Day 3 Highlights – Cascais 52 Super Series Sailing Week, Portugal

After a disappointing Puerto Sherry regatta last month when they finished seventh overall, their worst regatta result in the history of the world’s leading grand prix monohull circuit, Quantum Racing are on fire in the big winds and waves of the Atlantic off Cascais and lead the third regatta of the season by six points. The 2018 52 SUPER SERIES champions conclusively won the first race today at the Cascais 52 SUPER SERIES Sailing Week, at one point over 500 metres ahead of second while racing in winds of more than 25kts and surfing to a new speed record for the boat of over 25kts. The second race was much less straightforward with the windward mark set closer to the land. Offshore, to the left of the upwind, the breeze held more solid. But inshore the leaders saw shifts of more than 40 degrees, lulls as light as eight knots and still gusts to more than 20. Cascais 52 SUPER SERIES Sailing Week Regatta standings after Day 3 1. Quantum Racing (USA) (Doug DeVos) (2,1,2,2,1,4) 12 p. 2. Azzurra (ARG/ITA) (Alberto/Pablo Roemmers) (3,3,1,3,6,2) 18 p. 3. Bronenosec (RUS) (Vladimir Liubomirov) (4,2,4,7,3,3) 23 p. 4. Platoon (GER) (Harm Müller-Spreer) (5,4,3,1,7,5) 25 p. 5. Phoenix 11 (RSA) (Hasso Plattner) (6,6,5,4,5,1) 27 p. 6. Provezza (TUR) (Ergin Imre) (1,5,7,5,2,7) 27 p. 7. Alegre (USA/GBR) (Andrés Soriano) (7,7,6,6,4,6) 36 p. For full results, visit: http://bit.ly/2Y4DrR0