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Azzurra bounced back after a disappointing coastal race to win Race 4 ahead of Quantum Racing but with second place the 2014 52 SUPER SERIES champions take a clear lead at the top of the Week of the Straits regatta standings. In the 14-16kts of SE’ly breeze Bronenosec lead around the first windward turn after…

For the first time in recent memory the 52 SUPER SERIES is giving a windward-leeward course followed by short coastal course, all on the same day. Winds are progressively increasing this week and today we should see up to 20kts and the prediction for the coastal race is that it can be quite bouncy and…

From a long and physically testing 31 miles coastal race around Spargi and Spargiotta islands, Vladimir Liubomirov’s Bronenosec took a comfortable win ahead of Provezza to earn a share of the regatta lead with Quantum Racing. With the SE’ly breeze topping 16 to 18 kts at time but still quiet in the lee of the…

Love them or hate them, coastal races divide opinions in the 52 SUPER SERIES fleet. Indeed opinions differ within the crews themselves. And even at that opinions change from morning to night. Pre-race more sailors tend to love them. Post race? Well, it is usually the winners who are the grinners and those who were…

Vladimir Liubomirov’s crew on Bronenosec atoned for a disapponting 9th in the first race of the Week of the Straits regatta when they won Race 2 ahead of Takashi Okura’s Sled. Ironically both the top two in Race two improved from the lowest positions in Race 1. Gladiator lead around the first windward mark of…

Maintaining their record of leading every race since their boat was christened last month in Valencia, Azzurra won the first race of the Week of the Straits regatta on their home waters of the Costa Smeralda. In five to seven knots of NE’ly breeze the crew which won this regatta here in 2013 made the…

Light winds have offered an early postponement for the 52 SUPER SERIES fleet at the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda. The plan is to get a couple of windward-leeward races in today but so far the wind if following the forecast and proving slow to build. When it comes in, at 5-8kts predicted, it will be…

Niklas Zennstrom’s Ran Racing team did what they had to, sticking close to nearest title challengers Alegre to protect their points cushion during the 11th, final race to win the first regatta of what promises to be a hugely exciting 52 SUPER SERIES season. Finishing fifth with Alegre third ensured that Zennstrom’s team finish with…

While Azzurra won race ten after a great start off the pin end of the start line, a close finish between fifth placed Alegre and Ran Racing in sixth ensures Niklas Zennstrom’s crew go into the final race of the regatta holding a five pts lead. In the light sea breeze of 7 to 8kts…

Six points separate first and second, Rán Racing from Alegre. And from third placed Sled to Alegre there are just three points. Sled are under pressure from Bronenosec who are just five points behind. Then Azzurra, in turn, are another four points back. So Rán certainly have the upper hand going into the final two…