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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…
After a short delay to wait for the sea breeze to build Tony Langley and his crew stole victory on the final downwind, snatching their first race win of this Audi Sardinia Cup from under the noses of Audi Azzurra Sailing Team who had lead through the race. Audi Azzurra Sailing Team sailed smartly off…
While Doug De Vos’ team have a lead of three points over the duo which are locked on 5pts apiece, Audi Azzurra Sailing Team and Gladiator, RÁN did not have such a good opening day with their two fourth places: Juan Vila, navigator aboard Quantum Racing reminds us that the science of forecasts and monitoring…
Cunningham, who lives in the Cayman Islands and has done most of his sailing in the USA, decided just over a year ago that the TP52 was the challenge he wanted and set about creating a programme which races hard, but which likes to enjoy themselves together. Their secret weapon, Cunningham reveals, is the on…
In light breezes it was a difficult day for the 52 Super Series’ tacticians, seeking to avoid the worst of the potholes – holes in the wind – and to try to take account of key changes in pressure and direction. While the American flagged Quantum Racing built their back to back wins on a…
After sliding down inside Quantum, Azzurra just did not have the accelertion and runway to hold. Quantum. Paprec, the French team lead by Stephan Neve, read the gentle sea breeze well and chased Quantum around the WW1 mark in second with Azzurra third. The French lead through the leeward gate but a downspeed tack when…
