KARELPIU-RG87 GETS SHOWN TO THE WORLD

It’s not a name that easily rolls off the tongue, but Karelpiu-RG87 or just RG87 to their friends is the new boat on the block.

Last weekend, the latest vessel to enter the Powerboat P1 SuperSport Class series got unveiled to the racing world on the Nautica Schiano stand at Nauticsud.

The team name, RG87, maybe new to the race series, but in true Neapolitan fashion,  there’s no shortage of confidence as the team reports that the aim is to lead from the front in the race to become world champions in 2010.

The crew is made up of father and son combo, Antonio & Giuseppe Schiano, who are the family behind the boat manufacturers Nautica Schiano. For Antionio this year’s entry to the SuperSport series is his comeback to the sport following the accident of fellow Italian racer, Sergio Carpentieri.

Giuseppe will take the wheel as his father masters the throttle, but whatever the team may lack in race hours together will be no match for the pair’s technical knowledge of the boat itself - you never know, the father-son intuition may just pay off in the heat of the racing environment.

Make sure you check out how Karelpiu-RG87 gets on in their first race in Yalta, Ukraine.