TP52 SUPER SERIES - PUERTO PORTALS SAILING WEEK BRONENOSEC GAZPROM LOOKING FOR A RE-LAUNCH

Porto Cervo, July 24th 2016 - Everything is ready in Palma de Mallorca for the third event of the 52 Super Series: after the series held in Scarlino and Porto Cervo, both won by Quantum Racing, the TP52 fleet is now moored in the Puerto Portals Marina. On the starting line will be ten teams: compared with the previous event the fleet will miss French entry Paprec Recyclage and British entry Sorcha, that made its debut in Sardinia.

Ready for the action is also the bearer hull of the Saint Petersburg Yacht Club, Bronenosec Gazprom. After the satisfactory start in Scarlino, and the empty passage in Porto Cervo, the Vladimir Liubomirov's crew is looking for a re-launch in a context, the bay of Palma, earned the team's best overall result of the season: the third place finish at the Palma Vela.

"We have yet to start, but in the previous training days the crew was toned, relaxed and focused on the need to have some re-launch: feeling are good and there is optimism. Regarding the race course, you can bet on that Palma will confirm itself as... Palma: actually we expect to have some good Southerly sea breeze and we are ready to sail in the mid-bay area, where it's all the time a challenge to play with the wind shifts and puffs. It seems needless to say that the conditions will be the same for all the teams, so it will be important to keep the maximum concentration and may the best win" explained the Bronenosec Sailing Team navigator Francesco Mongelli.

The Puerto Portals Sailing Week will start tomorrow morning and will end on Friday. The event will count on a ten races series, with no discard allowed. Today the fleet will sail the official practice race and the crews will end the day by taking part at the Welcome Cocktail.

In Puerto Portals, Bronenosec Gazprom will be sailed by Vladimir Liubomirov (owner-driver), Michele Ivaldi (skipper-tactician), Adrian Stead (strategist), Francesco Mongelli (navigator), Victor Serezhkin (backstay), Paul Westlake (mainsail trimmer), Claudio Celon (trimmer), Zack Hurst (trimmer), Emanuele Marino (grinder), Pietro Mantovani (grinder), Andy Fethers (pitman), Alex Kulakov (floater), Michele Cannoni (mid-bow) and Alberto Barovier (team manager-bowman). The team activity will be coordinated by the coach Francesco de Angelis, assisted by meteorologist Ezio Sarti, while the shore team leader was Francesco Binetti Pozzi.

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The season of Bronenosec Sailing Team is supported by Gazprom, Garmin, FSE Robline, USail and Meteowind.