49er, 49erFX, and Nacra 17 Celebrate the Opening Ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympics!
Marseille, July 26, 2024 – The Olympics officially start today, marking a historic moment for France and the world of sports. For the first time in Olympic history, the Opening Ceremony will be held outside a stadium, and will take place on the iconic Seine River in the heart of Paris. A Historic Opening Ceremony […]
Belgium take French ground in assault on leaderboard
Arthur de Johnghe with Janne Ravelingien (BEL) attacked the final day of the 2024 Nacra 17 Junior World Championship to catapult themselves up the leaderboard into the Silver medal position. The paid nearly won all three races on the day, but had to settle for a 1, 1, 2 as the Swiss pipped them on […]
Schultheis and Bertin (MLT) nearing first Junior 49er win, Germans and Italians in FX Dual
After Day 1 of the Final Series, Schuletheis and Bertin extend to large lead 49er. Germans Katharina Schwachhofer and Elena Stoltze lead but matched by Giunchiglia and Schio in FX Belgian Borghijs brothers are deuces wild with all twos to grab lead in Nacra 17. With only one day to go, Richard Schultheis and Youenn […]
Petard and Lubac Reach Into Nacra 17 Lead at 2024 Junior World Championships
Schwachhofer and Stoltze (GER) stay leaders in the FX class Shoultheis and Bertin (MLT) have stellar day to move into the lead over four 49er races in higher winds Vilagarcía de Arousa (Galicia, Spain), July 19, 2024 For the first time in class history, the Nacra 17 fleet sailed with reaching starts, inspired […]
Second day of the 49er, 49er FX and Nacra 17 Junior World Championships
New Zealanders Sebastian Menzies and George Lee Rush maintain the lead in the 49er class and the French team of Titouan Petard and Thea Lubac are the leaders in the Nacra 17 Vilagarcía de Arousa (Galicia, Spain), 18 July 2024 It has been a long day on the waters of the Arousa estuary, where the […]
France dominates in the Nacra 17 class and New Zealand in the 49er with a small margin of points
Stella Maris Enríquez of Vigo and Marta Cardona from the Balearic Islands lead the 49er FX class France dominates in the Nacra 17 class and New Zealand in the 49er with a small margin of points Vilagarcía de Arousa (Galicia, Spain) 17 July 2024 The 2024 49er, 49er FX and Nacra 17 Junior World Championships […]
Galicia is ready to start the 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17 Junior World Championship
– More than hundred teams from 25 countries are ready to hear the first warning signal of a World Championship that aims to be the most competitive – Ahead are five days of competition and up to 15 races are scheduled to decide the new junior world champions. Vilagarcía de Arousa (Galicia, Spain), 16th July […]
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 […]
Quick Update on the Nacra 17 Last Chance Regatta
Danish pair Natacha Saouma-Pedersen and Mathias Bruun Borreskov continue to lead the Nacra 17 competition from which four countries will qualify from a fleet of 15. They didn’t match yesterday’s 3, 1, 1 performance but a first place in between a sixth and a fourth means they are out in front. Further down the standings, a posse of Belgians has gathered in fourth, fifth and sixth, […]
Italian Olympic Nacra 17 champions Tita and Banti win their 53 Trofeo Princesa Sofía title with a day to spare.
The best winds came in late at the 53 Trofeo Princesa Sofía Mallorca by Iberostar today but the wait was worth it, especially Italian Nacra 17 Olympic and world champions Ruggero Tita and Caterina Banti who won their event with a day to spare at the Mallorca’s emblematic Olympic classes event which has drawn a […]