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Quantum Racing pair a third place in the second race of the day to their Race 1 victory to establish a clear lead at the top of the Scarlino Cup standings. A veritable logjam of four boats share the same seven points tally, Ran Racing, Alegre, Platoon and Sled. Takashi Okura’s Sled profited from a…
Quantum Racing took first blood of the 2016 52 SUPER SERIES season when they passed Andy Soriano’s Alegre on the final downwind of Race 1 of the Scarlino Cup in Tuscany, Italy. Quantum Racing led at the first windward mark but Alegre read the first run better and squeezed ahead in the light breeze by…
It’s Day 1 of the 52 SUPER SERIES and the time comes for the talking to end, the preparations and planning are behind us and the hours have come to perform and put points on the board. Winds are forecast to be light today, up to ten knots perhaps. The program is for two windward…
The 52 SUPER SERIES remains the world’s leading grand prix monohull first-past-the-post sailboat racing. The 2016 season comprises five regattas starting 25th May and ends in Cascais in mid-October. Now, entering its fifth season with the strongest fleet ever, the circuit organisers have massively improved the 24/7 access to the action and information. Top of…
The 2016 52 SUPER SERIES is primed and poised for action in Scarlino, Italy. (Tuesday 24th May, Scarlino) – When the 2016 52 SUPER SERIES answers the start guns on the renowned waters off Scarlino, Tuscany on Wednesday, the 11 teams competing know only too well how important it is to make the best possible…
The 2016 52 SUPER SERIES starts in Scarlino, Italy in one week. The 2016 52 SUPER SERIES has enjoyed a longer and more active pre-season build up than throughout its five years of history and so there is a considerable air of anticipation among the racing teams which are assembling now in Scarlino, Tuscany as…
As sailors, we value clean seas but also recognise that each event we run creates an environmental footprint. We work in partnership with 11th Hour Racing to help reduce this footprint and spread the environmental message at all levels, locally and internationally. If you’re travelling to Scarlino with one of the teams, please join us…
(Monday 16th May) – Gaastra PalamVela, the warm up regatta for the Mediterranean season that took place last weekend on the Bay of Palma, proved the perfect dress-rehearsal for the 2016 52 SUPER SERIES, which starts in just over one week’s time in Scarlino, Italy. Quantum Racing laid down a marker for the now imminent…
(Sunday 8th May, Palma de Mallorca) – Quantum Racing made a faltering start to their 2015 season, but winning Gaastra Palma Vela on Sunday proves they are better prepared to regain the 52 SUPER SERIES title. They may have had their ups and downs at the warm-up Gaastra PalmaVela which finished on Sunday, but after…
(Saturday 7th May, Palma de Mallorca) – Quantum Racing are comfortably in control of the TP52 Class as the 13th edition of Gaastra Palma Vela enters Sunday, the final day of racing. The difficult puffy, shifty offshore breezes which brought big changes in wind pressure and direction made for a high scoring day. Best aggregates…
