Dubai International Marine Club will organize on Thursday until Saturday, the second & final round of the 2021 UIM XCAT World Powerboat Championship - Dubai Grand Prix, bringing together the elite boats all over the world for another exciting challenge.

The event will be the conclusion of the global competition under the UIM, in which the club has been associated since 1992. The return of the long-awaited event in the calendar of Dubai International Marine Club after missing the season 2020-2021 due to the restriction imposed during the pandemic COVID-19. Way back in December 2019, the final round of the championship was held in Dubai wherein the Australian boat no. 12 Maritimo took the title. 

Ahmed Saeed Meshar, DIMC Chairman praised the efforts of the club in pursuing the organization of the international headed by Rashid Thani Al Aail, the Chairman of the Sports Committee and Vice Chairman of the organizing committee at DIMC with the members: Jamal Zaal, Essa Nasser, Mohammed Harib, and Mohammed Al Marri. 

The Chairman also expressed his gratitude to His Highness Sheikh Mansoor bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the President of Dubai Sports Council for wise leadership and support in all the events. 

He said that the club began the organization of the international event particularly this one way back in 2010 and continuously developed to innovate and commit to its role in making marine sports globally known. The launching of this event was held in the Emirates of Dubai and became popular during the era of success by the Victory Team.

He confirmed the club has started its preparation and will do the best to make the event a successful one, Dubai has always been the XCAT home and were the it was born.