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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…
It is a mighty hot seat to step in to. It is all change at the back of 52 SUPER SERIES champions for this season as America’s Cup winner and multiple Match Race world champion Ed Baird moves aside as the owners Doug and Dalton DeVos have found enough time this season to enjoy steering…
Azzurra proved to be the team which, at this stage, is closest to their target of being on the money when the 52 SUPER SERIES starts in earnest in Valencia in just over two weeks time. Alberto Roemmers’ crew under skipper Guillermo Parada, sailing for the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda finished with three consecutive wins…
Racing in more breeze than the first two days of Gaastra PalmaVela, Azzurra fond good speed from their brand new boat which allowed them to sail the way they wanted to and win both of today’s races on the Bay of Palma ahead of Austin and Gwen Fragomen’s Interlodge which took two second places. Uprange…
It was not so much an early season showdown…. much more a gentle winding up of the three brand new, recently launched TP52s which took to the race track in earnest for their first time ever at Gaastra Palma Vela today. The maiden race for the debuting Alegre, Azzurra and Quantum Racing was contested in…
