X-cat 2012
 

News from the Middle East X-CAT Series:

Well Congratulations go out to Omar Daniel and Gary Ballough who took third place in Dubai's X-CAT series sponsored by the WPPA/UIM.

The race was 13 laps with an average speed of 82MPH with the first and second place boats edging them out with a 83MPH avg. lap time.

They ran a new X-CAT Doug Wright and had minimal testing before going up against a field of 17 boats.

I am sure once they get the boat dialed in they will be gunning for a much sought after first place finish. Third is quite and acheivement in a field of the best outboard boats in the world....with little to no test time for the boat.

Once again, Congratulations gentlemen well done.

KAP

Order was as follows:

1. Fazza

2. Qatar Team

3. Mouawad Team Omar and Gary

New Doug Wright in foreground:

very nice.

Here is the team photo with new boat. I like the vinyl wrap for the boat the black and white look is classy.

Mouawad the sponsor is a high end jewelry and watch shop in Geneva, Switzerland.

Boat driver/owner is Omar Daniel and Throttleman is Gary Ballough.

http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/c..._in_Boat_2.jpg

was this the new boat that was tested in KW for the first time? or was this the boat that was already over seas?

Reply:

This was the boat last year in Key West. The other boat your thinking about is the Lux Media Yachts boat which was the first X-Cat DW.

KAP

Is Gary bringing back his yellow boat to the States or did he sell it over there??

The yellow boat is being shipped back here to be sold.

so where is the NEW dw that was in key west, didnt race but was in the pits and tested, how did the turn fins work out?

That is the boat they are running in this series now. 2 3rd place finishes. They took the fins off before it was shipped over.

Next Race is on Friday Feb 02, 2012, in Dubai.

Hope they get better and better.

KAP

Any pics of the fins?

Kap, hope all is well! Those new X cats are bad a$$.

Comment:

Well the story out of Dubai is...race was postponed due to high winds on Friday. The run does happen and takes place on Saturday only to be cancelled. I said WTF was that all about...high winds really it is an offshore race held inside a breakwater.... and then cancellation because the favorites flip or blow engines???? Really!

X-Cat official website lists the high winds as 12-15 knot winds that is 7 MPH are you friggen kidding me.

This during the time our boys Omar and Gary were kicking azz and running hard looking for that 1st/2nd place podium which would put them in first place overall in the points and what happens. The race is cancelled because of a camera man wow is all I have to say. I was not there but it really smacks of politics or insider BS...maybe I'm wrong but my intuition is usually right.

No points awarded and everyone must do a make up race in April. What are we in grade school....the WPPA kinda does what it likes...????

Guess we will wait and see what happens...best wishes and fast propellers go out to Omar and Gary....hope your at the top of the podium.

KAP

Very interesting and not liking the fact that the series is going all flat water. If you want to race in FLAT WATER buy a Tunnel Boat and race F1. I say bring the whole series to KW in November and see what happens

I had a typo above. The conversion is as follows:

15 knots = 17.2616917 mph.

Big deal, I don't think 17 MPH winds are that bad for an offshore race. Well the last two races are in April.

We will see what happens!

KAP

Kap any chance of some pics of the new convertible im interested in one

PM sent!

Well it seems Omar and Gary are now in second place and the X-Cat Series is up for grabs at the final race.

I'm glad they [Mouawad] got the points and moved into 2nd place in the standings. All the pompoms aside they gotta go out and drive a perfect race for the final...they are capable and all one can hope for is rough weather...it might just change it up enough for them to take the win.

Wish I was there for the final it's gonna be epic.

KAP

Congratulations Omar and Gary:

The X-CAt Series for 2012 is now in the books. The latest Doug Wright X-Cat race boat sponsored by Team Mouawad captured 2nd place at the final race. This series featured the best outboard teams in the world. It really is the Superbowl of outboard racing.

Once again, Congratulations you guys raced the propellers off that boat...outstanding job across the board.

KAP