The Dubai International Marine Sports Club is preparing to organize the 28th edition of the Al Maktoum Cup race for local 30-foot rowing boats, which marks the end of the activities of the Dubai Championship racing season in the current season 2024-2025, next Saturday.
The upcoming race will be held on the usual route along the walkway at Al Jaddaf Waterfront at the entrance to Dubai Creek and near the Dubai Creek Wildlife Sanctuary opposite the Swiss School on a smooth path of up to 2.3 km, where the start will be from Business Bay towards the Dubai Harbor Creek frontage.
30 boats with up to 300 sailors on board will participate in the upcoming race, representing the elite champions in this category, in light of the results of the boats participating in the first and second rounds of the Dubai Championship, which concluded last Saturday, where 20 boats will compete for the local race title, while the open category race will witness participation. 10 boats.
The boats Ghazi 96 (leading the overall standings with 60 points), Jumeirah 4, Asifa 36 (the defending champion), Zelzal 5, Mubarak Marine 87, Zelzal 51, Al Dhafer 49, Julphar 55, Wadi Al Siji 11, Wadi Sahm 2, Atlas 39, Ras Al Khaimah 27 and Al Saroukh are expected to participate in the local round. 7, Anaad 6, Fujairah 47, and Wadi Ham 88, Wadi Ham 99, Wadi Ham 99, Thuban 10, Sharjah 32, and Ras Al Khaimah 50.
Competing for the open category title in the expensive cup, which has been approved since the 2021-2022 season as a race for boats from Gulf Cooperation Council countries and teams from government and national departments, is 10 boats.
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