Alfa Romeo II Opens 2007 With Five Line Honours
Super maxi yacht Alfa Romeo II, owned and skippered by New Zealander Neville Crichton, has opened 2007 with five line honours at the Hublot Palmavela regatta in Palma de Mallorca, SpainThe first results of 2007 bring to 107 the total line honours won by Crichton with Alfa Romeo I and II.
There was good wind in Palma on the Mediterranean, allowing the full race programme to go ahead. There was six to nine knots blowing, except on Saturday when it rose to 18kts between Palma and Isla de Cabrera, giving free rein to the competition among the 205 yachts.
"The boat and crew are once again in perfect harmony, but I think I can get more speed," said Crichton.
"We're working flat out to get more speed for the Giraglia Rolex Cup, where I hope to break the race record we set with Alfa Romeo I in 2003," he said.
After the Giraglia Rolex Cup (June 9 to 14), Alfa Romeo II is back to Palma for the Super Yacht Cup and the Millennium Cup (June 15 to 20).
Alfa Romeo II will then head to the UK for the Rolex Fastnet Cup, the historic 608nm race on August 12 and which Alfa Romeo I also won in 2003.
The yacht returns to the Mediterranean for the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup at Porto Cervo, September 2 to 8.
For more information, visit www.alfaromeo.com.au/maxiyacht
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