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  • Sled Are Pitching For Double Title Win With A Single Point In Hand

    Takashi Okura’s Sled team emerged from a dramatic penultimate day of the short, intense 2021 52 SUPER SERIES season carrying a lead of just one single point in the chase not only for the Rolex TP52 World Championship title but also the 2021 circuit title. With a strong winds forecast – over 35 knots seems…

  • Consistent Platoon, Phoenix and Sled Shape Up As Title Contenders

    A seemingly unerring consistency, Platoon returning a pair of second places and Phoenix a pair of thirds, sees the German and South African TP52s locked in a three way tussle with the USA flagged Sled for the Rolex TP52 World Championship title. After six races only one point separates the trio With just two days…

  • All Locked Up After Day 2 At The Rolex TP52 World Championships. Ties At The Top Of Regatta And The Season Standings.

    Takashi Okura’s Sled crew with six times America’s Cup winner Murray Jones on the helm and Italian ace Francesco Bruni calling tactics won themselves a share of the overall lead of the Rolex TP52 World Championships on the Bay of Palma today after two of the most challenging but exciting races of recent years.  In…

  • Double Bullet Day Sees Phoenix Open Best At Rolex TP52 World Championships

    With two solid wins today Hasso Plattner’s South African flagged Phoenix team lead the Rolex TP52 World Championships and moved to the top of the overall 52 SUPER SERIES leaderboard with four days of the 2021 season remaining. With Tom Slingsby and Cameron Dunn combining on tactics and strategy respectively on Phoenix the red hulled…

  • Pressure On Now…..The Rolex TP52 World Championships Start Tuesday

    Nine of the highest calibre grand prix sailing tacticians in world sailing took to the stage at the Real Club Nautical de Palma in Mallorca this evening to officially launch the Rolex TP52 World Championships which start tomorrow Tuesday and which will also decide the winners of the 2021 52 SUPER SERIES. Also on stage…

  • The Winner Takes It All……

    Never before has the 52 SUPER SERIES seen a finale like that which should unfold next week on the Bay of Palma. At stake are the Rolex TP52 World Championships titles and, as this will also be the concluding regatta of the short but incredibly intense 2021 season, the winners of the 2021 52 SUPER…

  • Marc Blees and Code Zero Set Their Sights High At The Rolex TP52 World Championship

    Former top Dutch Finn and Star boat helm turned leading offshore racer, Code Zero’s Marc Blees will field a team at next week’s 10 boat Rolex TP52 World Championship in Palma, Mallorca. th Anniversary Invitational Day racing against the full 52 SUPER SERIES fleet. Marc Blees last raced on the 52 SUPER SERIES with an all-star crew at…

  • Platoon Win Royal Cup For Menorca 52 SUPER SERIES Sailing Week Triumph

    Over a regatta which consisted of five races there was no room in a winning scoreline for one big result. While several rival teams left the sunshine island of Menorca today rueing small mistakes which ultimately cost them their chances of lifting the TP52 class’s prestigious Royal Cup, Harm Müller Spreer’s can point to a…

  • No Racing, Platoon Lead Into Final Day in Menorca

    With no racing possible due to a lack of wind off Mahon today Harm Müller-Spreer’s Platoon team go into the final day of the Menorca 52 SUPER SERIES Sailing Week with a lead of two points. Nacho Postigo, navigator of Provezza reported, “There was no wind because of the cloud and storm activity around but…

  • Platoon Pile On The Pressure

    Winners of the regatta when it was last held in 2019, Harm Müller Spreer’s Platoon crew took the lead at the Menorca 52 SUPER SERIES Sailing Week after a fourth place and a race win allowed them to overhaul Andy Soriano’s Alegre who faltered with a seventh and tenth which halted their opening run of…