MARITIMO RACING DNA

With our heritage steeped in decades of offshore powerboat racing, Maritimo derives, develops and tests world-class technologies that form the heart of every Maritimo that we create and build, enjoyed by owners the world over.

It is our passion for racing that also creates a culture of competition and success in all our daily endeavours, and drives the individuals and teams within our company, and greater network, to perform at their very peak.

Racing is in our DNA, as too our relentless pursuit of perfection in everything that we do. Racing sets the scene for the tempo and momentum of the Maritimo company, the understanding that races are won by the smallest of incremental advancements over the competition. It sets the scene to not only look at the entire big picture but also at the micro level where all of the parts combine and synergise to create the winning outcome.

Maritimo is unique as the only luxury motor yacht builder in the world with a dedicated racing division and world championship race team all in-house, to provide the intelligence to keep us at the leading edge of motor yacht design and construction.

We will continue to break the barriers of innovation, design, ride, comfort and efficiency to ensure that those who do not evolve are left behind in our wake.

MARITIMO RACING

The spirit of ocean racing competition runs deep within Maritimo. Whether it be sail or powerboat racing, our dedication to pursue the endeavours that ultimately challenge and promote excellence are always close at hand. Our founder’s passion for sailing from his early childhood with his family continues to this day.

The Maritimo sailing race team already has many notable achievements in events like Hamilton Island Race Week, and the world famous Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race.

The racing passion is also evident even with the lovingly restored Katwinchar, taking out the Grand Veterans Class of the Sydney to Hobart in 2019, the boat the oldest ever to compete and in its 114th year at the time.
Maritimo is the only production motor yacht manufacturer globally with a dedicated race team that competes on the international stage of offshore powerboat racing.

Maritimo Racing has beaten the world’s best having been crowned the UIM XCAT World Champions and XCAT Pole Position World Champions, the first team in XCAT history to win both titles and the first non-UAE team to win a World Championship. Other accolades include the UIM World Championship and the APBA World Championship at Key West.

Closer to home we have been a competitive force in Australia with a record 16 Australian Offshore Superboat ‘AUS1’ Championship wins and the UHPBC Hawkesbury Bridge to Bridge Offshore Record.

This intensive racing environment becomes the extreme testing ground for everything that Maritimo does. Data is collected from all aspects and assessed and the ongoing development of the boat is all year round, improving and always refining, power, weight, balance, strength, stability and reliability. The knowledge gained pushing the limits in offshore racing sees advancements in hull design and construction, structural integrity, power, drive line and propeller optimisation injected into every Maritimo we build.

Maritimo R30

The Maritimo designed and built R30 fully resin infused carbon fibre racing powercat is able to compete in Superboat, Superstock or UIM XCAT classes around the world, and has done so successfully being the reigning World Champion in the latter class. It is fully containerised to go anywhere, and changes powerplants from twin Mercury 400Rs, to twin Mercury 300Rs depending on the class.

Maritimo R40

The Offshore Superboat Championship is Australia’s premier superboat racing series drawing in fierce competition from local, national and international teams at a calendar of events held across Australia.
Maritimo Racing’s contribution and competition within the sport is unparalleled and remains the longest active team competing in the Australian Offshore Superboat Championships. Our racing success has been highly rewarding. We celebrate being the ‘Australian ‘AUS 1’ Champions 16 times in our racing career.

MARITIMO 11

Maritimo’s dominion is not limited to their success in powered vessels, as their mark is just as indelible in sail. Maritimo 11 is a highly credentialed yacht having dominated the South East Queensland Offshore Racing series and having received line honours victory in the 2021 Brisbane to Gladstone, and a second place at Hamilton Island Race week 2022. Originally known as ‘Swiftsure 2’ a Schumacher 54-foot sleek racing yacht was discovered in San Francisco. The boat met all of Maritimo’s racing criteria, and was brought across to Maritimo’s Special Projects Division, where it underwent a refit program at our world-class facilities on the Gold Coast, Australia.
Maritimo 11 is skippered by the internationally recognised professional yachtsman Michael Spies, a veteran helmsman having competed in 43 Sydney-Hobarts. Along with internationally famous Navigator Murray Spence, a sailing veteran of almost 50 years having been sailing master aboard Alfa Romeo during its global supermaxi dominance, Maritimo 11 hosts a winning formula.