ufix1 welcome aboard!
You can find some of CUVs in this thread where I had begun to tell their history.
http://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/s...n+boats&page=9

thanks black tornado I really do not know why old race boats are considered not good. If you see last Roundbritian winner Fabio Buzzi Is racing this year's round britian with the old CESA. And there will also be CUV. If you take alook on the results of last year's Italia powerboat series the CUV's Where 2nd and 3rd. I really hope that there will be more classic racing boats still racing .

Thanks

They consider not good the old race boats only the peoples that don't have Historical memory.

I have to agree!!! Where did you get all that info? something tells e you are interested in classic powerboats. lol
What exactly caused CUV to stop?

I'm interested to the Offshore racing, that real, from 35 years and my avatar it also testifies my preference on the old boats appreciating those of today and looking with interest at the innovations.
The yard CUV had the only center in Viareggio, my town and I have worked for some years for the two major team that competed with hulls CUV.
As for all the positive or negative events the causes are always various; in the case of the decline of CUV in the competitions they are in the fact that CUV mainly built hulls of success monohulls of 38' on design of Shead.
When it was clear that the cats were the only way to win competitions that almost totally they were developed by now in flat waters and in circuit ,CUV it tried to follow different ways to oppose them with the extension of the old mono 38' to 40' and 41' with different solutions of motorizations but the results they were void.
Different cats were built also in aluminum on project of Peters but the dominance of the hulls and the engines of Buzzi before and then of the cats in composite of Tencara and Victory were deadly for the small yard that at the same time he had lost almost all his 38's aces as Della Valle, Petri and the Speltas that were withdrawn by the competitions without having a generational exchange.
The following economic crisis due to the lack of successes and accordingly of errands of new hulls addition to one not perfect business management decreed the closing of the yard.
The CUV, Cantieri Uniti Viareggio (United Shipyards Viareggio) founded and direct always from the two brothers Bergamini and the partner Carlo Bazzichi it was always a small artisan firm that he exclusively worked on commission without to have ever had an own line of planning and production that allowed the yard to face the future with proper ideas both in the world of the competitions that in that of the powerboating generally.
It must be said that however CUV has been a milestone in the history of the Offshore when this sport was true Offshore. Theirs by now mythical 38' in aluminum they have dominated the competitions in Europe for over one decade and gotten three world titles in 1978 in Argentina with Francesco Cosentino in 1982 in England with Renato Della Valle and in Viareggio in 1984 with Franco Statua and Alberto Petri and in everybody and three occasions the success has arrived after a fierce struggle on very rough waters that testify the value of the hull designed by Don Shead and the same value of construction realized by CUV.A fourth World title however come in 1991 with a cat drove by Angelo Spelta at the worlds finals at Trieste.
It was the last hurrah of CUV.

A very sad story indeed why did they not try to build their 38's in cmposite I mean ithink there are alot today that still like cyv. Me If I had to buy a piece of history Iwould not buy a cigarette or fountain I would buy a CUV. They are priceless meaning no price can be too much. I don't know. Maye
someone or the same family will restart the same buisness. But normally Models are changed vastly and it wwill lead back to square 1

Speaking of offshore I believe not to exaggerate to say that Cigarette has a great part in the history...it is as the Ferrari in the F1.
Fountain instead can boast of only successes in the modern era that doesn't have anything anymore of offshore.
I don't believe that CUV is able to rise again but never say never.
CUV was exclusively specialized in the workmanship of the alloy and he has been this his strength, when for one decade the fiberglass or Kevlar were eclipsed by the boats in aluminum of Cougar and CUV.
In Italy, in Viareggio, they are still there some of these boats of CUV. The first 38' built in 1977, the Alitalia Uno World Champion in 1978 has recently been restored and unfortunately also modified in the deck, but it is ready for a new fast life on the waters.
In England to the next Round Britain there will be one of the 38' of Della Valle with the colors of Cinzano.
For the one that has the possibilities the dream to have a CUV it can become still reality, because the tin boats are forever...like the diamonds.

Black Tornado, We were in Italy 2 years ago and stopped in ViaReggio amongst other towns. We were based in Lucca. If I had known about this place I would have loved to have seen it. We are coming back in September for 10 days but we are staying close to Rome. Hey wait....Road Trip!:cool:

R Addiction Rome it's about 360 km south of Viareggio.
I think that in 10 days you will have some things to see in and around Rome....:sport009:

Not a big tourist I'd rather see the "off the beaten track" places. :cool: