{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}} {{Infobox Sailing yacht |title=Alfa Romeo III |image= |caption= |othernames=''Shockwave'' |club= |nat= |type=Monohull |configuration= |designer=Reichel/Pugh |builder=McConaghy<br>[[Sydney]], Australia |launched=2008 |owner=[[Neville Crichton]]<br>George Sakellaris |skip= [[Torben Grael]] |crew= |wins=[[Bermuda Race|2014 Bermuda Race]] ({{tooltip|l.h.|line honours}}) |boats= |P= |displacement= |length={{convert|21.80|m|abbr=on}} (LH) |beam={{convert|5.41|m|abbr=on}} |draft={{convert|5.12|m|abbr=on}} |sail= |notes= }}

'''''Alfa Romeo III''''' (also known as '''''Shockwave''''') is a {{convert|21|m|ft|adj=on}} "mini-maxi" built to compete with other boats of the same size in shorter distance races under [[IRC (Sailing)|IRC]] rules.<ref name="AR3">{{cite web|url=http://www.myalfaromeo.com.au/default.asp?action=article&ID=18997 |title=Neville Crichton 'Changes Gears' With Mini Maxi Alfa Romeo III |last=Unattributed |work=Alfa Romeo Maxi Yacht |publisher=Alfa Romeo Yacht Racing Team |access-date=2009-07-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080720222727/http://www.myalfaromeo.com.au/default.asp?action=article&ID=18997 |archive-date=July 20, 2008 }}</ref>

As ''Alfa Romeo I'' and ''Alfa Romeo II,'' she was also designed by Reichel/Pugh and built by McConaghy Boats; Her {{convert|31.5|m|ft|adj=on}} mast was also built by Southern Spars. She has a conventional fixed bulb keel and was launched in mid-2008. Her interior design is styled after the [[Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione]], in red, silver/gray, black and white, with a companionway ladder which resembles the car's grill.<ref>[http://www.alfaromeo.com.au/default.asp?action=article&ID=19001 ''Alfa Romeo III'' interior] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091005045323/http://www.alfaromeo.com.au/default.asp?action=article&ID=19001 |date=2009-10-05 }} photos.</ref> Rated as an IRC Mini Maxi, she displaces about {{convert|14700|kg|lb}}. The IRC Mini Maxi division accommodates yachts between {{convert|60|and|79|ft|m}} LOA. In September 2008, she was twice first to finish in Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup competition, with [[Torben Grael]] [[Skipper (boating)|skippering]].<ref name="AR3"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.alfaromeo.com.au/default.asp?action=article&ID=19037 |title=Promising Start For New Alfa Romeo 3 |last=Unattributed |date=10 September 2008 |publisher=Alfa Romeo Yacht Racing Team |access-date=2009-07-08 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091008042233/http://www.alfaromeo.com.au/default.asp?action=article&ID=19037 |archive-date=October 8, 2009 }} </ref>

Though her LOA is about {{convert|9|m|ft}} shorter than ''Alfa Romeo II,'' her beam is comparable, to enhance stiffness, or resistance to [[Heeling force|heeling]], and she carries a long [[bowsprit]] from which she sets an [[asymmetrical spinnaker]]. With this "mini-Maxi" Crichton sought closer competition on the race course. He noted that with only perhaps ten of the supermaxi yachts (potential competitors of ''Alfa Romeo II'') in existence, getting them all on the same race course at the same time had been difficult. The more affordable mini-Maxi engages more competition in stronger<ref>"Stronger" in the sense of a greater number of individual entries of similar types</ref> fleets.<ref name="AR3" /> She has since been bought by [[Ameresco|George Sakellaris]].

''Shockwave'' took line honors by completing the 635&nbsp;nm 2014 [[Bermuda Race]] in a time of time was 63h 04m 11s. The win adds to ''Shockwave''{{'}}s list of victories, including a division win in the 2012 Bermuda Race, the 2013 Montego Bay, and the 2014 RORC Caribbean 600 Race.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bermudarace.com/shockwave-wins-line-honors-fleet-drifts/ |title=Shockwave Wins Line Honors as Most of Fleet Drifts On - Newport Bermuda Race |publisher=Bermudarace.com |access-date=2015-08-22}}</ref>

==Sponsorship== ''Alfa Romeo III'' was sponsored by [[Alfa Romeo#Yachting|Alfa Romeo Automobiles]] S.p.A. of Turin, Italy. They own the ''Alfa Romeo'' name and other intellectual properties such as logos, emblems (used on ''Alfa Romeo III''), and manner of depicting the name as shown on the [[mainsail]] of ''Alfa Romeo II'' in the infobox.

==See also== *''[[Alfa Romeo I]]'' *''[[Alfa Romeo II]]'' *''[[Wild Oats XI]]''

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20110217125322/http://alfaromeo.com.au/maxiyacht/ Alfa Romeo Yacht Racing Team] site *[https://web.archive.org/web/20091007061922/http://www.alfaromeo.com.au/default.asp?action=article&ID=19000 Alfa Romeo Yacht Racing Team news releases] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20090921070623/http://www.myalfaromeo.com.au/default.asp?action=article&ID=17972 Alfa Romeo II build details] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20111005142118/https://event-manager.compete-at.com/Manager/event/entryDetails.do?eid=332&entryid=12521 2009 Transpac race crew list] *[http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-28024110_ITM Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup] Victory in Sardinia *[http://www.regattanews.com/events/107/6_1_P_P_Giraglia_Eng.pdf Giraglia Rolex Cup] promotional information *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUjOuuRND5M Alfa Romeo II demonstrating speed] at Malta Rolex Middle Sea Race 2006 *[https://web.archive.org/web/20091014231033/http://www.kiwispy.com/Offshore/AlfaRomeo.htm Deck layout and detail photos] of Alfa Romeo II {{Alfa Romeo}}

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