Australia moves up to challenge for a place in the Nacra 17 final
Experience takes control as the waves rise and the medal contenders emerge in Cagliari on day five of the 49er, 49erFX, and Nacra 17 World Championships… Nacra 17: Seven teams in medal contention Gianluigi Ugolini and Maria Giubilei (ITA 98): Hold the lead with 3-10-2. John Gimson and Anna Burnet (GBR 21): One point back, […]
Group of Seven emerges at front of Nacra 17s
Local favourites Gianluigi Ugolini and Maria Giubilei continued to impress at the 2025 Nacra 17 World Championship, extending their lead early with a win in the first race of the day, making it three-in-a-row for the top-20 Gold Fleet phase of the six-day competition. But even the dominant Italians couldn’t escape the volatility of […]
Italians pushed hard by flying Dutch duo
Some great breeze for foiling in the catamarans and full-on planing in the skiffs, with some surprise leaders in the 49er and 49erFX and a not-so-surprising new leader in the Nacra 17 fleet… Nacra 17: Flying Dutchpeople on the tail of Italy After a slow start to their regatta, home favourites Gianluigi Ugolini and […]
New format means almost back to Square One for Nacra 17 fleet
How gutting must it be to put together a strong series of scores from six qualifying races, and then for your reward to be folded into just one single race result? Effectively that’s what has happened to John Gimson and Anna Burnet. Despite a wobbly 9th place in the last heat of the afternoon, the […]
Fast opening day for Gimson and Burnet
A really good opening day to the Worlds, with light to medium sea breeze and dusk-to-dawn sunshine across the bay of Cagliari. Great Britain takes the early lead in the Nacra 17 fleet, and Spain is ahead in both the men’s and women’s skiffs… Great start for Great Britain in the Nacra 17 John Gimson […]
World Title No.4 for Tita & Banti
Italian foiling stars Ruggero Tita and Caterina Banti have won their fourth Nacra 17 world title in La Grande Motte, France. It was also a great day for first-time winners of a major championship for teams from Uruguay and Belgium in the 49er and 49erFX European Championships. After winning their first world title in Denmark […]
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 […]
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 […]
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,” […]
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 […]
