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  • Time to apply the pressure?

    Time to apply the pressure?

    Postcard conditions are expected for this, the penultimate day of racing at Quantum Key West 2013 for the 52 SUPER SERIES, with a building NE’ly breeze which should reach 18kts during the afternoon. With the top two teams locked on the same points tally, Azzurra just ahead of Rán Racing on countback, this might be…

  • Quantum Key West is the 52 SUPER SERIES’ Tie Break City

    Top scoring boat across a great two-race day for the 52 SUPER SERIES at Quantum Key West, Azzurra have edged to the top of the leader board. But just just as Quantum Racing did after Day 1, their overall lead is only by virtue of tie break. Azzurra’s two second places in fantastic, puffy, shifty…

  • Azzurra lead after 52 SUPER SERIES perfect day

    The overcast sky of Race 5 broke into the sunshine for Race 6 of the 52 SUPER SERIES at Quantum Key West 2013, as Interlodge made a perfectly-timed mid-line start to take and hold the lead on this longer (2.2-mile leg) 5-leg course. Her strong start and superior upwind pace kept her clear of what…

  • Quantum Racing win Race 5 to share second overall

    A reasonably comfortable win in Race 5 for Quantum Racing, with owner Doug DeVos steering gives them a share of second place overall in the 52 SUPER SERIES at Quantum Key West 2013. But a one place gain on the final run, passing Interlodge for third place keeps Ran Racing at the top of the…

  • Rán Racing lead overall at Key West

    On the strength of a first place and a second on Tuesday at Quantum Key West 2013, Niklas Zennström’s Rán Racing team stepped clear of the 52 SUPER SERIES pack with a lead of two points over defending 2012 52 SUPER SERIES champions Azzurra. Ironically neither of the top two boats sailed an error free…

  • Breeze on for Day 3 for the 52 SUPER SERIES at Key West

    Just as it was forecast at the start of the regatta, so the winds at Quantum Key West 2013 have built day by day, and so Day 3 of the five scheduled racing days, looks set to be the windiest yet. For the 52 SUPER SERIES fleet, the N’ly winds of more than 20kts will…

  • Rán Racing takes the lead

    Rán Racing takes the lead

    On a 1-2 scoreline for today’s two races, Rán Racing has jumped to the top of the leaderboard in Day Two of the 52 SUPER SERIES. Conditions of the day were postcard-perfect, with 12-16 knots of breeze from the north providing flat water and just enough changes in shift and pressure to keep the racing…

  • More puff for Day 2 at Quantum Key West

    Two more windward-leeward races are scheduled for the 52 SUPER SERIES today at Quantum Key West 2013 and the prospect is for more breeze than the light and streaky NW’ly which prevailed for the first day. Whilst it is Quantum Racing, with owner Doug DeVos on the helm, which leads the regatta standings for the…

  • DeVos steers Quantum Racing to lead 52 SUPER SERIES at Key West

    Quantum Racing, with owner Doug DeVos on the helm, emerge from the first day of the new 52 SUPER SERIES season with the overall lead at Quantum Key West 2013 thanks to a well executed victory in the second of two windward-leeward races sailed for the six boat 52 class. They were never passed at…

  • Racers ready for 52 SUPER SERIES start

    The 52 SUPER SERIES dock at Key West’s Truman Annexe is a picture of activity, anticipation hangs heavy in the air this morning as the crews prepare for the first races of the season. Nerves are not exactly an issue for the calibre of sailor assembled here across the six 52’s, Azzurra, Quantum Racing, RÁN,…