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  • Premium Performers Platoon Prevail at 2019’s Curtain Raiser, the Menorca 52 SUPER SERIES Sailing Week

    (Saturday 25th May, Mahón) – After a thrillingly close finish, Harm Müller-Spreer’s Platoon crew clinched the first regatta title of the 2019 52 SUPER SERIES season, winning the Menorca 52 SUPER SERIES Sailing Week by one single point this afternoon. Second placed Provezza, who led into the last race, missed out on the overall win…

  • Platoon Wins the Menorca 52 SUPER SERIES Sailing Week

    CONGRATULATIONS to Platoon for winning the Menorca 52 SUPER SERIES Sailing Week, the first regatta of the 2019 52 SUPER SERIES A conclusive victory from a thrilling final race gives Harm Müller-Spreer’s Platoon the first regatta title of the season, the Menorca 52 SUPER SERIES Sailing Week trophy. Platoon led Azzurra at the top mark…

  • Race 7 – Provezza Win Penultimate Race and Take the Lead

    Ergin Imre’s Provezza won Race 7 of the Menorca 52 SUPER SERIES Sailing Week to take the overall lead in the regatta going into the final race. Tina Plattner led all the way on Phoenix 11 until the final run when Platoon took over, but Provezza pounced in the final third of the last run…

  • Quantum Racing Lead Into Final Day

    (Friday 24th May, Mahón) – From a long day that finally yielded just one race, Quantum Racing emerged with an increased lead at the top of the leaderboard of the Menorca 52 SUPER SERIES Sailing Week. The 2018 defending circuit champions, who won the 2016 TP52 World Championship title on these same Balearic waters, profited…

  • Race 6 – Quantum Racing Show Their Mettle

    Quantum Racing won their second race in a row to extend their lead at the top of the leaderboard for the Menorca 52 SUPER SERIES Sailing Week. After a long delay waiting for the wind to fill, Race 6 got away in eight to 10kts of breeze after three failed attempts – one AP and…

  • A Tight Fit at the Top, One Point Separates Top Three in Menorca

    (Thursday 23rd May, Mahón) – On an uncompromising, very much one-sided race course off Mahón, Quantum Racing proved the top scoring boat at the Menorca 52 SUPER SERIES Sailing Week to take the overall lead at the first circuit regatta of 2019 by one single point. After missing Day 2’s scheduled races due to the…

  • Race 5 – Quantum Racing Are Comfortable Victors

    Quantum Racing registered their first 52 SUPER SERIES race win of the season as they ran out comfortable victors in the third race of the day, Race 5 of the Menorca 52 SUPER SERIES Sailing Week. With Azzurra slumping to a tenth place, the 2018 champions now lead the event by one point. Azzurra and…

  • Race 4 – Provezza Close the Gap on Azzurra

    Provezza won Race 4 after leading round the top mark, first time up. They were passed momentarily by Quantum Racing at the second windward mark but Ergin Imre’s crew gybed earlier, inside the 2018 champions on the second run and were able to lead through the finish line. Azzurra, regatta leaders, were squeezed away from…

  • Race 3 – Azzurra Pick Up Where They Left Off

    Azzurra won the third race of the Menorca 52 SUPER SERIES Sailing Week. The second win in a row for the team that flies the burgee of the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda, extending their overall lead to eight points. With Santi Lange calling tactics, Azzurra started at the signal boat end of the line and…

  • Lack of Wind Cancels the Second Day of Racing in Menorca

    The forecast light sea breeze failed to materialise today for the 11-strong fleet of TP52s at the Menorca 52 SUPER SERIES Sailing Week, and so racing had to be cancelled for the day. The standings remain the same with Azzurra (Alberto & Pablo Roemmers) leading the results table by four points ahead of Platoon (Harm…