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  • Quantum Racing step clear at the top with two wins.

    With two wins today, adding victory in a short coastal Race 4 to a comfortable win in Race 3, Quantum Racing have moved three points clear at the top of the Cascais Cup standings. Azzurra keep their 2015 title firmly on track with two second finishes today. The start was key to Quantum Racing’s coastal…

  • Quantum takes the lead on Race 3

    Quantum Racing won Race 3 of the Cascais Cup to take the regatta lead overall. With Ed Baird steering and Ado Stead calling tactics they recognised the early advantage on the right side of the course, inshore on the first upwind and lead around the top mark. Azzurra came into their own on the final…

  • Cascais delivers a return to the Med today?

    Lighter winds seem to be expected for the second day of the Cascais Cup and the 52 SUPER SERIES race fleet have left the dock in glorious sunshine and a gentle NW breeze. Spookie lead the regatta standings after their 2,1 yesterday with Quantum Racing not too far behind courtesy of their 3,3 on the…

  • Victories and some facts in 2015 52 SUPER SERIES

    38 races until september 16 (38 of 41 regattas fullfilled 92% efectivity) (VLC 11, PCervo 7, WC Portals 10, Copa del Rey 8, Cascáis 2) Azzurra 9 wins Bronenosec 6 Platoon 5 Provezza 4 Ran 3 Alegre 3 Quantum 3 Sled 3 Vesper 1 Spookie 1 Azzurra is the only one team that had won…

  • Race 2

    Race 2

    Steve Benjamin’s Spookie team won the second race of the Cascais Cup to establish their early overall lead. The US team add to their second place in the first race. After a delay waiting for the breeze to settle once a front had gone through, there were 13 to 15kts off the start line but…

  • Race 1

    Race 1

    Jim Swartz American flagged Vesper lead a US 1-2-3 at the finish of the first race of the Cascais Cup. Vesper started well off the pin ned of the start line in the moderate 10 kts W’ly breeze, staying offshore to lead around the top mark first time up. Vesper extended slightly on the first…

  • Cascais Cup, On the Line

    Cascais Cup, On the Line

    The Cascais Cup, the final event of the 52 SUPER SERIES 2015 gets under way today. The stormiest conditions blew through during the night but there are some big leftover seas and the winds are still 13-15kts straight out from the marina. Conditions today are likely to be the breeziest we’ll see before the weekend.…

  • Sealing The Deal With an End of Season Blast.

    Twelve TP52s from eight different nations will compete on the renowned Atlantic waters off Cascais, at the mouth of the Lisbon’s Tagus river, in next week’s finale to the 2015 52 SUPER SERIES. Although it will be the third time the world’s leading grand prix monohull class, the TP52s, have raced from Cascais, which has…

  • Quantum Racing retain Copa del Rey title

    Quantum Racing executed a perfect final race to lead at every mark to clinch the 34th Copa del Rey MAPFRE title for the 52 SUPER SERIES. Azzurra, leaders this morning, picked the wrong side of a shifty, difficult first beat, to finish fifth across the line and so take second step on the podium. Platoon,…

  • Chasing the Dream

    Chasing the Dream

    Azzurra have the one point lead going into today’s two race finale for the 34th Copa del Rey MAPFRE title for the 52 SUPER SERIES. The regatta is wide open. To say that four boats are in the frame is true but in reality any one of the top six could win outright. Each of…