Eric De Turckheim’s Team Teasing Machine take a big step into the world of intense, inshore grand prix racing joining the 52 SUPER SERIES as the successful French crew which has collected many honours from the world’s biggest and most prestigious offshore races including the likes of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Race, the Rolex Fastnet Race, the Middle Sea Race, Caribbean 600, RORC Transatlantic Race and most recently the Round Ireland race. From their NMD 54 offshore boat they move to the Botin designed former Gladiator which they will race for the first time in Puerto Portals. Under project manager Laurent Pages, Team Teasing Machine have a crew which has sailed tens of thousands of offshore miles together and who are expected to adapt quickly to the short windward leeward race courses
