From September 12th to September 20th Wessex Yacht Sales staff will be at Southampton Boat Show helping clients to view the Dufour and Archambault range of yachts. We are all hoping for dry sunny weather so that the occasion can be enjoyed by all.

Dufour Yachts

We are presently preparing boats for the Dufour berths at Southampton Boat Show. On view will be the Dufour 365, 425 and 525 Grand Large and the Dufour 34, 40 and new 45 Performance. Come and see us on berths 338- 343 and 359- 360.  The new Dufour 45 Performance is having its world debut at Southampton and is sure to be a head turner. Come and see these beautiful yachts that are best suited to fast cruising or racing.

Archambault Yachts

The very successful Archambault A35 and Archambault A40RC will be on berths 318 and 319. The A35 has been very successful around the country in IRC championships and the A40 RC being shown is owned by the Army Sailing Association and was a Commodores Cup contender. She has raced successfully in this years offshore events.  Come and view these exciting racing yachts.

This Bank Holiday weekend saw the IRC South West Championships in Plymouth. The weekend got off to a very blustery start but from the beginning the two Archambault A35’s were head to head. Sunday saw an exciting day of  Championship racing.  The top 5 boats in the fleet ran a very close race all weekend but the event was won by Archambault A35 “Waterjet”, 2nd Prima 39 “Mighty Max”, 3rd Hod “Sir Ducktion”, 4th Archambault A35 “Magic Roundabout” and 5th J133 “Apollo”. 

We look forward to the results of the IRC Championships on the Solent in the coming weeks.

David Pike from Wessex Yacht Sales Ltd attended the 2008 Dufour dealer meeting at La Rochelle. This was attended by over 100 dealers from all corners of the world.

At the annual presentation dinner he was delighted to be presented with the award for Best After Sales Service for the UK, Northern Europe and the rest of the World. This was an award given after feedback from clients with new and used Dufour Yachts.

He said ” he was delighted to accept this on behalf of the whole Wessex Yacht Sales Team who work so hard on behalf of their clients”

Yacht and Yachting published test reports on the Archambault A35 and A40RC. Please click on links below to review:

http://www.yachtsandyachting.com/tests/YachtsandYachtingArchambault40.pdf

http://www.yachtsandyachting.com/tests/YachtsandYachtingArchambault35.pdf

In March the Army Sailing Association accepted the ownership of the first Archambault A40RC to arrive in the UK. Her name is “Britsh Soldier” and she has an exhaustive racing schedule this season.

Within six weeks she had been chosen for the Commodores Cup Team. She is based in Gosport and will be a major player in the Solent inshore and off shore racing programmes.