1972-1973

The "UFO" family grows: new versions are born    

                        
Given the success, in races and commercial, of the UFO 21'Outboard model, new models are going to be designed and manufactured in the new E.RI.A. Marine Lab: the UFO 30' Day Cruiser with 8 comfortable beds, and the UFO 25' Inboard, in different versions, including Fisherman. A customer, who will later send it up to Rangiroa (French Polynesia), will commission the first unit. They all are custom boats, of which buyers can see birth and grow-up until the time of delivery and transport to the final destination. A detail: almost all UFO Offshore racing boats are equipped with double pilot station complete with steering and throttles, to allow quick changes in driving during the race, even when the sea conditions make such a maneuver just impossible. In the meantime, new applications and technologies are studied and tested, always keeping an eye on offshore competitions, considered as the only real test for boats and accessories: we have never stopped looking at them. A new pure “born for racing” boat is also designed and built: a 9 meters long UFO, with Alfa Romeo engines and Volvo Penta sterndrives.