Day 2 Highlights - Puerto Sherry 52 Super Series Sailing Week, Spain

It was places gained on successive runs during the second race today that keep Azzurra and Bronenosec in the top two places after four races at the Puerto Sherry 52 SUPER SERIES Royal Cup. At this new, challenging venue for the circuit, the key learning so far is that consistency is especially elusive in this high-level fleet on a race course where the sea breeze on the water is especially hard to read. Witness the fall from grace today of the leaders after Day 1, Provezza. A win and a fourth yesterday saw them sitting pretty at the top of the scoreboard this morning. But two seventh places today sees Ergin Imre’s crew drop to sixth, six points off Azzurra’s table-topping tally of 13 points. Top scoring boat of the day was Harm Müller-Spreer’s Platoon, which rises to third overall after winning the second race. But over the two races, the Roemmers family’s Azzurra and Vladimir Liubomirov’s Bronenosec both returned useful seven-point aggregates. After finishing second to Quantum Racing in the first race of the day, Azzurra got themselves back in the match when they recovered from seventh to fourth on the first run. And on the second downwind Bronenosec, with Morgan Larson on tactics, climbed from sixth to third to claim second place overall on the standings. The subtle shifts in wind strength and pressure are made all the more difficult to read because of the lack of contrast in the colours on the water. The tidal currents and an inflowing river means the waters – rather than the easy on the eye azure of the Med – are rather darker. Puerto Sherry 52 SUPER SERIES Royal Cup Regatta standings after Day 2 1. Azzurra (ARG/ITA) (Alberto Roemmers) (5,1,2,5) 13 p. 2. Bronenosec (RUS) (Vladimir Liubomirov) (4,3,4,3) 14 p. 3. Platoon (GER) (Harm Müller-Spreer) (3,6,5,1) 15 p. 4. Sled (USA) (Takashi Okura) (8,2,3,4) 17 p. 5. Alegre (USA/GBR) (Andrés Soriano) (2,8,6,2) 18 p. 6. Provezza (TUR) (Ergin Imre) (1,4,7,7) 19 puntos. 7. Quantum Racing (USA) (Doug DeVos) (7,7,1,6) 21 p. 8. Phoenix 11 (RSA) (Tina Plattner) (6,5,8,8) 27 p. For full results, visit: http://bit.ly/2IoHoHo Please visit the links below to find out more. YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/52SuperSeries Facebook: www.facebook.com/52SuperSeries Twitter: www.twitter.com/52SuperSeries Now available to watch and share online.