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52 Super Series

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Platoon Aviation win Royal Cup for a fourth time, dream second place for Brazil’s Crioula team

52 Super SeriesPlatoon Aviation win Royal Cup for a fourth time, dream second place for Brazil’s Crioula team While Harm Müller-Spreer’s German flagged Platoon Aviation ran away with the regatta title to lift the Royal Cup for the fourth time, Eduardo and Renato Plass and their tightly knit Crioula team from Brazil’s Valeros do

August 29
Platoon Aviation poised for first regatta win since Royal Cup 2024, Sled damage compromises season challenge, Crioula on podium.

52 Super SeriesPlatoon Aviation poised for first regatta win since Royal Cup 2024, Sled damage compromises season challenge, Crioula on podium. With a first and a fourth from the breeziest day of racing so far at the Puerto Calero Lanzarote 52 SUPER SERIES Royal Cup, Germany’s three times World Champions Platoon Aviation have staked a strong claim to their fourt

August 28
With two days to sail still, Platoon surges towards a fourth Royal Cup win in Lanzarote

52 Super SeriesWith two days to sail still, Platoon surges towards a fourth Royal Cup win in Lanzarote Three times winners of the event’s major trophy, Harm Müller-Spreer’s Platoon Aviation have now built a solid seven points lead at the Puerto Calero Lanzarote 52 SUPER SERIES Royal Cup after posting two second places tod

August 27
Tied at the top of the Royal Cup table, Provezza and Platoon Aviation decipher tricky Lanzarote breezes

52 Super SeriesTied at the top of the Royal Cup table, Provezza and Platoon Aviation decipher tricky Lanzarote breezes Still racing in light, shifty offshore breezes Ergin Imre’s Provezza and Harm Müller Spreer’s Platoon now share the lead at the top of the 13 boat fleet at the Puerto Calero Lanzarote 52 SUPER SERIES Royal Cup. Two races

August 26
Vayu lead Royal Cup after Day 1 in Puerto Calero, Lanzarote

52 Super SeriesVayu lead Royal Cup after Day 1 in Puerto Calero, Lanzarote After two races contested in a light, streaky offshore breeze which peaked at 12 knots, the Thai flagged Vayu of the Whitcraft family are the early leaders of the Puerto Calero Lanzarote 52 SUPER SERIES Royal Cup. With D

August 25
Puerto Calero promises great Royal Cup racing conditions in Lanzarote

52 Super SeriesPuerto Calero promises great Royal Cup racing conditions in Lanzarote Conditions for this week’s Puerto Calero Lanzarote 52 SUPER SERIES Royal Cup look set to be much more manageable than last month’s high winds, edge of control, regatta which was contested about 20kms west on Lanzarote’s

August 24
52 SUPER SERIES fleet is ready for a Royal Cup rumble at Puerto Calero, Lanzarote.

52 Super Series52 SUPER SERIES fleet is ready for a Royal Cup rumble at Puerto Calero, Lanzarote. Next week’s Puerto Calero Lanzarote 52 SUPER SERIES Royal Cup is the fourth regatta of the five events which form the 2026 season and the second back-to-back regatta in breezy Lanzarote after last month’s Marina Rubicon

August 19
True Blue! Paprec win thrilling Lanzarote showdown, their first ever 52 SUPER SERIES success

52 Super SeriesTrue Blue! Paprec win thrilling Lanzarote showdown, their first ever 52 SUPER SERIES success Jean-Luc Petithuguenin’s French team on Paprec secured their first ever regatta win on the 52 SUPER SERIES when they held their nerve across two difficult, breezy final races, making no significant errors when their main

July 25
No racing today in Lanzarote, Sled lead into final day of Marina Rubicón Lanzarote 52 SUPER SERIES Sailing Week

52 Super SeriesNo racing today in Lanzarote, Sled lead into final day of Marina Rubicón Lanzarote 52 SUPER SERIES Sailing Week Winds proved strong for racing to take place today on the island of Lanzarote at the Marina Rubicón Lanzarote 52 SUPER SERIES Sailing Week. The 12 boat fleet went afloat for a proposed 1215hrs start to Race 6 but with gu

July 24
Trinity win one but Sled move clear at the top of the Lanzarote standings

52 Super SeriesTrinity win one but Sled move clear at the top of the Lanzarote standings The race committee led by PRO Maria Torrijo got the timing just right to complete one race at the Marina Rubicon Lanzarote 52 SUPER SERIES Sailing Week, making best use of a weather window which opened between gusts of 3

July 23