Day 2 Highlights – Cascais 52 Super Series Sailing Week, Portugal

Two solid second places from the windiest day of racing so far of the 2019 52 SUPER SERIES sees Quantum Racing three points clear at the top of the Cascais 52 SUPER SERIES Sailing Week. Although the winds topped 25 knots at times and the TP52 fleet were in their element, long, fast downwinds, and muscular, tough upwinds – the pattern to the breezes was not easy to read. Winning proved more complex than simply claiming the key berth at the signal boat, taking the favoured right side of the course and then protecting. In the prevailing NW’ly wind, the approach to the top mark – the final third of the beat – can often be difficult. The breeze swirls off the land, it bends around the point and today’s second race in particular saw an especially testing period as the whole fleet approached the first turn. But for all that, there have now been four different winners from the four races so far at the Cascais 52 SUPER SERIES Sailing Week. The team that won the Rolex TP52 World Championship here last year stand out for their consistency so far. They are very much back on form. That said, all three top-placed boats on the general classification today netted a four-point average – Azzurra going 1,3 and Platoon 3,1. Cascais 52 SUPER SERIES Sailing Week Regatta standings after Day 2 1. Quantum Racing (USA) (Doug DeVos) (2,1,2,2) 7 p. 2. Azzurra (ARG/ITA) (Alberto/Pablo Roemmers) (3,3,1,3) 10 p. 3. Platoon (GER) (Harm Müller-Spreer) (5,4,3,1) 13 p. 4. Bronenosec (RUS) (Vladimir Liubomirov) (4,2,4,7) 17 p. 5. Provezza (TUR) (Ergin Imre) (1,5,7,5) 18 puntos. 6. Phoenix 11 (RSA) (Hasso Plattner) (6,6,5,4) 21 p. 7. Alegre (USA/GBR) (Andrés Soriano) (7,7,6,6) 26 p. For full results, visit: http://bit.ly/2Y4DrR0