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Bronenosec won Race 6 of the Puerto Portals 52 SUPER SERIES Sailing Week regatta to move up to second overall, heading a three way tie. But a second place for Ergin Imre’s Provezza sees the Turkish-flagged crew take the regatta lead. In 7-10kts of sea breeze on the Bay of Palma, Bronenosec were first to…
(Wednesday 26th July, Puerto Portals) – Takashi Okura’s Sled hauled themselves up to second place overall at Puerto Portals 52 SUPER SERIES Sailing Week after winning both races on the Bay of Palma today. A pair of precision first leg laylines in a lifting breeze coupled to good starts proved the key as they completed…
After a slightly lacklustre opening to the Puerto Portals 52 SUPER SERIES Sailing Week regatta, Takashi Okura’s Sled team completed their perfect comeback day when they won the second race today, adding to their win victory in the preceding contest. Sled again started well and worked from the middle of the start line to play…
Takashi Okura’s Sled team won the fourth race of the Puerto Portals 52 SUPER SERIES Sailing Week after leading around the first mark. Afterguard Hamish Pepper and Cameron Dunn conspired to call the best layline to the windward mark, building on a solid start. Platoon made good gains on the first downwind to take second.…
(Tuesday 25th July, Puerto Portals) – Two second places on the Bay of Palma today for Niklas Zennström’s Rán Racing allows the team – that won the last regatta in Sardinia – to extend five points clear at the top of the leaderboard for the Puerto Portals 52 SUPER SERIES Sailing Week. In a moderate…
Azzurra confidently win Race 3, extending their lead over second-placed Rán Racing on each leg. For full results, visit: http://bit.ly/2uZPW1V To watch the race again, visit http://bit.ly/2e6o3tR. The Puerto Portals 52 SUPER SERIES Sailing Week will take place from 24-28 July. Track the boats via state-of-the-art Virtual Eye at www.52SUPERSERIES.com/LIVE or via the app.
Provezza took the win in the second race with a gun-to-gun lead after starting from the pin end of the line. They went left on the first beat in typical Palma Bay seabreeze conditions. In winds of 12-to-15-knots, Provezza led all the way from Rán Racing, who took second to extend their regatta lead. For…
(Monday 24th July, Puerto Portals) – Carrying the momentum of their regatta win in Sardinia to Mallorca and to the Puerto Portals 52 SUPER SERIES Sailing Week, Niklas Zennström and the crew of Rán Racing top the leaderboard after only one race was completed on the first day of competition. Patience was required. The early…
Rán Racing, winners at the last regatta in Porto Cervo, carried on their momentum to take first gun in the first race of the Puerto Portals 52 SUPER SERIES Sailing Week. After a first attempt at racing had to be abandoned because the breeze went inside out, finally the first race got away in 13kts…
(Sunday 23rd July – Puerto Portals) – The Bay of Palma refused to present the Puerto Portals 52 SUPER SERIES Sailing Week with enough of a settled breeze to permit the scheduled Official Practice Race to be sailed today. On a hot, humid summer afternoon there was no sign of the usually reliable Palma sea…
