Puerto Portals 52 SUPER SERIES Sailing Week
Provezza is owned and skippered by prominent Turkish yachtsman Ergin Imre. He has a long history in big boat sailing dating back some 30 years also to the IOR days, and spanning IMS as well as One Design offshore racing. Provezza have been on the 52 SUPER SERIES circuit since 2013 when they dipped a toe in the water at the Royal Cup in Palma.
A well resourced team which has proven very competitive over the years, the high water mark for the crew being the 2023 season when the finished runners up by the narrowest possible margin.
After sporadic regatta wins, Portals in 2017 and Puerto Sherry in 2019, they are now regular podium contenders, winning the first regatta of 2024. That 2023 season saw them win back to back regattas in Saint Tropez and Scarlino and runners up by a single point in Menorca and at the Rolex TP52 World Championship in Barcelona. Indeed they led the circuit during the final regatta in Portals before rig damage required them to miss races and lose costly points, in effect nullifying their title charge.
They built a new boat for 2024, a Vrolijk design which was launched in August, sailing the final two regattas of the season as build up to a full on title challenge for 2025. John Cutler steers Provezza with Hamish Pepper calling tactics. Nacho Postigo is navigator.
The Provezza team are competitive by nature but Ergin Imre enjoys the whole ambience of the 52 SUPER SERIES, loving the cut and thrust of competition on the water but making sure he and his team enjoy their times together off the water too.
