All about ROLEX TP52 World Championship Cascais 2018

19^th of July, 2018

Back to Basics: “Seat-of-the-Pants” Coastal Race Win for Quantum Racing

(Thursday 19th July, Cascais) – Quantum Racing won the exciting, interesting Coastal Race off Cascais, Portugal, to extend their lead at the Rolex TP52 World Championship to seven points with… read more

19^th of July, 2018

Race 5 – Quantum Racing Lead at the Halfway Point

Quantum Racing won today’s 20-nautical-mile Coastal Race to extend their lead at the top of the leaderboard of the Rolex TP52 World Championship off Cascais. They are now seven points… read more

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HIGHLIGHTS: Day 2 – ROLEX TP52 World Championship Cascais 2018

18^th of July, 2018

Race 4 – Alegre Assert Dominance From the Get-Go

Andy Soriano and the team on Alegre nailed a smart port tack start to cross the Rolex TP52 World Championship fleet to establish an early lead in Race 4, a… read more

18^th of July, 2018

Race 3 – Luna Rossa Bounce Back

Luna Rossa bounced back from a difficult opening day at the Rolex TP52 World Championship off Cascais to win the third race. In a more moderate NWW’ly breeze of 14-16kts… read more

18^th of July, 2018 | VIDEO

HIGHLIGHTS: Day 1 – ROLEX TP52 World Championship Cascais 2018

17^th of July, 2018

Well, Hello Old Friend

Cascais Delivers Vintage Champagne on Day 1 of Rolex TP52 World Championship. (Tuesday 17th July, Cascais) – If the first two regattas of the 52 SUPER SERIES season in Croatia… read more

17^th of July, 2018

Race 2 – Quantum Racing Take Top Spot

If anything, the breeze picked up for the second race of the Rolex TP52 World Championship, the NW’ly wind gusting to over 20kts to allow some spectacular downwind surfing conditions.… read more

17^th of July, 2018

Race 1 – Azzurra Draw First Blood

Azzurra won the first race of the Rolex TP52 World Championship as Cascais dealt the fleet near perfect conditions, 17-20kts of NW’ly breeze and nice surfing waves. After a disappointing… read more

16^th of July, 2018

Pressure and Promise in Cascais

(Monday 16th July, Cascais) – The Rolex TP52 World Championship fleet today had a welcome taste of what the forecasters promise to be a “to order” typical week of northwesterly… read more

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52 SUPER SERIES Facts

2023 is the 11th season of the 52 SUPER SERIES which was founded in Barcelona, May 2012 when five boats raced. We start this season with 11 teams racing including one new boat from Hong Kong.
When Sled won the 2021 title they became only the third team to win the overall series title along with Quantum Racing and Azzurra. Quantum won in 2013, 2014, 2016 and 2018, and Azzurra were winners in 2012, 2015, 2017 and 2019.
Nine new boats were built for the 2018 52 SUPER SERIES by two design studios, Botin Partners & Judel Vrolijk.
At the end of the 2021 season just three points separated the top three teams.
TP52 team owners are most often business owners leaders from a variety of backgrounds from engineering to tech to finance and sales.
The TP52 class really started out in the USA aorund 2000-1 for the Transpac Race from Los Angeles to Hawaii - hence TP52. The class came to Europe and the Med in 2005.
An average of nine or ten TP52 crews will take part during 2022, representing seven different nations: Italy, USA, Great Britain, Thailand, Turkey, South Africa, Germany. Russia remain banned in line with World Sailing’s policy.
It takes an average of 2-3 seconds to hoist a TP52 spinnaker to the top of the 22-metre mast.
Sailors from over 15 nations are represented onboard the 52 SUPER SERIES fleet in 2022.
TP52s are boats built under a box rule, meaning that each boat must fit within a set of measurement parameters defined by the class rule.
Downwind in a strong breeze TP52’s can sail at well over 20 knots, which is why the owners and teams just have so much fun racing them!
Over 8 million tons of plastic are dumped into the ocean every year. We’re working hard to minimise our impact on the environment.

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