Gladiator Race team takes second at the Offshore World Championship despite an accident in the second race of the week
Running a boat at speeds in excess of 200 km/h is not only about adrenaline. Winning races is not only about satisfaction. Canados president, since the development of the Gladiator line of performance boats,decided to go back to the racing circuit after having interrupted his racing carrier in 2011 and 5 world titles. This time he returned racing with Gladiator on the side of his new 38’ Catamaran in the Factory 450 Class. In 2023, for the first year in this new boat and a season of fine tuning, and with engine problems in the first race,Gladiator could only manage to take fifth place. In the second race, having fixed the engine problems linked to deficient sensors, Gladiator managed to take second place in the first lap but getting into turn two, Gladiator got trapped in rooster tail of the lead boat out of the turn and flipped. Luckily,the tunnel tab, with the boat in vertical position, hit the water first bringing Gladiator back on its hulls. Unfortunately, the tunnel tab was teared off and severely damaged a propeller forcing the boat to slow down for the rest of the race allowing to take only 3rd place. The following day was off, and we had the chance to fix most of the damages. On the final race on Sunday the 12th, with a boat fixed about 95%, Gladiator started 5thand took the lead halfway into the first lap and remained in this position for the entire 12-lap race until checkered flag.
What we learn on the racecourse ends up in our pleasure boats. No wonder why our boats are on average 10 to 15% faster than the competition at identical power.
