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Three races sailed off beautiful South Beach in flat water and 9-12 knots meant racing was extremely close all day, with Gladiator having impressive 1-3 finishes in the first two races, but then succumbing to penalty troubles to get pushed to the back of the pack in the third race. Other newcomers to the podium…
A long day on the water is expected for the Gaastra 52 World Championship fleet after Thursday’s scheduled races were lost due to the lack of breeze. So the intention is to try and run three races today to try and get the regatta back close to programme. The breeze is forecast to be from…
Racing at the Gaastra 52 World Championships off South Beach Miami had to be abandoned today, Thursday, when the light, fickle breezes proved too little to complete a fair race. Race 5 of the series was started and ran in very light, streaky and shifty conditions. After over an hour and within only 300 metres…
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…
