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Edward de Souza Ramos is the prominent Brazilian owner who has commissioned a new Botin Partners designed TP52 which is under construction at King Marine in Valencia, Spain just now. The boat, the ninth TP52 which the company have built, is well advanced in production, right on schedule for a launch in March prior to…
Azzurra completed a crucial gun to gun victory in the final race of the Audi Settimana del Bocche regatta to win the final regatta of the 52 SUPER SERIES season and deny 2013 champions Quantum Racing the clean sweep of all four European regattas. Quantum Racing and Ran Racing crossed the start line early and…
Rán Racing stole their second victory of the 52 SUPER SERIES Audi Settimana delle Bocche regatta when they just managed to deal with the sudden arrival of a SE’ly Scirroco breeze which allowed them to pass race leaders Quantum Racing in the final half mile to the finish line. Azzurra hold their regatta lead but…
This is the decisive day for Azzurra. And so it is too for others. The home town team can deliver their first regatta win of the 52 SUPER SERIES as they go afloat today for two, or possibly three, windward-leeward races, the last of the 2013 season for the 52 fleet. Azzurra have a three…
Azzurra won the second race of today at the 52 SUPER SERIES Setimanna del Bocche regatta, finishing to loud salutes from their fans on their home Costa Smeralda waters. In a lighter 9-14kts breeze Azzurra worked well up the first beat while their key rivals in this regatta Quantum Racing were not as sharp off…
Niklas and Catherine Zennström’s Rán Racing won the first race of today in moderate breezes off Porto Cervo. After making a strong start off the middle right of the line tactician Adrian Stead guided Rán Racing up the right of the track gaining from the additional wind pressure fanning down on to the course area…
It is the penultimate day of the longest 52 SUPER SERIES season yet. It started with the US events in Key West and Miami in January and March and the last races in Porto Cervo at the Audi Settimana del Bocche 2013 look like being as close and exciting as the first. Azzurra are looking…
Quantum Racing emerged victorious from one of the windiest and fastest coastal races yet on the 52 SUPER SERIES. On the 31 mile passage upwind through bomb alley to round the rocky island of Spargi and return on a fast downwind to Porto Cervo, the lead was traded often between Azzurra and Quantum Racing. Around…
In fact ‘Bomb Alley’ as it is known colloquially, the rocky passage to the north of Porto Cervo through the La Madalena and Caprera archipelago, is one of the best known and most raced coastal passages. And so any idle talk of ‘local knowledge’ is quite misplaced, most world class navigators and tacticians know every…
Home favourites Azzurra scored a confidence building victory in the first race of the 52 SUPER SERIES’ Audi Settimana delle Boche regatta off Porto Cervo. Though series leaders Quantum Racing made the best start and lead around the first lap, but Azzurra made a key gain at the leeward gate when they chose the right…
