Press Release
While different boats won both of the first two races of Sardinia’s Settimana Delle Boche, the second regatta of the 2015 52 SUPER SERIES, as much as glittering race wins may contribute, it was the ability to grind back through the fleet from poor early positions which define the top two positions after the first…
As they do more often than not Azzurra yielded to superstition and bypassed the finish line of today’s official practice race for the second regatta of the 52 SUPER SERIES, Costa Smeralda’s Settimana delle Bocche. Instead of taking the gun Azzurra passed the line and with that delivered the practice race win to Harm Muller-Spreer…
The first regatta of the 2015 52 SUPER SERIES proved there is no real hierarchy established in the white hot TP52 fleet this early in the season. With a very high proportion of race teams still looking to get the best, the final 10-15% per cent of performance, from their newly launched 2015 boats, it…
From the biggest and most competitive fleet yet, Niklas Zennström and the Rán Racing team won the first regatta title of the 2015 SUPER SERIES when they kept their focus under the weight of final day pressure. With Zennström steering and tactician Morgan Larson and strategist Adam Beashel they achieved the required balance between proactive…
Between yesterday and today see sawing fortunes of the top title contenders at the Ford Vignale Valencia Sailing Week may have been tough to deal with on board the two leading TP52s but they have made for compelling viewing on the waters off Malvarrosa Beach as the 52 SUPER SERIES first event of the season…
From a long and intense three race day on Valencia’s world renowned Malvarrosa Beach race track Andy Soriano’s Alegre crew, newcomers to the 52 SUPER SERIES, step clear at the top of the rankings for Ford Vignale Valencia Sailing Week with a six point lead. In this white hot grand prix monohull fleet which features…
Two second places today, both of them hard earned from intense, close boat-on-boat combat, keep ice cool Niklas Zennström ‘s Rán crew on the top of the 52 SUPER SERIES’ Ford Vignale Sailing Week. After a chilly opening day, the mercury rose up to a record a pleasant early season warmth and with the return…
With all of the pressure and excitement of opening day of the 2015 52 SUPER SERIES applied it was Niklas Zennström’s Rán crew on their new, recently launched Vrolijk design which rose best to the multiple challenges, posting an impressively consistent second and first to lead Ford Vignale Valencia Sailing Week. From the biggest and…
Who will take first blood in Valencia? What will the biggest and most competitive 52 SUPER SERIES fleet of TP52s be like? How close will racing actually be? How much difference will there be between the nine new boats? What’s to choose between the five new Botin Partners designs and the four new Vrolijk designs?…
VALENCIA. (12 May 2015) — The world’s leading international grand prix monohull circuit, the 52 SUPER SERIES, has signed 11th Hour Racing as its exclusive sustainability sponsor. The sponsorship will see the five-regatta 2015 circuit adopt and model environmentally-responsible practices and rethink the way resources are used by competitors and spectators at all 52 SUPER…
