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A27 Alfa Romeo III, NZL 8
last update: December 2023
2008 Plan Reichel Pugh, Maxi 72 built by McConaghy L: 21,14m, l: 5,08m, TE: 4,80m

2008  Owner/skipper: Neville Crichton
1 september, 19th Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup, Porto Cervo: 4e/19 mini maxis. Coeff: 1,571, Torben Grael
November "Seahorse",

2009 August "Seahorse",

December, For Sale - A Vendre, 72' McConaghy R/P Custom Année: 2009, Prix actuel: EUR  2,500,000 Situé en France, Matériau de la coque: Composite, ALFA ROMEO 3 or otherwise known as ALFA JR is now seriously for sale. In 2008 where she was 69 feet overall she was 4th at the Maxi Worlds. In 2009 a new longer hull was built for her and she was completed in time for this past Summers Copa Del Rey reggata where she dominated her class beating BELLA MENTE, LUNNA ROSSA, ALEGRE and a host of other very fine yachts. She then went on to the 2009 Maxi worlds where she was 1st overall and 1st in the owner driver class,again beating. the same boats above, plus ROSEBUD,and CONTAINER. She has all new sails and complete gear to step right on and win at the highest level of the sport. Her container and tools are excluded, but everything one needs to race is being sold with her. Call to be sent her inventory
December "Seahorse",



2010 For Sale: ALFA ROMEO 3, The 'new' Alfa Romeo 3 is the outcome of owner/skipper Neville Crichton's ultimate confidence in his designers, US-based Reichel/Pugh to completely modify the existing project and to virtually replace their original concept of a boat built in 2008 to the then new Mini Maxi rule and in his builders, Australia's McConaghy Boats, to achieve a practical result within a tight time frame. That she is back on the sailing circuit, and already winning, is a tribute to the boat's small professional crew led by Murray Wade, to designer RP's Jim Pugh, and to the team of shipwrights at McConaghy Boat's China factory where the 'new' boat was ultimately built. Alfa 3 has grown in hull size, strength and weight during her eight month re-build. LOA is now 71 feet 6 inches as against an original LOA of 69 feet. She is 5.4 metres wide, approximately 38 cm wider than before and her weight is up by about 1 tonnes, a combination of her increased size and a heavier bulb. The new hull is more rounded in shape, fuller at the bow and narrower at the stern. The rig is unchanged other than a six inch increase in the J measurement. The original mainsail has been recut, but for the moment is the same size. To achieve stability with the fixed keel, the beam is almost the same as the 100-footer. The rig is sweptback, thus eliminating backstay runners, but adding new challenges in rig set-up before each race. Like her predecessors, Alfa Romeo 3 is in every respect at the cutting edge of yacht design, engineering and construction, and in rig and sail design and in sailcloth. With a conventional bulb keel, she is a striking-looking racing boat, with a long bowsprit protruding from a powerful, beamy hull driven by a tall sweptback spreader rig. Winner of the Copa del Ray 2009 Winner of the Mini Maxi Event at the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup...
16 April, Hublot Palmavela, Palma de Majorque: ?e/?, Neville CRICHTON
16 June, Giraglia, St Tropez-San Remo, 241NM, elapsed time 24h10'': 1er/203 IRC
3 August, Copa del Rey Audi Mapfre: 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 3 - 4 - 1 - 1 = ?pts, 1er/16 IRC Cert IRC: 1.570
8 September, Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup: 2 - 2 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 3 - (4) = 10pts, 1er/? Mini Maxi Racing (owner/driver), et 2e/8 Mini Maxi
5-11 September, Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup, San Remo: 2 - 3 - 2 - 5 - 5 - 3 - 4 - 3 - 2 = 24pts, 3e/24 Mini Maxis
27 September, Les Voiles de Saint Tropez: (13) - 4 - 2 - 2 - 2 = 2e/33 IRC A, George SAKELLARIS

Shockwave, USA 60272
2011 18 January, Key West Race Week: 3 - 3 - 2 - 1 - 4 - 4 - 3 = 20pts, 4e/4 Mini Maxi Coeff IRC: 1.566, George SAKELLARIS
10 June, Candy Store Cup: 3e/4 at 14' de "Puma Mar Nostro"
10 June, NYYC 157th Annual Regatta: 3 - 3 - 3 - 2 - 3 = 14pts, 3e/3 IRC1
2 August, Copa del Rey Audi Mapfre: 6 - 5 - 4 - 5 - 2 - 1 - 1 - 5 - 3.5 - 1 - 1 - 1 = 29.5pts, 3e/9 IRC A
Picture from Race website,

5 September, Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup: ?e/?? Mini Maxi
26 September, Les Voiles de St Tropez: 4 - 2 = 2e/53 IRC

2012 17 January, Quantum Key West Race Week: 2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 2, 2, 2.5 = 26,5pts, 3e/3 IRC1 Maxi Minis, George SAKELLARIS
20 April, Charleston Race Week: 1 - 1 - 1 ... = ?pts, ?e/5 IRC
11 June, 158th NYYC Annual Regatta, elapsed time 1h36': 1er/3 IRC 1, coeff IRC: 1,583
15 June, Newport-Bermudes, elapsed time 41h25': 1er/7 Classe 10
19 July, Copa Del Rey, Palma: 5 - 3 - 3 - 2 - 1 - 1 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 2 - 3 = 27pts, 2e/6 IRC 0
3 September, Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup, Porto Cervo: 19.5 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 6 - 4.5 = 33pts, 6e/12 Mini Maxi

2013 22 January, Quantum Key West Race Week: 1-2-1-1-1-2-1-1-2-1 = 13pts, 1er/2 IRC1, George SAKELLARIS
8 February, Pineapple Cup, 810': 1er/??
2 May, Hublot Palmavela, Palma de Majorque: 4e/? Mini Maxi
14 June, Giraglia Rolex Cup: dnc - 8 - 4 - 2 - 21 = 63pts, 8e/27 IRC 0
20 June, Giraglia, elapsed time 32h23': 103e/172
27 July, Copa del Rey Mapfre, Palma: 3e/4 IRC 0
3 September, Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup, Porto Cervo: 4.5 – 1 – 3 - (6) - 3 - 7.5 - 6 - 3 = 28pts, 3e/6 Mini Maxi

2014 20 January, Quantum Key West Race Week: 2 - 3 - ... = ?e/3 Mini Maxi Class, George SAKELLARIS
24 February, Caribbean 600, elapsed time 2d00h18': 1er/51 IRC. IRC: 1,579
27 May, Newport Bermuda Race®, elapsed time 63h04': 1er/9 Class 9
4 August, Copa Del Rey, Palma: 1 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 2 - 4 - 2 - 1 = 19pts, 1er/5 IRC 0
1 September, Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup, Costa Smeralda: 10,5 - 6 - 7 - 3 - 1 - 10,5 - 4 - 6 = 41pts, 7e/7 Mini Maxi
19 October, Middle Sea Race, 606': 1er/122 IRC

2015 20 January, Quantum Key West Race Week: 3 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 3 - 3 - 3 - 3 = 3e/3 Maxi 72, IRC 1,589, George SAKELLARIS
6 February, Pineapple Cup, elapsed time 2d11h05': 1er/12 PHRF 1

Alfa Roméo, USA 60272
2016 9 October, Barcolana, Triestre: 1er/1107 classés Furio BENUSSI

Evniki, USA 60272
2017 2 July, Corfou Challenge: 5 - 6,25 - 5 - 5 - 4 - 5 - 4 = 5e/5 Christina SAKELLARIS

2019 New owner, Anthony Johnston
September, arrived in Australia
URM, AUS 60272
26 December, Sydney-Hobart Race, elapsed time 2d04h33' (9e): 19e/119 IRC, Hcap: 1,604, Anthony JOHNSTON

2020 November, received from Russel, "Still in Prince of Wales bay (Hobart) after the last Sydney to Hobart hasn't moved no one really knows what's happening with her, occasionally some people rock up and do some work on it but it has moved at all"

URM, AUS 72
2021 November, Bird Island Race: 3e/?? Overall
Picture from SH Race website,

December, Cabbage Tree Island Race: 4e/?? Overall
December, SOLAS Big Boat Challenge: 2e/?? Mini Maxi Division
26 December, Sydney-Hobart Race: retired/88 - damaged mainsail, Hcap: 1.5890, Anthony JOHNSTON & Marcus Ashley-Jones

2022 14 October, Tollgate Islands Race, 260 NM: ?e/??
12 November, Bird Island, elapsed time 13h51': 3e/49 Overall
December, SOLAS Big Boat Challenge: 1st/6 Mini Maxi IRC
26 December, Sydney Hobart Race, elapsed time 1d19h06': 11e/91 IRC, Hcap: 1.602

URM Group, AUS 72
2023 29 July, Noakes Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race, 384 NM, corrected time 3d02h51': 1st/50 IRC
13 October, Tollgate Islands Race, 260 NM, corrected time 1d16h43': 18e/20 IRC
1 December, Cabbage Tree Island Race, corrected time 1d11h15': 6e/55 IRC
26 December, Sydney Hobart Race, elapsed time 2d02h07': 2e/83 IRC, Hcap: 1.599, Anthony JOHNSTON