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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Not since Quantum Key West Race Week in 2014 has a 52 SUPER SERIES team opened a regatta with three back-to-back race wins, but Andy Soriano’s Alegre team matched the record of Quantum Racing today when they took both winning guns in breezy conditions at the Menorca 52 SUPER SERIES Sailing Week to complement their…
Andy Soriano’s Alegre hold the overnight lead after the first day of racing at the Menorca 52 SUPER SERIES Sailing Week, comfortably winning the only race which could be contested due to very light, shifty and unsettled northerly breezes which kept tacticians and strategists on their toes until the finish line. Phoenix, the Plattner family’s…
The Plattner family’s South African flagged Phoenix laid down a marker that they should again be podium contenders when they won today’s light winds official practice race prior to Tuesday’s start of the Menorca 52 SUPER SERIES Sailing Week. With America’s Cup winner and many times 52 SUPER SERIES champion Ed Baird calling tactics this…
Knock on effects of travel restrictions mean that 52 SUPER SERIES leaders and winners of the Puerto Portals 52 SUPER SERIES Sailing Week, Takasghi Okura’s Sled team will have a number of crew line-up changes to contend with when they seek to win their second regatta in a row at next week’s Menorca 52 SUPER…
Three good races on the Bay of Palma yielded three different winners in the 52 SUPER SERIES fleet at the 52 SUPER SERIES Puerto Portals Sailing Week and 20th Anniversary Invitational regatta with Takashi Okura’s Sled team emerging with the one point lead over Doug DeVos’ Quantum Racing. In the six boat Invitational regatta Karl…
