Day 2 Highlights - Sibenik 52 Super Series Sailing Week, Croatia

After a beautifully scenic 30-nautical-mile coastal race tour of the islands off Sibenik, third place across the finish line sees reigning TP52 World Champions Platoon step up to lead the hotly contested first regatta of the 2018 52 SUPER SERIES season, the Sibenik 52 SUPER SERIES Sailing Week. While there was an extremely satisfying runaway victory for Takashi Okura’s mainly Kiwi crew on Sled, a team now comprising almost all past or present Team New Zealand America’s Cup sailors, it was the third place of Harm Müller-Spreer’s team with rivals and team-mates Quantum Racing in eighth that now means the German-flagged crew lead by five points after eight races. Standings after three races: 1. Platoon (GER) (Harm Müller-Spreer) (1,4,3) 8 p. 2. Quantum Racing (USA) (Doug DeVos) (4,1,8) 13 p. 3. Onda (BRA) (Eduardo de Souza Ramos) (2,7,5) 14 p. 4. Sled (USA) (Takashi Okura) (12,3,1) 16 p. 5. Provezza (TUR) (Ergin Imre) (5,9,4) 18 p. 6. Paprec Recyclage (FRA) (Jean Luc Petithuguenin) (6,12,2) 20 p. 7. Gladiator (GBR) (Tony Langley) (10(+2 PEN),2,7) 21 p. 8. Luna Rossa (ITA) (Patrizio Bertelli) (7,5,9) 21 p. 9. Azzurra (ARG/ITA) (Alberto Roemmers) (3,10,10) 23 p. 10. Alegre (USA/GBR) (Andrés Soriano) (9,8,6) 23 p. 11. Phoenix (RSA) (Hasso/Tina Plattner) (8,6,11) 25 p. 12. XIO Hurakan (ITA) (Marco Serafini) (11,11,12) 34 p. For full results, visit: http://bit.ly/2IGhEE1 To watch the race again, visit http://bit.ly/2e6o3tR. 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.