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(Monday 21st May, 2018) – The 2018 season marks the seventh year of the hugely successful 52 SUPER SERIES, which is shaping up to be the biggest and best yet. As a world leader in grand prix racing technology for the “engine above deck”, North Technology Group has today partnered with the circuit. The 2018…
(Wednesday 16th May, 2018) – The reigning 2017 52 SUPER SERIES champions Azzurra won last weekend’s PalmaVela regatta in a very hotly contested ten-boat TP52 class that contained no fewer than seven brand new boats. The impressive form of defending champions was apparent throughout the seven races sailed. Azzurra topped the table with 21pts, four points…
(Thursday 10th May, 2018) – 11th Hour Racing and the 52 SUPER SERIES extend partnership agreement for a further three years, 2018-2020. There is no doubt that 2018 is shaping up to be the most exciting season yet for the 52 SUPER SERIES. A clutch of new build boats are being launched and worked up…
(Wednesday 25th April, 2018) – Christened in Valencia on Tuesday Andy Soriano’s new TP52, Alegre, represents a key component in the team’s drive to find a new, higher and more consistent level of performance on the 52 SUPER SERIES. Even though they had a disappointing 2017 season, badly compromised after their mast broke during the Porto…
(Tuesday 3rd April, 2018) – After launching their new boat on March 14th, and now with two weeks of sea trialling and training under their belts, the 52 SUPER SERIES champions, Azzurra, can contemplate the coming season and their goal of retaining the overall title with some hard-won confidence. “We feel like we have…
(Wednesday 28th March, 2018) – “It will be hard to finish in the top five this season! Equally, it is even harder to predict who actually will finish in the top five,” so says Nacho Postigo, the navigator wizard who sails on Provezza, who knows the TP52 fleet better than just about anyone. Having been…
(Tuesday 13th May, 2018, New Zealand) – Mr Takashi Okura’s New-Zealand-built Sled was the first of the nine latest generation new TP52s to touch the water when it made a splash in Auckland, New Zealand on February 15th. After a productive series of sea trials, the new Sled was on a ship to Europe on…
(Friday 2nd March, 2018) – Knowing what they do about the intensity, and the extremely high level of competition within the 52 SUPER SERIES, the crew of double Olympian, Eduardo de Souza Ramos, considers their debut season to be about learning and experience building. Even with five-time Olympic medallist Robert Scheidt in the hot seat…
(Tuesday 30th January, 2018) – Land Rover BAR, who will be competing this season in the 52 SUPER SERIES, are stepping up their TP52 preparation and training programme as they seek to take full advantage of their proven, successful boat and aim to steal an early-season march on the nine teams that will be launching…
Source: Azzurra (Monday 8th January, 2017 – Porto Cervo) – Santiago Lange, winner of a gold medal at the Rio Olympics in the Nacra 17 catamaran Class will be tactician aboard Azzurra in 2018. And the Kiwi trimmer, Grant Loretz will once again be a part of the team. While the latest version of Azzurra…
