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Another day of offshore breezes, blowing from the NW and veering to the N, promises Day 3 of the Gaastra 52 World Championships will be another challenging one for the eight teams competing. As we will pass the theoretical half way point of the series today it appears as if the three top teams have…
Niklas Zennström’s Rán Racing are the new leaders of the Gasstra 52 World Championship after they won both of today’s races in great sailing conditions off Miami’s Key Biscayne. Rán Racing excelled in the stronger breezes, blowing from an offshore direction which brought some fast downwind runs in the puffy, gusty wind which peaked at…
Rán Racing came out swinging today, building momentum after a win in yesterday’s last race to win both today and take the lead in the series from Azzurra. Solid starts from owner-helmsman Niklas Zennström and near-perfect tactical calls from Adrian Stead put them into early leads that they held and even extended on the trailing…
After the light winds opening day for the Gaastra 52 World Championship off Miami Beach Day 2 seems to promise more breeze but it is likely to be at least as challenging again for the tacticians as the wind direction will be mainly offshore. Factor in the expectation of a front passing though during the…
After triumphing with a consistent display in Key West in January, Azzurra seemed to have continued in their winning ways today when they made the strongest opening to the Gaastra 52 World Championships in light and very challenging conditions off Miami Beach. Azzurra’s effervescent tactician Vasco Vascotto is on something of a winning run, backing…
In today’s light 6-8 knot conditions, Azzurra has come out strong to take the early series lead with a win in Race 1 and a runner-up in Race 2 to be five points clear of the current series runner-up Quantum Racing. Gladiator showed early promise, with excellent starts in both races and a runner-up finish…
The three days of practice are behind them and so for the eight teams which will line up off Miami Beach today the Gaastra 52 World Championships get under way this afternoon with two – perhaps three windward leeward races. A relatively gentle start to the five days regatta is expected with only light winds…
Tony Langley and the crew of the British flagged Gladiator proved that even though they have made technical changes to improve the all-round performance of their boat in stronger winds they still have the pace to win in very light winds when they ghosted to victory in today’s practice race which is the prelude to…
At the Gaastra 52 World Championships off Miami Beach, Florida it is official practice race day for the eight boat fleet. There have been two ad-hoc days of practice so far with most of the class lining up yesterday for informal racing. For the first time the World Championships also count for series points for…
We have the tools to win the Gaastra 52 World Championships, we need to execute. Three times World Champions Quantum Racing When it comes to the 52 World Championships it is the record of Quantum Racing which is the 52 fleet’s most outstanding. They start next week’s Gaastra 52 World Championships in Miami, Florida as…
