TP 52

The Transpac 52 (TP52) is a class of yacht used for competitive 52 Super Series yacht racing, and the Audi MedCup previously, besides the world championship of the class. The class is recognised by the International Sailing Federation which entitles the class to hold an Official World Championships.

TP 52
Class symbol
TP52 Container at the Audi MedCup races in Cascais, 2011
Hull
LOA15.85 m (52 ft 0 in)

History

The TP52 Class has grown from a non registered club of like minded yachtsmen inspired by Tom Pollack to a fully member controlled, registered and ISAF recognised Class with a proper set of Bylaws, an Annual Meeting, an Executive Committee made up out of the Members and a Class President who also has to be a Member.

The original intention was to provide a yacht capable for both inshore and offshore sailing specifically the Transpacific Yacht Race however with the decline in IMS racing, the class became popular in Europe. A professional inshore tour was established for Europe called the MedCup. Recent (2015) rule changes[1] help keep the class at the forefront of competitive racing.

The Box Rule

TP52 boats are built and sailed to a set of rules which established the original design as a 'box' rule - where the boat must fit within a notional box of specified dimensions. The current rules[2] specify a single masted, fixed keel mono-hull with a single rudder and maximum hull length of 15.85 metres (52 ft), beam width of 4.43 metres (14.5 ft), keel draft of 3.5 metres (11 ft) and spinnaker hoist height of 22.4 metres (73 ft), along with a minimum total weight of 6,975 kilograms (15,377 lb) and maximum keel bulb weight of 3,800 kilograms (8,400 lb).

Events

World Championship[3]
Event Gold Silver Bronze
2008 Yaiza USA Quantum Racing
 Terry Hutchinson (USA)		  Mutua Madrileña (CHI)
Vasco Vascotto		  Platoon
Jochen Schümann (GER)
2009 Palma  Matador (ARG)
Alberto Roemmers		 USA Quantum Racing
 Terry Hutchinson (USA)		  Artemis Racing (SWE)
Torbjörn Törnqvist
2010 Valencia USA Quantum Racing
 Terry Hutchinson (USA)		  Matador (ARG)
Alberto Roemmers		  Synergy (RUS)
Yevgeny Neugodnikov
2011 Porto Cervo  Quantum Racing (USA)
Ed Baird		  Container (GER)
Markus Wieser		  Gladiator (GBR)
Tony Langley
2013 Miami Rán Racing
 Niklas Zennström (SWE)		  Azzurra (ITA)  Quantum Racing (USA)
2014 Porto Cervo  Quantum Racing (USA)  Phoenix (BRA) Rán Racing
 Niklas Zennström (SWE)
2015 P. Portals  Azzurra (ITA)
Pablo Roemmers/Alberto Roemmers		 Platoon
 Harm Müller-Spreer (GER)		  Provezza (TUR)
Ergin Imre
2016 Mahón  Quantum Racing (USA)
Doug DeVos		 Azzurra
 Pablo Roemmers (ITA)
 Alberto Roemmers (ITA)		  Provezza (TUR)
Ergin Imre
2017 Scarlino Platoon
 Harm Müller-Spreer (GER)		 Quantum Racing
 Doug DeVos (USA)		 Azzurra
 Pablo Roemmers (ITA)
 Alberto Roemmers (ITA)
2018 Cascais Quantum Racing
 Doug DeVos (USA)		 Azzurra
 Pablo Roemmers (ITA)
 Alberto Roemmers (ITA)		 Alegre
 Andrés Soriano (USA)
2019 P. Portals Platoon
 Harm Müller-Spreer (GER)		 Azzurra
 Alberto Roemmers (ITA)		 Bronenosec
 Vladimir Liubomirov (RUS)

Global Championship

The unofficial World Championship was held before it got international status and were the keystone of the formation of the class.

Event Gold Silver Bronze
2006 Miami  Patches (IRL)
Eamon Conneely		  Pegasus 52 (USA)
Philippe Kahn		  Beau Geste (CHN)
Kark Kwok
2007 Porto Cervo  Artemis Racing (SWE)
Torbjorn Tornqvist		  Patches (IRL)
Eamon Conneely		  Mean Machine (MON)
Peter de Ridder

European Series

The competition changed the nature of the class with it becoming a pinnacle inshore/coastal event for grand prix monohulled yacht racing. The series started off as the MedCup from 2005 to 2011 before evolving in the 52 Super Series.

Offshore Pinnacle Events

Boats or optimized direct derivatives racing under the major international handicap systems have won the overall trophy in most of the pinnacle offshore events wins including the following:

Race Category Boat Name Skipper Notes
2003 Transpac Race 1st Overall
2004 Bermuda Race 1st Overall Rosebud Roger Sturgeon [4]
2004 Chicago to Mackinac 1st Overall Esmeralda Mr. Makoto Uematsu
Ken Read		 [5]
2019 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race 1st Overall Ichi Ban  Matt Allen (AUS) [6]

Inshore Pinnacle Events
Race Category Boat Name Skipper Notes
2016 Round the Island Race 1st Overall GBR 11152 - Gladiator Bernard Langley [7]

References
  1. Transpac 52 website, rules overview
  2. 2017 TP52 Rule
  3. https://www.transpac52.org/home/about/world-champions.html
  4. http://bermudarace.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/results_berth_to_bermuda_extract.pdf
  5. http://www.farrdesign.com/news/2004%20Chicago-Mac%20Press%20Release.pdf
  6. https://rolexsydneyhobart.com/news/2019/day-5/ichi-ban-wins-rolex-sydney-hobart-for-a-second-time/
  7. https://afloat.ie/sail/team-racing/item/32885-tp52-gladiator-is-round-the-island-race-winner/
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