News in 2014
Zenith Royal Cup Marina Ibiza and Super Series decided
Quantum Racing clinches Royal Cup and 2014 Barclays 52 SUPER SERIES title. Quantum Racing secured the 2014 Barclays 52 SUPER SERIES title today on Race 7 of the ZENITH Royal Cup Marina Ibiza regatta and on the next race they did enough to also win the Ibiza event,...
Copa del Rey, one more for Quantum Racing!
There was to be no succession at the 2014 Copa del Rey Mapfre. Rán Racing may have gone into the final day of the Mediterranean’s showcase regatta with designs on the King’s Cup, just three points behind reigning champions Quantum Racing, but the defending champions...
Quantum is the 2014 TP52 World Champion
Propelled by their anger and disappointment at a performance in Capri last month which fell short of their best, Quantum Racing bounced back to win the AUDI TP52 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP title from a very intense five race event on the beautiful waters of the Costa...
Friday 13 for Provezza, Phoenix impeccable
From a long, hot Friday 13th under the burning sun of Porto Cervo, Sardinia, Quantum Racing kept their cool to record a solid 2,3,3 from the first three windward leeward races of the AUDI TP52 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP and extend their overall lead to two points going into...
Rán Takes Coastal
Defending world champions Rán Racing stepped up their title defence at the Audi TP52 World Championships off Porto Cervo, Sardinia when they won the closest of four way battles which had raged all the way around the classic 31 miles coastal course out to Spargi Island...
Quantum Starts Well In Porto Cervo!
Two weeks of pent up frustration at their disappointing third place result in Capri’s first regatta of the BARCLAYS 52 SUPER SERIES, not to mention two hours waiting this afternoon for a decent racing breeze to arrive on the beautiful blue waters off Porto Cervo,...
AZZURRA!
AZZURRA VICTORIOUS IN CAPRI On the BARCLAYS 52 SUPER SERIES’ first visit to the island of Capri it was the Italian team on Azzurra which came away with top honours, clinching the first regatta title of the 2014 European TP52 season with an impressive second and a...
Dying Breezes Kills Race, Hopes And Fears
The coastal race for the BARCLAYS 52 SUPER SERIES at Rolex Capri Sailing Week had to be abandoned before the fleet had reached the first turning mark this afternoon when the light breeze shut down and left the crews all but becalmed. The leaders, Tony Langley’s...
Azzurra and Vesper Leading After Day 2 Capri
After two days of windward-leeward races off Capri, Italy the first BARCLAYS 52 SUPER SERIES regatta of the season has fallen very much in line with predictions that this would be a very open event with no one boat able to dominate in the light winds. Four different...
First day Capri tense racing, light breeze, flat water
While the BARCLAYS 52 SUPER SERIES newest owner, Brasil’s Eduardo de Souza Ramos may have been the owner-driver wearing the biggest smile around Capri’s Marina Grande this evening after he and his Phoenix team won their first ever race, Day 1 Race 1 of this year’s...
Super Day SLED, QUANTUM Take The Double
Doug DeVos’ Quantum Racing completed a double title ‘slam dunk’ in the sweltering Miami heat and light winds as they collected the US 52 Championship title with a solid final day and also clinched the US 52 Super Series title, adding the Miami regatta win to their...
Chess Game Race Sees New Teams Top The Results!
Quantum Racing go into the final day of racing at the 52 US Championship in Miami with a lead of two points after rescuing a valuable third place from what proved to be one of the most tactically testing races yet. They took places down the final fluky run of...
Windy Day Goes Azzurra’s Way
Quantum Racing go into the final day of racing at the 52 US Championship in Miami with a lead of two points after rescuing a valuable third place from what proved to be one of the most tactically testing races yet. They took places down the final fluky run of...
Tornado Warning Restrics Day Two Miami To One Race
A second race win in succession, gained from the only race of the day, sees Azzurra top the leaderboard at the 52 US Championships in Miami, now leading Quantum Racing on countback. Although three windward leeward contests were scheduled Thursday on the strength of a...
Key West Lobster Pots Make Place For Miami Weed
Winning five races from ten for the 52 SUPER SERIES at Quantum Key West Doug DeVos and the Quantum Racing team secured the first title of the new 2014 season. Starting Friday’s one final race of the series the 2013 season champions needed only a solid top four finish...
Quantum Racing Hook Pot Of Gold!
Winning five races from ten for the 52 SUPER SERIES at Quantum Key West Doug DeVos and the Quantum Racing team secured the first title of the new 2014 season. Starting Friday’s one final race of the series the 2013 season champions needed only a solid top four finish...
Crab pots, wind shifts and some good racing
Quantum Racing, with team owner Doug DeVos on the helm, now need only a solid final race in the US 52 SUPER SERIES at Quantum Key West to clinch the first major regatta title of the 2014 season. While Quantum Racing composed a strong penultimate day of the five day...
Brilliant Key West Race Day
A long, three race day on the water for the 52 SUPER SERIES fleet at Quantum Key West, sees a new regatta leader in Niklas Zennström’s Rán Racing. The world champions sailed a consistent day, improving on a fourth in the first race to post a first and a second,...
Rain, Big Shifts, Cold
From a race sailed in unusually wet and squally conditions, somewhat atypical of the annual regatta’s reputation for regular breezes and sunshine, the Quantum Racing team managed to keep their unbeaten record intact to increase their overall lead at the top of the US...
Tricky Opening Day Quantum Key West
Quantum Racing steered by team owner Doug DeVos won both of the 2014 season’s first races for the US 52 SUPER SERIES at Quantum Key West regatta making the best of the very light and difficult racing conditions, narrowly holding off the current world champions Rán...