November 16, 2019

      "Battleship" opens 44Cup Palma in the top three
      In the waters of Palma de Mallorca on November 15, one day late, the races of the final stage of 44Cup of the 2019 season started. In light, unstable winds, the fleet held three races, as a result of which the crew of the Saint-Petersburg Yacht Club “Battleship” shared the third line with the Swedish Artemis Racing.

The previous day, with a wind of up to 40 knots, the 44Cup Palma competition area was captured by light, unstable winds and chaotic waves. Having already lost one race day, the competition committee was determined to start the first race of the stage, no matter what the cost. After long hours of setting the distance, the first start signal sounded, albeit with a great delay.

The water here is familiar to all the tactics of the nine crews participating in 44Cup Palma, but the November weather turned out to be more than a complicated mystery even for experienced crews. The early leader of the day was Charisma by Nico Puns, but in the final race, the Dutchman skipped ahead of the French Aleph and finished second.

In the most difficult conditions, “Battleship” had a great two races and confidently took the third line. A bad start in the third race of the day brought the seventh result, therefore, the place in the top three had to be shared with veterans of the class, the Swedish Artemis Racing.

On the contrary, for three-time world champions, the team of “Nick” Vladimir Prosikhin, the day was not set. Two parishes in the tail of the fleet threw the team to the end of the standings. The second arrival in the third race helped to rectify the situation, and Nika has a hard fight for medals ahead of the season. In this case, little consolation is the fact that all Prosikhin's rivals in this fight also spent an unsuccessful day and share the bottom lines of the table.

For the Tavatuy team of Pavel Kuznetsov, the opening of the stage also did not bring anything good. Newcomers to the class could not cope with the whirring wind, and as a result – the last two arrivals, which were able to correct the third finish at the end of the day.

According to the chief judge of the competition, Peter Reggio, the weather in the waters of Palma should gradually improve and please the titled fleet with its famous “sailing” conditions. 44Cup Palma competitions will run until November 17th switch

Press Service of the Yacht Club of St. Petersburg

44Cup Palma Results –

https://www.44cup.org/results#tab-5

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Chief Editor

The past a day earlier, the front with winds up to 40 knots left the area of the competition 44Cup Palma in captivity light, unstable winds and chaotic excitement. Already losing one day of racing, the competition Committee was determined to start the first race of the stage, no matter what it takes. After long hours of installation distance of the first starting signal sounded, albeit very late.

The local water is well known to all nine tactics involved in 44Cup Palma crews, but the November weather was more than challenging puzzle, even for experienced crews. The early leader of the day was “Charisma” Nico Punch, but in the final race, the Dutchman skipped forward French Aleph and ended the day second.

In the most difficult conditions “Battleship” had a great two races and finished in third place. A bad start in the third race of the day brought the seventh result, therefore, a place in the top three had to share with the veterans class, the Swedish Artemis Racing.

In contrast, for the three-time world Champions, the team of “Nika” of Vladimir Prosikhin, had a bad day. Two parishes in the tail of the fleet pushed the team to the end of the table. To rectify the situation helped the second coming in the third race, and in front of “Nicky” a hard fight for the medals at the end of the season. Small consolation in this case is the fact that all competitors Procaine in this fight also had a bad day and share the bottom line of the table.

For team Tavatuy Pavel Kuznetsov opening stage also did not bring anything good. Beginners class lost zahoditi wind, and as a result, the last two parishes, which managed to improve to third by the finish line at the end of the day.

According to the chief judge of competitions Peter Reggio, the weather in the area of the Palm should gradually improve and please award-winning fleet for its famous “sailing” conditions. 44Cup Palma competition will run until 17 November, vkljuchili

The press service of the Yacht club of Saint-Petersburg

Results 44Cup Palma –

https://www.44cup.org/results#tab-5

Yesterday

      The best season for the Battleship
      On September 28, in Porto Cervo in Sardinia, the 52 Super Series of the 2019 season ended with a dramatic denouement. Thanks to the amazing composure, the Italian Azzurra won the season title, and the St. Petersburg Yacht Club team finished the season in a worthy fourth place.

The first comparison of the lineup in the standings of the season before the start of the Audi 52 SUPER SERIES Sailing Week Porto Cervo on September 24 and after its completion on September 28 will not reveal any changes in the first three. Indeed, there are no formal changes – the teams retained their positions. This is exactly what the crew of the Azzurra of the Costa Smeralda yacht club sought. The Rommerez family team with Santiago Lange as a tactic approached the start of the decisive stage as a leader with a small margin before the German Platoon, and did not intend to give up their place. Everything went according to notes.

But the party was not easy. First of all, the rivals were baffled by the torn rhythm of the regatta. Mistral, who arrived in time for the start of the regatta, caused the cancellation of the first and third competitive days – an unprecedented phenomenon in the 52 Super Series. Maintaining stability in such conditions is very difficult, but the Italian team did better.

It is interesting that already in the first race of the final day, Azzurra could prematurely resolve the situation in her favor if she won by a margin of four or more points. But Platoon chased the rival on the heels and in all three races of the day finished right behind Azzurra. And yet, after the second race, it became clear that the Italians won their third title of winners of the 52 Super Series season since 2012. In turn, for Platoon this is the third consecutive silver medal of the 52 Super Series season in 2017-2019. Three-time winner of the Golden Cup in the Dragon class Harm Muller-Spreer will not achieve the long-awaited gold in the 52 Super Series.

An interesting role was assigned to the American Quantum Racing. The crew of the DeVos family acted as a “gasket” between the applicants for gold, which paid off in the form of a bronze medal of the stage and season 52 of the Super Series.

Well, the star of the stage in Porto Cervo was the crew of the New York Sled Yacht Club. With astounding five wins in nine races, Takeshi Okura's team won by a significant margin.

For the crew of the Saint-Petersburg Yacht Club “Battleship”, the 2019 season was the most successful in the entire history of the performance in the class. Two stage medals were won, including the bronze of the world championship in the TP52 class – the first medal for Russia in the championship in this class since 2010 (then Synergy won the bronze).

In Porto Cervo, the Battleship had every chance of taking the medal from the Americans. The team of Vladimir Lyubomirov opened the race in the top three, but then performed unstable and finished fifth. In the overall standings, “Battleship” retained the fourth line – this is so far the best result in the team’s assets.

“On the one hand, it’s unfortunate that we could not finish the season in the top three, although there were prerequisites for this,” team skipper Vladimir Lyubomirov comments on the season. – On the other hand, after a one-year break in the 52 Super Series, we returned and won two medals in five stages and in the standings of the season lost a little more than 10 points to the first three. This is significant progress that should be further developed. ”

Meanwhile, the 52 Super Series has already unveiled the calendar of events for the 2020 anniversary season. Some surprises have been prepared for future participants. Firstly, the series will visit South Africa – for the first time in its history, and it will also host the TP52 world championship there. Secondly, the European part of the calendar will consist of four stages, which in total gives six stages in a season. So many races will be held for the first time since 2014.

Audi 52 SUPER SERIES Sailing Week Porto Cervo Results –

http://www.52superseries.com/events/2019/eu/audi-52-super-series-porto-cervo-sailing-week/

Results 52 Super Series 2019 –

http://www.52superseries.com/events/2019/all/

Calendar 52 Super Series 2020 –

http://www.52superseries.com/events/2020/all/

Alexey Zhirov,
PR-director of the Yacht Club of St. Petersburg

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Chief Editor

The first comparison arrangement of commands in standings of the season before the start of the 52 SUPER SERIES Audi Sailing Week in Porto Cervo September 24, and after September 28 will not detect any changes in the top three. Indeed, formally there is no change – the team maintained its position. This made the crew of Azzurra, the host yacht club Costa Smeralda. Team family Romerez with Santiago Lange as a tactic has come to start a decisive step as a leader with a slight margin of points before the German Platoon, and was not going to give up his place. Everything went like clockwork.

But the party was not easy. First, opponents were confused, ragged rhythm of the regatta. Came to the rescue for the start of the regatta Mistral has caused the cancellation of the first and third competition days – an unprecedented event in the 52 Super Series. To maintain stability in such conditions is very difficult, but the Italian team managed to do better.

It is interesting that already in the first race of the final day of Azzurra could prematurely to resolve the situation in their favor, if they won with a lead of four or more points. But Platoon pursued the opponent’s heels in all three races of the day finishing just behind Azzurra. And yet after the second race it became clear that the Italians won their third title of season winners of the 52 Super Series in 2012. In turn, the Platoon is the third consecutive silver medal in the 52 Super Series season in years 2017-2019. The three-time winner of the Gold Cup in the Dragon class Harm müller-Spreer did not achieve the long-awaited gold in the 52 Super Series.

An interesting role was given to the American Quantum Racing. The crew family DeVos acted as “spacers” between the contenders for the gold, which bore fruit in the bronze medal stage of the 52 Super Series season.

Well, the star of stage in Porto Cervo became the crew of the new York yacht club Sled. With an astounding five wins in nine races, the team of Takeshi Okura won by a considerable margin.

For the crew of the Yacht club of Saint-Petersburg “Battleship” the 2019 season was the most successful for all history of performances in class. Won two medals in the stages, including the bronze medal at the world championship in the class ТР52 – the first medal for Russia in the championship in this class since 2010 (when bronze was won by “synergy”).

In Porto Cervo “Battleship” had all the chances to take a medal from the Americans. The team of Vladimir Liubomirov opened the race in the top three, but then made unstable, and finished fifth. In the overall “Battleship” has kept the fourth place is the best result the team.

“On the one hand it’s a shame that we were unable to finish the season in the top three, although the preconditions for this were, says season team skipper Vladimir Liubomirov. On the other hand, after a year break in the 52 Super Series we came back and won two medals in five stages in the standings of the season yielded just over 10 points the first three. This is significant progress, which should develop in the future.”

Meanwhile, the 52 Super Series has unveiled the calendar of competitions of the season jubilee 2020. For future participants prepared a few surprises. First, the series will visit South Africa for the first time in its history, but still will hold a world Cup ТР52. Secondly, the European part of the calendar will consist of four stages, giving a total of six stages in the season. As many races will be held for the first time in 2014.

The results of the 52 SUPER SERIES Audi Sailing Week in Porto Cervo

Audi 52 SUPER SERIES Sailing Week Porto Cervo

The Results Of The 52 Super Series In 2019 –

http://www.52superseries.com/events/2019/all/

Calendar 52 Super Series 2020 –

http://www.52superseries.com/events/2020/all/

Alex Fat
PR-Director of the Yacht club of Saint-Petersburg

September 26, 2019

      "Battleship" in the top three!
      On Wednesday, September 25, in Porto Cervo, as part of the final stage of 52SuperSeries, three races took place, as a result of which the team of the Bronenosets Yacht Club of St. Petersburg finished the day with a victory and a third overall result.

The weather of the Emerald Coast of Sardinia finally allowed the teams participating in the final stage of 52SuperSeries to go the distance. The Mistral loosened its grip somewhat – after 30+ knots of wind a day earlier (which caused the cancellation of the races on the first day of the competition), 18-27 knots were recorded at a distance. In such a fresh wind, ten crews held three races in one breath.

The leaders of the season standings – the team of the host yacht club Azzurra, the American Quantum and the German Platoon – expectedly started a complex tactical game of containment of each other. Taking advantage of this situation, the first race was confidently won by the American Sled from the New York Yacht Club, the second (with a fight) was recorded by the British Alegre, and in the third race, the team of the Saint-Petersburg Yacht Club “Battleship” literally won the last meters. .

“The fresh wind is our weather, we had a good day and could achieve more,” comments Vladimir Lyubomirov, the “Battleship” helmsman. – As always, there is not enough stability. An unfortunate penalty in the second race, and even on the third mark, when it is no longer possible to influence the situation, spoiled the mood, but we are ready for further struggle. There are chances! ”

Indeed, on the first mark of the first race, the Battleship was second, but finished fifth. In the second race, the team of the St. Petersburg Yacht Club steadily went in the top five, but was fined on the last round and, without a chance to return to the fight, finished last, while simultaneously falling to the eighth line in the standings.

The team was not taken aback and from the start of the third race it was chasing the leader – the local Azzurra – in order to bypass the Italians at the last meters before the finish line and finish with a victory and a reserve of just one building.

This result allowed the Battleship to complete the first day of competition on the third line of the Audi 52 SUPER SERIES Sailing Week in Porto Cervo. At the same time, an amazing tie-break of four crews, which scored 15 points, was formed in the table. In addition to the Armadillo, these are Alegre, Quantum and Phoenix11. The Germans claiming victory in the season, Platoon follow the deficit by only one point. Yes, and on the first lines of the table is restless: Azzurra and Sled share one point.

“The struggle is just flaring up, there are three more racing days ahead, but the experience of past years shows that one race is always not enough to correct the result of the season,” continues Lyubomirov. “It will probably be the same now.” Considering that we lost one day due to a strong wind, we need to fight for every meter – it can become decisive. ”

The Audi 52 SUPER SERIES Sailing Week competitions in Porto Cervo will last until September 28 inclusive.

Alexey Zhirov,

PR Director
Yacht Club St. Petersburg

Results –

Audi 52 SUPER SERIES Sailing Week Porto Cervo

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Chief Editor

Weather emerald coast of Sardinia finally allowed the participating teams of the final stage of 52SuperSeries to go the distance. Mistral loosened his grip after 30+ knots of wind the previous day (which was the reason for the cancelled races, the first day of competition), the race was fixed 18-27 knots. In such a fresh wind ten crews held in one breath three races.

The leaders of the standings of the season, the team of the host yacht club, Azzurra, Quantum and German American Platoon is expected playing a complex tactical game of deterrence to each other. Taking advantage of this situation, the first race confidently won the American Sled of the new York yacht club, second (to the fight) recorded in the British asset Alegre, but in the third race victory literally in the last meters produced the team of the Yacht club of Saint-Petersburg “Battleship”.

“A fresh wind is our weather, we had a good day and could have achieved more, says the steering “Battleship” Vladimir Liubomirov. – As always, not enough stability. An unfortunate penalty in the second race, and even the third sign, when there is no possibility to influence the situation, spoiled the mood, but we are ready to continue the fight. There is a chance!”

Indeed, at the first sign of the first race “Battleship” was second, but finished fifth. In the second race the team of the Yacht club of Saint-Petersburg were consistently sitting in the top five, but was fined at the last rounding and no chance to get back in the fight came last, and at the same time dropping in the standings to eighth.

The team has not become puzzled and already from the start of the third race chased leader, local Azzurra – that in the last meters before the finish to beat the Italians and to finish with a victory margin of just one case.

This result allowed the “Battleship” complete first day of competition on the third line of standings of the 52 SUPER SERIES Audi Sailing Week in Porto Cervo. In this case, the table has developed an amazing tie-break of four crews, who scored 15 points. In addition to “Battleship,” it is Alegre, Quantum and Phoenix11. Claiming the victory in the season the Germans Platoon followed with a deficit of only one point. Yes, and in the first lines of the table restless: Azzurra and Sled parts one point.

“Fighting erupted, there are still three days of racing, but past experience shows that is not always enough of one race, to improve the result of the season – continues Liubomirov. Probably now will be the same. Given that one day we have lost from-for a strong wind, you need to fight for every meter – it can be decisive”.

Competition 52 SUPER SERIES Audi Sailing Week in Porto Cervo will last until 28 September inclusive.

Alex Fat

PR Director
The yacht club of Saint-Petersburg

Results

Audi 52 SUPER SERIES Sailing Week Porto Cervo

August 30, 2019

      "Battleship" gets the bronze medal of the world championship TP52 in Spain

On August 29, in Puerto Portals in Mallorca, the TP52 world championship ended, which was also the fourth stage of 52SuperSeries. According to the results of the competition, the German Platoon team won. For the first time in the history of participation in TP52 world championships, the crew of the St. Petersburg Yacht Club won a bronze medal.

As expected, the final day of the World Cup was the most stressful, because the teams up to the seventh line of the standings (where the current world champions, the Quantum Racing Americans were) had a theoretical chance to take the gold from the Platoon Germans leading at that time. Accordingly, it was the German team that was on the spot for everyone, and it seemed that the nerves could not stand it. The Mueller-Spreer crew received the first fine in the pre-launch procedure of the first race of the day. He was followed by two more fines during the day and two penalty points for a collision with Quantum Racing.

Looking ahead, it should be said that, despite the difficulties, the Germans were already very good in this championship. Let the final day be the most unlucky for them, the safety margin was enough to become world champions for the second time (the first gold in 2017).

It was also a hectic day for the titled Italians Azzurra. The Costa Smeralda Yacht Club team also spent a bad day, but there was just enough margin to get ahead of all rivals by one point and hold the second line. This is the second silver of the World Cup in a row for Italians (and in total Azzurra has a lot more titles in TP52).

Well, the Turkish-British Provezza became the star of the day. As you know, the boat of the Turks lost its mast in the first race of the first day. The crew managed to deliver their old mast to the competition site, install it (using parts borrowed from other teams) and go the distance. Yes, it’s not easy to leave – the team of Ergin Imre amazed everyone with the best result of the day, 1 and 3 parishes! Unfortunately for Provezza the baggage of the glasses was too heavy – the final ninth place.

Anticipating exceptional competition on the water, the Battleship crew continued to follow a proven strategy. Moreover, the wind was very light, no more than 6-7 knots – not the most favorable conditions for the Battleship. The team was conservative at the starts and acted as cautiously as possible. True, this did not help in the first race. From all indications, the Battleship appeared to go round the five, but a sudden change in the wind pushed the blue boat into the tail of the fleet. With difficulty managed to finish seventh.

In the second (final, ninth) race, things went better – fourth on the first mark and fourth on the finish. Such a result saved a bronze medal for the Battleship with a minimal advantage over Sled from the New York Yacht Club.

“We opened the championship with the seventh result and finished third – this is a long way that the team has traveled over four days,” said Vladimir Lyubomirov, skipper of the Bronenosets team. – Our medal is really deserved, we fought for every meter of the distance with the most titled teams of the planet and withstood incredible pressure! “The medals of the season are at stake – and we feel confident that we can compete for them!”

The medal of the World Cup 2019 is the first in the career of the Battleship and the second this year. Previously, bronze was won by the results of the second stage in Porto Sherry. Thus, before the final stage of the series, “Battleship” came close to the first three of the overall classification of the season 52SuperSeries 2019. Everything will be decided at the end of September in Porto Cervo.

World Cup Results: http://www.52superseries.com/

52SuperSeries Season Results: http://www.52superseries.com/events/2019/all

Video clip – https://youtu.be/47a9-UBGN38

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Chief Editor

As expected, the final day of the world championship was the most intense, because the team up to the seventh line of the standings (where were the world Champions, the Americans Quantum Racing) had a theoretical chance to take the gold from the leading at the time the Germans Platoon. Accordingly, the German team was all “on sight”, and apparently the nerves could not stand. The first penalty the crew of the Mueller-Spreer was still in pre-launch procedure to the first race of the day. It was followed by two more fine during the day and two penalty points for the collision with Quantum Racing.

Looking ahead, it should be said that, despite the difficulties, the Germans were very good in this championship. Let the final day was the most unfortunate, the safety margin was enough to the second time to become world Champions (first gold in 2017).

Also restless day and titled Italians Azzurra. Team Yacht club Costa Smeralda also had a bad day, but the stock enough just to make one point ahead of all rivals and to retain second place. This is the second world championship silver in a row for the Italians (and only the Azzurra a lot more titles in ТР52).

But the star of the day was a Turkish-British Provezza. As you know, boat the Turks lost his mast in the first race of the first day. The crew managed to deliver the old mast to the venue, install it (with parts borrowed from other teams) and get off at the distance. And not just to enter is a team of Ergin Imre smote all the best result of the day 1 and 3 parishes! Unfortunately, for points Provezza Luggage was too heavy a final ninth place.

Anticipating exceptional competition on the water, the crew of “Battleship” continued to follow a proven strategy. Moreover, the wind was very light, no more than 6-7 knots – not the most favorable conditions for “Battleship”. The team was conservative on the start and acted with maximum caution. However, it has not helped in the first race. Around the thought that “Battleship” comes out in bending in the top five, but a sudden wind shift pushed the blue boat in the tail of the fleet. Barely managed to finish seventh.

In the second (final, ninth) race things went better than fourth at the first mark and fourth at the finish. This result saved the bronze medal for “Battleship” with a minimal advantage to the Sled from the new York yacht club.

“We opened the season seventh result and finished third – this is a great way made the team for four days, says the skipper of the team “Battleship” Vladimir Liubomirov. Our medal really deserved, we fought for every meter of the race with the most titled teams in the world and survived under incredible pressure! Now at stake medal of the season and we feel confident we can fight for them!”

Medal of the world championship 2019 – the first in the career of “Battleship” and the second this year. Earlier the bronze medal was won in the second round in Porto sherry. Thus, before the final stage of the series, “Battleship” crept close to the top three overall season 52SuperSeries 2019. Everything will be decided at the end of September in Porto Cervo.

The results of the world Cup: http://www.52superseries.com/

The results of the season 52SuperSeries: http://www.52superseries.com/events/2019/all

The video – https://youtu.be/47a9-UBGN38

August 26, 2019

      “Battleship” started in the world championship class TP52 in Mallorca
      On August 25, in Puerto Portals in Mallorca, the test competitions of the World Championship in the TP52 class started, which is part of the 52SuperSeries series as the fourth, last but one stage of the season. According to the results of two races held, the team of the Yacht Club of St. Petersburg “Battleship” is the seventh.

Compared to last year’s championship, the current fleet has added two boats and now represents eight countries. At the disposal of the titled fleet, the water area of ​​the island of Sails, as Mallorca is sometimes called, provided excellent conditions with light wind and even water. But the title being played seems to exert too much psychological pressure on the participants – even in the official training race a serious fight broke out a day earlier in the race.

Needless to say about the first day of the competition races. After a good start, the Battleship took the lead in the first leg of the race, but it turned out to be on the left tack closer to the mark, and was implicated in the incident and fined. The German Platoon, being in the internal position, lightened the crew sails under the Russian flag, and the latter became an obstacle to other yachts.

But the crew of the “Battleship” did not give up: having stepped on the first leeward of the penultimate, the team managed to impose a fight on the rivals and finished fifth.

In the second race, the fleet behaved calmer, there were no incidents, but a surprise brought a wind after the start. The fleet leaders, such as the vice world champions Azzura (Italy), after the start were on the left side of the maneuver, while those who left the second echelon and “twisted” to the right got more wind. Accordingly, the finish of the second race seriously mixed the results in the table.

As a result, one of the two teams of South Africa “Phoenix 2” (3.3) became the early leader of the standings. The current world champions Quantum Racing unstably spent the day and with a result of 1.7 go second with the advantage of only one point to the German Platoon (4.5).

Anticipating surprises, the second race "Battleship" held smoothly, starting from the middle of the line. At a distance, the team balanced between 5-6 places, but in the last segment lost in speed and finished eighth. With arrivals of 5.8, the Battleship opened the championship in seventh place.

A really bad day was for the Turkish-British team Provezza. One of the likely contenders for the medals, the winners of the second stage of this season, Provezza lost the mast in the first race literally “out of the blue”, after the first rounding.

“As expected, the day turned out to be tense and not the best for our team,” says Bronenosets skipper Vladimir Lyubomirov. – A lot of energy was given in the first race, where we from line 11 climbed to fifth. Several boats from different tacks entered the finish line of the second race at once, it seemed to me that we were sixth or seventh, but the judges knew better how annoying this result was for us. There is only one solution: to go the distance and fight on! ”

Competitions of the world championship in the class TP52 will last in Mallorca until August 29 inclusive.

Results: http://www.52superseries.com/events/2019/eu/rolex-tp52-world-championship-puerto-portals-2019/

      
          
      
      
              
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Chief Editor

Today

      Battleship wins first World Cup victory
      On August 28, in Puerto Portals in Mallorca, the world championships in the TP52 class were resumed within the 52SuperSeries. According to the results of the three races held, the team of the Battleship Yacht Club of St. Petersburg rose to third place.

A thunderstorm that had passed a day earlier with rain and a squally wind left Puerto Portals an excellent “sailing” weather: 12-15 knots of wind and a practically flat surface of the sea. Using this chance, the judges decided to make up for the forced day of inactivity, having spent three races instead of the usual two. Thus, the offset of the World Cup already has seven races – a serious baggage of points before the decisive day of the competition.

At the same time, today has demonstrated that the competition is really in full swing. Using a pause in the race, Turkish Provezza installed and set up a spare mast – the incredible work of the team’s logistics service. Even more Turkish-British team surprised with two parishes in the top three today. Given the change in the most important element of the mast, the result is simply unbelievable. Let the team close the standings due to two days of absence from the race, their desire for victory deserves admiration.

Another “child prodigy” of the day was the German Platoon, which won two of the three races. The vice champions of the 2018 season, the Muller-Spreyer crew was considered one of the favorites of the competition and for all days Platoon kept in the top three, but the team really shot at the right moment: before the final races.

The break in competitions caused by the storm also benefited the Russian team. "Battleship" in the first race of the day forced to draw attention to itself. At the first sign the team was only the seventh, and at the third – the third! A bit unlucky at the finish, just a minute before crossing the line, a group of rivals on the opposite tack accelerated and five teams immediately rolled into the finish line. It’s annoying, but the crew of Vladmir Lyubomrov was only sixth.

In the second race, the Battleship again takes a conservative start in the center of the line, but on the mark the team of the St. Petersburg Yacht Club was the first. Unfortunately, it was not possible to maintain leadership – only the third parish.

It seemed that after two hours of racing, the forces were no longer the same, but the Battleship was again surprising. After another quiet start, the team reaches the seventh sign. After the first lee segment, the Battleship is already the sixth – that is, it remains in the game. The decisive part of this race was the second tack. It was here that the calculation of the tactics of Morgan Larson worked: in the third round, the Battleship is in the lead with a noticeable margin. And most importantly: the crew of Vladmir Lyubomirov managed to maintain their position and achieve the first victory in the race of the current World Cup!

“The day was really difficult, once again proving that to lead does not mean to win, just like a bad start to the race does not mean its end,” says Vladimir Lyubomirov. – The team’s potential was finally realized, we climbed into the top three and tomorrow we will fight for medals. It was the task of the day and we successfully solved it. ”

Indeed, now the chances of winning a place on the podium of the World Cup look realistic. "Battleship" from the seventh position rose to third. Let the new leaders of the standings, the German Platoon, have quite comfortable 11 points advantages, Azzurra (Italy) has an already more modest advantage – only four points. On the other hand, the British Alegre is two points behind the Armadillo and this is really dangerous.

It is worth considering that the stakes in current competitions are much higher than the medals of the World Cup. In the current situation, the Battleship has good chances to enter the top three and the overall standings of the season. Now the team of the Yacht Club of St. Petersburg from the first three 52SuperSeries of the 2019 season is only three points apart! All will be decided by the two final races on August 29.

Video – https://youtu.be/JFy7-v20qPE

Live broadcast of the competition: https://youtu.be/iC9ijj3t0Lw

World Cup Results: http://www.52superseries.com/

52SuperSeries Season Results: http://www.52superseries.com/events/2019/all

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