News
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…
Past world champions and leaders of the 52 SUPER SERIES Azzurra will stick by the same fundamental principles which served them well last month when they won Quantum Key West 2013 as they bid to land the 52 World Championship crown in Miami, Florida 5-9th March. The team which is skippered by Guillermo Parada (ARG)…
Eight 52’s representing five different countries will challenge for the Gaastra 52 World Championships off Miami’s famous South Beach from March 4th to 9th. The championships, which return to the Miami for the first time since 2006, are being supported by headline sponsors Gaastra who also enter their own Dutch All-Stars team lead by Gaastra’s…
Given that the final day of Quantum Key West 2103 started with the two top teams Azzurra and Rán Racing tied on points it is appropriate the overall winner emerged after the most dramatic and closest day of racing. Whilst errors and bad luck afflicted several key teams in the brisk breezes delivering a great…
Azzurra, the reigning 52 SUPER SERIES champions of 2012, have started the 2013 season in great form, winning 4 of 10 races sailed here, overcoming their early adversities on Day One to take and hold the lead in the final phase of this first 52 SUPER SERIES event at Quantum Key West. Azzurra’s victory in…
Azzurra won what proved to be the most dramatic race yet of the 52 SUPER SERIES at Quantum Key West as both of their main rivals Ran Racing and Quantum Racing suffered their own significant problems which cost them dearly. Quantum Rscing’s jib split three metres from the head early on the first beat which…
Jamie Haines is the only female crew working forward of the helm in the 52 SUPER SERIES, but this is no matter. This 33-year old native to Newport, USA comes from a long heritage of offshore sailors, and so has salt water in her veins. Her grandfather Jim Kilroy was an American racing legend, having…
