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With the wind down a bit from the first two days, and the sea state as well, the pressure was squarely on the tactical teams for Race 5 of the 52 SUPER SERIES at 2017 Quantum Key West Race Week. The teams spread out along the line, each looking for a good lane to launch…
(Tuesday 17th January, Key West) – Even among some of the top teams in the 52 SUPER SERIES, the world’s leading grand prix monohull circuit, nerves and elements of self-doubt had a negative effect on Monday, the first day of the new season and the opening races of the Quantum Key West Race Week. While…
After one general recall, Race 4 officially got underway in much the same conditions as the previous three, 15-to-20 knots from the east-southeast with short choppy seas and brilliant sunshine. Once again there was a fierce battle for the pin end, with Azzurra and Sled both double-tacking inside of 30-seconds and Quantum sliding down to…
Tony Langley’s Gladiator crew won Race 3 for the 52 SUPER SERIES at Quantum Key West Race Week leading from the first leeward gate. Their victory is the first race win for Langley’s team since July last year in Porto Cervo and the first with Ed Baird as tactician. The third race of the regatta…
(Monday 16th January, Key West) – For German owner-driver Harm Müller-Spreer and his international crew on Platoon, the 2017 52 SUPER SERIES is off to the best possible start. Under clear blue skies and in a meaty 15- to 20-knot breeze, the Platoon squad handily won the first two races of Quantum Key West Race…
The 52 SUPER SERIES fleet pressed hard to the line for Race 2 of the 2017 Quantum Key West Race Week, and some paid a steep price. Fours boats were called OCS—Gladiator, Quantum Racing, Interlodge and Bronenosec, and were 200 metres or more behind by the time they cleared themselves. Among those getting away cleanly,…
Harm Müller-Spreer’s Platoon scored the first win of the nascent 2017 52 SUPER SERIES season with a patient race off on the aquamarine waters off Key West. Led by tactician John Kostecki and a team of veteran professional sailors, Platoon rebounded from a first leg that didn’t quite go as planned and grabbed the lead…
(Sunday 15th January, Key West) – As the 52 SUPER SERIES returns to Florida for the first time since 2014, the eleven-boat fleet looks set to enjoy a sparkling curtain raiser to a demanding six-regatta season. It may be the third time the world’s leading grand prix monohull circuit has raced at the popular Quantum…
(Wednesday 11th January, Key West) – Austin and Gwen Fragomen’s brand new, recently launched TP52 Interlodge will make its racing debut when 11 highly competitive boats line up to start the 2017 52 SUPER SERIES at Quantum Key West Race Week, next week. The pressure is on to hit the start line in optimum shape.…
Laid back, free-spirited, artistic, quirky, and scenic – Key West is one of the most unique places in the United States. Known for its live-and-let-live attitude, tropical climate, and seemingly continuous (very) happy hour, this tiny Florida Keys island has been welcoming visitors seeking a vacation from the normal for two centuries. Since its earliest…
