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Alfa Romeo I

Other names	Shockwave Rambler La Bête
Yacht club	Royal Ocean Racing Club
Nation	United Kingdom
Designer(s)	Reichel/Pugh
Builder	McConaghy Sydney, Australia
Launched	July 2002
Owner(s)	Neville Crichton George David Philip Rann
Racing career
Notable victories	2002 Sydney–Hobart (l.h.)
Specifications
Type	maxi yacht

Alfa Romeo I (formerly Shockwave, Rambler, currently La Bête) is a 27.43-metre (90.0 ft) fixed keel maxi yacht, launched 2002, which placed first in the 2002 Sydney-Hobart race and the 2003 Giraglia Rolex cup regatta.

She was designed by Reichel/Pugh, and built by McConaghy Boats, Sydney, Australia, using carbon fibre composite construction. Southern Spars of Auckland, New Zealand, built her mast. She has a fixed bulb keel. Launched in July 2002, she won the 2003 Giraglia Rolex Cup regatta, one of Europe's most prestigious regattas. She was first to finish in the 2003 Fastnet race, although she did not win on handicapped time. In 2002, she was first to finish in the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race. She was first to finish in at least 74 races around the world.

Sponsorship

The Alfa Romeo yachts owned by Neville Crichton were sponsored by Alfa Romeo Automobiles S.p.A. of Turin, Italy. They own the Alfa Romeo name and other intellectual properties such as logos, emblems (used on Alfa Romeo III).

See also

• Alfa Romeo II
• Alfa Romeo III
• Wild Oats XI

References

1. Unattributed (17 June 2004). "Australian Yacht Wins Europe's Most Prestigious Race". Alfa Romeo Yacht Racing Team. Archived from the original on 8 October 2009. Retrieved 8 July 2009.
2. Unattributed (8 August 2003). "Alfa Romeo Wins the Fastnet and Takes Ocean Racing's Trifecta in Eight Months". Alfa Romeo Yacht Racing Team. Archived from the original on 21 September 2009. Retrieved 8 July 2009.
3. Unattributed (29 November 2002). "YACHT RACING; Alfa Romeo Finishes First in Sydney-Hobart". Sports. New York Times. pp. sec. 8, p.12. Retrieved 8 July 2009.

External links

• Alfa Romeo Yacht Racing Team site
• Alfa Romeo Yacht Racing Team news releases
• Alfa Romeo II build details
• 2009 Transpac race crew list
• Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup Victory in Sardinia
• Giraglia Rolex Cup promotional information
• Alfa Romeo II demonstrating speed at Malta Rolex Middle Sea Race 2006
• Deck layout and detail photos of Alfa Romeo II

• Ships built in New South Wales
• Individual sailing yachts
• 2000s sailing yachts
• Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race yachts
• Alfa Romeo
• Fastnet Race
• Sailing yachts designed by Reichel/Pugh
• Sailing yachts built in Australia
• Sailing yachts of the United States
• Sailing yachts of the United Kingdom
• Fastnet Race yachts
• Maxi yachts
• Sailboat types built by McConaghy Boats