52SuperSeries 2025 : The Story of the ROLEX TP52 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP CASCAIS

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00:00Sous-titrage Société Radio-Canada

00:30Conditions here are often extreme. It's time for a week living on the edge.

00:35Qashqais can be relentlessly tough, physically and mentally.

00:40But it's a pretty, charming, historic, fashionable seaside resort close to Lisbon.

00:45It's the midpoint, the halfway stage of the five regattas,

00:48which comprise the world's leading Grand Prix monohull circuit, the 52 Super Series.

00:55There are four teams which have won the World Championship before,

00:58defending champions, are Gladiator.

01:01Platoon Aviation have three title wins.

01:03American Magic, Quantum Racing have already won seven world titles.

01:07But now it's a younger team and they're hungry for an eighth.

01:12But it's the 2021 World Champions Sled.

01:15Now, there may be the crew which have been most vocal

01:18in looking forwards to big days on the Atlantic.

01:21And they deliver on their words,

01:23taking the early lead in just the kind of conditions everyone wanted.

01:27Happy to be where we are.

01:28We'd be happy to be here than somewhere else.

01:31But there's a long way to go and a lot of different conditions to come.

01:35One team showing podium potential are the French on Paprec.

01:38But the Italian team, Alcido Vitamina,

01:41which is new to the circuit only this year,

01:43come to Qashqais fresh from a podium,

01:45a third place in Bayona.

01:47But Qashqais demands a whole new set of skills.

01:51It's a real bat to miser fire in Portugal.

01:53It's the first day in big waves of my life.

01:56So, to me, everything was new.

01:58Difficult, very difficult,

02:00because I'm new of the class, new of the boat,

02:02new of those waves.

02:03It's not easy at all.

02:05Lacorte comes from a background in one design classes,

02:08but he wants to test himself at the highest level.

02:11The T-52 Super Series has always been my dream,

02:15since many years.

02:16So I'm finally here.

02:17So to me, it's like a dream.

02:19It's like, oh, I finally got there.

02:21This kind of boat are unbelievable.

02:23They're tremendously fast, tremendously responsive.

02:26It's absolutely outstanding.

02:28So it's like being on a dream,

02:30and you finally wake up and say, oh, this is true.

02:34Portugal's local hero,

02:35four times 470 Olympian Alvaro Mourinho,

02:38who's a strategist in Alcido,

02:40alongside Cameron Appleton,

02:41he really is relishing the chance to race on home waters

02:44with a team which is a potent mix of different cultures.

02:47So far, it's been a very solid group,

02:50and we have been learning each other a lot.

02:53It's funny for the Americans

02:55to see how the Italians are playing,

02:59not just on board, but also off the boat.

03:02And they're just driving us into that mode.

03:06Very happy family, I would say.

03:08The first three days of the World Championship

03:11see three different teams topping the leaderboard.

03:13First Sled, then American Magic, and then Paprek.

03:17But Alcido sailed to a big win on day two.

03:20It's a really emotional moment for the team.

03:23Behind the scenes, La Corte's team are a close-knit group

03:26learning together on their first year on the circuit.

03:29The interesting thing and the philosophy of the team

03:31is there's a big focus on everybody working together

03:36and coming together,

03:38because that's the biggest skill set we have,

03:41is working together.

03:42We haven't got a lot of experience

03:44that some of the other teams have.

03:46For the Alcido team,

03:47success is what drives them forwards,

03:49but having fun is still key.

03:52There is one expectation, keep having fun,

03:54because if you keep having fun,

03:56for sure, you make a good regatta.

03:59Even if I know for sure that there's people here

04:01with more than five years,

04:03with more than 10 years sometimes,

04:05of experience in this class.

04:08The Italian team get a third on day three

04:10to climb onto the podium,

04:12but the French maintain a high level

04:14and actually they are leading the World Championship

04:16for their first time ever.

04:18Unbelievable.

04:19I mean, I had a message from Jean-Luc,

04:21what's going on?

04:22I can't come on board tomorrow

04:23because if I'm bringing bad luck on the boat,

04:27so it's worried to come.

04:28American Magic Quantum Racing

04:30and the French on Patprec

04:31are the most regular so far,

04:33but neither prove beyond costly errors.

04:36At the top mark of Saturday's third race,

04:38they come into the top turn locked in combat,

04:40but they've both run out of runway

04:42and have to bail out.

04:43A big costly error for both teams.

04:46At the same time,

04:47the Americans on sled are on a charge,

04:49winning race six in style

04:50and then bolting on two thirds

04:52to have their best day of the regatta so far.

04:54Al-Qaido streak to their second race win,

04:57the only team to do so

04:58over the course of the week

04:59and it's their fifth winning gun

05:01of the season so far.

05:03And going into the final day,

05:04they're knocking on the door of the podium.

05:06Once again,

05:07the world title goes down to the absolute wire.

05:10On a very breezy,

05:11a complex arena

05:12which has moved slightly into the river

05:14to shelter from the pumping winds out to sea,

05:17Sunday's finale has some casino moments.

05:19Chasing the French Paprec team

05:21through the line in the last race

05:23in seventh place,

05:24Doug DeVos American Magic team

05:26win the world title,

05:28Harry Melgis becomes the youngest helm

05:30ever to win

05:31and Sarah Stone,

05:32the first ever female navigator.

05:34It's always good to win

05:35and it's really good to win

05:36when you feel like

05:37you really had to work for it.

05:39So it's awesome.

05:40Today was probably the trickiest day

05:41of sailing I've ever had,

05:43but we came out on top by a point,

05:45which is all you can ask for.

05:46Super special.

05:48Harry and the guys

05:48did an incredible job today.

05:50It was a really challenging day.

05:52I think we'll look back at this week.

05:54I made the comment to Harry on the way in

05:55that I have two of these events

05:56that are more special than the others.

05:59And this win

06:00along with the win with Doug.

06:02Paprec are runners up

06:03and the Americans on sled third.

06:06That's a crew.

06:06That's a family.

06:07That's why we are efficient sometimes.

06:10And we were this week.

06:11A little disappointed, obviously.

06:13We came here to win,

06:15but we didn't.

06:15But look, we're happy

06:16because it's two years in a row

06:17we've been on the podium.

06:18So good result for sled.

06:20The Italians on Alcedo Vitamina

06:22struggle a little bit on the last day,

06:24but they finish fifth overall.

06:26You know, we push hard.

06:27We saw, well, we won some races

06:29and now it's just sort of

06:31closing that consistency down.

06:32But overall, really proud

06:33of what these guys did this week on board

06:36and the job that Andrea did.

06:38I mean, we pushed him as hard as we could

06:41in some really trying conditions.

06:42Rolex TV2 World Champions of 2025

06:47are American Magic Quantum Racing

06:48winning on 42.

06:50Second of the French team,

06:52Paprec on 43.

06:53Third are sled on 51 points.

06:55And in fourth, Phoenix on 60 points.

06:58Tony Norris of Phoenix,

06:59the best owner driver.

07:05And in August, we fight.

07:07Yes!

07:08Again, with pleasure.

07:09And in August, we'll see you next time.

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