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The 2013 52 SUPER SERIES starts Monday with two scheduled races at Quantum Key West 2013 regatta and if early indicators from the informal training races which have taken place over recent days are a yardstick then the established form teams might not have it all their own way. With five days of windward-leeward racing…
Ed Reynolds, President of Quantum Sails, sponsors of Quantum Key West 2013 regatta week and the team manager of Quantum Racing is a huge fan of this regatta which kicks off the 52 SuperSeries in the USA for the very first time. Naturally, as a huge fan of North America’s showcase regatta and a very…
Quantum Racing did not finish last season the way that they wanted. For all that the early part of 2012 ran to script for the team which is lead by America’s Cup champion Ed Baird, towards the end their challenge for the inaugural 52 SUPER SERIES title was derailed by a combination of bad breaks…
In September last year Azzurra, the iconic sailing team which represents the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda, clinched the first 52 SUPER SERIES title on the strength of talent, guile and ultimately a huge measure of sheer self-belief. The crew which sails the Roemmers family owned TP52 that is skippered and steered by Guillermo Parada (ARG)…
Again this year the Zennströms’ 52 programme runs concurrently with that of their very successful Mini-Maxi campaign. Their objective over the six 52 SUPER SERIES regattas is to finish their third season in the class with a higher overall finish by maintaining a more consistent scoreline over what is, of course, the longest season yet…
Zennström has sailed in the class for two years now with his Vrolijk designed Rán but also competes in the Mini-Maxi class, hence his experience and input as an extremely active grand prix yacht owner will be good for the TP52 Class. It is good to have an owner ‘in charge’ again. When you are…
When they started Race 8 of the Audi Valencia Cup, all that the team which races under the flag of the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda had to do was simply cross that last finish line in any place to ensure the season-long title was theirs. In so doing they also won the Audi Valencia Cup,…
Simon Fry of North Sails is a long time member of the Audi Azzurra Sailing Team, and was previously with the team when they raced as Matador. Here he shines some light on what he sees as some of the key reasons for their success this season: What has been the difference this season? I…
It’s a fact that the overall places for the 52 Super Series are mostly settled, today will be about crossing the T’s and dotting the I’s, opening or closing a few more points on the opposition if that chance arrives. In the Audi Valencia Cup rankings the key duel on the water is for the…
The team which sails under the colours of the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda won both races in gentler breezes and big swells on the America’s Cup racing waters off Valencia’s Malvrossa Beach today. With their nearest title rivals, Quantum Racing, the world champions and winners of the 2011 Audi MedCup Circuit, finishing third twice Audi…
