Epic Battles determine three World Titles
Auckland witnessed the climax of three tensely fought World Championships, where none of the victors had it easy… Challenging Auckland wind and waves played their part in determining the outcome of the Hyundai nacra17, nacra17FX & Nacra 17 World Championships. We have three winners, but anyone watching the groundbreaking live coverage will know that there […]
Race Analysis Day 5: Tita/Banti get their mojo back
Nacra 17 Gold Fleet: Race analysis from Day 5 Race 1: The race started in quite light winds, with a cracking start at the boat end from USA 472, Brazil 10 and AUT 3. The teams that held on starboard and headed right were rewarded by an increase in wind from the left half way […]
Danes close the gap on Top Two
The nacra17 and nacra17FX both saw new regatta leaders heading into the final day of competition, while the Nacra 17 title race looks wide open… The breeze was a little softer than previous days, and at times extremely unpredictable and shifty. Yet somehow the class acts continue to prove that they’re still the class acts, […]
Besson & Riou in tight Gold Fleet battles
Conditions were stellar for the foiling catamarans on Day 1 of the Gold Fleet finals… Race 1 – To kick off gold fleet racing leading teams put their faith in each side of the racecourse. Zajac/Mats (AUT 3), and the two Italian teams started on port and when hard right. Waterhouse/Darmanin (AUS 2) and Pacheco/Trittel […]
Gimson’s not looking, but he’s winning
There are a number of civil wars going on for Olympic selection, with team mates fighting for national selection for that single Nacra 17 spot at Tokyo 2020. Three nations that each have two world-class teams vying for selection are Great Britain, Italy and Australia, and it’s these three nations that hold the top three […]
The Battle of Britain is underway, with USA and DEN in hot pursuit
Day two of the 2019 Hyundai nacra17, nacra17FX and Nacra 17 World Championships brought solid breezes across all courses, still with plenty of wind shift and surprise to keep the 400-odd competitors on their toes. After being held ashore on day one due to too much breeze, today was the first opportunity for the nacra17FX […]
Tightening up at the Top
A light and tricky final day of fleet racing has really mixed up the Nacra 17 leader board and made it an almost out and out battle for the top spots going into tomorrow’s medal race. Only 12 points separate the top 6 boats meaning anyone of them could come away with the win, but […]
Brits and Danes find some wheels to match the Italians
John Gimson and Anna Burnet foiled to the front of the Nacra 17 fleet after a solid start to the gold fleet finals with scores of 1,6,2. “We’ve finally found some downwind wheels,” said Gimson. “The speed is good and we’ve learned a lot about the right technique for those conditions.” Burnet said things could […]
Who can stop the Italian Job?
The Danes and Argentineans made good moves up the scoreboard on the final day of Nacra 17 qualifying today. Lin Cenholt and CP Lubeck scored 4,1,3 to hold fourth overall, on equal points with the third-placed Italians, Vittorio Bissaro and Maele Frascari. Scoring an equally potent 1,3,4 were Mateo Majdalani and Eugenia Bosco, the Argentineans […]
Gimson and Burnet in an Italian sandwich
Ruggero Tita and Caterina Banti (ITA) continued their relentless march at the top of the leaderboard, notching up two more first places in their qualifying group, only falling foul in the last race of the afternoon. “We were fast upwind and going well downwind in the waves,” said Banti. “We just didn’t start quite so […]
