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Azzurra are crowned 2015 52 SUPER SERIES CHAMPIONS Quantum Racing win the Cascais Cup Cascais, Portugal is set to be painted a particular shade of blue tonight after Azzurra are crowned the 52 SUPER SERIES champions of 2015. The team which wears the iconic colours of Sardinia’s Yacht Club Costa Smeralda eclipsed Quantum Racing over…
Azzurra clinched the 2015 52 SUPER SERIES title today at the Cascais Cup, reaching their mathematical finish line with a day to spare. Their points margin over 2014 champions Quantum Racing rendered them unbeatable. It is the second time that the crew which wear the emblematic colours of the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda have won…
Two beautifully composed, accomplished race wins in strong breezes and big waves today off Cascais highlighted once again why Azzurra are 2015’s champions elect for the 52 SUPER SERIES title. Their double bullet, dream day, as they count down to their season’s title winning line, also gives them an overall lead of five points over…
Quantum Racing lead in Cascais Twice in a row today Quantum Racing stuck to and executed their game plan perfectly. Consequently they won both races today at the Cascais Cup to take the overall regatta lead, three points ahead of Azzurra. The champions elect composed two excellent second places to keep their 2015 title chase…
As the 52 SUPER SERIES moved to the Atlantic, the regatta standings at the Cascais Cup after the first two races reflect a certain American flavour. Jim Swartz’s Vesper crew instantly made their long odyssey from the USA for their one and only 52 SUPER SERIES of the season worthwhile when they won the first…
An unsettled, breezy start to the Cascais Cup, the finale of the 2015 52 SUPER SERIES seems to be on the cards. There was something of a foretaste today when the fleet warmed up in sizeable waves and a moderately fresh wind for the official practice race. Strong winds are forecast to pass over the…
Two brand new venues feature on the 2016 calendar for the 52 SUPER SERIES and the world’s leading performance monohull circuit enters a successful fifth year. In May the 52 SUPER SERIES will open in Scarlino, Tuscany, Italy and in September the circuit’s penultimate event will be raced from Mahon, Menorca. The planned schedule for…
Quantum Racing may have won the premier class at the 34th Copa del Rey MAPFRE, TP52s for the third time in a row when they won the final race but tactician Terry Hutchinson considers today’s victory in the fourth regatta of the 52 SUPER SERIES their hardest won and by far their most satisfying. Victory…
After a dramatic Friday which saw Quantum Racing as boat of the day posting a second and first, with owner-driver Doug DeVos on the helm, getting their Copa del Rey MAPFRE title defence back on track, Harm Müller-Spreer’s German Platoon falter after a costly penalty in the second race contributed to a weighty eighth place,…
A golden day at the 34th Copa del Rey MAPFRE for Germany’s Harm Müller-Spreer, two back to back wins on the Bay of Palma during which no boat crossed the bows of the distinictive ‘armour clad’ Vrolijk designed TP52, takes them to the top of the regatta standings but only on countback against 52 SUPER…
