Australia's Maritimo planning SBI 2015 Key West 2 boat assault!
08-05-2015, 02:03 PM
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Australia's Maritimo planning SBI 2015 Key West 2 boat assault!
As announced on Hammer Down Boating: https://www.facebook.com/HammerDownB...5748138808085/
MARITIMO OFFSHORE RACING GEARING UP FOR USA ASSAULT AT KEY WEST
Australian luxury cruiser manufacturer Maritimo’s specialist race team, Maritimo Offshore Racing , is gearing up for a two boat assault on the 34th annual Super Boat International Key West World Offshore Powerboat Championships starting on November 5th this year.
Having won the World Championships in 2012 the Maritimo Offshore Racing team’s goal is to return to Key West with two totally new boats, which comply with the new rules introduced after the 2012 win, and take out both the Superboat and Superboat Unlimited Championships.
“When we won in 2012 the Americans decided to change the rules which effectively eliminated us from being competitive the following year and being able to defend our title,” said Maritimo’s ‘super skipper’ Ross (Rossco) Willaton.
“We have been quietly working away since then and we are heading back with two new boats which we believe will give us a really good crack at both the Superboat and Superboat Unlimited categories. “We want to show them that 2012 wasn’t a fluke.”
Maritimo Offshore Racing is currently developing a Superboat with MerCruiser Number Six stern drives for the Superboat category and it is working on a supercharged, 40 foot boat with engines of 1500 to 1700 horsepower per side to launch the assault on the Superboat Unlimited category.
The Superboat with MerCruiser Number Six stern drives will be tested in the Coffs Harbour races of the Australian Offshore Powerboat Series and then it and its supercharged sibling will be loaded onto a ship and sent to the USA at the end of September.
“We will get to test the boat fitted with the number six drives in Coffs, but we won’t get the opportunity to test the supercharged boat for the Unlimited category before they ship to the US,” said Ross. “However, we are confident the boat with the bigger engines will perform well and at just 40 feet, with the competition ranging from 44 to 50 feet, we think we will get superior acceleration and be better able to handle the challenging water conditions of the Key West course,” he said.
“The competition will be bigger, but I think we will be faster off the mark and that will enable us to manage the water conditions better.”
MARITIMO OFFSHORE RACING GEARING UP FOR USA ASSAULT AT KEY WEST
Australian luxury cruiser manufacturer Maritimo’s specialist race team, Maritimo Offshore Racing , is gearing up for a two boat assault on the 34th annual Super Boat International Key West World Offshore Powerboat Championships starting on November 5th this year.
Having won the World Championships in 2012 the Maritimo Offshore Racing team’s goal is to return to Key West with two totally new boats, which comply with the new rules introduced after the 2012 win, and take out both the Superboat and Superboat Unlimited Championships.
“When we won in 2012 the Americans decided to change the rules which effectively eliminated us from being competitive the following year and being able to defend our title,” said Maritimo’s ‘super skipper’ Ross (Rossco) Willaton.
“We have been quietly working away since then and we are heading back with two new boats which we believe will give us a really good crack at both the Superboat and Superboat Unlimited categories. “We want to show them that 2012 wasn’t a fluke.”
Maritimo Offshore Racing is currently developing a Superboat with MerCruiser Number Six stern drives for the Superboat category and it is working on a supercharged, 40 foot boat with engines of 1500 to 1700 horsepower per side to launch the assault on the Superboat Unlimited category.
The Superboat with MerCruiser Number Six stern drives will be tested in the Coffs Harbour races of the Australian Offshore Powerboat Series and then it and its supercharged sibling will be loaded onto a ship and sent to the USA at the end of September.
“We will get to test the boat fitted with the number six drives in Coffs, but we won’t get the opportunity to test the supercharged boat for the Unlimited category before they ship to the US,” said Ross. “However, we are confident the boat with the bigger engines will perform well and at just 40 feet, with the competition ranging from 44 to 50 feet, we think we will get superior acceleration and be better able to handle the challenging water conditions of the Key West course,” he said.
“The competition will be bigger, but I think we will be faster off the mark and that will enable us to manage the water conditions better.”
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I normally wouldn't think of flat water endurance records as being exciting. BUT when you do it on a winding river that is way cool IMO. Its not just flat out speed. Prop selection and team work must be a big, big part of a run like that. Don't think you could get away with that in the USA for 100 miles anywhere LOL.
08-06-2015, 09:51 AM
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For those interested in catching Martiimo (s) and other boats on the Australian Offshore Superboat Championship circuit in action before they get to Key West, the next race Down Under is Aug. 16. The series' website (http://www.superboat.com.au/) carries the livestream, as does speedonthewater.com (thanks to the organizers of the circuit.).
They run two races with both of their classes on Sunday mornings and early afternoons, which means they air Saturday evenings in the United States. Air times (for U.S, time zones) to be announced.
They run two races with both of their classes on Sunday mornings and early afternoons, which means they air Saturday evenings in the United States. Air times (for U.S, time zones) to be announced.
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I normally wouldn't think of flat water endurance records as being exciting. BUT when you do it on a winding river that is way cool IMO. Its not just flat out speed. Prop selection and team work must be a big, big part of a run like that. Don't think you could get away with that in the USA for 100 miles anywhere LOL.
