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(Friday 21st June, Puerto Sherry) – Bronenosec, the newest boat in the fleet steered by the youngest helmsman, goes into Saturday’s final reckoning for the Puerto Sherry 52 SUPER SERIES Royal Cup with a one point lead over the 2017 circuit champions Azzurra. Vladimir Liubomirov’s Russian-flagged team proved fast in the moderate sea breeze conditions,…
Eight races sailed, seven different winners; Phoenix 11 prove their mettle with a fabulous display of sailing in today’s final race. For full results, visit: http://bit.ly/2IoHoHo Racing at the Puerto Sherry 52 SUPER SERIES Royal Cup starts on Tuesday 18th June and finishes on Saturday 22nd June. All of the action will be broadcast on…
Andy Soriano’s Alegre team won Race 6 of the Royal Cup after leading all the way around the course. They started mid line and found themselves a clear lane of breeze to work the middle right of the course. Once more staying clear of trouble and traffic was a key element. Azzurra chased hard for…
(Thursday 20th June, Puerto Sherry) – Azzurra learned a lesson from their fifth place from the first race to be sailed at the Puerto Sherry 52 SUPER SERIES Royal Cup today. Applying that lesson was the passport to a comprehensive win in the day’s second race, which sees the Italian-Argentine crew back at the top…
Azzurra won Race 6 with a big margin to take the overall lead at the Puerto Sherry 52 SUPER SERIES Royal Cup. They made a solid if unspectacular start but got right early and really sailed the wind pressure best, making fewer tacks as the main pack tied each other up in the middle of…
At the midpoint of the Royal Cup it is Bronenosec that lead after winning Race 5. In 11-14kts of seabreeze they started in the middle of the line and managed to stay in the best wind pressure during a tricky first beat. They led around the top mark from Provezza in second with Platoon third.…
(Wednesday 19th June, Puerto Sherry) – It was places gained on successive runs during the second race today that keep Azzurra and Bronenosec in the top two places after four races at the Puerto Sherry 52 SUPER SERIES Royal Cup. At this new, challenging venue for the circuit, the key learning so far is that…
With the sea breeze built to 15 knots for the second race of the day, Platoon won after leading all the way around the course. They controlled the middle of the course early on and worked right to earn a solid lead at the WW1 mark ahead of Sled and Alegre. At the finish Alegre…
Racing in 12-13knots of sea breeze, Quantum Racing atoned for a lacklustre opening yesterday to the Puerto Sherry 52 SUPER SERIES Royal Cup when they won Race 3 of the series. They were second at the first top mark but took the lead on the second beat after choosing the favoured left hand mark (looking…
(Tuesday 18th June, Puerto Sherry) – The Bay of Cadiz served up a challenging light, hard-to-read seabreeze for the first day of the Puerto Sherry 52 SUPER SERIES Royal Cup, but Ergin Imre’s Provezza team proved to be the most adept at deciphering a race arena, which is entirely new to the circuit and lead…
