USA secures 2025 Rolex TP52 World title

Doug DeVos’ American Magic Quantum Racing crew were crowned 2025 Rolex TP52 World Champions, topping 10 teams on July 2-6 in Cascais, Portugal.

The US flagged team is a potent mix of long serving, experienced past winners anchored by tactician Terry Hutchinson along with the likes of Sean Clarkson, James Dagg, Matt Cassidy, and Greg Gendell who have all won the many TP52 worlds along with a new, young generation which includes Harry Melges IV who at 24 becomes the youngest helm ever to steer the title winning boat and Sara Stone, the first ever female navigator to win the worlds.

It is the eighth time the Quantum crew have lifted the world title but veteran Hutchinson admitted on the dock that this one was the hardest. They were pushed to the final leg of a dicey, difficult 10th and final race by Jean-Luc Petithugeunin’s hard driving, much improved French team on Paprec.

Having led during the week and been mostly in the top three ‘les bleus’ finished popular runners up just one point short of the Americans and at one point in the finale had a hand on the championship trophy.

Returning to Cascais again in search of the legendary big winds and waves, the 11 boats from nine nations were not disappointed. Only in the middle of the event was there one light winds, single race day.

Cascais has a particular allure for the class and for Hutchinson and American Magic Quantum Racing. Indeed it is the third time that the New York YC team have won the Rolex TP52 World Championship title at this big winds grand prix yachting mecca.

“This world title is super special,” noted Hutchinson. “There is no feeling that beats winning, it is an awesome feeling. And this one was the hardest because of this last day. In 2022 we did an entire regatta on the J1 and J1.5 and then on the last day it got windy. Here you really did not know what was going to happen.”

This was the second consecutive win for DeVos’ team in the 52 SUPER SERIES and now hold a 29 point lead with two events remaining.

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Rolex TP52 World Championship Cascais 2025 Final Standings
1. American Magic Quantum Racing (USA), Doug DeVos, 3+2+1+3+6 +2+2+8+8+7= 42
2. Paprec (FRA), Jean-Luc Petithuguenin, 4+1+5+2+2+3+5+10+5+6 = 43
3. Sled (USA), Takashi Okura, 1+3+9+8+8+1+3+3+6+9 = 51
4. Phoenix (RSA), Tina & Hasso Plattner, 8+10+2+11+1+9+6+7+1+5 = 60
5. Alkedo Vitamina (ITA), Andrea Lacorte, 10+6+8+1+3+6+9+1+7+10 = 61
6. Alegre (GBR), Andy Soriano, 2+5+11+5+10+5+8+4+4+8 = 62
7. Platoon Aviation (GER), Harm Müller-Spreer, 11+4+6+6+7+11+1+5+9+3 = 63
8. Gladiator (GBR), Tony Langley, 5+11+4+9+4+4+10+2+3+11 = 63
9. Vayu (THA), Whitcraft Family, 9+9+3+4+9+7+4+6+10+4 = 65
10. Alpha+ (HKG), Shawn & Tina Kang, 7+8+7+10+11+8+7+9+2+2 = 71
11. Provezza (TUR), Ergin Imre, 6+7+10+7+5+10+11+11(+2)+11+1 = 81

52 SUPER SERIES 2025 Standings after 3 events
1. American Magic Quantum Racing, USA, Doug DeVos, 18+23+42 = 93 points
2. Sled, USA, Takashi Okura, 13+58+51 = 122
3. Paprec, FRA, Jean-Luc Petithuguenin, 23,5+ 63+43 = 129.5
4. Alkedo, ITA, Andrea Lacorte, 28+49+61 = 138
5. Platoon Aviation, GER, Harm Müller-Spreer, 36+44+63 = 143
6. Vayu, THA, Whitcraft Family, 27+68+65 = 160
7. Alpha+, HKG, Shawn & Tina Kang, 21,5+68+71 = 160.5
8. Alegre, GBR, Andy Soriano, 30+71+62 = 163
9. Provezza, TUR, Ergin Imre, 30+64+81 = 175
10. Phoenix, RSA, Tina & Hasso Plattner, 48+69+60 = 177
11. Gladiator, GBR, Tony Langley, 12+120+63 = 195
12. Teasing Machine, FRA, Eric de Turckheim, 48+73+120 = 241
13. Crioula, BRA, Eduardo & Renato Plass, 28+120+120 = 268

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