Alegre

Andy Soriano and his international Alegre crew joined the 52 SUPER SERIES way back in 2015 and have long since proven themselves as one of the best resourced and most talented teams on the circuit. Passionate owner-driver Soriano has massive experience of grand-prix yacht racing, tasting success in the maxi class before moving to the TP52.

Even so consistency over the course of a full season continues to prove a slightly elusive, but Alegre are nearly always in the fight at the front or near the front of the fleet during each regatta.

Their seasons recently have seen too many ups and downs. At the end of the 2025 season they finished sixth for the year but still always showed potential to win regattas. They finished on a high note with a good third place at the 52 SUPER SERIES Porto Cervo Range Rover Regatta, the final event of the year.

Soriano was – once again – the first to commit to building a new generation of boats and so in early 2024 launched a latest Botin design which was built at King Marine in Valencia.

The core team have been together for many years but last season saw the departure of long time tactician Nic Asher and for this 2026 season Will Ryan is unable to be with the team. So British 470 2012 Olympic silver medallist Luke Patience sails as strategist partnering Kiwi Hamish Pepper who has many years of TP52 success under his belt. Italy’s Francesco Mongelli is navigator.

Andy Hemmings and Pierluigi de Felice are on downwind and upwind trim.