Club Marine Series - New French design cleans up in first race



5:35 PM Tue 9 Nov 2010 GMT
'Penfold Audi Sports sails away to its maiden win. - Club Marine Series race' John Curnow
Club Marine Series race - David Ellis' hot new French thirty one footer Penfold Audi opened its major events campaign with a nail biting victory in the first heat of the Club Marine Series sailed on Port Phillip last weekend. The Royal Yacht Club of Victoria based Archambault A31 is a state of the art international racer, that was only launched a few weeks ago. Owner David Ellis said after his inaugural win in IRC Division 2. 'In the ideal 12-14 knot swinging breezes we had plenty of speed, especially off the wind. But we are still to be fully ...


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