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(Friday 25th May, Sibenik) – If the largely amateur French team on Paprec finished the third racing day of the Šibenik 52 SUPER SERIES Sailing Week in raptures after a well earned victory, the hard driving Terry Hutchinson, skipper and tactician of Quantum Racing may take some satisfaction that they now top the regatta standings…
While the French team on Paprec sailed to their first race win since Key West last year, the second race of the day was slightly bitter-sweet for Quantum Racing. Though they lost two places down the final run, their fourth place finish is enough to overhaul Platoon once more and top the overall leaderboard of…
Quantum Racing bounced back after their disappointing Coastal Race yesterday to secure a solid victory in Race 4 of the Sibenik 52 SUPER SERIES Sailing Week. With Platoon in fifth the regatta lead is cut to just one point. Onda finished third and so consolidate their third overall. With the breeze around seven to eight…
(Thursday 24th May, Sibenik) – After a beautifully scenic 30-nautical-mile coastal race tour of the islands off Sibenik, third place across the finish line sees reigning TP52 World Champions Platoon step up to lead the hotly contested first regatta of the 2018 52 SUPER SERIES season, the Sibenik 52 SUPER SERIES Sailing Week. While there…
Takashi Okura’s Sled won the 30 nautical miles coastal race through some of the most beautiful island scenery. With America’s Cup winner Ray Davies calling tactics they broke early to the right of the opening windward leeward loop and had a 60m lead at the first top turn. Paprec the French team were second at…
(Wednesday 23rd May, Sibenik) – From the high tension and great expectations that prevailed amongst the crews of the 12 TP52s, who contested an exciting first day of the 2018 52 SUPER SERIES, it is three-time champions, Quantum Racing who emerge with the tiniest possible lead at the Sibenik 52 SUPER SERIES Sailing Week in…
A win in the second race at the Sibenik 52 SUPER SERIES Sailing Week takes Quantum Racing to the top of the leaderboard after the first day of racing of the 2018 season. With Dean Barker steering and Terry Hutchinson on tactics they made the best start and timed perfectly their tack over to control…
Platoon, Harm Müller-Spreer’s TP52 World Champions, go down on record as the winners of the first race of the new 2018 52 SUPER SERIES season in Sibenik, Croatia. They took the lead down the first run overhauling Provezza, which had been first around the top mark but had halyard problems and lost distance. Eduardo de…
(Tuesday 22nd May 2018, Sibenik) – Sibenik on the stunning Adriatic coast of Croatia is set to see the first points-scoring skirmish of what promises to be a long, close and hard-fought 2018 52 SUPER SERIES season that will span five regattas between now and its conclusion in September in Valencia. Big Wednesday should quickly…
When you talk about local heroes in Croatia, then Sime Fantela and Igor Marenic fit that description amply. Croatia’s first ever Olympic sailing gold medallists, the 470 Olympic champions of 2016, are predictably in high demand this week as the 52 SUPER SERIES starts in Sibenik. Fantela, the winning helm who has moved now to…
