Archambault to a Tee

7:14 AM Mon 5 Jul 2010 GMT

'Archambault A40rc Alegria.JPG' Newcastle Yachting

If you thought the Archambault A40rc was good when it won the 2009 Audi Australian IRC Championship, wait until you see the new 'turbo-charged' version that the French builder is now offering. Where the all-conquering Alegria sported a vinylester hull with conventional plan-form keel, there's now the option of a full epoxy laminate and a contemporary tee-bulb keel. The standard yacht is renowned as being exceptionally stable, thanks to a 48% ballast ratio and great form stability, but the changes will make it even more powerful both upwind and down. Epoxy resin saves some 200 kilograms and makes the hull ...

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by Mark Rothfield

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