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30/12/2009    Alfa Romeo's Rivals Reveal How Neville Crichton Beat Them

The skippers of Wild Oats XI and ICAP Leopard have revealed how Alfa Romeo and its skipper, Neville Crichton, beat them in the 2009 Rolex Sydney Hobart Race, to take his 144th win in the second super maxi to carry the Alfa Romeo name.   [ MORE ]



29/12/2009    Alfa Romeo Wins The 2009 Rolex Sydney To Hobart

After sailing a near perfect tactical race in extremely difficult conditions, with extremes from a testing 25-knot southerly, with a bumpy seaway through the first night, to a calm in the notoriously rough and windy Bass Strait, Neville Crichton's Alfa Romeo was first to finish in the 2009 Rolex Sydney Hobart Race, with an elapsed time of two days, 9hrs, 2mins, 10secs for the 628nm course.   [ MORE ]



29/12/2009    Crichton Jubilant But Glad Its Over

A remarkably relaxed, youthful and fresh looking Neville Crichton steered his 100 foot supermaxi Alfa Romeo into Constitution Dock this last night (28 December 2009) after taking line honours in the 2009 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race.   [ MORE ]



28/12/2009    Alfa Romeo Wins The Rolex Sydney Hobart Race

Neville Crichton's New Zealand supermaxi Alfa Romeo has taken line honours in the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, crossing the finish line opposite Castray Esplanade on the Derwent River at 22:02:10hrs for an elapsed time of 2 days, 9 hours, 2 minutes and 10 seconds tonight (28 December 2009).   [ MORE ]



28/12/2009    Alfa Romeo Heads For The Daily Double!

The maxis leading the Rolex Sydney Harbour race fleet cleared a barrier of light air and calm in Bass Strait in the early hours of this morning to reach away on a new westerly flow at speeds of up to 20 knots.   [ MORE ]



28/12/2009    Alfa Romeo Has One More Hurdle

Rolex Sydney Hobart Race leader Neville Crichton's Alfa Romeo leading over the final miles to the finish of the 628 nautical mile classic and with a healthy 17nm advantage over nearest rival Wild Oats XI faced a final hurdle -- a strong sou'-wester that will give his weary crew a final hard upwind workout.   [ MORE ]



28/12/2009    Crichton Leaves Nothing To Chance

Despite a lead of about 14 nautical miles over four-time line honours winner Wild Oats XI, and only 70 nautical miles to go to the finish of this year's Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, Alfa Romeo skipper Neville Crichton is leaving nothing to chance.   [ MORE ]



27/12/2009    Alfa Romeo Extends Its Lead Through The Night

Neville Crichton's Alfa Romeo remained in control of her nearest maxi opponents through a changing wind pattern overnight and into the second day   [ MORE ]



27/12/2009    Alfa Romeo Pushes Out In Front

With winds swinging to the north-east in the vicinity of South Cape just after midday, the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race is really on, as Alfa Romeo extends her lead over ICAP Leopard and Wild Oats XI in the race of the 100 footers to be first yacht to the finish line in Hobart.   [ MORE ]



27/12/2009    It’s A Stop-Start Cruise To Hobart – But Alfa Romeo Is Stopping Less

The Rolex Sydney-Hobart race fleet leaders stalled and stopped in calms off the far south coast of New South Wales earlier today (27 December 2009) but nevertheless Alfa Romeo extended its lead over ICAP Leopard and Wild Oats.   [ MORE ]



27/12/2009    Alfa Romeo In The Box Seat To Win Admits Rival!

Mike Slade, the skipper of the British maxi ICAP Leopard concedes that Neville Crichton’s Alfa Romeo may have opened the winning lead in the dash for line honours in this year’s Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race.   [ MORE ]



26/12/2009    Alfa Romeo Leads The Fleet Out Of The Harbour In Race To Hobart

It may have been raining and overcast, but the start of the 65th Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race was still nothing short of spectacular   [ MORE ]



26/12/2009    Alfa Romeo Takes Round One

Neville Crichton's Alfa Romeo took round one of the battle of the maxis at the head of the 2009 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race   [ MORE ]



25/12/2009    Weather Favours Alfa Romeo 2009 Rolex Sydney Hobart

The low pressure system remnant of a tropical cyclone crossing the continent is setting up a tricky wind pattern for the Rolex Sydney Hobart race   [ MORE ]



22/12/2009    Alfa Romeo Comes Out Firing

Neville Crichton and his Alfa Romeo crew made short work of Day 1 of the Rolex Trophy Passage Series, taking line and handicap honours   [ MORE ]



17/12/2009    Alfa Romeo Joins The World's Best For The Rolex Sydney Hobart

Neville Crichton's 100 foot Alfa Romeo will join the world's biggest and best assembly of maxi yachts in recent times will contest this year's Rolex Sydney Hobart   [ MORE ]



16/12/2009    Alfa Romeo Puts The Brakes On Wild Oats’ Winning Streak

Neville Crichton's 100 foot Alfa Romeo has sounded the warning bell for this year's Rolex Sydney Hobart.   [ MORE ]



26/10/2009    'Alfa Romeo' Smashes 13 Year Kiwi Race Record

Neville Crichton's super maxi, Alfa Romeo, is leaving a trail of smashed race records across the Pacific   [ MORE ]



4/10/2009    Rowdy Wins Rolex Trophy For Second Consecutive Year

Sunday morning the sun shone bright and clear as participants and spectators gathered in La Citadelle of Saint-Tropez for the prize giving ceremony that marks the official ending of this year's edition of Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez.   [ MORE ]



1/10/2009    Challenge Day In Honour Of Tradition

It was in 1981 that the first "Nioulargue" was sailed and the stakes were simple: the losing boat would buy dinner for the entire crew of the winning boat.   [ MORE ]



30/09/2009    Preparations Begin At 8am; Summer Conditions For Racing

Another gorgeous 'summer' day for participants as racing continues for the 2009 edition of Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez.   [ MORE ]



16/09/2009    Neville Crichton Wins The Mini Maxi Racing Event

Neville Crichton Wins The Mini Maxi Racing Event at the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup with Alfa Romeo 3. Neville Crichton "I'm already working on developing ideas for a new boat, I love looking for Innovative solutions for better speed through the water"   [ MORE ]



11/09/2009    Alfa Romeo 3, A Boat Born Twice

Owner and skipper Neville Crichton today unveiled the additional features of the rebuilt Alfa Romeo 3   [ MORE ]



10/08/2009    Alfa Romeo Takes The Copa Del Ray

The latest yacht to carry the name 'Alfa Romeo' has made a stunning debut in the Copa del Ray regatta (3-7 August 2009) in Spain with the New Zealand yacht dominating the event and winning the regatta with a comfortable nine point margin after winning six of the event's ten races.   [ MORE ]



4/08/2009    Big Or Small, Alfa Romeo Keeps On Winning!

Big or small, Alfa Romeo just keeps on winning with Kiwi yachtsman Neville Crichton at the helm, with the new small 71 foot Mini Maxi 'Alfa Romeo' winning its two first ever races just weeks after the big 100 foot maxi 'Alfa Romeo' won the TransPac race en route to the 2009 Rolex Sydney Hobart Race in December.   [ MORE ]



10/07/2009    Alfa Romeo Poised For New Race Record

Neville Crichton's Alfa Romeo is on track to break one record and keep us holding our breaths right down to the last second.   [ MORE ]



9/07/2009    Report From On Board Alfa Romeo

The Trade wind conditions continue and the wind has veered enough for us to set our first asymmetric spinnaker, the code 2. We had a good run during the night and despite having to back down once to remove debris from the rudder we managed a days run of 420nm.   [ MORE ]



9/07/2009    Alfa Romeo Breaks More Records

Alfa Romeo has been averaging 16.5 knots, which is over 2 knots faster than the Los Angeles to Hawaii Transpacific Yacht Race previous monohull record pace set by Morning Glory in 2005.   [ MORE ]



8/07/2009    TransPac Racers Are In The Tradewinds

Los Angeles, CA (July 8, 2009) - Relentless, the modified Nelson Marek One-Design 35 has crossed the most meridians, but somewhere around 140o west, the Criminal Mischief crew will say "Aloha! See you in Hawaii!" to Tim Fuller and Erik Shampain on Relentless.   [ MORE ]



7/07/2009    Alfa Romeo Captain, Murray Spence reports in from the pacesetter:

"Day 2 dawned grey and stayed that way. The wind kept to schedule, lifting and lightening as we progressed through our sail wardrobe, Heavy, Jib Top, R2 reacher and lastly the down wind Code Zero."   [ MORE ]



7/07/2009    TransPac Record For Alfa Romeo

Neville Crichton's Reichel Pugh 100, Alfa Romeo, established a new 24-hour run Transpac record from yesterday's early morning position report through 0600 on July 7th.   [ MORE ]



6/07/2009    Alfa Romeo Update

Murray Spence, Alfa Romeo's Captain, briefs us with a snapshot of what the first 16 hours were like aboard Alfa Romeo, starting with the international team's send-off from Transpac Pier to their high speed flight around the top of Catalina Island and SW to skirt the high.   [ MORE ]



5/07/2009    Rolex Sydney Hobart Favourite Smashes Pacific Race Record

Alfa Romeo, the Australian-built super maxi owned and skippered by Kiwi yachtsman, Neville Crichton, has smashed the race record in the TransPac race by more than a day.   [ MORE ]



24/06/2009    'Alfa Romeo' Makes Its American Debut

Alfa Romeo is back in the USA and to celebrate Alfa Romeo owners from across California will gather in Los Angeles on 28 June.   [ MORE ]



9/03/2009    Neville Crichton Bids To Win The USA's Biggest Single Yacht Race

It's taken 30 years, but Neville Crichton, Australia and New Zealand's leading maxi yacht skipper, is to return to the USA's most important single yacht race and this time, at the helm of Alfa Romeo, he's determined to win.   [ MORE ]



12/10/2008    Calm Conditions Can't Stop Alfa Romeo - She Makes It Five Out Of Five!

Trieste, 12 October 2008 - After 2 hours and 48 minutes of racing in almost dead calm conditions, maxi yacht Alfa Romeo was first across the line at this 40th edition of Barcolana, setting a new record: she's the first yacht to have notched up 5 wins out of 5 entries (2003, 2004, 2006, 2007 and 2008) in this historic event organised by Societa Velica di Barcola e Grignano.   [ MORE ]



10/09/2008    Promising Start For New Alfa Romeo 3

Porto Cervo, 6 September 2008 - Owner and skipper Neville Crichton's Supermaxi Alfa Romeo won 4 Line Honours bringing her total tally to 139, but this still wasn't enough for her to top the rankings in the Racing Division of the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup.   [ MORE ]



6/09/2008    An Alfa Romeo Win After The Final Day Cancelled!

The 19th Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup ended (6 September 2008), not quite as hoped as the wind eventually fizzled out along with the ambitions of the owners and crews hoping for one final chance to get to the top of the podium.   [ MORE ]



5/09/2008    Alfa Romeo Takes the Line but not the Corrected Time

Day Four (5 September 2008) of the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup saw the Racing Division, the 90-foot Rambler (USA) and her uber-maxi competition, the 100-foot Alfa Romeo (NZL), were given a day off their usual whistle-stop tour of the islands and undertook a windward/leeward course of six legs totalling 17.3 miles.   [ MORE ]



4/09/2008    Alfa Romeo Defies Wind and Waves to Win

Alfa Romeo has taken out the third race in tough conditions in the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup in Sardinia (4 September 2008) enabling her to maintain her lead in the series despite the tough conditions yet in the event.   [ MORE ]



3/09/2008    An Alfa Romeo Win - Well, Sort Of!

Alfa Romeo won day two (3 September 2008) of the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup - sort of - because it was Rambler, or as she was known, Alfa Romeo 1, that lead Alfa Romeo II across the line with Alfa Romeo III finishing second in the Mini Maxi category.   [ MORE ]



2/09/2008    Alfa Romeo And Alfa Romeo Take First Blood In The Maxi Worlds

In a yacht called Alfa Romeo was the place to be on first day (2 September 2008) of the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup, with Alfa Romeo winning both line honours and corrected time, while the new Mini Maxi, Alfa Romeo 3, took line honours in the Mini Maxi category.   [ MORE ]



1/09/2008    Alfa Romeo Is The Yacht To Beat In The Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup

The 19th Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup organized by the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda gets underway tomorrow (2 September 2008) with an entry list of 40 yachts representing a broad spectrum of maxi scene. Once again the canting keeled, carbon-fibre, super-maxi Alfa Romeo will brush shoulders with the polished brass and bright work of Ranger and Velsheda, from the J Class era.   [ MORE ]



13/07/2008    Neville Crichton 'Changes Gears' With Mini Maxi Alfa Romeo III

After six years of sailing at the leading edge of international maxi yacht racing with his maxi and 'super' maxi yachts Alfa Romeo and Alfa Romeo 2, Neville Crichton, the Australasian businessman and yachtsman, is 'down-sizing' - but still retaining the Alfa Romeo marque.   [ MORE ]



26/06/2008    Alfa Romeo Beats The World's Best In The Super Yacht Regatta

Neville Crichton, the Australasian businessman, Kiwi owner and skipper of Alfa Romeo, has notched up three wins at the Boat International Super Yacht this week in Sardinia (24-26 June 2008), taking both the overall classification and the title open only to the fastest super maxis in the world, the Performance Division.   [ MORE ]



16/06/2008    Crichton And Alfa Romeo Reap The Rewards For European Race Win

Kiwi yachtsman and Australian businessman, Neville Crichton has reaped the rewards for his record breaking line honours win in the Rolex Giraglia Race, collecting the Rolex Trophy and the Rene Levainville Trophy, as well as the Beppe Croce Trophy for being the first to round the Giraglia Rock and for breaking the course record, 'Alfa Romeo' was awarded the Coppa del Record, while Neville Crichton also was given a Gold Rolex Submariner timepiece.    [ MORE ]



12/06/2008    Alfa Romeo And Crichton Keep Their Winning Ways In Year Five

Three regattas into his fifth year of sponsorship by Italian car maker Alfa Romeo and Kiwi sailor and Australasian businessman, Neville Crichton is maintaining his winning ways with what is arguably the world's most successful super maxi, 'Alfa Romeo'.   [ MORE ]



12/06/2008    Crichton And Alfa Romeo Smash Giraglia Race Record - Again!

Kiwi yachtsman and one of Australia's leading businessmen, Neville Crichton, has smashed the race record in the Rolex Giraglia Race, Europe's answer to the Rolex Sydney to Hobart, by an outstanding margin of four hours in the super maxi 'Alfa Romeo' at 08.03 European time on Thursday 12 June.   [ MORE ]



11/06/2008    Giraglia Rolex Cup

Line honours favourite Alfa Romeo led a fleet of 170 boats out of the Gulf of St Tropez this afternoon as the fleet set out on the 243-mile Giraglia Race. After winning two of the three inshore races of the Giraglia Rolex Cup, Alfa Romeo's skipper Neville Crichton has high hopes of notching up a handicap victory in the offshore race to Genoa.    [ MORE ]



10/06/2008    A good day for the Maxis, but not good enough

Alfa Romeo dominated the final heat of the inshore series in the Giraglia Rolex Cup today, but it wasn't good enough to win the series. In IRC Group A, a 5th place was good enough for Paolo Scerni's Swan 42 Kora 4 to secure overall victory comfortably from the 40-footer Fissa.   [ MORE ]



9/06/2008    St Tropez Shines On The Small Boats

It was champagne sailing for day 2 of the Giraglia Rolex Cup, with beautiful sunshine and up to 13 knots of wind in the Gulf of St Tropez.   [ MORE ]



8/06/2008    Cool heads required for a hot day in St Tropez

Day one of the Giraglia Rolex Cup was a day for keeping a cool head in a day of ever-changing breeze in St Tropez.   [ MORE ]



24/05/2008    Making It Happen

Rolex Capri Sailing Week ended today in a fading breeze, but with no reduction in the entertainment value or the intensity on the water.   [ MORE ]



23/05/2008    Racing In The Promised Land

Today was a good day. A good day to be sailing and an extremely good day to be sailing at Rolex Capri Sailing Week.   [ MORE ]



22/05/2008    Action And Reaction

Rolex Capri Sailing Week returned to some sense of normality today with blue skies, warm breeze and sunshine.   [ MORE ]



21/05/2008    Fortune Favours The Bold...Sometimes

Rolex Capri Sailing Week 2008 opened with a 33.4 mile coastal course that took all classes on a short beat to windward, followed by a fetch across the Golfo di Napoli from Capri to a mark off the equally glamorous island of Ischia and back again in a fresh south-south westerly, that at times was gusting upwards of twenty knots.   [ MORE ]



20/05/2008    Alfa Romeo Super Maxi Together With America's Cup Winner Alinghi To Be Even More Faster

Santa Margherita, 30 April 2008 - Alfa Romeo, the most successful super maxi yacht in Europe in 2007, "defender" of a long series of victories, is set to continue her dominant record in 2008.   [ MORE ]



20/05/2008    Warm, But Wet Welcome For Expectant Fleet

Whilst Rolex Capri Sailing Week has rapidly become a familiar feature on the early season Mediterranean sailing calendar, the weather ahead of the first day of racing tomorrow is distinctly unfamiliar.   [ MORE ]



4/05/2008    Alfa Romeo Wins Out At The Pirelli Event To Confirm She's The Fastest Boat Around

Partnership between teams of Alfa Romeo, the fastest maxi yacht in the world, and Alinghi, the America's Cup defender, gets off to the best possible start, with Neville Crichton adding more silverware to his trophy cabinet.   [ MORE ]



14/10/2007    Alfa Romeo And Crichton Take Their Fourth Win And Smash The Barcolana Race Record

Kiwi skipper Neville Crichton and his Australian-built super maxi, Alfa Romeo, have beaten 1831 other yachts to smash the race record in the Barcolana Yacht Race at the weekend (14 October 2007), the Italian event that attracts more yachts and spectators than any other European race.   [ MORE ]



9/09/2007    Three Out Of Three: Alfa Romeo Crosses The Line First In The Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup - Again!

Alfa Romeo has taken line honours for the third time in the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup in Sardinia, but narrowly missed out on the handicap win by just 15 seconds with Morning Glory taking the corrected time title.   [ MORE ]



9/09/2007    Alfa Romeo Takes A Line Honours Clean Sweep At The Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup

Alfa Romeo and Kiwi skipper Neville Crichton have taken a clean sweep of line honours wins in all five races in the prestigious Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup and capped off a fine week's sailing by taking the final race in the series on handicap as well as another line honours win on Saturday (8 September 2007).   [ MORE ]



5/09/2007    Alfa Romeo Takes Line Honours As Wild Oats Smashes Her Mast In The Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup

Alfa Romeo took line honours in the second race at the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup in a day of high drama with who Australian rival, Wild Oats, suffering a spectacular mast failure that rolled the yacht and flung all the crew into the sea.   [ MORE ]



4/09/2007    Alfa Romeo Takes First Blood In The Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup 2007

Alfa Romeo, skippered by New Zealand's Neville Crichton, has taken line honours in the first race in the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup 2007, which started yesterday (3 September 2007) in Porto Cervo, Sardina, beating Australian rival, Wild Oats.   [ MORE ]



14/08/2007    Alfa Romeo Pulls Out Of The Rolex Fastnet

Alfa Romeo has pulled out of the 2007 Rolex Fastnet Race, joining more than a third of the yachts contesting the event that have retired as storms and gale force winds hit the fleet.   [ MORE ]



9/08/2007    Alfa Romeo Opens Cowes Week With A Win!

Alfa Romeo has taken on ICAP Leopard, the newest challenger for Alfa Romeo's crown as the fastest super maxi in the world, and beaten her by more than 40 minutes to take line honours and the RYS Trophy in the opening race in the Skandia Cowes Race Week.   [ MORE ]



16/07/2007    Alfa Romeo Is The Yacht To Beat In The Rolex Fastnet

The organisers of the toughest yacht race in Europe, the Rolex Fastnet Race, have named 'Alfa Romeo' and Neville Crichton as the yacht and the skipper to beat in the 2007 event, which starts on 12 August off the Isle of Wight.   [ MORE ]



20/06/2007    Last Day Revenge For Alfa Romeo

Kiwi super maxi Alfa Romeo defeated her Australian arch-nemesis, Wild Oats, in the final race of the Superyacht Cup, but it wasn't enough to enable Neville Crichton to beat Bob Oatley in the three race series, with Wild Oats taking the regatta 2-1.   [ MORE ]



14/06/2007    Alfa Romeo Wins In Europe's Top Yacht Race Hundreds Of Kilometres Ahead Of Nearest Rival

She may not have broken the current record, but Kiwi Neville Crichton's 100-foot super maxi Alfa Romeo still had a stunning race win in Giraglia Rolex Cup yesterday (Thursday 14 June) in the waters off the Port of Genoa.   [ MORE ]



12/06/2007    Alfa Romeo Wins The Giraglia Regatta

'Alfa Romeo' and her Kiwi skipper, Neville Crichton, have proved they remain the team to beat with a crushing 12 minute victory over Australian rival, 'Wild Oats', in the final inshore race of 2007 Girgalia Rolex Cup to win the series 2-1 for line honours.   [ MORE ]



10/06/2007    Alfa Romeo Starts Giraglia Campaign With A Win

The first day (10 June 2007) of the Giraglia Rolex Cup finished with a beautiful line honours victory for Neville Crichton's 'Alfa Romeo' over arch rival Wild Oats, which tried but could not compete with the Kiwi boat's supremacy on the course.   [ MORE ]



29/04/2007    Alfa Romeo Opens Her 2007 Account With Five Line Honours Wins

Super maxi yacht Alfa Romeo, owned and skippered by New Zealander Neville Crichton, has opened their 2007 account with five line honours wins at the Hublot Palmavela in Palma de Mallorca, confirming Alfa Romeo as, once again, the yacht to beat.   [ MORE ]



24/10/2006    Kiwi Super Maxi Rounds Off 2006 Season In Perfect Style With Another Win

Alfa Romeo fulfilled her status as favourite for line honours in the Rolex Middle Sea Race when the sleek 100-foot SuperMaxi ghosted across the finish line in Malta at 14.42 hours yesterday (24 October 2006) having lead one of the toughest European yacht races almost from start to finish.   [ MORE ]



8/10/2006    Kiwi Super Maxi Wins Europe’s Largest Regatta

Kiwi Neville Crichton has beaten 1788 other yachts and more than 20,000 sailors to win Europe's largest single yacht race, the Barcolana, taking line honours for the third time at the helm of 'Alfa Romeo' and watched by more than 320,000 spectators.   [ MORE ]



10/09/2006    Kiwi Super Maxi Wins Yachting's World Cup

The Kiwis have won yachting's world cup, with skipper and owner Neville Crichton proving that 'Alfa Romeo' is the fastest super maxi in world with a dominant performance in the week long Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup with Aussie rival, Wild Oats forced into third place behind German super maxi, Morning Glory.   [ MORE ]



6/09/2006    Kiwi Super Maxi Consolidates Her Lead In Yachting’s World Cup

Kiwi super maxi ‘Alfa Romeo’ and skipper Neville Crichton have consolidated their lead in yachting’s World Cup, with their second line honours and handicap win in the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup’s third race.   [ MORE ]



5/09/2006    Kiwi Super Maxi Extends Lead Over Aussie Challenger As ‘Alfa Romeo’ Takes Double Win In The Super Yacht World Cup

Kiwi super maxi, ‘Alfa Romeo’ has extended her lead over her Aussie challenger Wild Oats after skipper Neville Crichton took his super maxi to a double win, collecting line honours and the handicap win on the second day of the super yacht World Cup, the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup.   [ MORE ]



4/09/2006    Alfa Romeo Takes The Lead In The Rolex Maxi Worlds

The New Zealand super maxi ‘Alfa Romeo’ has taken the lead in Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup, the world’s premier maxi yacht series which started this week (4 September 2006) in Sardinia, from Australian Super Maxi Wild Oats.   [ MORE ]



15/06/2006    Alfa Romeo Takes Line Honours

New Zealand super maxi Alfa Romeo has won line honours in the Europe’s leading yacht race, the Giraglia Race, by a massive margin, although light winds prevented Neville Crichton from getting anywhere close to breaking his own course record for the 243-mile race.    [ MORE ]



14/06/2006    Alfa Romeo And Crichton Lead From The Start

After dominating the Line Honours in shore race results in 2006 Giraglia Rolex Cup, New Zealand Super Maxi and skipper/owner Sydney businessman Neville Crichton have lead the way out of St Tropez in the main event, the 243 mile off shore race.    [ MORE ]



12/06/2006    Crichton And Alfa Romeo Clean Up In St Tropez As They 'create Their Own Wind!'

Neville Crichton, skipper and owner of New Zealand super maxi 'Alfa Romeo', didn't expect to win on handicap in Europe's most glamorous regatta, the Giraglia Rolex Cup, but weather conditions in race two played right into the hands of 'Alfa Romeo' and Crichton took both a line honours win by nearly an hour and the handicap win in a rare double.    [ MORE ]



11/06/2006    Alfa Romeo Sets The Pace For Giraglia Race Record

New Zealand Super Maxi, Alfa Romeo, is in a class of its own in the Giraglia Rolex Cup, taking line honours in the first inshore race by more than 40 minutes in ideal preparation for skipper Neville Crichton's attempt on the race record in the long distance race.    [ MORE ]



23/04/2006    Four Wins In Five Races Gives Alfa Romeo Its First European Regatta Win

Neville Crichton and Alfa Romeo have dominated the maxi class in their first European regatta of the season with the New Zealand super maxi taking four race wins our of five races to take the Maxi Class in the Hublot PalmaVela held in Spain at the weekend (21-23 April 2006).   [ MORE ]



20/04/2006    Alfa Romeo Wins Its First European Race

New Zealand super-maxi, 'Alfa Romeo' has won its first race in Europe with skipper/owner Neville Crichton bring her home first in the opening round of the Hublot Palmavela regatta in Spain.   [ MORE ]



28/12/2005    Wild Oats Limps Home But Still Ahead Of Alfa Romeo

Wild Oats XI has set a new course record on the way to winning line honours in the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, maintaining her lead over Alfa Romeo despite a fight back from New Zealand team after a tactical error put them into second place.   [ MORE ]



26/12/2005    Wild Oats Slips Ahead Of Alfa Romeo

A gale warning for eastern Bass Strait has reignited hopes for a race record in the Rolex Sydney-Hobart Yacht Race with Wild Oats slipping ahead of Alfa Romeo.   [ MORE ]



25/12/2005    Alfa Romeo Leads Into The Night

As the 85 boats in the fleet enter the first evening of the race the character of this race is becoming evident: don’t muck about with fancy tactics - put your foot to the floor and get to Hobart the shortest way possible.   [ MORE ]



25/12/2005    Wild Oats First Out Of The Heads, But Alfa Romeo Takes The Lead At Botany Bay

In perfect Sydney summer weather the 85 boats of the 2005 Rolex Sydney Hobart fleet staged an incident free start to the race, with Wild Oats leading Alfa Romeo through the heads, but Neville Crichton's super maxi took the lead just off Botany Bay and both yachts are now fighting for the lead.   [ MORE ]



22/12/2005    Alfa Romeo Skipper Hits Back At Lack Of Experience Claim

Neville Crichton, owner and skipper of Rolex Sydney to Hobart favourite Alfa Romeo, has hit back at claims by a rival skipper that his yacht has yet to complete a one hour race and that this puts him out of contention for this year's blue water classic.   [ MORE ]



20/12/2005    Crichton Secures Sponsorship For 2006 European Campaign

Neville Crichton, owner and skipper of 'Alfa Romeo' and the front runner for line honours in the 2005 Rolex Sydney to Hobart race, has secured a substantial sponsorship package to take 'Alfa Romeo' to Europe in 2006 to contest the leading blue water classic events through the coming northern summer.   [ MORE ]



20/12/2005    Alfa Romeo Crew For The 2005 Rolex Sydney To Hobart

Alfa Romeo Crew For The 2005 Rolex Sydney To Hobart   [ MORE ]



18/12/2005    Alfa Romeo Blends High Technology And Traditional Sailing Skills To Snare Rolex Sydney To Hobart Record

'Alfa Romeo' and her rivals may be the most advanced super maxis to ever take part in the Rolex Sydney to Hobart yacht race when they set off on Boxing Day, but skipper Neville Crichton believes that the deciding factor in which boat takes line honours will not be technology, but traditional sailing skills.   [ MORE ]



17/12/2005    Alfa Romeo Takes The Rolex Trophy With A Race To Spare

'Alfa Romeo' has won the Rolex Trophy with a race to spare with Neville Crichton's super maxi cruising to victory in the last build up event before Boxing Day's start of the Rolex Sydney to Hobart Race.   [ MORE ]



17/12/2005    Alfa Romeo Revels In Apocalyptic Conditions

Lightning storms, shifting and gusting winds, and the infamous Sydney swell all contributed to a topsy-turvy third day of the Rolex Trophy Ratings Series.   [ MORE ]



16/12/2005    Alfa Romeo Beaten By A Plastic Bag!

Bob Oatley's Wild Oats XI won her first race in this morning's (16 December 2005) race three in the Rolex Trophy series, but it was a hollow victory as Neville Crichton's Alfa Romeo missed the start after a plastic bag jammed the water intake, overheating the engine which also powers the hydraulics that control the canting keel and the primary and mainsail winches.    [ MORE ]



15/12/2005    Alfa Romeo Takes A Double Win In The Rolex Trophy

The duel between the world's newest and fastest 30m maxi yachts, Alfa Romeo and Wild Oats XI, began in earnest today with their first offshore encounter. Alfa Romeo took the honours, but her dominance may not continue.   [ MORE ]



13/12/2005    Alfa Romeo Beats Wild Oats XI By 13 Seconds

The concept of such a close finish to the battle for line honours to Hobart was the view of rival owner/skippers Neville Crichton (Alfa Romeo) and Bob Oatley (Wild Oats XI) after this first encounter of the world's two fastest 30m maxi boats in the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia's Big Boat Challenge on Sydney Harbour.    [ MORE ]



29/11/2005    Alfa Romeo And Channel Seven Join Forces To Win The Rolex Sydney To Hobart

Alfa Romeo and Channel Seven have joined forces to win the 2005 Rolex Sydney to Hobart Race with Australia's leading broadcaster backing the super maxi that is tipped as the favourite to win the world's toughest blue water classic yacht race.    [ MORE ]



27/11/2005    Double Double For Alfa Romeo

Neville Crichton’s new super maxi Alfa Romeo scored a double double on the first day of Middle Harbour Yacht Club’s 28th annual Savills Short Ocean Racing Championship sailed offshore from Sydney on 26-27 November.   [ MORE ]



11/11/2005    Big Boats Dominate Handicap Results As Alfa Romeo Takes Line Honours In Slow Cabbage Tree Island Race

Big boats have dominated provisional corrected time results in the CYCA's Cabbage Tree Island Race with ten boats still to finish the 180 nautical mile race 36 hours after the Friday evening start.   [ MORE ]



17/06/2004    Australian Yacht Wins Europe's Most Prestigious Race

Australian yacht, Alfa Romeo, the winner of the 2002 Rolex Sydney to Hobart Race, has taken line honours Europe's most prestigious yacht race, the Giraglia Rolex Cup, giving skipper and owner, Neville Crichton a clean sweep of line honours wins in the event following his victories in the three in-shore events prior to main event 243 mile off-shore race which finished in Genoa today (18 June 2004).   [ MORE ]



29/11/2003    Neville Crichton is Sailor of the Year

Neville Crichton, owner and skipper of the super maxi yacht 'Alfa Romeo' and one of New Zealand and Australia's leading businessmen, has been awarded the Sir Bernard Fergusson Trophy as the Yachting New Zealand Sailor of the Year in recognition of his remarkable run of wins in Australia, New Zealand and Europe.   [ MORE ]



28/10/2003    Alfa Romeo Wins in Malta and Takes Sailing's Grand Slam

Sydney to Hobart winner, Alfa Romeo has taken line honours in the Rolex Middle Sea Race and the Australian-built super maxi and her New Zealand skipper, Neville Crichton, have become the first ever to take European sailing's Grand Slam...   [ MORE ]



26/10/2003    'Alfa Romeo' in a Race of her Own in Last European Blue Water Classic of the Season

Sydney to Hobart winner 'Alfa Romeo' is in a race of her own in the last Blue Water Classic of the European season, well out in the lead after the first 24 hours of the 607-mile Rolex Middle Sea Race and a third of the way around the Italian Island of Sicily.   [ MORE ]



23/10/2003    Alfa Romeo Takes Line and Handicap Honours in Second Middle Sea Race Week Event

Sydney to Hobart winner, 'Alfa Romeo', has continued her winning ways by taking both line and handicap honours in the second race in the Rolex Middle Sea regatta in Malta...   [ MORE ]



22/10/2003    Alfa Romeo Wins First Race in Middle Sea Race Week

Sydney to Hobart race winner 'Alfa Romeo' has started her final regatta of the European season in the manner she has raced all season - by taking line honours in the first race of the Rolex Middle Sea Race Week.   [ MORE ]



21/10/2003    'Alfa Romeo' bids for Blue Classic clean sweep

New Zealand skipper Neville Crichton and Australian-built 'Alfa Romeo' will bid this weekend (25 October 2003) to become the first skipper and yacht to have a clean sweep of wins in all the Blue Water Ocean Classics in one 12 month period.   [ MORE ]



13/10/2003    Aussie yacht beats 1,983 other yachts to win European Classic

Alfa Romeo, the Sydney-built super maxi that won the 2002 Rolex Sydney to Hobart race, has added yet another race to her 2003 account by beating an enormous field of 1983 yachts to take line honours in the Barcolona 35 in Italy in front of a quarter of a million spectators at the weekend (12 October 2003).   [ MORE ]



13/10/2003    Neville Crichton short-listed for ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year Awards 2003

New Zealand-born and Australia-based yachtsman, Neville Crichton, has been short-listed for the prestigious ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year Awards 2003 for his outstanding performance in the super-maxi Alfa Romeo with victories in Australia, New Zealand and Europe.   [ MORE ]



14/09/2003    Aussie Yacht Alfa Romeo Dominates Maxi World Cup With Line Honours, as well as Series Victory

There was no stopping Australian super maxi, Alfa Romeo, in the 2003 World Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup which finished on 13 September 2003.   [ MORE ]



8/08/2003    Alfa Romeo Wins the Fastnet and Takes Ocean Racing's Trifecta in Eight Months

Australian super maxi, Alfa Romeo, has taken the line honours in the 2003 Fastnet Race, which means that the Neville Crichton skippered maxi has added to its winning account of more than 60 races since she was launched 12 months ago...   [ MORE ]



22/07/2003    Aussie Super Yacht Aims to Take Fastnet Prize and Ocean Sailing's Trifecta

Aussie super maxi and winner of the 2002 Rolex Sydney to Hobart blue water classic, Alfa Romeo, will bid to win the Fastnet Race on 10 August 2003...   [ MORE ]



29/06/2003    Aussie Super Yacht Smashes The Race Record In Leading European Race

Alfa Romeo, the Australian built and crewed super maxi that won the 2002 Rolex Sydney to Hobart, has smashed the race record by more than two hours in one of Europe's leading yacht races to win the Rolex Giraglia Cup.   [ MORE ]



25/06/2003    2002 Sydney To Hobart Winner Ineligible For 2003 Race

Changes to the rules of the Rolex Sydney to Hobart race have rendered the 2002 winner, Alfa Romeo, ineligible from taking part in the 2003 blue water classic...   [ MORE ]



25/06/2003    Alfa Romeo Is First Over The Line In St Tropez - Again

Alfa Romeo has for the second day running taken line honours in the St Tropez based Giraglia Rolex Cup...   [ MORE ]



24/06/2003    Alfa Romeo Wins The First Race In The Giraglia Rolex Cup

The Australian built and crewed super yacht "Alfa Romeo" has taken line honours with a margin of 16 minutes in the first race in the prestigious Giraglia Rolex Cup, which is based in the Mediterranean super resort of St Tropez.   [ MORE ]



22/05/2003    Alfa Romeo Takes Four Line Honours Wins in First European Regatta of the Northern Summer

The Australian/New Zealand built and crewed super maxi yacht, Alfa Romeo, has made her European debut in the first major European regatta of the northern summer season and took the line honours win in four out of five races, despite weak winds and a short race circuit.   [ MORE ]



6/05/2003    Neville Crichton - Success in business and at the helm

Neville Crichton is both renowned and respected for his exceptional performances in business and sport with a series of spectacular achievements in both arenas.   [ MORE ]



1/05/2003    2002 Rolex Sydney to Hobart Winner Takes on Europe with Alfa Romeo's Backing

Alfa Romeo, the Line Honours winner of the 2002 Rolex Sydney to Hobart race, has secured full backing from leading European car maker, Alfa Romeo, and support from Qantas, to enable her and a 24 strong Australian and New Zealand crew to take on Europe's best yachtsman this northern summer in some of the world's most prestigious sailing events.    [ MORE ]



28/12/2002    Alfa Romeo Fulfils Her Promise: Taking the 2002 Rolex Sydney to Hobart Line Honours, Leading from Start to Finish

Alfa Romeo, Neville Crichton's super maxi has taken line honours in the 2002 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, surfing up the River Derwent under her massive spinnaker before a fresh sea breeze to cross the line off Hobart's historic Battery Point at 5.58.52 this afternoon (28 December 2002).   [ MORE ]



28/12/2002    Crichton Delighted With the Best Win to Have on a Yachtman's CV

Had the 2002 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race started a day later, the 90-footer Alfa Romeo would have threatened Nokia's 1999 race record, owner/skipper Neville Crichton said in a dockside interview at Hobart's Constitution Dock.   [ MORE ]



27/12/2002    Alfa Romeo Puts The Pedal To The Metal

Alfa Romeo, the Neville Crichton skippered super maxi that has dominated the 2002 Rolex Sydney to Hobart Race, is picking up speed towards the finish of the blue water classic and sleek silver yacht could be in Hobart this afternoon (28 December 2002).   [ MORE ]



27/12/2002    Alfa Romeo Opens Up Lead Overnight

The Sydney-based super maxi Alfa Romeo has opened up a seven nautical mile lead over the British 97-footer, Canon, as they the lead the fleet in the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race south towards Bass Strait.   [ MORE ]



27/12/2002    Rolex Race Fleet Leaders Enter Bass Strait With Alfa Romeo At Their Head

Neville Crichton's super maxi Alfa Romeo holds a five-mile lead as the Rolex Sydney Hobart Race frontrunners enter Bass Strait.   [ MORE ]



27/12/2002    Rollicking Ride Across Bass Strait Under Spinnaker

Freshening north-easterly winds this afternoon (27 December 2002) have caused a major change in overall handicap positions in the IMS and IRC divisions of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race as the leaders power sail across Bass Strait.   [ MORE ]



27/12/2002    Alfa Romeo Prepares For Tactical Finish To The Rolex Sydney To Hobart

Neville Crichton, the skipper of Rolex Sydney to Hobart race leader, Alfa Romeo, is preparing for a highly technical battle to the finish of the 2002 blue water classic with light winds and low speeds making his position relative to the other competitors and analysis of the weather critical to Alfa Romeo taking line honours.   [ MORE ]



27/12/2002    Alfa Romeo Has A Fight To The Finish

Photographers covering the Rolex Sydney Hobart Race by helicopter have this afternoon reported a sighting of Neville Crichton's Alfa Romeo and Sean Langman's Grundig 60 miles from Tasman Island and only a few miles apart.   [ MORE ]



26/12/2002    Alfa Romeo Steals The March On Canon At The Start Of The Sydney To Hobart

Alfa Romeo may not have been the first off the line in the 2002 Rolex Sydney to Hobart Race, but within minutes of the start the 90 foot Super maxi had overhauled her rivals to be the first yacht out of the Sydney Harbour Heads.   [ MORE ]



26/12/2002    Alfa Romeo Leads Fleet In Very Close Race

The quest for line honours in the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race is wide open - judging by positions at the first position schedule ("sked") with the fleet at 8pm tonight.   [ MORE ]



25/12/2002    Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2002

Classic fleet for a classic ocean race   [ MORE ]



22/12/2002    Alfa Romeo Ready For The Sydney to Hobart, But Victory Not a Forgone Conclusion For Skipper Crichton

The World's fastest super maxi, Alfa Romeo, will start the blue water classic 2002 Rolex Sydney to Hobart Yacht race on 26 December as the unrivalled favourite to take the line honours prize...   [ MORE ]



21/12/2002    It's Not Just the Cricket - Australians and New Zealanders Dominate in The British Trophy

Its not just the cricket - the British Super maxi yacht, Canon Leopard of London cannot get past the Australian and New Zealand skippered, owned and crewed Alfa Romeo...   [ MORE ]



21/12/2002    Alfa Romeo Ready for the Sydney to Hobart, but Victory not a Forgone Conclusion for Skipper Crichton

The World's fastest super maxi, Alfa Romeo, will start the blue water classic 2002 Rolex Sydney to Hobart Yacht race on 26 December as the unrivalled favourite to take the line honours prize...   [ MORE ]



21/12/2002    Neville Crichton and Alfa Romeo Beat The British to Take The British Trophy

Alfa Romeo's domination of the eight race British Trophy series meant that the 90 foot super maxi simply had to turn up at the start of race seven today (21 December 2002) and cross the start line to secure the trophy...   [ MORE ]



18/12/2002    Alfa Romeo Continues To Dominate Rivals

Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race line honours favorite Alfa Romeo maintained her edge over British maxi Canon, winning both of the first two races of the British trophy Series off Sydney Heads today (18 December 2002).   [ MORE ]



13/12/2002    Alfa Romeo Gunned Up In Canon Big Boat Challenge

The super maxi, Alfa Romeo, left no doubt about her hot favouritism for the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race with a brilliant runaway win today in Sydney Harbour's annual spectacle of the maxi yachts, the Canon Big Boat Challenge.   [ MORE ]



13/12/2002    Alfa Romeo the Runaway Winner in the Canon Big Boat Challenge

The super maxi, Alfa Romeo, left no doubt about her hot favouritism for the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race with a brilliant runaway win today (13 December 2002) in Sydney Harbour's annual spectacle of the maxi yachts...   [ MORE ]



10/12/2002    Alfa Romeo Meets Her Biggest Challenger for the First Time

Alfa Romeo, the 90 foot super maxi that is the front runner to take line honours in the 2002 Rolex Sydney to Hobart Race, will meet her biggest challenger and the only yacht in the race that is larger than Alfa Romeo, when she clashes with Leopard of London...   [ MORE ]



2/12/2002    Another Faultless Performance from Alfa Romeo with Four Wins in Two Days

The World's fastest super maxi yacht, Alfa Romeo, put in another faultless performance at the weekend...   [ MORE ]



24/11/2002    Alfa Romeo Maintains Her Winning Ways En Route To Hobart

The world's fastest Super Maxi, Alfa Romeo, has added another convincing win to her account in preparation for the 2002 Rolex Sydney to Hobart Blue Water Classic.   [ MORE ]



20/11/2002    Alfa Romeo Aims for Sydney to Hobart Glory

Alfa Romeo is now the name of the favourite for the 2002 Rolex Sydney to Hobart race and she confirmed her pole position by winning line honours in the Bird Island race from Sydney to Newcastle and return...   [ MORE ]



16/09/2002    Shockwave, The World's Newest Super Maxi set to be a Regular Sight on Sydney Harbour Before Bidding for Sydney to Hobart Glory

New Zealand Maxi, Shockwave, the world's newest and probably fastest super maxi yacht, is set to become a regular sight on Sydney Harbour before skipper Neville Crichton bids for Line Honours glory in the 2002 Rolex Sydney to Hobart Classic.   [ MORE ]



5/08/2002    The Biggest, Fastest Maxi Yacht In The World Launched For The Line Honours In The 2002 Sydney To Hobart

Sydney-based New Zealand yachtsman Neville Crichton has launched his super maxi yacht Shockwave, the bows of the most technically advanced 90-foot maxi aimed at winning line honours in the 2002 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race.   [ MORE ]



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