7:14 AM Mon 5 Jul 2010 GMT
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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