Calling it quits after 18 years

The 52 SUPER SEASON 2025 season came to a close on September 22-27 in Porto Cervo, Sardinia. While Takashi Okura’s Sled (USA) won the fifth and final regatta, it was the American Magic Quantum Racing (USA) which took the season championship.

Team owner Doug DeVos lifted their seventh season championship title, a fitting swan song as the US flagged TP52 program comes to an end after some 18 years of participation. DeVos was one of the trio of founding owners who started the 52 SUPER SERIES in 2012, and will remain a shareholder in the world’s leading monohull grand prix circuit.

American Magic Quantum Racing dominated the season, winning three of the five regattas including the TP52 World Championship. They add the 2025 title to wins in 2024, 2022, 2018, 2016, 2014, and 2013. Originally called Quantum Racing, the team was formed in 2008 as a development platform for Quantum Sails.

“We are so fortunate to work for Doug and Maria (DeVos) over these last 18 years,” said tactician Terry Hutchinson. “You have to take a step back and appreciate what they have done for us and the family we have created over the years. It is a unique team and we are incredibly fortunate, we have had some great people race with us.”

DeVos added, “It hit me coming in that it is all coming to an end. I feel so grateful to have been part of this for so long, thankful to all the sailors, all the teams, everything that has gone into making this fleet what it is and I have had a chance to be part of it from the beginning, and so I just feel so blessed.

“Winning is just a great reward for all the hard work that the whole team puts in. You can’t help but look at the professionalism of the team, and how we bounce back after the tough days and get ourselves back on track.”

The 2025 season finished with 13 boats from 10 nations competing in Italy. At least two new teams are expected to join the circuit from 2026 including one new boat in build.

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52 SUPER SERIES – Porto Cervo Results (seven races)
1. Sled, USA, Takashi Okura, 4+2+1+11+2+1+6 = 27
2. Phoenix, RSA, Tina & Hasso Plattner, 3+4+8+5+1+4+8 = 33
3. Alegre, GBR, Andy Soriano, 6+3+3+6+3+7+10 = 38
4. Paprec, FRA, Jean-Luc Petithuguenin, 2+9+4+1+9+5+9 = 39
5. Provezza, TUR, Ergin Imre, 11+5+6+7+6+2+2 = 39
6. Platoon Aviation, GER, Harm Müller-Spreer, 1+6,5(RDG)+11+8+8+3+3 = 40,5
7. American Magic Quantum Racing, USA, Doug DeVos, 10+8+2+4+10+9+4 = 47
8. Alkedo Vitamina, ITA, Andrea Lacorte, 9+7+7+2+5+12+7 = 49
9. Vayu, THA, Whitcraft Family, 8+10+10+9+7+10+1 = 55
10. Alpha+, HKG, Shawn & Tina Kang, 13+1+9+12+11+8+5 = 59
11. Crioula, BRA, Eduardo & Renato Plass, 5+11+13+3+4+13+11 = 60
12. Gladiator, GBR, Tony Langley, 7+6(+3)+5+10+13+6+13 = 63
13. Teasing Machine, FRA, Eric de Turckheim, 12+12+12+13+12+11+12 = 84

52 SUPER SERIES 2025 Final Results (five events)
1. American Magic Quantum Racing, USA, Doug DeVos, 18+33+42+38+47 = 178
2. Sled, USA, Takashi Okura, 13+58+51+50+27 = 199
3. Paprec, FRA, Jean-Luc Petithuguenin, 23,5+ 63+43+70+39 = 238,5
4. Alkedo Vitamina, ITA, Andrea Lacorte, 28+49+61+59+49 = 246
5. Platoon Aviation, GER, Harm Müller-Spreer, 36+44+63+64+40,5 = 247,5
6. Alegre, GBR, Andy Soriano, 30+71+62+66+38 = 267
7. Alpha+, HKG, Shawn & Tina Kang, 21,5+68+71+54+59 = 273,5
8. Vayu, THA, Whitcraft Family, 27+68+65+61+55 = 276
9. Provezza, TUR, Ergin Imre, 30+64+81+70+39 = 284
10. Gladiator, GBR, Tony Langley, 12+120+63+79+63 = 337
11. Phoenix, RSA, Tina & Hasso Plattner, 48+69+60+130+33 = 340
12. Crioula, BRA, Eduardo & Renato Plass, 28+120+120+71+60 = 399
13. Teasing Machine, FRA, Eric de Turckheim, 48+73+120+104+84 = 429

2025 52 SUPER SERIES
April 30-May 4 – Saint-Tropez, France
June 2-7 – Baiona, Spain
July 2-6 – 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