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2025 GL52 RACING HIGHLIGHT REEL: From Pensacola to the Great Lakes, an Epic Year of GL52 Racing.
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CONTACTS: GL52 Fleet ManagerLinda LindquistGL52FleetManager@gmail.com+1 (312)-560-1168 Editor’s Note: Please subscribe to our news feed (blog) to receive email notifications of new posts. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE KATANA WINS 2025 GREAT LAKES SERIES CHAMPIONSHIP GL52 FLEET HIGHLY COMPETITIVE & CONTINUOUSLY IMPROVING October 21, 2025 HOLLAND, MI The GL52 fleet completed its 2025 racing season on Lake Michigan last weekend at the GL52 Macatawa Challenge, where the final regatta outcome also determined the GL52 Great Lakes Series (GLS) 2025 winner. As is often the case with this dynamic fleet, podium positions for the event– and in this case for the Series championship– were…
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CONTACTS: GL52 Fleet ManagerLinda LindquistGL52FleetManager@gmail.com+1 (312)-560-1168 Editor’s Note: Please subscribe to our news feed (blog) to receive email notifications of new posts. Download PDF of this Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FOX SWEEPS 2025 GL52 SOUTHERN SERIES GL52 FLEET EMBRACES NEW WINTER HOME IN PENSACOLA Pensacola, FL (April 22, 2025) As promised Pensacola rolled out a blue carpet reception for the GL52 fleet’s 2025 Southern Series. The City of Pensacola and the GL52 Fleet share overlapping missions to establish a world-class yacht racing destination while promoting and developing American sailing talent. On the eve of the inaugural GL52 Pensacola Cup (March 20-23)…
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Pensacola, FL (February 24, 2025) Earlier this month City of Pensacola representatives, community organizations and a plethora of local journalists were invited to visit with the GL52 fleet at Palafax Marina. They met with team members on the docks and watched practice racing on the water. The access and experience provided insight into how the GL52s coming to town for the first time will help to establish Pensacola as a destination for both world-class and aspiring sailors alike.
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In 2024, the dynamic GL52 Racing Fleet competed in thirteen (13) regattas from Key West (FL) to Newport (RI) to the Great Lakes comprised of 62 races. The wide-raging schedule, variety and quality of events combined with the GL52 fleet’s ethos of continuous improvement produced some of the most closely contested racing in any class. With the 7 Great Lakes Series events in the books, John Huhn’s KATANA team– who won 3 of the seven regattas– claimed the seasonal GL52 championship. Regatta trophies were well-distributed throughout the fleet this summer attesting to the high level of competition in the class.
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Thanks to strong fleet building in the Great Lakes, as many as 16 GL52s will participate in the 2024 season; sailing in both the Great Lakes and Newport, RI.
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The GL52 Winter Series= 20 Races + 1 crafty FOX + 5-piece Mariachi Band! From all accounts the 2024 GL52 Winter Series, that included the Southernmost Regatta (Jan- 15-19) and the Key West Cup presented by Quantum Sails (Feb 15-18) provided excellent fleet racing in a variety of conditions and plenty of dock-side camaraderie.
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Recently the Lake Michigan Sail Racing Federation (LMSRF) named Life Member, Robert Hughes of Ada, Michigan as 2023 Sailor of the Year. “It is an honor to be named Lake Michigan Sailor of the Year considering all of the amazing sailors on Lake Michigan. Would not have happened without the fierce, skilled and dedicated team on board.”~ Robert Hughes Robert and wife Laura Hughes own and race the GL52 HEARTBREAKER (as well as a J/70 of the same name). In the hard-fought 2023 season, the Heartbreaker team was determined Co-Champions per the original intent of the series. “Our goal for…
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASECONTACT: Barby MacGowan, Media Pro International, +1 (401)-849-0220 close racing is expected IN a HIGHLY COMPETITIVE FLEET at the southernmost regatta from january 15-18, 2024 KEY WEST, FLORIDA USA (January 15, 2024) – Today the GL52 North American fleet will kick off its the 2024 racing season at the Southernmost Regatta, the first in a series of events called the GL52 Winter Series which also includes the Key West Cup presented by Quantum Sails from February 15-18, 2024. Five of the most competitive GL52 teams are set to sail in ten races scheduled over five days off of…
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