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(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…
(Wednesday 29th November, 2017) – The 2018 52 SUPER SERIES looks set to feature an unprecedented nine new-build boats; at least three America’s Cup teams, who will each be new to the world’s leading grand prix monohull circuit; and two international crews, who have raced in the circuit before, will be returning to the fray. …
Source: Luna Rossa Challenge (Thursday 23rd November, 2017) – In view of the 36th America’s Cup, scheduled to take place in New Zealand in 2021, the team Luna Rossa Challenge will commence its preparation in the waters of Cagliari (Sardinia – Italy) with a TP52 – one of the most high-performing and challenging racing classes…
Three times 52 SUPER SERIES champions, Quantum Racing will form part of the Bella Mente Quantum Racing Association that will challenge for the 36th America’s Cup under the flag of the historic New York Yacht Club. The New York Yacht Club held the ornate silver trophy from 1851, when it was won by the yacht…
The 52 SUPER SERIES will open Land Rover BAR’s challenge for the 36th America’s Cup. The team today announced that Sir Ben Ainslie will lead his team aboard Tony Langley’s Gladiator in one of the world’s leading high performance monohull race series. On September 29th, Emirates Team New Zealand (ETNZ) confirmed that their defence of…
(Saturday 23rd September, Menorca) – Winning the final regatta of the year to become the only crew to win two events in 2017, the Roemmers family’s Azzurra which represents the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda are the new 52 SUPER SERIES champions. With three teams in the frame for the overall season title, Azzurra, Harm Müller-Spreer’s…
