Today we had a 30 mile race around the bay of Portimao in winds that started out at 8 knots from 230 and finished up at 15 knots from 300. It wasn’t a smooth transition in the swing to the right…plenty of holes and reshuffling. Onboard Windquest with Doug de Vos driving, we had good […]
Two races today for the MedCup fleet. The wind struggled to find stability and we did not start the racing until 1500. The first race of the day was held in a light seabreeze from 240. The wind generally went right except the left paid because of pressure. CaxiaGalicia won the race with Artimus second. […]
We had three races today in 16 to 28 knots. Top speeds of 22 knots were seen by all boats on the runs. With the offshore breeze, the sea was flat and the sky was clear and sunny. It was a beautiful day for the 19 boats here in Portimao. The winner of the day […]
Upon arriving up at the race village yesterday, all the sailors and teams were shocked to learn of the sudden death of Franco Rodino. Franco was a lifelong photographer and sailing journalist from Italy. Franco suffered a heart attack in a RIB yesterday while out on the water doing what he loved to do…follow the […]
Super Siemens Champions Press Release. Issued by 2007 Breitling MedCup TP52 Circuit. Regatta 3 of 5, 26th Copa del Rey Camper Audi. Palma, Mallorca. Saturday Aug 4th 2007-08-04Day 5 of 5. SIEMENS MATADOR WINS TP 52 FLEET AT 26TH COPA DEL REY CAMPER AUDI. Corporacion CxG Caixa Galicia retain overall lead on the 2007 Breitling […]
We Won! Siemens/Matador won the Copa del Rey today on the bay of Palma with scores of 4, 5. Never did we finish out of the top 5 in an inshore race! The boat was fast and when we were back in the fleet we were patient and found opportunties without taking big risks. Very […]
It was a good day for Siemens/Matador as we regained the lead. With Princess Ellena di Borbon onboard, we had two good scores today, 3 and 5. Stay Calm of Great Britain won both races and moved into a tie with Mutua Madrilena, so both are two points behind us. Two races were held in […]
Tough day on the Palma Bay for us on Siemens/Matador. The race was a windward – leeward – windward, followed by a tour of Palma Bay with a long reach, then upwind and finally a long downwind fetch. The wind was anywhere from 165 to 210 degrees, in different parts of the bay. We had […]
Another hard fought day out on the TP 52 course… they all will be! Three races were sailed on the bay of Palma de Majorca in winds as light as 6 knots up to 14 knots in the last one. Good day overall for us on Siemens/Matador with all top five finishes of 2, 3, […]
Palma de Majorca, Spain On Tuesday the TP 52 fleet raced races 1 & 2 on the bay of Palma de Majorca, Spain in mild conditions of 8-11 knots from the SSW. The wind was shifting quite a bit and was anything but steady. In both races the left side of the course was heavily […]
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