Calendar.
The usual existing categories (Circuit racing - Aquabike Class Pro - Offshore racing - Endurance racing -Racing atmosphere composition - Retouched category - Pleasure navigation) will remain as they are and stayrestricted to events listed on the UIM Calendar.
The new category “Open” will assemble photographs from any Powerboating activity outside the UIM Calendar, inparticular from national events.
The 2015 Powerboating season is in full swing and we look forward to receiving fantastic pictures in December,reflecting a passionate 2015 season!
8th Edition of the UIM special eventVenezia Monte-Carlo
