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Top line consistency has proven near to impossible in this grand prix TP52 fleet at the Ford Vignale Valencia sailing week regatta with all of the teams now carrying at least one weighty score. While Bronenosec won the third race today, a gun to gun success to become only the second team along with Alegre…
Takashi Okura’s Sled became the fifth team from six races to score a victory when they lead Harm Muller Spreer’s Platoon across the finish line of today’s second of three planned contests. Sled and Platoon broke away early working the high left of the first windward leg well to lead at the top mark. In…
Azzurra, runners up in last year’s 52 SUPER SERIES, won race 5 of the Ford Vignale Sailing week to rise to third overall on the event standings, while Alegre’s second place gives them the overall lead. Ran Racing leaders this morning sailed to a weighty tenth place to slip to second behind rivals Alegre. The…
A three race day is planned for Ford Vignale Sailing Week, the opening event of the 2015 52 SUPER SERIES, and that is almost certain to open up the results table – especially the log jam of boats very close on points in the middle of the fleet. The sea breeze is dialled up and…
Niklas Zennström’s crew on Rán retain the overall regatta lead after the second day of racing, thanks to a solid second place in Race 4 behind Vladimir Liubumirov’s Bronenosec which won their first ever 52 SUPER SERIES race on only their second day on the world’s leading grand prix monohull circuit. Bronenosec lead around the…
A second win from an exciting Race 3 of the Ford Vignale Valencia Sailing Week sees Andy Soriano and his Alegre crew take the overall event lead. But a second place stolen at the last gasp by Rán keeps Niklas Zennström’s crew locked on the same aggregate points as Alegre. Alegre got the better of…
The nerves and high anxiety of the first day of the season when all the new boats were properly competition tested, today it is back to normal business. The boats are becoming more familiar, more of a known quantity and from that point of view the crews head out to the Valencia Malvarrosa beach race…
Andy Soriano and the Alegre took first blood of the 2015 52 SUPER SEASON when they comfortably won Race 1 of Ford Vignale Valencia Sailing Week. With John Kostecki calling tactics for owner driver Soriano they were off the start line near the pin end or the start line and able to benefit on the…
Valencia’s dockside in front of the famous Veles e Vents building was positively buzzing this morning as the 52 SUPER SERIES fleet prepared to head out for the first races of a new season which sees nine brand new boats line up today within the most competitive fleet this circuit has seen since it was…
The French Paprec team of Jean-Luc Petithugenin made the best possible start to their campaign with their new boat, the former Rán, which they took delivery off at the back end of of last season. With no time to practice prior to the start of racing, they put the new Paprec Recyclage on the water…
