2024 World Championship

Start Date

2024-05-07

End Date

2024-05-12

Location

La Grande Motte, France

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Italy with one hand on the Worlds trophy

Italy with one hand on the Worlds trophy

Ruggero Tita and Caterina Banti are too professional to admit it, but a strong performance in Saturday’s light airs races has all but secured the Italian defence of the Nacra 17 world title. After scoring the best set of results of the day, 6,2,2, on a very light day out on the Mediterranean, the reigning […]

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Day 4 at the Worlds: Not just a pretty face

Day 4 at the Worlds: Not just a pretty face

If John Gimson and Anna Burnet continue to win races in the Nacra 17 World Championship, perhaps we’ll see a flurry of new face fluff appearing on other Nacra sailors’ faces. The British helmsman is sporting the start of a new moustache which he says is there for aesthetic purposes but could be proving helpful […]

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Worlds Day 3: Flying Dutchpeople

Worlds Day 3: Flying Dutchpeople

Laila van der Meer and Bjarne Bouwer surprised themselves with a spectacular day on the Nacra 17 race course. The young Dutch team scored 3,1,1 in blue group to move up to second overall in the World Championship behind the defending champions from Italy, Ruggero Tita and Caterina Banti. “It was nerve wracking out there,” […]

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Olympic Trials Tussles continue at Nacra 17 Worlds

Olympic Trials Tussles continue at Nacra 17 Worlds

Big breeze and massive wind shifts of day two of the Nacra 17 World Championship delivered plenty of drama in La Grande Motte, the South of France. Selection trials continue for three countries at what is the last big event of the season before the greatest one of all, the Olympic Games just over two […]

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Germany stumbles while Tita & Banti race ahead

Germany stumbles while Tita & Banti race ahead

Nacra 17 Worlds, Day 1: Germany stumbles while Italy races ahead Paul Kohlhoff and Alica Stuhlemmer opened their Nacra 17 World Championship in the best way possible, the German crew winning the first of three scheduled races in their half of the qualifying groups. But things started to go wrong in the second race, as […]

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Could the Young Italians steal Olympic thunder this week?

Could the Young Italians steal Olympic thunder this week?

The Nacra 17 World Championship along with the 49er and 49erFX European Championships is about to start in La Grande Motte in the South of France, with sailors looking to make the most of the final major test before this summer’s Olympic Games. The World Championship has attracted all but one of the teams who […]

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La Grande Motte International Regatta: Final dress rehearsal for the Cats and Skiffs

La Grande Motte International Regatta: Final dress rehearsal for the Cats and Skiffs

The Nacra 17 World Championship along with the 49er and 49erFX European Championships is attracting 148 teams to La Grande Motte in the South of France for six days of racing from 7 to 12 May. Of those 148 crews registered, 39 will represent their country in less than three months in Marseille, location of […]

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Program Details

PROGRAM

  • May 4 – 6: Boat inspection and registration confirmation
  • May 6: Official training regattas
    5:30 pm: Briefing for racers
    6:00 pm: Opening ceremony
  • May 7-11: Qualifying regattas
    3 races per day and per series (weather permitting)
    Daily race numbers for the top three provisional finishers in the three series
  • May 12: Medal Races: 10-boat finals
    Medal ceremony

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