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With another good start off the pin end of the start line Luna Rossa won Race 6, to become the first team to score back-to-back victories at this Puerto Portals 52 SUPER SERIES Sailing Week. Their second victory takes the Italian America’s Cup team to second step on the podium after Phoenix placed tenth and…
(Thursday 23rd August, Puerto Portals) – It may have looked like a relatively straightforward summer sea breeze on the Bay of Palma, but today’s two races contested by the ten TP52s at the Puerto Portals 52 SUPER SERIES Sailing Week proved particularly hard to read. The fact that is was difficult to retain a high…
When they won Race 5 of the Puerto Portals 52 SUPER SERIES Sailing Weekm Luna Rossa served up the perfect response to a bitterly disappointing first race in which they were penalised for an incident with Gladiator. The Italian America’s Cup team started best off the pin-end of the line and owned the early left…
After a modest first day on the Bay of Palma, Sled won Race 4 of the Puerto Portals 52 SUPER SERIES Sailing Week to resume the level of consistency that has been their hallmark this season. After a solid start they chose the middle of the first upwind and were able to get right as…
After a breezy, spectacular Rolex TP52 World Championship in Cascais last month, the Bay of Palma served up a typical Pandora’s Box of sea breeze delights for the first three races of the Puerto Portals 52 SUPER SERIES Sailing Week. Although the general trend was for the gains to be made on the right side…
Azzurra won the third race of the Puerto Portals 52 SUPER SERIES Sailing Week after executing an excellent pin end start and leading around the top mark. Making a seemingly brave gybe set – the only boat to do so – they lead by over 100 metres through the leeward gate ahead of Alegre. Alegre…
Winners of this regatta in 2017, Provezza took the winning gun for Race 2 only just pipping Luna Rossa at the finish line. The leaders had built a decent margin early in the race working the right side of the first upwind in the 12kt seabreeze. Race 1 winners Platoon had to make two different…
Harm Müller-Spreer’s Platoon won the first race of the Puerto Portals 52 SUPER SERIES Sailing Week after leading all the way around the course from the first mark. Their start was not their best in the seven-knots sea breeze, but they were one of the first to the right and gained the favourable wind shift…
This is the photo that defines the day. No wind, no racing. Keep your fingers crossed for the three races scheduled for tomorrow, starting at 13:00 CEST.
(Monday 20th August, Puerto Portals) – After winning the Official Practice Race, today Quantum Racing proved they are probably the form team to beat on the Bay of Palma when the Puerto Portals 52 SUPER SERIES starts Tuesday. With owner driver Doug DeVos back on the helm at his first regatta since June’s Zadar…
