Awesome in Concept

New Zealand 30-metre (98-feet) super maxi 'Alfa Romeo' has the potential to shatter race records around the world, predicts owner and skipper, Neville Crichton, having spent two weeks testing the new super maxi prior to the Hahn Premium Race Week at Hamilton Island (20-27 August 2005). Designed by the US firm of Reichel/Pugh and built of carbon fibre composite by McConaghy Boats in Sydney, Australia, 'Alfa Romeo' carries a towering 44 metre carbon fibre mast built by Southern Spars in New Zealand with the latest concept in 3DL and mylar sails designed by the Sydney loft of North Sails. Each company has contributed to a racing yacht that can only be described as awesome in concept and a quantum leap in the already advanced technology of modern yacht design, engineering and construction.

McConaghy Boats, who have now built 10 maxi yachts in carbon fibre describe the building of 'Alfa Romeo' as the biggest and most complex project they have ever undertaken. Race performances are expected to be just as awesome with race record predictions no idle threat. "I would have liked to stay with a 90-footer but when the CYCA (Cruising Yacht Club of Australia) and the RORC (Royal Ocean Racing Club) set their maximum LOA at 30-metres for the Hobart and the Fastnet Races we had to go up to 30-metres to be competitive," Crichton explains.

Text and high resolution pictures: www.alfaromeo.com.au/maxiyacht

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