Other names | Shockwave Rambler La Bête |
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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.[1] She was first to finish in the 2003 Fastnet race, although she did not win on handicapped time.[2] In 2002, she was first to finish in the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race.[3] She was first to finish in at least 74 races around the world.