January |
Winner: | DOUG DEVOS (USA) |
 | Another season and (yet)
another TP52 Super Series
title for Quantum Racing’s
owner and also number one
helmsman. For 2023 there
will be an opening-up of the Quantum
TP52 Super Series programme in order to
bring onboard and then get up to speed
a new generation of youth and women’s
sailing talent to keep the American Magic
America’s Cup machine fed – as well as
to prepare others to go on and join other
elite teams in different areas of the sport

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February |
Winner: | SARAH LEE (AUS) |
 | Those looking for crew for the
Women’s America’s Cup in
Barcelona should take a trip
down to Sydney and pay a
weekend visit to the Manly
16ft Skiff Sailing Club. Lee has been quietly
working up through the ranks the last two
seasons and now wins more often than not
against a tough, predominantly male, fleet.
But it’s not just Lee, in mid-December the
club recorded their first ever female trifecta
when Lee led home the 16-footers of Zoe
Dransfield and Jessica Iles in 2nd and 3rd

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March |
Winner: | JOHN WINNING (AUS) |
 | We could be accused of
catching up this month. John
Winning has racked up every
title there is to win in the
18-foot skiffs since 1975 and
his first campaign with Travelodge. As well
as being continuously busy on the water
– bar a couple of seasons away to develop a
‘pretty successful’ family business – ‘Woody’
has held numerous roles in the class and is
today – again – President of the 18-Footers
League. Oh yes, Winning also co-founded
today’s captivating Historical 18s series…

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April |
Winner: | GRZEGORZ BARANOWSKI (POL) |
 | When Baranowski’s young
crew crossed the finish of the
2023 Transatlantic Race they
took both line honours and
the IMA Maxi Trophy, the culmination of
a proudly all-Polish programme that has
been improving with every season. Led by
Baranowski and run within the framework
of the Polish National Sailing Foundation,
the I Love Poland programme is already
making a real impact at home, bringing on
a new generation of Polish offshore racers

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