Alegria IV steps into IRC offshore bullring next weekend



2:34 AM Fri 30 Jul 2010 GMT
'Alegria IV owner and skipper, Rod Jones' Tracey Johnstone &copy
Queensland's newest racing machine, Rod Jones's GP42 Alegria IV, has been going through last minute preparations before it steps into the IRC offshore racing bullring. Pushing to get the boat ready for its inaugural Australian race, the Club Marine Brisbane to Keppel Race, the Alegria IV team have had the Mooloolaba Yacht Club boat up on the hard for the last few days finishing off its measurement and a bottom scrub. Imported from Spain after competing on the European circuit, Jones's 2007 Botin and Carkeek designed GP42 landed in Australia in April. Since then it has had several modifications to ...


Click here for full story.


by Tracey Johnstone




Newsfeed supplied by

Live Weather
Nearby
North Head, NSW
8 kn NW
Little Bay, NSW
4 kn NE
Cronulla, NSW
10 kn ENE
Windiest in Australia
Maatsuyker Island, TAS
39 kn NW
11°
Most Windless in Australia
Witchcliffe, WA
Calm
16°
Hottest in Australia
Mandora, WA
7 kn ENE
37°
Coldest in Australia
Mount Hotham, VIC
13 kn NNW
Wettest in Australia
Shark Bay (Coastal), WA
18.8 mm