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ARMEN RACE 2014

ARMEN RACE 2014

Antoine Croyere with her A35 HEY JOE wins Armen Race 2014 overall IRC (Class IRC1, IRC2, IRC3, IRC4), offshore race of 300 miles organized by SNT of La Trinité sur Mer.
A31 ALCHIMIST WINNER

A31 ALCHIMIST WINNER

Michael Manson and crew from his A31 Alchemist won 9 trophies over the 2013/14 season at Sandringham Yacht Club in Australia, including IRC Club Champion.

Congratulations to the crew.

A35 WINNER OF THE CHINA SEA RACE

A35 WINNER OF THE CHINA SEA RACE

Anthony Root, sailing his A-35 Red Kite 2 has extended his overall lead in the Asian Yachting Grand Prix circuit, by convincingly winning the China Sea Race over Easter, followed up by another win at the Commodore’s Cup Regatta, held in Subic Bay.

The China Sea Race starts off the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club, in the famous Victoria Harbour, then travels 600 miles down to Subic Bay in the Philippines. Although the race was sailed in light winds for the most part, the RK2 team did an excellent job to score a convincing win in IRC Division 2, correcting out to 1 ½ hours ahead of second place. After a couple of days well deserved R & R, the team was joined for the Commodore’s Cup Regatta in Subic Bay by Doyle NZ’s Andy Pilcher, who had brought up a new Stratis Carbon/ICE Inshore Mainsail and A2 Running Gennaker for the regatta.

Day 1 dawned hot & hazy, with no wind to be seen anywhere. In what was to become a familiar pattern, the boats headed out and then spent a couple of hours drifting around waiting for the wind to fill in. Eventually, some zephyrs of wind came across the water, which built surprisingly quickly to a very nice 12 – 15kn sailing breeze, and the Race Officer sent the boats off on a 26 mile Islands Course. Sailing in Cruiser/Racer Division A, Red Kite 2 finished second on corrected time, behind the well sailed Sydney 43 Elektra which was able to stretch her legs on the longer course.

Race day 2 repeated the pattern of heading out to the race course early, only to wait for the wind to fill in. Again, the breeze eventually came in nicely and we were able to get two Windward/Leeward Races completed. RK2 scored a good win in the first race, but was called “OCS” at the start of the second, causing us to turn around and return to the start. The team fought strongly to get back into contention, but it was not enough to catch the Mills 39 Mandrake who scored their first win of the regatta, with RK2 in second.

Race day 3 was another long Islands Course, where the results of Day 1 were repeated with Elektra scoring another win ahead of RK2, followed by Mandrake. After four races, the top three boats were closely bunched on points, with all three having a chance of overall victory going into the final day, when another two W/L Races were scheduled. Again, the breeze wasn’t ready for the boats when they arrived on the race course, but soon filled in so the teams could continue their battle. After getting away cleanly with two good starts and working hard to keep sailing in clear air against the bigger boats in her division, RK2 managed to score firsts on the final day to secure the overall win, finishing five points ahead Elektra who just beat Mandrake into second overall on countback.

Most importantly, the results from both the China Sea Race and Commodore’s Cup mean that Red Kite 2 has extended their overall lead in the “Asian Yachting Grand Prix” series, with just two regattas left. The Red Kite 2 team would like to thank the organizing committees for both events which, as always, were very well organized and a lot of fun.

ANNAPOLIS SPRING BOAT SHOW 2014

ANNAPOLIS SPRING BOAT SHOW 2014

APRIL 25-27, 2014

All the team FORUM MARINE, our importer for United States, will be on the dock to show the new A27 SAIL's Best Boat 2014.

410-263-3406 • www.forummarine.com

A35 R WINNER SPI OUEST FRANCE INTERMARCHE

A35 R WINNER SPI OUEST FRANCE INTERMARCHE

We are very happy to inform you that the A35R "Chenapan 3" is the overall winner of the Spi Ouest France Intermarché in IRC 2 Class, with Cyrille Legloahec at the helm !!!

There has been a total of 7 races.

The First 40.7 with E. Le Men is second, JPK 10.80 with JP Kelbert is third, and the SF 3600 of L. Gelusseau is fourth.

In 5th position, we have another A35, with FY Escoffier.

Thank to Cyrille and his crew, and thank to Joubert/Nivelt to have designed such a fantastic boat!!

SPI OUEST FRANCE INTERMARCHE 2014

SPI OUEST FRANCE INTERMARCHE 2014

77 Archambault boats will participating this weekend at this great event at La Trinité sur Mer.

20 « A » will sailing in IRC1, IRC2 et IRC3 class which 2 A35R « Chenapan » and « Cofely GDF Suez » new boats expected in IRC2.

The 2 One Design Class for the Tour de France à La Voile 2014 will be presents with 10 M34 and 44 GRAND SURPRISE.

Good luck to all ours crews.

All results : http://www.spi-ouestfrance.com/

CHAMPIONNAT DE PRINTEMPS LA TRINITE SUR MER ( suite)

CHAMPIONNAT DE PRINTEMPS LA TRINITE SUR MER ( suite)

Cyrille Legloahec on the new A35 CHENAPAN continues to grab the podium places.

By winning three first places and one second place, it now takes the top of IRC2 before the all-new SUN FAST and JPK.

The calculations of the designers Joubert-Nivelt on the keel, rudder, sailplan, the most sophisticated construction to lower the center of gravity, preparation and development collaboration with North Sails make the boat the best Racer.

A31 KOLLE VAINQUEUR DU FESTIVAL ARMEN

A31 KOLLE VAINQUEUR DU FESTIVAL ARMEN

After winning the Voiles de Saint Tropez last October, Bernard KOLLE on A31 continues to win with ARMEN Festival this weekend on IRC4. Note the 3rd place on A31 of Guy CLAES and 2nd place of Jean-Claude BERTRAND on A35 IRC3.
CHAMPIONNAT DE PRINTEMPS LA TRINITE SUR MER

CHAMPIONNAT DE PRINTEMPS LA TRINITE SUR MER

Saturday 8, the wind is perfect between 6 and 10 knots for the 5th race, an offshore race of 4 hours with our adversaries whose Sun-Fast 3600. Clearly, we see immediately that there will be the match between the two new boats. We finish 1'15'' real front.

This will be the second victory of the A35.

Sunday 9, the wind is between 20 and 25 knots for a windward leeward race. We start quickly with some IRC1. J122 and A40 are incredibly similar in speed. Chase the Sun-Fast on our A35 to return to us. We finish 1'20'' real front.

3rd victory of the A35.

Cyrille, Christian and the crew are very satisfied.

It is clear now that the NEW A35 goes fast and even very fast.

A13

A13

The construction of the A13 # 1 continues with the installation of epoxy infused bulkheads. Next stage, bonding deck on the hull. Launch scheduled in May 2014.
PRIMO CUP 2014

PRIMO CUP 2014

9 séries monotype se sont affrontées pendant les deux premiers week-ends de février à Monaco.

Les SURPRISE ,19 bateaux, 4 nationalités (Suisse, Italie, Allemagne et France) étaient la 3ème série la plus représentée avec les SB20 (28 bateaux) et les J24 (21 bateaux).

Le SURPRISE reste toujours une valeur sûre de la monotypie en Europe.

1er SUI SIGNATERRE

2ème SUI TEO JACOBS

3ème ITA TWINS

 A31 Victorian Champions

A31 Victorian Champions

Well-known Victorian sailor David Ellis won the Victorian IRC Championships in Division 3 on the weekend, claiming wins in six of eight races to finish first on eight points with his Archambault A31 ‘Audi Penfold Sport’. “You have to take the good with the bad, and one of the things about racing here is that you’re never out of it until you cross the finish line. You just have to stay optimistic, keep your eyes out of the boat and find the breeze,” Ellis said. 38 South Boat, Australian Archambault importer and agent Rohan Veal was also on board as mainsheet trimmer and strategist, along with two International 470 sailors from Hobart. “We made some big gains with the masthead Code Zero in the passage race to the point where we were doing 6 knots of boat speed in 7 knots of wind and consequently were in front of some of the best 45′ race yachts in the country,” Veal said.

M34 ISKAREEN crosses the finish line

The "Tracker" indicated Iskareen about 17 Nm off the finish line........ The sea was flat calm - not a whisper of wind........the sun was sinking behind the Iconic mountains of Rio - no sign of Iskareen.....the chase boat went out and ultimately saw a tiny mast head light in the distant. It was Iskareen, the entry from Germany, Skippered by Christiane Diettmers, the only other lady on board is the extremely experienced Phillipa Hutton Squire from Cape Town - The first South African woman to skipper a racing yacht around the Cape Horn. They were becalmed - drifting in front of the Sugar loaf about 4 miles from the finish. The tide was about to change and they were concerned as to their safety - from a raging storm of Cape Town to this in Rio! Ultimately the wind did consider their frustration and a gentle breeze took them to their finish around midnight! The crew went into full on racing mode - balancing their yacht - together with their mascot "Pippa Potamus" A Cuddly hippo that has been with Pippa on her Global around the world race. Down to a few litres of water and some de-hydrated foods they - devoured the Bubbly and cold beers which were handed to them after they crossed the line at around midnight.

Congratulations to all the team!

CAPE 2 RIO 2014

Skippered by Christiane Dittmers and Soenke Bruhns, the M34 ISKAREEN participate at the Transatlantic race from Cap Town to Rio de Janeiro.

You can follow them: http://www.cape2rio2014.com

FIRST SAILING TEST A35

The first boat of this new version was launching last week. The sailing tests with Cyrille Legloahec are very good. The boat will be available for customer tests from January 15.