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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…
Audi Azzurra Sailing Team were team to show marked improvements over the three races contested today, ensuring that the crew which represent the host club, the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda scored best today. Their second and fourth places were complemented by a gun-to-gun win in the third race which keep them in close contention overall,…
A win in the final race of Friday sees the Azzurra team keep themselves in close contention for the regatta lead at the Audi Sardinia Cup, the second regatta of the 52 SuperSeries. The home crew made the start they wanted at the pin end of the start line to allow then to despatch Quantum…
Quantum Racing won the second race today, Race 4 of the Audi Sardinia Cup, after they established an early lead on the first beat which was never challenged. But a second place for Gladiator keeps Tony Langley’s team in contention, just two points off Quantum’s overall lead. RAN broke their way through to third, their…
