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Luna Rossa won the third race of the 52 SUPER SERIES Valencia Sailing Week to now share the regatta lead with Azzurra, which finished third. Both share the aggregate of eight points after three races while Platoon, which staged another amazing recovery after being over the start line, came back to fourth to lie third…
(Wednesday 19th September, Valencia) – Although the sea breeze came tantalisingly close to providing racing for the 11 boat TP52 fleet at the 52 SUPER SERIES Valencia Sailing Week, a long afternoon on the water proved to be in vain as the race officer sent the fleet back to the Marina de Valencia dock at a…
(Tuesday 18th September, Valencia) – Displaying a notable speed edge in the light 6-10kts breeze conditions Harm Müller-Spreer’s Platoon leads the 52 SUPER SERIES Valencia Sailing Week after the first two races. Although they finish the first day tied on points with Azzurra, and Platoon won the first race, it was the manner in which…
Luna Rossa won the second race of the day, holding off a spirited challenge from Quantum Racing, but an excellent comeback from Platoon sees them lead the 52 SUPER SERIES Valencia Sailing Week regatta, sharing the same five points aggregate as second-placed Azzurra. Luna Rossa and Quantum Racing both started off the pin end of…
Platoon won the first race of the 52 SUPER SERIES Valencia Sailing Week after passing early leaders Azzurra at the first windward mark. The rivals, who are tussling over second place on the podium made the best start, along with Alegre, choosing the profitable left side of the first upwind leg. Azzurra were just a…
(Monday 17th August, Valencia) – Eleven TP52s sailed the Official Practice Race today off Valencia’s Malvarrosa Beach, the final prelude to Tuesday’s start of the final regatta of the season, the 52 SUPER SERIES Valencia Sailing Week. Each of the teams returned to the Marina de Valencia, all focused on the same objective, to finish…
(Sunday 16 September, Valencia) – On the eve of the final regatta of the season the 52 SUPER SERIES family turned out in force in Valencia to honour friend, colleague and former crew Andrew ‘Bart’ Simpson on the occasion of the 5th Bart’s Bash. Sailors from all 11 TP52s, many of whom competed with…
(Friday 14th September, Valencia) – For the grand finale of an incredible 2018 season, the world’s leading grand prix monohull circuit makes a very popular return to Spain’s America’s Cup city of Valencia. Next week eleven TP52s will be docked in front of the iconic Veles e Vents building and will race off the famous…
On the eve of the final regatta of the 2018 52 SUPER SERIES, the circuit’s sailors will remember their good friend, Olympic Gold Medallist, America’s Cup Sailor and TP52 Team Origin strategist, Andrew Simpson, on Sunday morning, 16th September, with what will be known as the “TP52 Valencia Bart’s Bash-Tri”. A short, sharp, inter-boat kayak…
(Thursday 30th August) – At the Puerto Portals 52 SUPER SERIES Sailing Week, recently held in Mallorca, the prominent hydration station from Bluewater – a world leader in water purification technology and solutions – served up a record-breaking total of 5000 litres of purified drinking water to competitors, staff and passers-by; representing an environmental saving…
