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).

World Championship
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
2008 Yaiza  Quantum Racing (USA)
Terry Hutchinson		  Mutua Madrileña (CHI)
Vasco Vascotto		  Platoon (GER)
Jochen Schümann
2009 Palma  Matador (ARG)
Alberto Roemmers		  Quantum Racing (USA)
Terry Hutchinson		  Artemis Racing (SWE)
Torbjörn Törnqvist
2010 Valencia  Quantum Racing (USA)
Terry Hutchinson		  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 (SWE)  Azzurra (ITA)  Quantum Racing (USA)
2014 Porto Cervo  Quantum Racing (USA)  Phoenix (BRA)  Rán Racing (SWE)
2015 P. Portals  Azzurra (ITA)
Pablo Roemmers/Alberto Roemmers		  Platoon (GER)
Harm Müller-Spreer		  Provezza (TUR)
Ergin Imre
2016 Mahón  Quantum Racing (USA)
Doug DeVos		  Azzurra (ITA)
Pablo Roemmers/Alberto Roemmers		  Provezza (TUR)
Ergin Imre
2017 Scarlino  Platoon (GER)
Harm Müller-Spreer		  Quantum Racing (USA)
Doug DeVos		  Azzurra (ITA)
Pablo Roemmers/Alberto Roemmers
2018 Cascais  Quantum Racing (USA)
Doug DeVos		  Azzurra (ITA)
Pablo Roemmers/Alberto Roemmers		  Alegre (USA)
Andrés Soriano
2019 P. Portals  Platoon (GER)
Harm Müller-Spreer		  Azzurra (ITA)
Alberto Roemmers		  Bronenosec (RUS)
Vladimir Liubomirov

References
  1. Transpac 52 website, rules overview
  2. 2017 TP52 Rule
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