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Lighter winds prevailed on Galicia’s beautiful Ria de Vigo as the third day of racing at the ABANCA 52 SUPER SERIES Baiona Sailing Week produced two different race winners and saw Quantum Racing step clear at the top of the leaderboard. While Tony Langley’s British flagged Gladiator team, with Paul Goodison on tactics, read the…
On the strength of their third and first today on the Ría de Vigo in shifty, streaky light breezes Doug DeVos’ Quantum Racing team take the overall lead of the ABANCA 52 SUPER SERIES Baiona Sailing Week. Phoenix, who led the event when they went on the water this afternoon, had a tough day with…
While Quantum Racing made the best of the great conditions on Galicia’s Ría de Vigo on the second day of the ABANCA 52 SUPER SERIES Baiona Sailin Week scoring a first and a second it is Phoenix which has stretched their overall regatta lead to four clear points. Quantum Racing won the first race of…
Phoenix won Race 4, the second race of the day, to extend their overall lead to four points at the ABANCA 52 SUPER SERIES Baiona Sailing Week in Galicia. With the NW’ly wind building to 23kts before the start Quantum Racing made the best start and led Alegre at the windward mark. Phoenix took the…
Racing in a great 15-17kts of NW’ly breeze and nice flat water on the Ría de Vigo, Doug DeVos and the Quantum Racing team won the third race of the ABANCA 52 SUPER SERIES Sailing Week whilst a great recovery on the second beat allowed Phoenix to finish third across the line and so actually…
If the Plattner family’s Phoenix team, with man of the moment Tom Slingsby calling tactics, issued a clear statement of intent when they unrolled a truly comprehensive victory in the first race of the 2022 52 SUPER SERIES season, and with a 1.3 for the day lead the ABANCA 52 SUPER SERIES Baiona Sailing Week…
Harm Müller Spreer’s Platoon team won the second race on the ria de Vigo after starting well and again working the right side of the course as Phoenix did in the first race. With the breeze built to 14kts Platoon led all the way around the course. The Whitcraft family crew on Vayu followed up…
The Plattner family’s South African flagged Phoenix sailed to a conclusive win in the first race of the ABANCA 52 SUPER SERIES Baiona Sailing week in light 8-9kts winds on Galicia’s ria de Vigo. With Tom Slingsby calling tactics complemented by strategist Cameron Dunn Phoenix profited from starting at the committee boat, right hand end…
The 52 SUPER SERIES fleet warmed up for Tuesday’s start of the 2022 season with three good practice races today on the beautiful ría de Vigo off Baiona where the world’s leading grand prix monohull circuit is visiting for the very first time in its ten year history. As if to underline how open this…
Sled, the 2021 52 SUPER SERIES champions welcome back their owner-driver Mr Okura – who could not travel last season and have their core Japanese sailors back but have the same core team as clinched the season championship and the Rolex TP52 World Championship in Palma last November. All too aware of the strength and…
