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The 52 SUPER SERIES fleet arrived in Baiona this week and with it the countdown to the start of the ABANCA 52 SUPER SERIES Baiona Sailing Week starts to feel very real. The preparations for the proud Galician town and the historic yacht club, the Monte Real Club de Yates de Baiona, have been going…
For Tony Langley’s Gladiator team ten good days of training with the group of boats in Valencia in April proved valuable, not least in laying down the important ground work in their partnership with the Quantum Racing stable which Langley and the crew hope will reap better results in 2022. The return to Quantum sails…
Over the last couple of years Andy Soriano’s Alegre team have really established themselves as potential regatta winners as well as being a programme which has all the talent, the hardware and the experience to finish the 2022 season with a podium position overall. Last season saw them finish fifth overall on the end of…
Austin and Gwen Fragomen’s US flagged Interlodge team returned to the 52 SUPER SERIES in Europe last season after an absence going on five years. The opportune purchase of the 2019 championship winning Azzurra was the catalyst for their stepping back into the world’s leading grand prix monohull circuit. And while they had to change…
During the upcoming five regatta season the 52 SUPER SERIES will utilise autonomous remote controlled marks from the German company Smartmark. The buoys were comprehensively tested last season at the Rolex TP52 World Championship in Mallorca. The marks can be precisely remotely controlled to a GPS position said to be accurate to within 11cms. The Smartmark…
Signalling that the 52 SUPER SERIES season really is just around the corner, six teams assembled this week in Valencia to shake off the winter rust and get down to an intense week of testing and training before the boats head for Galica. Quantum Racing, Platoon, Phoenix, Alegre, Gladiator and Provezza have all enjoyed a…
The 52 SUPER SERIES, the world’s leading grand prix monohull circuit, will broaden its sustainability outreach from the 2022 season forwards as it partners with new cross sports initiative Kick Out Plastic. Sustainability has long since become a vital part of the circuit’s DNA, delivering passionate, pragmatic messages to its global audience, seeking to influence…
The 52 SUPER SERIES & TP52 CLASS statement concerning the developing international situation following the IOC and World Sailing recommendation.
The 52 SUPER SERIES, the world’s leading grand prix monohull circuit, will mark its historic tenth year of continued success with an exciting five regatta season which will open in May at a beautiful venue which is new to the circuit, Baiona in North West Spain and conclude in October in Barcelona – back where…
Winning by the slimmest of margins Takashi Okura’s TP52 Sled team were crowned 2021’s 52 SUPER SERIES champions and Rolex TP52 World Champions Saturday in Palma, Mallorca. They join Azzurra and Quantum Racing as only the third crew to have won the circuit’s top honours. Holding a lead of one single point on both championships…
