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Poole based competitors look forward to the 2023 season

By John Moore on 9th April 2023

Competitors are readying themselves for the upcoming 2023 UKOPRA Championship.
Last week, we spoke to 4 racers based in the Poole area that will be competing in Class 1.

Hector Sainsbury is looking forward to his first season in Dry Martini:

Mike Bontoft has been looking after the 50 year-old boat since 2010:

Sitting next to Dry Martini in a unit in Poole is Uno Embassy and Phil Morris spoke to us about the Chevrolet powered Planatec / Shead hull:

Just a stone’s throw away is Christian Toll’s KAAMA:

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John Moore

John Moore first competed in a powerboat race back in 1982 which was held in Poole Bay. He went on to win races in offshore Class 3 and took a UIM World Speed Record on Lake Windermere in 2002. Moore acted as Race Director for the prestigious Cowes Torquay Cowes race for 4 years including the event’s 50th anniversary in 2010- He has used that organising experience to run a number of UKOPRA races up until 2023. In 2016 he founded Powerboat Racing World, a website dedicated to covering circuit and offshore events across the globe. After serving as its editor until 2021 he sold the brand to The Race Factory who are based in Norway. Moore has also commentated for television on many UIM F2 World Championship races from Lithuania, Norway and Portugal and in Hong Kong, Macau and Singapore for the Asia Powerboat Series.

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