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  • Race 5 – Platoon Makes Gains on Azzurra

    Luna Rossa take a clear lead in the 52 SUPER SERIES Valencia Sailing Week regatta after a fourth in the third race of the day today, to stand two points clear of Platoon, which scored their second win of the event. But the boat of the day are Eduardo de Souza Ramos’s Onda, which scored…

  • Race 4 – Onda Take First Ever 52 SUPER SERIES Victory

    Eduardo de Souza Ramos’s Onda won the fourth race of the 52 SUPER SERIES Valencia Sailing Week to add to a second place in the first race of the day; the Brazilian team having their best sequence of results of their season so far. Luna Rossa finished third behind Provezza to lead the regatta overall…

  • Race 3 – Luna Rossa Take Second Bullet

    Luna Rossa won the third race of the 52 SUPER SERIES Valencia Sailing Week to now share the regatta lead with Azzurra, which finished third. Both share the aggregate of eight points after three races while Platoon, which staged another amazing recovery after being over the start line, came back to fourth to lie third…

  • The Song Remains the Same

    (Wednesday 19th September, Valencia) – Although the sea breeze came tantalisingly close to providing racing for the 11 boat TP52 fleet at the 52 SUPER SERIES Valencia Sailing Week, a long afternoon on the water proved to be in vain as the race officer sent the fleet back to the Marina de Valencia dock at a…

  • Platoon Lead at the Bell

    (Tuesday 18th September, Valencia) – Displaying a notable speed edge in the light 6-10kts breeze conditions Harm Müller-Spreer’s Platoon leads the 52 SUPER SERIES Valencia Sailing Week after the first two races. Although they finish the first day tied on points with Azzurra, and Platoon won the first race, it was the manner in which…

  • Race 2 – Luna Rossa Win Exciting Match Race

    Luna Rossa won the second race of the day, holding off a spirited challenge from Quantum Racing, but an excellent comeback from Platoon sees them lead the 52 SUPER SERIES Valencia Sailing Week regatta, sharing the same five points aggregate as second-placed Azzurra. Luna Rossa and Quantum Racing both started off the pin end of…

  • Race 1 – Platoon Get Best Possible Start

    Platoon won the first race of the 52 SUPER SERIES Valencia Sailing Week after passing early leaders Azzurra at the first windward mark. The rivals, who are tussling over second place on the podium made the best start, along with Alegre, choosing the profitable left side of the first upwind leg. Azzurra were just a…

  • With A Little Luck

    With A Little Luck

    (Monday 17th August, Valencia) – Eleven TP52s sailed the Official Practice Race today off Valencia’s Malvarrosa Beach, the final prelude to Tuesday’s start of the final regatta of the season, the 52 SUPER SERIES Valencia Sailing Week. Each of the teams returned to the Marina de Valencia, all focused on the same objective, to finish…

  • 52 SUPER SERIES Shares the Bart’s Bash Fun in Valencia and Remembers a Friend

    (Sunday 16 September, Valencia) – On the eve of the final regatta of the season the 52 SUPER SERIES family turned out in force in Valencia to honour friend, colleague and former crew Andrew ‘Bart’ Simpson on the occasion of the 5th Bart’s Bash. 
 Sailors from all 11 TP52s, many of whom competed with…

  • Home Games: 
Valencia Welcomes the 52 SUPER SERIES Finale.

    (Friday 14th September, Valencia) – For the grand finale of an incredible 2018 season, the world’s leading grand prix monohull circuit makes a very popular return to Spain’s America’s Cup city of Valencia. 
Next week eleven TP52s will be docked in front of the iconic Veles e Vents building and will race off the famous…