Puerto Portals 52 SUPER SERIES Sailing WeekNews
(Thursday 20th June, Puerto Sherry) – Azzurra learned a lesson from their fifth place from the first race to be sailed at the Puerto Sherry 52 SUPER SERIES Royal Cup today. Applying that lesson was the passport to a comprehensive win in the day’s second race, which sees the Italian-Argentine crew back at the top…
Azzurra won Race 6 with a big margin to take the overall lead at the Puerto Sherry 52 SUPER SERIES Royal Cup. They made a solid if unspectacular start but got right early and really sailed the wind pressure best, making fewer tacks as the main pack tied each other up in the middle of…
At the midpoint of the Royal Cup it is Bronenosec that lead after winning Race 5. In 11-14kts of seabreeze they started in the middle of the line and managed to stay in the best wind pressure during a tricky first beat. They led around the top mark from Provezza in second with Platoon third.…
(Wednesday 19th June, Puerto Sherry) – It was places gained on successive runs during the second race today that keep Azzurra and Bronenosec in the top two places after four races at the Puerto Sherry 52 SUPER SERIES Royal Cup. At this new, challenging venue for the circuit, the key learning so far is that…
With the sea breeze built to 15 knots for the second race of the day, Platoon won after leading all the way around the course. They controlled the middle of the course early on and worked right to earn a solid lead at the WW1 mark ahead of Sled and Alegre. At the finish Alegre…
Racing in 12-13knots of sea breeze, Quantum Racing atoned for a lacklustre opening yesterday to the Puerto Sherry 52 SUPER SERIES Royal Cup when they won Race 3 of the series. They were second at the first top mark but took the lead on the second beat after choosing the favoured left hand mark (looking…
(Tuesday 18th June, Puerto Sherry) – The Bay of Cadiz served up a challenging light, hard-to-read seabreeze for the first day of the Puerto Sherry 52 SUPER SERIES Royal Cup, but Ergin Imre’s Provezza team proved to be the most adept at deciphering a race arena, which is entirely new to the circuit and lead…
The Roemmers family’s Azzurra won the second race of the Puerto Sherry 52 SUPER SERIES Royal Cup after leading off the pin end of the start line, a repeat of the strategy that worked for Provezza in the first race of the regatta. With the breeze having built very slightly, Azzurra led all the way…
Mahón runners up Ergin Imre’s Provezza win the first race of the Puerto Sherry 52 SUPER SERIES Royal Cup racing in an eight knot seabreeze. They won off the pin end of the start line and the left of the upwind. Top mark first time up Bronenosec were second but lost out to Alegre early…
(Monday 17th June, Puerto Sherry) – “After Mahón we reset to zero and start here with a clean sheet,” smiled Phoenix’s Italian strategist Michele Ivaldi just before the South-African-flagged team went out and won today’s Official Practice Race for the Puerto Sherry 52 SUPER SERIES Royal Cup, the final warm up before Tuesday’s first points…
