Challengers for the Crown Stepping Up
No team was hotter at the end of the 2019 World Championship than Diego Botin and Iago Marra (ESP). The Spanish sensations were up against he ropes, almost missing gold fleet, which would have cost them an Olympic berth. With the pressure on them at maximum they tore up the final four days of the […]
FORWARD WIP JOINS NACRA 17 & nacra17/FX CLASS AS OFFICIAL CLOTHING PARTNER
The Nacra 17 & nacra17 International Classes are thrilled to announce our partnership with FORWARD WIP becoming our Official Technical Clothing Partner. The five-year sponsorship agreement will run until the end of 2024 and will see both partners work collaboratively to further develop and market the sport in new and existing territory. Thanks to a […]
John Gimson and Anna Burnett stay cool under pressure to lead first day.
Gimson and Burnett (GBR) were named last week by Team GB to head to Tokyo, and the duo rewarded their selectors by sailing well enough to lead after the first day. With all conditions on the day, it was the local weed that sailors were talking about and the brits were cool enough on the […]
Last chances for Tokyo 2020 Olympic Qualification
After the 2019 nacra17, nacra17FX and Nacra 17 World Championships wrapped up with some amazing medal races and the dust settled in Auckland, the Tokyo 2020 Olympics picture began to reveal itself. With under 200 days until the Games commence in July there are only a handful of qualification spots remaining in the three classes. […]
World Championship sailors support bushfire effort
The proximity of the upcoming nacra17, nacra17FX and Nacra 17 Oceania and World Championships course area to some of the bushfires currently burning in the southern Australian state of Victoria has stirred the international sailing community to action.
World champs aiming to be clean and green
Sandy Dawson and Ulrika Silfverberg never thought they would find rubbish so fascinating, and rewarding.
Danes win the day, Italy into the lead
The fourth day of the 2019 Hyundai nacra17, nacra17FX and Nacra 17 World Championships saw the race for the title and Olympic qualification is beginning to take shape as the fleets split into their respective Gold fleets.
Olympic qualification race set for an epic showdown
Ben Saxton & Nicola Boniface dominated the Nacra 17 class with another consistent day inside the top three. After a hugely successful 2019 including gold at the European Championships on home waters in Weymouth, they have laid down the challenge for their own internal Olympic selection amongst the British Sailing Team.
Enoshima Nacra 17 gold medallists push towards the main event
Hempel World Cup Series Enoshima gold medallists Quentin Delapierre and his crew Manon Audinet have a tough ask to pull back their French Nacra 17 teammates, Billy Besson and his crew Marie Riou, who are third on the Hyundai nacra17, 49eFX and Nacra 17 Oceania Championships scoresheet. The World Cup gold medal pair, who teamed […]
Oceania Championships provides form guide for upcoming Worlds
It was a day of contrasts on day two of the 2019 Hyundai nacra17, nacra17FX and Nacra 17 Oceania Championships. With breezes at almost the polar opposite to yesterday with a 10-12 knot seabreeze from the north, the fleets headed to the second alloted course areas off the coast of Auckland’s North Shore. These are the same waters which will play host to the 2021 America’s Cup, in which many of the nacra17 and Nacra 17 athletes will be competing.