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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…

It looks like it will be bext week, pre Gaastra Palma Vela, before the latest of the newly launched, latest generation TP52s take the chance to line up against each other. Though it is widely acknowledged that being up to optimum speed as early as possible before the 52 SUPER SERIES season starts in Valencia…

Photography: © transpac52.org Harm Müller Spreer was an interested visitor to Ibiza two years ago. The prominent German owner had seen and heard about the success of the 52 SUPER SERIES and wanted to see it for himself. After a spell away from top level grand prix racing his competitive urges were surfacing again and…

Pedro had a long and distinguished sailing career following in the footsteps of his father, the Portuguese Olympic sailor Ernesto Mendonça. At the age of 18 he sailed dinghies like the Snipe and Sharpie 12 and later on after moving to Lisbon the 470 and Laser. Pedro would also sail on board his father’s yacht…

Of the nine new TP52s which will join the 52 SUPER SERIES this season, five are from the Botin Partners studio, the Spanish design office which has designed the season title winners for the last seven consecutive season. The latest generation of TP52s step up the performance to an unprecedented level and all eyes are…

Quantum Racing will be crowned champions this evening, winning three from four regattas this season, securing the ZENITH Royal Cup Marina Ibiza by three points over Azzurra. Rán Racing put a full stop to the 2014 Barclays 52 SUPER SERIES season with a win in a very light airs race. With Sled finishing sixth Niklas…

Making the best start of the fleet and picking the favoured left side of the first beat again proved the winning combination for Quantum Racing which scored their third bullet of the ZENITH Royal Cup Marina Ibiza. They move seven points clear of second placed Azzurra which finished fourth. Quantum Racing clinch the overall Barclays…

Eduardo de Souza Ramos’ Phoenix team won the Coastal Race for the ZENITH Royal Cup Marina Ibiza Regatta after they were best at negotiating a difficult transition zone between two opposing breezes after rounding Tagomago Island. Azzurra worked tirelessly and smartly to hold on to a valuable second place which moves them back ahead of…

Quantum Racing did their challenge for the second 52 SUPER SERIES title a power of good when they won the day’s second race today at the ZENITH Royal Cup Marina Ibiza but their points advantage at the top of the season standings is enhanced still further as Rán Racing finished fifth and Azzurra sixth. Quantum…