ABOUT US

Chaudron offshore powerboats are constructed by Chaudron Company Limited, a company established in Malta in 1988 which today is the undisputed top boat-building company in Malta.

From its humble beginnings in 1988, where the company used to construct boats in the sixteen to twenty-two foot range only, success was immediate and the company expanded to a larger facility in 1990 which is equipped with the latest amenities. The range of boats built by the company, which is a family run business, today ranges from thirteen foot pleasure boats to forty-one foot offshore racing powerboats, which the company has been building now for these fourteen years.

Chaudron Started competing in the PowerBoat P1 championship in 2004 with the debut race in home seas. Chaudron were allowed to compete after being given a wildcard and after the experience the team planned on entering the SuperSport championship with the main aim of securing the world title - an ambition achieved in 2007 and 2008.

TEAM PROFILE 2009

#43 Seagull Chaudron

The Ukrainian Spirit

Aaron Ciantar (MLT) , Angelo Tedeschi (ITA) AND Viktor Shemchuk (UKR)

Chaudron offshore powerboats are constructed by Chaudron Company Limited, a company established in Malta in 1988 which today is the undisputed top boat-building company in Malta. Chaudron started competed in P1 in 2004 with the debut race in its home seas of Malta. Chaudron were allowed to compete after being given a wildcard and after the experience the team planned on entering the SuperSport championship with the main aim of securing the world title - an ambition achieved in 2007 and 2008.

TEAM PROFILE 2009

#44 Iko Casa

Racing Project

Shelley Jory (GBR) and Audrien Ciantar (MLT)

After reliability problems in 2006, the Racing Project team’s new Mercury-powered Chaudron 41 became a consistently fast machine under the watchful eye of experienced throttleman and team owner Angelo Tedeschi in 2007.

Racing Project has assigned Shelley Jory and Audrienne Ciantar – P1’s first all-female crew – to drive #44 Iko Casa for the 2009 season, while 2008 SuperSport champions Aaron Ciantar and Angelo Tedeschi will drive the Ukrainian Spirit's #43 Seagull Chaudron.

Father Charles Ciantar flanked by Audrien (left) with Aaron (right)

TEAM PROFILE 2008

Aaron Ciantar in #44 Conam Yachts with Angelo Tedeschi

The reigning Powerboat P1 Supersport champions are taking nothing for granted in 2008, even if they’re widely regarded as the team to beat. After reliability problems in 2006, the Racing Project team’s new Mercury-powered Chaudron 41 became a consistently fast machine under the watchful eye of experienced throttleman and team owner Angelo Tedeschi in 2007. So it’s no surprise that the outfit has retained the Mercury-Chaudron package for this year, albeit under the new name of #44 Conam Yachts. Tedeschi has enrolled a new pilot for the 2008 campaign, though, in the shape of Aaron Ciantar. Ciantar probably knows the Chaudron 41 better than anyone. Chaudron Boats, based in Malta , is the Ciantar family business, and Aaron has been heavily involved in building and testing the Chaudron 41 from day one.

Aaron has already demonstrated plenty of raw talent and courage in Powerboat P1. The 33ft Chaudron that he and his sister raced in Supersport consistently punched above its weight in 2007, and Aaron’s skill at the helm has impressed Tedeschi greatly. “I was testing the Chaudron 41 with Angelo before the start of last year,” Ciantar says. “I made a turn at full throttle and he just looked at me, smiled and said, ‘Fancy racing with me? No one else drives like that!’.”

So now Tedeschi has Ciantar on board – literally and metaphorically – we’ll be able to see just how much natural ability Ciantar can bring to one of Powerboat P1’s most professional outfits. With Ciantar’s fearless raw talent, Tedeschi’s experience and the team’s great technical ability, the competitive spirit in Racing Project is continuing at full strength for 2008.