Giraglia Rolex Cup - Crichton's Shockwave wins IRC Overall

10:41 PM Fri 18 Jun 2010 GMT

'Shockwave RP72 - Rolex Giraglia Cup 2010' Rolex

Giraglia Rolex Cup - in previous editions, Neville Crichton from New Zealand has committed his best efforts to winning line honours and breaking the course record. At this year's Giraglia Rolex Cup, Crichton made it clear that his intentions were the overall win in the distance race. That he achieved this aim at his first true attempt and so convincingly has impressed even this serial collector of race trophies. The 72-foot Shockwave (NZL) finished the 241 nautical mile race in second place on the water, just over an hour after Esimit Europa 2. (formerly Crichton's Alfa Romeo). This was impressive ...

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