SoCal52 Class racing at Newport Beach, California. The NHYC Ahmanson Regatta. We recognise Casador (Rosebud), Valkyrie (Lexus - Quantum), Stark Raving Mad (Mean Machine - ONO), Rebel Yell (Pisco Sour - ONO), and Flash (Atalanti - TAU). These TP52's race on IRC...

Seems to be the trend for one boat to dominate a full day at this event. Today it was Cristabella's turn to score only firsts. Which brought her up to second overall, close behind Artemis. Well done all and see you in Cascais.

Two firsts for Matador in tricky light conditions on  3rd day of the PalmaVela. Cristabella keeps on track for a good result. The wind had trouble establishing itself again today and the postponement flag had to be raised at around 11:00 this morning. Finally, in...

Paul Cayard reports: A very good day on Artemis today with three more bullets. It wasn't as easy as it looks from the score line. In fact, in the last race we were third at the last windward mark. The wind filled in from the southwest at 8 knots around 1230. In the...

171 Boats from 5 to 50 meter LOA will race the coming 4 days in the Bay of Palma. Among them 4 TP52's, Artemis, Cristabella, Matador and Weapon of Choice, which use the event to shake of the dust of the winter storage and modifications. All 4 somehow look better than...

First race of the Hublot Palma Vela. TP52:1) Artemis2) Cristabella3) Matador4) Weapon of Choice Light and variable conditions. New configuration Artemis shows good light air speed in a pre-race confrontation with Essence....... Nice picture.

Camper, the Spanish-based international footwear brand, has confirmed that it will field an entry in the 2011-12 race. The campaign will be run by Emirates Team New Zealand. The Volvo Open 70 will be known as Camper and will carry the burgees of the Royal New Zealand...

A yet to be disclosed team is taking over the boat for the Audi MedCup and TP52 Worlds. We will miss our russian friends and strong supporters of russian sailing as well as the TP52 Class. They will be back. Let's hope in 2011 already. In the meantime Valars is sailed...

To name a few recent staff additions: Luna Rossa, Torben Grael as tactician to helmsman Robert Scheidt. Italy’s 33rd America’s Cup winning Matteo Plazzi will be navigator. They will use the Italian built Vrolijk designed former Pisco Sour which has been updated for...

RORC EASTER CHALLENGEBright sunshine and decent wind gave the competitors in the RORC Easter Challenge a final day to remember. Eddie Warden Owen, Chief Executive of the RORC was out on the water coaching everyday and commented after the conclusion of racing. "Today...

The RORC Easter Challenge is the first inshore regatta of a busy season of racing with the Royal Ocean Racing Club. A strong line up will be mixing it up on tight Solent courses over the Easter weekend. Seven races are scheduled, aimed at testing the skills and...

PHOTOS OF THE 2010 TP52 RULE MODIFIED BOATS.

The 25th China Sea Race starts at 1210hrs Thursday 01 April 2010, Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong A 565nm, Category 1 Offshore Race from Hong Kong, China to Subic Bay in the Philippines. On 7th April 1962, three yachts from RHKYC, one from Manila and one from Japan...

Yesterday TeamOrigin went out for her maiden sail and thanks to Ian Roman we have here the first shots. Congratulations to the team and Salthouse Boatbuilders for doing so much research and work in such a short period and delivering this stunner. Every inch a TP52 as...

Pretty soon there will be no more spinnaker poles on TP52's. Will we miss them? The choice for a bowsprit fits the fast, fun and simple principle that is the basis of the TP52 Class. For sure removing the spinnaker poles, the jockey poles, the aftguys, topping lift...

Great Britain’s TeamOrigin have their new Juan Kouyoumdjian (ARG, photo to the right) designed boat nearing completion at Salthouse Boats in Auckland. They are due to ship the boat directly to Portugal. Mike Sanderson (NZL), CEO of TeamOrigin said: “The schedule was...

Tim Powell, regular crew on Cristabella and skipper on Ran, talked to Louay Habib about the plans for Rán in the coming months.  "Cork Week is always a fantastic regatta with interesting and varied courses plus the great Irish hospitality to boot and 2008 was no...

After several years as potential candidate venues for the Audi MedCup Circuit, two of Europe's most desirable cities, Barcelona and Cascais/Lisbon, have now been confirmed on the competition schedule for 2010. World Sailing Management and city representatives of...

Audi Med Cup Media Value Study Values Coverage at 24.9 Mio Euros. Sailing media value numbers from the The Audi MedCup circuit. The numbers are realistic, talking about real media value and not touting meaningless figures in the billions based on household...

Team Origin has joined the TP52 Class with the intention to race all events of the 2010 AUDI MedCup and the 2010 TP52 World Championship. Team Origin has a TP52 under construction at Salthouse in Auckland to Juan K. / Team Origin design. Welcome Team Origin.

AUSTRALIA The last and defining race of the Blue Water Point Score and the Tasman Series for the PHS trophy is the Audi Sydney Offshore Newcastle Yacht Race, starting on March 19, which will decide the winners of both trophies. Should Syd Fischer win it again, it will...

Team Luna Rossa has joined the TP52 Class with the intention to race all events of the 2010 AUDI MedCup and the 2010 TP52 WorldChampionship. Luna Rossa has acquired the use of the Vrolijk designed Pisco Sour which is undergoing modifications at their Valencia base to...

Geelong, Victoria, Australia: Having led Division 1 of the Audi IRC Series at Audi Victoria Week until yesterday, Geoff Boettcher and his Secret Mens Business crew from South Australia had just one last chance to regain control in the final Race 6 sailed today on...

Big boats, Bella Mente and Highland Fling, dominated IRC 1 at Key West. Bella Mente, the Reichel-Pugh 69-footer owned by Hap Fauth of Newport, R.I., completed a wire-to-wire victory, winning 8 of 10 races. Interlodge, owned by Austin Fragomen of New York, captured the...

STOP PRESS: IAIN PERCY AND ANDREW SIMPSON WIN STAR WORLDS TEAMORIGIN  tactician Iain Percy and strategist Andrew (Bart) Simpson secured the Star World Championships after a nail biting last race of the series. Beijing gold medallists Iain Percy and Andrew Simpson have...

Decision, a TP52 owned by Stephen Murray of New Orleans, La., became the first IRC 1 entry other than Bella Mente to win a race when it corrected to first in Race 6. Interlodge, a TP52 owned by Austin Fragomen of New York, has finished second in four of six races and...

Near record fleet for Audi Victoria WeekEntries for Australia’s largest and most established sailing regatta, Audi Victoria Week, closed late last night and today host club, the Royal Geelong Yacht Club is thrilled to announce a huge fleet of 441 yachts. “Once again...

Comments and Insight from the Race Chairman... This year, there are 38 handicap entries (24 PHRF and 14 IRC).   First and foremost, I want you to know how pleased we are with the IRC and PHRF owners who have made the commitment to participate in what is unquestionably...