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Racing can be followed live with radio commentary on Virtual Eye at app.52superseries.com Eight boats are due to convene in Palma, Mallorca next week where they will race on equal terms for an historic sailing trophy, The Royal Cup, at the third regatta for the 52 SuperSeries. Just as there were two boats new to…
Across the range of wind conditions which were encountered the IRC 52 footers were always in the racing mix. The second event of the 52 SuperSeries in Costa Smeralda, Sardinia last month highlighted the success of the series’ initiative of racing invited IRC optimised 52 footers on equal terms in real time with TP52’s. The…
That he has won world match racing titles with skipper Ed Baird and Tom Burnham ensures that the communication patterns at the back of the boat have been, by all accounts, smooth. And the results speak for themselves. Two from two, wins in Barcelona and Porto Cervo, confirm that the ‘green’ team’s afterguard is functioning…
Here he reveals a little of his role with the team, what his role is on the water – he is a permanent fixture in the chase boat – and off, working with North Sails. Robinson is a past 505 World Champion and is one of the helms aboard the 72 foot MiniMaxi Rán, sharing…
Audi Sailing Team powered by ALL4ONE clinched the German Offshore Championship at the 130th Kieler Woche 2012 after an outstanding performance on the race course. The team skipper, German sailing legend Jochen Schümann helmed the boat to win five races during the event with a crew of some of the best German young Olympic sailing…
Going on to take a final winning gun by a comfortable margin, the programme which won the 2011 TP52 World Championships on these same Costa Smeralda waters secured their second successive trophy regatta win on the 52 SuperSeries. The one key move, in the final 20 seconds before the start of the one and only…
The team skippered by. America’s Cup winner and Match Racing world champion Ed Baird delivered a body blow to the hopes of the regatta leaders Audi Azzurra Sailing Team on the start line. They squeezed the home team high at the committee boat end of the start line, forcing them to duck late behind the…
If the Mistral abbreviated the start of the regatta with too much wind, then there is a feeling that the final day may struggle to get a finale under way. I have to say I am not too optimistic. The forecasts show less than five knots until the afternoon, but three of four o’clock there…
With the team which sails for the host club, the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda, finishing with one boat between them and rivals Quantum Racing, Azzurra go into the final day of the regatta with a lead of just one point with up to two more races possible. Though the French team on Paprec Recylage lead…
It is not just the warm sunshine, light breezes and pleasant ambience which are contributing to the mood because, despite this being the only coastal race of the 52 season, everyone here has been around the block enough times to know that getting worked up before a coastal race is wasted energy. In a light…
