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(Wednesday 18th July, Cascais) – Holding high expectations after winning the Royal Cup in Zadar, Croatia last month, the opening day of the Rolex TP52 World Championship proved to be a big disappointment for the Luna Rossa team. A hydraulic failure less than one minute before the start of Race 1 doused their hopes immediately. And…
Andy Soriano and the team on Alegre nailed a smart port tack start to cross the Rolex TP52 World Championship fleet to establish an early lead in Race 4, a longer Course 3 type contest. Although Sled closed them down a lot on the six-mile downwind leg, it was Alegre that won the race. But…
Luna Rossa bounced back from a difficult opening day at the Rolex TP52 World Championship off Cascais to win the third race. In a more moderate NWW’ly breeze of 14-16kts Luna Rossa got the first beat best, starting nicely to the left of the pack but able to get to the favoured right where they…
Cascais Delivers Vintage Champagne on Day 1 of Rolex TP52 World Championship. (Tuesday 17th July, Cascais) – If the first two regattas of the 52 SUPER SERIES season in Croatia were tactical, cerebral and subtle; about moving up and down the gears through small wind variations, choosing the right side of the course and remaining…
If anything, the breeze picked up for the second race of the Rolex TP52 World Championship, the NW’ly wind gusting to over 20kts to allow some spectacular downwind surfing conditions. Quantum Racing won the second race and so lead the title charge but only on countback with Azzurra, which finished second. With a more even…
Azzurra won the first race of the Rolex TP52 World Championship as Cascais dealt the fleet near perfect conditions, 17-20kts of NW’ly breeze and nice surfing waves. After a disappointing start to the season, Azzurra made a clear statement of intent when they won the early right of the course, which meant they were able…
(Monday 16th July, Cascais) – The Rolex TP52 World Championship fleet today had a welcome taste of what the forecasters promise to be a “to order” typical week of northwesterly wind and waves as the nine-boat fleet completed their Official Practice Race. After the light winds of Croatia and the stifling temperatures that have prevailed…
(Friday 13th July, Cascais) – As the 2018 52 SUPER SERIES moves to Atlantic waters off Cascais, Portugal, any one of the nine teams competing at the Rolex TP52 World Championship would be entirely justified in harbouring a hope of winning the world title. Such is the universally high standard among the nine all-new 2018-built…
(Wednesday 11th July 2018) – The 2019 52 SUPER SERIES season promises two pivotal events on the open Atlantic as the world’s leading grand prix monohull circuit is hosted in June next year by Puerto Sherry on the increasingly popular Bay of Cadiz race area for the first time in the circuit’s eight-year history. The…
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