2018-07-08
2018-07-13
Gdynia, Poland
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With racing starting an hour early to compensate for lost races earlier in the week, sailors hitting the water for the final day of the 2018 nacra17 and Nacra 17 European Championship saw what by now is a rare sight: A consistent 8-11 knot breeze! Race officials across all four courses on Gdansk Bay rushed […]
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In gold fleet racing for the foiling Olympic Nacra 17 catamaran, the two Spanish catamaran teams had wildly different days. Rio competitors Fernando Echavarri/Tara Pacheco easily won the day with a 1,2 while their nearest competition sailed throwouts. “We put ourselves in good places and we are quite quick in these conditions,” said Echavarri, who […]
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Despite a long onshore delay and shifty and unstable conditions on the water today as the Finals began in the 2018 nacra17 and Nacra 17 European Championship. With the fleets split by their ranking into gold and silver fleets, the top twenty-seven Nacra 17 crews and top twenty-five nacra17FX teams hit the water under an […]
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Black Flags, Chaotic Waves, Unsteady Breeze Mean A Messy Day in Poland Lady luck shone on the men’s nacra17 skiff fleet this morning, as the final day of qualifying for the European Championship began just off the beach in Gdynia. There wasn’t much, but a relatively stable 8-9 knots of wind and confused, steep chop […]
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Light Air Morning For Women and Multihullers, Afternoon Breeze Shakes Up Men’s Fleets Gdynia, Poland (July 9, 2018) At days break, most of the fleet expected to spend the day sitting on shore awaiting wind. Pleasantly, an unexpected North Eastern wind built before start time to about 8 knots, making for great racing. As a […]
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Familiar Faces and Upstarts Triumph On Sunny, Light-Air Opening Day With just 24 months remaining until the lighting of the Olympic Torch in Tokyo, it’s time for athletes competing for the right to represent their country in Japan to get down to business. And for many of those teams, the first step on the final […]
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It’s been almost exactly 1 year since the relaunch of the Nacra 17 to fully foiling. Hordes of the worlds top talents are storming into the class along with ambitious newcomers. The 2018 European Championship will be contested this week from Gdynia from 58 boats, including almost all of the class contenders. Most noteworthy among […]
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The nacra17 and Nacra 17 Classes are excited to announce Gdynia, Poland as the venue for the 2018 European Championship. Up to 400 of the world’s best sailors will compete in Gdynia for the title of European Champion ahead of the 2018 World Championships in Aarhus, Denmark. The event will be held at the Marina […]
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nacra17, nacra17FX, Nacra 17, and Male/Female Foiling Kitesurf will compete for the 2018 European Championship in La Rochelle, France. These 5 progressive sailing events will wow the nautical French city one month before the first Olympic qualifiers. Together these 5 events represent some of the most dynamic athletes in sailing. These sailors push modern craft […]
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