Abu Dhabi boats fastest in the opening of the "X-Cat" in Fujairah

Abu Dhabi team boats achieved first and second places in the Kilo Breaking Qualifiers in the opening round of the X-Cat World Championships, held in the Emirate of Fujairah.

Abu Dhabi boats 4 and 5 outperformed the rest of the 13 boats participating in the championship by achieving the best times today, and to be the first poles in the first main race tomorrow.

The best time qualifiers started yesterday evening with free trials for all participants before moving to the kilo-breaking stage, during which two sessions were allocated for each boat. Through the qualifications, the Abu Dhabi 4 boat, led by Faleh Al-Mansoori and Shaun Torrenty, managed to achieve a time of 2:42:894, while The Abu Dhabi 5 boat, led by Majid Al-Mansoori and Rashid Al-Tayer, won the second place with a time of 2:43:111, while the Italian offshore boat 10 took the third place, a fraction of a second from the second place holder.

Tomorrow will start the first main race of the round, which will be the start of collecting points to compete for the title of the 2022 season, then the end of the round with the second main race on Sunday and the closing of the curtain on the competitions of the opening round of the season.

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