Phoenix

Phoenix is the TP52 team owned and run by father and daughter duo Hasso and Tina Plattner. 
SAP computer software co-founder Hasso Plattner has a long history in grand prix yacht racing dating back to the dizzy heights of IOR and his Maxis named Morning Glory. Putting a toe into the waters of the TP52 class world he bought the 2014 Phoenix and had such fun racing it that he and daughter Tina joined the circuit in 2018. 

In 2018 Hasso and Tina shared the helming at different regattas with Ed Baird in the tactician’s role supported by Tom Burnham also from Quantum Racing. In Zadar in 2018 Tina and the Phoenix team came very close to winning the regatta outright but finished an excellent second, just four points shy of the winning tally of Prada Luna Rossa.

In 2019 the Phoenix team ran two boats, but only the newest boat 11, did the full circuit.
The 2020 season was shortened by the global pandemic but not until after a truly triumphant first ever 52 SUPER SERIES regatta in the home of the Phoenix team, Cape Town, South Africa. As local hosts and sponsors the Plattner family laid on a fantastic regatta and on the waters both Phoenix teams performed well, Hasso’s team coming close to winning the event, taking bullets in two of the first three races and finishing second overall.

Phoenix remain one of the top tier teams, contenders across the full range of conditions. With Tom Slingsby as tactician they won their first regatta title in Puerto Portals in 2022 and were title contenders at the end of the season finishing runners up for the season.

Owners Hasso and Tina Plattner are expected to share the steering on Phoenix during this 2025 season.