Alfa Romeo, the Australian-built super maxi owned and skippered by Kiwi yachtsman, Neville Crichton, has smashed the race record in the TransPac race by more than a day, arriving in Hawaii in the fastest time in the 103 year history of the event, further confirming Alfa Romeo as the yacht to beat in the 2009 Rolex Sydney Hobart race in December.
Alfa Romeo and Neville Crichton crossed the finish line just after midnight on Saturday 11 July Hawaii time, with an elapsed time of 5 days, 14 hours and 36 minutes, beating the previous race record by one day, one hour, 27 minutes and 51 seconds. Indeed, so quick was Alfa Romeo’s completion of the 2225 nautical mile race from Los Angeles to Hawaii, she came tantalisingly close to beating the multihull record – an amazing feat for a monohull… Details
Neville Crichton’s Alfa Romeo is on track to break one record and keep us holding our breaths right down to the last second.
After knocking out couple of 400-nautical mile days since departing Los Angeles, Alfa Romeo’s pace slowed a bit on July 9th and she posted an awesome 391-nautical-mile day. The 0600 position report shows Alfa Romeo within 367 nautical miles of Hawaii and the 20-knot easterly winds and two to three meter seas stretch between her and her Diamond Head destination. She is less than a day away. Her ETA according to the 0600 position report is 04:17 am PDT, or 01:17 am HST. Everyone is routing for perfectly executed maneuvers from the 16-member crew.
Alfa Romeo, the 100-foot Reichel Pugh, owned by Neville Crichton, is poised to be the first boat ever to …Â Details
Thunder, lightening, and a sick engine ruined the Italian Grand Prix for the female powerboating champions Shelley Jory and Audrienne Ciantar.
The sun was shining for the Italian Grand Prix from 3-5 July, and in extreme heat Southamptoner Shelley and her race partner Audreinne, in Iko Casa 44, put in a grand performance in the sprint race of the Italian Grand Prix, at San Benedetto Del Tronto. They took a strong third place on the podium and secured their championships points following the fantastic win at the Turkish Grand Prix in June. Seagull Chaudron, the girls’ team boss took first place, and Team Bahia a good second.
The Endurance race was not so much fun. The girls made…Â Details
On July 17th an international field of catamaran sailors will begin to converge on Kingston Ontario for the 39th Hobie 16 North American Championship.
The eight day event will be hosted by the CORK organization and sailed out of the Portsmouth Olympic harbor, home of the first Olympic catamaran event in 1976.
The event starts with three days of racing for the Youth and Women’s Championship followed by five days of racing for the Open Championship.
Competitors from six countries and eleven US states will take part in the event. The entry list includes …Â Details