Maelle overboard hands Nacra 17 lead to Kohlhoff
Italy’s world-beating Nacra 17 sailors were leading the race and the regatta until a woman overboard incident that has handed the advantage back to a local team. A dramatic turn of events on the Nacra 17 race course has seen local sailors Paul Kohlhoff and Alica Stuhlemmer hold on to their yellow jerseys for the […]
Lange and Fantela each take a win in TP52 Royal Cup
Every Day is a School Day in Puerto Sherry Azzurra learned a lesson from their fifth place from the first race to be sailed at the Puerto Sherry 52 SUPER SERIES Royal Cup today. Applying that lesson was the passport to a comprehensive win in the day’s second race, which sees the Italian-Argentine crew back […]
Carlos de Beltran becomes Head of Technical Committee – Nacra 17
The Nacra 17 Class is thrilled to announce Carlos de Beltran has agreed to become the Head of our Technical Committee for the Nacra 17. As Head of the Technical Committee he also joins our class executive. Carlos is formerly the Technical Director at World Sailing, a measurer of the 35th America’s Cup, an equipment […]
Bissaro and Frascari find form at the Hempel World Cup Series Final
Italy’s Vittorio Bissaro and Maelle Frascari have thrived at the Hempel World Cup Series Final in Marseille, France, finding form that has been unmatched in the 24-boat Nacra 17 fleet. Fleet racing in the nacra17, nacra17FX, Nacra 17, Open Kiteboarding and RS:X fleets concluded on Friday with the scene set for their Medal Races, which […]
Four Boat Showdown
After Wednesday’s blowout, the sailors were eager to get back to what they do best – sailing as hard and as fast as possible in a bid for glory. A full schedule of racing was completed and the leaderboards are shaping up nicely ahead of Saturday and Sunday’s Medal Races which will be live on […]
Join the action for the nacra17/FX and Nacra 17 worlds
December’s nacra17, nacra17FX and Nacra 17 world championships are expected to dish up some spectacular racing and fans are invited to venture to Auckland to experience some of the action. As many as 400 sailors are expected to compete at the world championships at the Royal Akarana Yacht Club from November 29-December 8. Most of the top […]
Saxton and Boniface Ride Light Air Roll to Pole Position
With 6 boats all within 12 points of the gold medal, this Nacra 17 medal race was always going to be a difficult one to predict and a big battle on the water for all teams involved. One postponed start meant the nerves and anticipation from all the sailors was rising whilst the wind swung […]
Danes on a roll, but Champs Snap Back
The Nacra gold fleet held the inner harbor for today’s morning racing, and with the brisk Northeasterly breeze filling in overnight, the course would emerge as a tricky test of 3-lap racing for the catamaran sailors. The Danish team Cenholt/Lubeck held second going into the morning, after a stellar first day of gold fleet racing […]
Which Rio Medalists most likely to miss Tokyo Olympics?
[total-poll id=11450] Of the nine teams in nacra17, nacra17FX, and Nacra 17 that won medals in Rio, at least 1 team will not do so in Tokyo 2020. The five teams or sailors locked in selection battles won’t all make it to the next Olympic start line. Since sweeping the 2016 Quad, Peter Burling and […]
Speedsters Lead to Open Volvo Europeans
Tita and Banti Back on Top Ruggero Tita and Caterina Banti (ITA) showed the fleet they remain the favorites today as the 2019 Volvo nacra17, nacra17FX and Nacra 17 European Championships opened. The defending World Champions and two time defending European Champions strung together three bullets that echoed their performances in 2018. The top teams […]