IOC President Uğur Işık had a wonderful start for his new year with a surprise party prepared by his daughter Lal Işık.
UIM Comminoff Meeting
23.03.2008
UIM offshore committee had a weekend long meeting in Stokhölm. SVERA chairman and UIM Council member Christer Gustafsson led the workshop where 7 delegates discussed many different subjects during the weekend. The decision on a three year plan was taken along other important points.
Comminoff appoved the rules of “World Offshore 225 Championship” according to Turkish delegation proposal.
Test for Four Stroke 225 HP engines was done with Honda
20.03.2008
Four stroke engine suppliers looking forward to compete in World Offshore 225 Championship. IOC has tested the performance of 4 Stroke engines versus 2 Stroke engines to find a similar efficiency during the championship. A test course was laid in Tuzla and the test was done with the participation of 2007 Turkish Offshore Champions Alpay Akdilek and Kerem Tuncer. During the test original Mercury Optimax 225 HP tested on the test course at 1.100 kg., the minimum weight for the class 3 – 225. Then the engine changed with a four stroke Honda, at different weights lap times were recorded until with the minimum weight to 1.000 kg.
