Press Release

  • Hallmarks on the Cup?

    They have done it before and will doubtless do it again before this Barclays 52 SUPER SERIES is out, but Quantum Racing today on the Bay of Palma produced a timely reminder of their champions’ hallmarks when they dug their way out from an early fifth place to rescue a valuable second around a windward-leeward…

  • Back to Basics means Back in the Game

    Over a long, hot coastal race at the Copa del Rey Mapfre on the Bay of Palma, Rán Racing proved the value of their back-to-basics approach when they took the winning gun to return themselves to second place in the overall standings as the six day, 11 race regatta approaches its midpoint. A couple of…

  • Polished close to perfection.

    Quantum Racing maintained their very polished consistency, scoring two second places to extend their overall lead in the Barclays 52 SUPER SERIES class at the 33rd Copa del Rey on the Bay of Palma. After four races the team which is skippered by Ed Baird have finished no worse than second, holding on to that…

  • Consistent Quantum Racing on top

    As the Bay of Palma delivered typically glamorous sea breeze conditions to open the 33rd Copa del Rey, the third regatta of the Barclays 52 SUPER SERIES, Doug DeVos’ Quantum Racing proved best able to maintain the highest level of consistency on a race area which places such a high premium on winning and using…

  • Playing Catch Up

    The Copa del Rey MAPFRE may be the third regatta of the BARCLAYS 52 SUPER SERIES but with only 11 races sailed so far over the Capri and Porto Cervo events and up to 11 races programmed for this annual showcase Mediterranean event, the six days of racing on the Bay of Palma might prove…

  • The Commitments

    The build-up to sailing’s third event of the Barclays 52 SUPER SERIES, Palma Mallorca’s annual showcase, the Copa del Rey MAPFRE, reveals some of the remarkable enthusiasm, loyalty and commitment of some of the Circuit’s key owners who are really enjoying their racing in the class. Brazilian owner Eduardo de Souza Ramos, who joined the…

  • Peters & May joins the 52 SUPER SERIES as official supplier

    The shipping logistics company will offer transportation services to the circuit and to teams in the 2015 and 2016 seasons VALENCIA. (20th July 2014) – The 52 SUPER SERIES and Peters & May have reached an agreement for the shipping and logistics company to become an official service provider for the circuit. The initiative was…

  • Quantum Racing profit on Friday 13th, Phoenix on the up.

    From a long, hot Friday 13th under the burning sun of Porto Cervo, Sardinia Quantum Racing kept their cool to record a solid 2,3,3 from the first three windward leeward races of the AUDI TP52 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP and extend their overall lead to two points going into Saturday’s title showdown. While the Ed Baird skippered…

  • Rán Racing step on up with coastal win

    Defending world champions Rán Racing stepped up their title defence at the Audi TP52 World Championships off Porto Cervo, Sardinia when they won the closest of four way battles which had raged all the way around the classic 31 miles coastal course out to Spargi Island and back. Niklas and Catherine Zennström’s crew held off…

  • No wind. No Race.

    Around the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda today at the Audi TP52 World Championships patience was a required virtue, but in the end it was not rewarded. The gentle winds proved just too light to get the nine boat fleet from seven different nations out to compete on the scheduled coastal race course. 
With a good…