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UTL International Transport and Maritime Affairs Company was founded in 1997 and operates in the field of maritime transport. He has signed important projects especially as port management and broker / forwarder. In recent years, it has expanded its active areas as required by the market and taken the first steps of today’s logistics concept by using its own warehouse and loading areas, especially in mineral exports.

The company has attached importance to yacht logistics since 2007 and has decided on its current activities by closely following the developments in the Turkish yacht industry. Namely, he took “boat representations” as a starting point. Over time, he made his investments and started to represent “Hardware brands” and entered into supplier or turnkey project works in Turkey.

Together with the “Skiper” logo, it was presented to the markets as a brand that will remind us. We wish and wish to be with you with our service products, the details of which you will see on our other pages.

Orhan Tüker
UTL / Skiper

UTL / SKIPER

UTL International Transport and Maritime Affairs Company was founded in 1997 and operates in the field of maritime transport. He has signed important projects especially as port management and broker / forwarder. In recent years, it has expanded its active areas as required by the market and taken the first steps of today’s logistics concept by using its own warehouse and loading areas, especially in mineral exports.

The company has attached importance to yacht logistics since 2007 and has decided on its current activities by closely following the developments in the Turkish yacht industry. Namely, he took “boat representations” as a starting point. Over time, he made his investments and started to represent “Hardware brands” and entered into supplier or turnkey project works in Turkey.

Together with the “Skiper” logo, it was presented to the markets as a brand that will remind us. We wish and wish to be with you with our service products, the details of which you will see on our other pages.

Orhan Tüker
UTL / Skiper

ORHAN TÜKER

I was born on May 02, 1953 in Istanbul. Being the second child of a sailing family, I naturally started sailing at a very young age and soon became a competition. My first licensed racing career started in Fenerbahçe Sports Club in 1966. Since there were no classes like optimist-420-laser at that time, my quiet life started with the Snipe class, which was a very popular class of the time.

Until 1984, my steep racing continued in the Snipe-Finn-Flying Dutchman (FD) – 470 and Dragon classes, respectively. As you can see in the more detailed information below, I have made more than 300 national competitions and participated in various Balkan Championships-Mediterranean Games-European and World Championships. Apart from international competitions, I have 14 very valuable Istanbul Regional championships and 17 Turkish championships. After graduating from Istanbul Saint Joseph High School for Boys, I graduated from Istanbul University, Faculty of Economics and started my business life in the “Maritime” sector in 1975.

I worked in various positions in the shipowner companies Genel Denizcilik Nakliyatı AŞ and Sohtorik Denizcilik ve Ticaret AŞ for many years until the assistant general manager and continued my professional life as the general manager of my 3rd and last company, Catoni Denizcilik AŞ, until 1997. Since then, I have brought my own company, UTL International Transport and Marine Affairs, to where it is today. My yachting life continued with my calm racing since 1975. Again, as you will see in detail below, I have come to experience a 41.882-mile yacht with a rich international portfolio and I continue it with great pleasure and desire.

With Love and Best Regards

ORHAN TÜKER

I was born on May 02, 1953 in Istanbul. Being the second child of a sailing family, I naturally started sailing at a very young age and soon became a competition. My first licensed racing career started in Fenerbahçe Sports Club in 1966. Since there were no classes like optimist-420-laser at that time, my quiet life started with the Snipe class, which was a very popular class of the time.

Until 1984, my steep racing continued in the Snipe-Finn-Flying Dutchman (FD) – 470 and Dragon classes, respectively. As you can see in the more detailed information below, I have made more than 300 national competitions and participated in various Balkan Championships-Mediterranean Games-European and World Championships. Apart from international competitions, I have 14 very valuable Istanbul Regional championships and 17 Turkish championships. After graduating from Istanbul Saint Joseph High School for Boys, I graduated from Istanbul University, Faculty of Economics and started my business life in the “Maritime” sector in 1975.

I worked in various positions in the shipowner companies Genel Denizcilik Nakliyatı AŞ and Sohtorik Denizcilik ve Ticaret AŞ for many years until the assistant general manager and continued my professional life as the general manager of my 3rd and last company, Catoni Denizcilik AŞ, until 1997. Since then, I have brought my own company, UTL International Transport and Marine Affairs, to where it is today. My yachting life continued with my calm racing since 1975. Again, as you will see in detail below, I have come to experience a 41.882-mile yacht with a rich international portfolio and I continue it with great pleasure and desire.

With Love and Best Regards

ARBITRATION

2007 IRO
470 European Youth
BULGARİA-BURGAS
2008 IRO
OPTI World
TURKEY-IZMIR
2010 PRO
FD World
ROMANIA-CONSTANZA
2010 IRO
470 Europe
TURKEY-ISTANBUL
2012 CR
470 European Youth
ITALY- LA GARDA
2013 CR
470 World Juniors
FRANCE-LA ROCHELLE
2013 CR
470 European Youth
UK- PWİİHELİ -WALSE
2015 CR
470 World Juniors
GREECE-THESSALONİKİ
2016 CR
420World
ITALY- SAN REMO
2019 CR
470 European Championships
SAN REMO –ITALY
2019 CR
420 Junior European Championships
VİLA GARCİA-SPAİN
2019 PRO
Pirat European Championships
TUZLA-ISTANBUL

Short sailing resume;

1964-1966 First attempts with my father and brother in the Dragon and Snipe classes.
In 1966, my first official races as a helmsman in the Snipe class began.
1966-1972 7 years Snipe class
1973-1975 3 years Finn class
1975 mid-season-1977 3 years F.D class
1978- 1983 6 years 470 class
1984-1987 4 years of non-regular Dragonism.

 

A total of 14 Istanbul championships, 17 Turkish championships and again a total of 177 National teams are only in the Olympic classes.

 

My main degrees that are very valuable to me are;

1969 European Snipe Championships – 3rd place
1972 European and World Snipe Championships – 2nd place
Balkan Winner, Second Place and various 3rd and 4th places
Mediterranean Games 7th and 8th place.

 

The first yachting started in 1966 with the late Fahir Çelikbaş’s Keyfim yacht and continued with his own Karya yacht.His first serious yacht experience and knowledge started in 1975 with the S&S designed “Chiquita” yacht belonging to Osman Özdemiroğlu. The first international yacht race was held in 1980 with the Aegean Rally (Ascot yacht). Then, in 1981/1991, I competed with Selin/Korza (Gürhan Tüker)- Provezza (Levent Karabeyoğlu) – Sirena (Cüneyt Cankurtaran) and Indigo (Numan Nasuhioğlu) yachts respectively. As an international race, Porto Carras / Greece races were held with Sirena yacht for 2 years.
With the yacht Ascot, the second place in the Aegean Rali was taken.
An overall second and a fourth place were taken in the Porto Carras races with the Sirena yacht.

 

The “Provezza Sailing Team”, which has been coming since 1991 until today, is the period when we have been in the international arenas very intensively with our dear Ergin İmre and we have made extraordinary grades.

 

1992 Porto Carras overall winner.
1993 World Cup / England – sixth place.
1993 Admiral’s Cup-Provezza with Chris Dickson and Orhan Tüker with the British 50 footer “İndulgence”…
1993 Fastnet Rock race – Overall winner with İndulgence.
1994 Porto Carras – overall winner.
1995 Porto Carras – overall second place / class winner.
1995 Flensburg Cup – overall third place and class runner-up.
1996 Copa Del Ray – overall ninth place.
1996 Sardinia Cup – We teamed up with the Belgians and took the sixth place in the teams.
1997 Punta Ala European championships – overall ninth and class fourth.
1997 Copa Del Ray – overall fourth place and class winner.
1998 Punta Ala European Championship – overall eighth place.
1998 Copa Del Ray – overall twentieth.
1999 Punta Ala – overall eleventh place.
1999 Copa Del Ray – overall eighth place.
2000 Porto Carras – overall third place.
2002 Copa Del Ray – overall twenty-ninth place.
2003 – 2004 – 2005 We competed in Turkey – with IMX 45.
2006 Brindisi IMS Mediterraneen Championship – I did it with the Island Team.
2006-2007 Two boat campaign: We started to create 2 teams with FARR 40. The two-boat campaign continued until 2010.
In 2011, our Provezza TP 52 boat was purchased and we started to compete. In the same year, I did some races with the J-Boat 120 “Shaker” boat.
2011 “Cara De Rosa” First 45 was performed with BAYK Trophy.
I competed in the 2012 Beneteau First 40 “Lukunku” and Swan 70 “Strabo”.
2012 BAYK Trophy was held with “Cara De Rosa”.
2012 Swan Cup – Porto Cervo Swan 70 “Strabo” was held.
2012 Beneteau 40.7 one design China Cup series was held
2013 BAYK Trophy was held with “Mad – X”
2013 First 40 competed with Acadia
The 2013 X – 35 World Championships were held in Malmö.
2014 BAYK Trophy was held with ” Anyway ”
2014 Competed with Borusan Farr 40
2014 Istanbul /Didim/Turgutreis and all local races were held
2015 Borusan Farr 40 competed
2015 Istanbul/Bodrum and all local races were held
2016 Istanbul-Sığacık-Bodrum races were held with Borusan Farr 40.
2016 Porto Carras ORC European Championship was held with Borusan Farr 40
2016 All trophy local races were held with Borusan
2017 Borusan Farr 40
2017 Istanbul-Sığacık-Bodrum races were held with Borusan Farr 40
2018 Borusan Farr 40
2018 Istanbul-Sığacık-Bodrum races were held with Borusan Farr 40
2018 Provezza TP 52/3 Ancona training.
2018 Provezza TP 52 / 3 Porto Portal Super Series.
2018 Provezza TP 52 / 3 Valencia Super Series.
2019 Borusan Farr 40 – Turkish races
2019 Provezza TP 52 / 3 Valencia Training week
2019 Provezza TP 52/3 Maon super series 1
2019 Povezza TP 52/ 3 Cadiz/Puorto Shierry
2019 Provezza TP 52/3 Cascais
2019 Provezza TP 52/3 Palma/Porto Portals
2019 Provezza TP 52/3 Porto Cervo
2020 Borusan Racing + Dragon Provezza Blue
2021 Borusan Racing + Dragon Provezza Blue
2022 Borusan Racing + Dragon Provezza Blue + Anything Kerr 41,5 (3rd place in Turkey)
2022 -23-27 November Bodrum Dragon Turkey Championship

Between 1966 and 2022, my total number of race miles was 41,882 miles + my national count was 338.+ national referee 24 = 362.

 

Club Memberships;


1966 FB Sailing Club
1985 A.Y.K
2005 M.Y.K
I became an International Arbitrator at ISAF 2007 (IRO)
TYF 2008 I served as the Chairman of the Central Arbitration Committee for four years

 

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