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Managing differing expectations among a crew is never easy in the high octane world of the BARCLAYS 52 SUPER SERIES fleet but the French team on Paprec Recyclage, one of the oldest boats in the fleet, appear able keep an upbeat approach even when they are struggling to hold pace with the quicker, newer 52s.…
American Tony Rey is one of the top, most popular, successful ‘go to’ project managers in the 52 SUPER SERIES fleet, drawing on his many years in the class. His philosophy is simple, creating happy successful teams around owners who seem to enjoy themselves, getting what they want out of their sport and their investment.…
The brand new TP52 of Brazilian owner Eduardo de Souza Ramos was launched and christened in her home port of Valencia at the weekend. Preliminary sailing trials and training start the crew’s preparation for their participation in the Barclays 52 SUPER SERIES, starting 20-25th May in Capri, Italy. The boat, Phoenix, built at King Marine…
Winning both Quantum Key West in January and the US 52 Championship which finished last weekend in Miami, Quantum Racing now head back to Europe for May’s start to the Barclay’s 52 SUPER SERIES as overall US 52 SUPER SERIES champions. The American team which is skippered by Ed Baird (USA) won the two regatta…
Doug DeVos’ Quantum Racing completed a double title ‘slam dunk’ in the sweltering Miami heat and light winds as they collected the US 52 Championship title with a solid final day and also clinched the US 52 SUPER SERIES title, adding the Miami regatta win to their event victory in Key West in January. While…
A vigorous match race pre-start between Azzurra and Quantum did not give either an advantage off the start of Race 9, and it was on the strength of hooking the beginnings of a strong right shift on the first beat that SLED vaulted out ahead of the pack. The wind shifted even more dramatically right,…
Takashi Okura’s team on Sled have been made to wait for their first ever US 52 Super Series win, but they closed out a clear win in Race 8 off Miami when they lead Interlodge across the finish line. Sled had twice been denied victories from leading positions in the two previous races. In the…
Quantum Racing go into the final day of racing at the 52 US Championship in Miami with a lead of two points after rescuing a valuable third place from what proved to be one of the most tactically testing races yet. They took places down the final fluky run of Saturday’s only contest to establish…
The long wait for light 8-knot wind today was worth it, as the only race of the day saw Hooligan scoring their first-ever 52SuperSeries win, with SLED very close with them around the track to finish second. But the real drama was in the ranks, where a poor start by Quantum had them digging back…
After some of the breeziest, most challenging conditions of recent TP 52 regattas in either Europe or the USA, Azzurra’s scoreline for the day of two second places and a win takes the Italian flagged team back into the overall lead of the 52 US Championship off Miami Beach, but their margin is still tight,…
