Achilles 24
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An Achilles brochure notes that after completing her from a primary kit her first owner, Rod Kendall, sailed her singlehanded in the 1975 Azores And Back Race (AZAB) which still starts and finishes in Falmouth every four years; the next AZAB starts on the 7th of June 2003. Songeur competed in the 1976 Observer Singlehanded Trans-Atlantic Race (OSTAR), a race remembered for the very heavy weather the yachts encountered. She was the smallest yacht of the 125 entries and while 53 yachts did not complete the race, Songeur finished 51st in her class with a crossing of 49 days. Songeur spent some time on the east coast of the USA
before Rod Kendall sailed her across the Pacific to New Zealand. On
the way he met Sqdn Ldr Zotov in the Cook Islands who was also sailing
an Achilles 24 to New Zealand. Since Songeur's arrival in New Zealand
she has completed five crossings of the Tasman Sea to Australia and
has cruised extensively in the Pacific Islands.
She has many modifications from the standard boat, particularly in the cabin. The space for the starboard quarter berth has been used for the galley with storage forward where the cooker would normally go. The port quarter berth is retained but there is a table in the space usually used for the sink. |
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