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  • Coastal challenge

    Coastal challenge

    It is coastal race day for the 52 SUPER SERIES fleet at the Royal Cup Marina Ibiza as the crews prepare this morning for the first one of the season. There are two course options. The longer one is 33.9 miles to the NE corner of the island, to the Isla Tagomago. In the forecasted…

  • Quantum Racing stars of the ‘stripey’ breeze on Independence Day

    The Stars & Stripes were flown with pride in the 52 fleet at the Royal Cup Marina Ibiza on American Independence Day, July 4th, but it was Quantum Racing who were the stars of Day 3 of the Ibiza regatta for the 52 SUPER SERIES as the American flagged team rolled out two wins and…

  • Quantum Racing stars of Ibiza’s stripey breeze

    The Stars & Stripes were flown with pride in the 52 fleet at the Royal Cup Marina Ibiza on American Independence Day, July 4th, but it was Quantum Racing who were the stars of Day 3 of the Ibiza regatta for the 52 SUPER SERIES as the American flagged team rolled out two wins and…

  • Two point lead for Quantum

    A comfortable win in Race 6 of the Royal Cup Marina Ibiza gives the American team skippered by Ed Baird a two points lead at the end of a long three race day. Their second win of today’s three starts was won off the start line and the early part of the first beat. Quantum…

  • First win for Azzurra in race 5

    Race 5 of the Royal Cup Marina Ibiza sees a first win at the regatta for Azzurra. With aa big right hand shift on the second beat Ran Racing were able to rise to second while Quantum Racing took fourth and Gladiator fifth. That leaves three boats tied for the overall lead on 15pts, Gladiator,…

  • Solid start for Quantum on Day 3

    Quantum Racing won Race 4 of the Royal Cup Marina Ibiza but a last gasp improvement by Tony Langley’s Gladiator from fourth to third on the final run, keeps the British flagged 52 ahead on American Independence Day by one single point. Quantum Racing made a solid start near the left end of the start…

  • Keeping the wheels on?

    After a long, hot slow Wednesday with very light winds, Thursday at the Royal Cup Marina Ibiza looks to be slightly better. The coastal race has been postponed meantime and the intention is to run up to three races today. Gladiator go on the water with a three points lead, but owner-helm Tony Langley is…

  • Gladiator strike hard in light winds to lead in Ibiza

    After a long, hot and frustrating three hours delay waiting for enough breeze to build it was Tony Langley’s crew on Gladiator which won Race 3, the only contest of the day, at the Royal Cup Marina Ibiza for the 52 SUPER SERIES. The win takes Langley’s team to the top of the Ibiza event…

  • Gladiator seize overall lead on day two

    Tony Langley’s Gladiator won a very light wind Race 3 of the Royal Cup Marina Ibiza to seize the overall regatta lead. After a three hours wait for a breeze to build, the contest started in just 6kts of wind from the SE, Langley’s team picked the strongest breeze and were especially quick at the…

  • Good luck needed in Ibiza

    We have to be lucky today, in light of the forecast for very gentle breezes. 52 SUPER SERIES race officer Maria Torrijo Winds are not expected to be much more than five or six knots at the most, and for some of the afternoon it will be closer to three or four knots. Nevertheless the…