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Photo: Nico Martinez / 52 Super Series Valencia Sailing Week |
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Photo: Nico Martinez / 52 Super Series Valencia Sailing Week |
“Dip me in cream and lock me in a room full of kittens. This is the day we have been waiting for, for a year. We made it tough on ourselves last season, we sat down and everybody committed to making this season better,” said Terry Hutchinson, Quantum Racing's tactician and skipper.
Quantum Racing won in Sibenik and Valencia, and landed the Rolex TP52 World Championship in a windy Cascais with Dean Barker driving, but Hutchinson confirmed his highlight of the season was winning the Puerto Portals regatta with talismanic owner-driver Doug DeVos on the tiller. DeVos could not be in Valencia as planned after the recent passing of his father, Rich.
“The highlight of the season was winning in Portals with Doug, without a question. He is Doug. He is our guy. Understanding what has gone on with him the past month and the passing of his father, we can’t help but feel he is here with us this time. Doug is one of these guys who is so committed to the sport of sailing. To win that regatta with him steering, there is no better feeling than that this season. I can’t say enough good things about him.”
For Luna Rossa, their second regatta title of the season comes after an incredible recovery in what proved to the be final race of the event, yesterday climbing from 11th to second to win the Valencia title by just one point. Underlining again how close the fleet is, Luna Rossa won by just one point from Quantum Racing with Platoon in third, one more point further back.
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Vasco Vascotto (left) Photo: Courtesy of Azzurra Racing |
"We have some very young guys on board. It is a great opportunity for us to learn how to sail together, how to pass the bad days together to be relaxed and enjoy it when we have the good days. I am very positive about our future. We know we lost some points on the courses, but that is life. It is sport. But the great thing is this circuit is the best in the world.”
Harm Müller-Spreer, the German owner-helm wins the owner-driver prize for the regatta and for the season, finishing runners up for the year as he and his Platoon team did in 2017 behind Azzurra. He said:
“I think the competition was even harder than last year. It is a similar situation to last year, with us squeezed in between Quantum Racing and Azzurra in second. I am so happy with that result to be in among these top professional sailors, I am still a ‘normal’ sailor. We have sailed now for four years together and we made some small adjustments this season.”
52 Super Series Valencia Sailing Week Final Standings
Harm Müller-Spreer, the German owner-helm wins the owner-driver prize for the regatta and for the season, finishing runners up for the year as he and his Platoon team did in 2017 behind Azzurra. He said:
“I think the competition was even harder than last year. It is a similar situation to last year, with us squeezed in between Quantum Racing and Azzurra in second. I am so happy with that result to be in among these top professional sailors, I am still a ‘normal’ sailor. We have sailed now for four years together and we made some small adjustments this season.”
52 Super Series Valencia Sailing Week Final Standings
1. Luna Rossa (ITA) (Patrizio Bertelli) (6,1,1,3,4,6,8,2) 31 p.
2. Quantum Racing (USA) (Doug DeVos) (8,2,6,6,2,1,4,3) 32 p.
3. Platoon (GER) (Harm Müller-Spreer) (1,4,4,8,1,3,7,5) 33 p.
4. Azzurra (ARG/ITA) (Alberto Roemmers) (2,3,3,5,7,8,1,9) 38 p.
5. Alegre (USA/GBR) (Andrés Soriano) (4,5,5,4,5,7,10,6) 46 p.
6. Onda (BRA) (Eduardo de Souza Ramos) (10,8,2,1,3,11,5,8) 48 p.
7. Sled (USA) (Takashi Okura) (5,10,8,10,6,5,3,1) 48 p.
8. Provezza (TUR) (Ergin Imre) (9,11+ 2 penalti,7,2,9,4,6,4) 54 p.
9. Phoenix (RSA) (Hasso/Tina Plattner) (3,6,9,12RET+2 penalti, 11,2,2,11) 58 p.
10. Gladiator (GBR) (Tony Langley) (7,9,11,7,10,9,9,7) 69 p.
11. Paprec (FRA) (Jean Luc Petithuguenin) (11,7,10,9,8,10,11,10) 76 p.
2018 52 SUPER SERIES Overall Standings
1. Quantum Racing (USA) (Doug DeVos) 160 p.
2. Platoon (GER) (Harm Müller-Spreer) 197 p.
3. Azzurra (ARG/ITA) (Alberto and Pablo Roemmers) 197 p.
4. Luna Rossa (ITA) (Patrizio Bertelli) 203 p
5. Sled (USA) (Takashi Okura) 211 p.
6. Alegre (USA/GBR) (Andrés Soriano) 230 p.
7. Phoenix (RSA) (Hasso/Tina Plattner) 239 p.
8. Provezza (TUR) (Ergin Imre) 261 p.
9. Onda (BRA) (Eduardo de Souza Ramos) 290 p.
10. Gladiator (GBR) (Tony Langley) 344 p.
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