The 52 SUPER SERIES is finally back officially. After 18 months of hiatus, Puerto Portals hosts from Tuesday to Saturday one of the most important regattas in the world for monohull boats. The competition feels exciting and is that up to nine boats will fight for victory in the first round of the circuit. And apart from it, in the same waters of the port of Calvià There will also be seven TP52 guests who will participate in the Puerto Portals 52 SUPER SERIES Sailing Week & TP52 20th Anniversary Invitational. In total, the fleet will consist of 16 sailboats.
There is a desire to compete and, without a doubt, one of the favorites to win the 52 SUPER SERIES competition in Puerto Portals will be the ‘Quantum Racing’, that adds four titles. In addition, the boat skippered by owner Doug DeVos features Terry Hutchinson’s return to tactics. Of course, it will not be easy because they have also shown great sensations in recent days in Puerto Portals the ‘Platoon’ Harm Müller Spreer (he has been second for two seasons); the ‘Sled’ American; the ‘Bronenosec’ Russian, which features Vasco Vascotto; the ‘Provezza’ Ergin Imre, whose crew is led by John Cutler and also has the most modern mast in the fleet; and the ‘Phoenix’. The latter is led by Tony Norris and he has a Tom Slingsby in the tactic who has just been proclaimed champion of the Danish Grand Prix of SailGP with Australia.
Spain is also represented in this 52 SUPER SERIES and is that, for example, the navigator Joan Vila and Pedro Mas are in the ‘Interlodge’ of Austin Fragomen. “This project has been on the circuit before, but now they are coming back and the boat, which is the previous Azzurra and is a great boat, gives many guarantees. We have been sailing with it this week and getting to know it little by little, but we still need to know how to use it well. Nevertheless, I think we have a good crew-boat package. It will be a very tough competition, you cannot say who is the favorite, but all the boats are very good”, Explained Vila.
On the other hand, the seven TP52s that will compete in the 20th Anniversary Invitational will delight fans because the assembled fleet will represent a fascinating reminder of the evolution and popularity of this class in Europe. “Seeing these boats moored in Portals will be like a trip back in time”, they comment from the organization. There will be top-level international crews and semi-professional and amateur sailors and the ‘Blue Carbon’ by Toni Guiu is the Spanish representative.