Dominating 52 SUPER SERIES in Spain

Delivering an impressively consistent series across 10 races sailed in broad range of weather conditions, Doug DeVos’s US flagged crew of American Magic Quantum Racing won the second regatta of the 52 SUPER SERIES 2025 – Royal Cup – on June 2-7 in Baiona, Spain.

After the team won the 2024 overall 52 SUPER SERIES season title, the young crew never quite managed to close out an event victory through 2023 and 2024. But the return on board this season of Terry Hutchinson – who was fully occupied leading the New York Yacht Club’s America’s Cup challenge in Barcelona – seems to have brought back the winning edge.

Hutchinson, who has led the team to many successes since 2008, is ably assisted by Harry Melges IV steering, Victor Diaz de Leon as strategist, and Sara Stone as navigator.

With a 13 points cushion going into the final two races, American Magic Quantum Racing sailed to a fourth to clinch victory with a race to spare. They concluded the regatta with a fifth place to win the regatta by 11 points ahead of Harm Müller Spreer’s German flagged Platoon Aviation which finished with two bullets.

“The guys did a good job last season winning the championship and in my mind we are defending that,” noted Hutchinson. “Yet, we know that as we head to Cascais which is a new venue to the team which can be windy, we were good here but sometimes we were not so good, so we have to continue shaving off the edges and all the time getting more consistent.”

After finishing last in the season opener, Platoon Aviation’s tactician Vasco Vascotto was pleased to get back on track. “I think second here shows that we can do it and that is very important for our self confidence. All our team put in a big effort to prepare the boat properly and to solve some problems which we still have.

“I think we sailed better here but we are working all the time here and after the regatta to understand the mistakes we are making and we are old enough to know that if you are making mistakes they represent a big opportunity to improve.”

Heading down the Atlantic Coast now to Cascais, Portugal for the Rolex TP52 World Championships in early July, it is American Magic Quantum Racing which leads the circuit standings by 20 points ahead of Takashi Okura’s Sled in second with Lacorte’s Alkedo six points behind in third.

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2025 52 SUPER SERIES
April 30-May 4 – Saint-Tropez, France
June 2-7 – Baiona, Spain
July 1-6 – Cascais, Portugal*
August 18-23 – Puerto Portals, Spain
September 22-27 – Porto Cervo, Italy
* World Championship

The 52 SUPER SERIES was established in 2012 and is considered the world’s leading grand prix monohull yacht racing circuit. The circuit grew from the ashes of the TP52 MedCup which hit the stops in 2011 when the principal sponsor withdrew.

Source: 52SS