Adidas Sailing Partners with International nacra17, nacra17FX and Nacra 17
Riga, Latvia 12th June, 2017 – Adidas Sailing – Marine Clothing, Apparel, Accessories and footwear manufacturer, has entered into a partnership agreement with the International nacra17 and International Nacra 17 Class Associations, representing Olympic nacra17, nacra17FX, and Nacra 17 sailing. The agreement will see Adidas Sailing appointed as exclusive partner in the category of Clothing, […]
Echavarri and Pacheco End An Era On Top Again
Fernando Echavarri and Tara Pacheco (ESP) gave the home fans something to cheer about as they claimed a deserved Mixed Multihull, Nacra 17, gold medal after a second-place finish in the Medal Race. The Spaniards finished out of the top three just once this week with their worst result a fourth. A top nine finish […]
Capitalise or catch up – World Cup Final Santander
Santander was baked in sunshine for the second day of World Cup racing as sailors looked to either capitalise on a great opening day, or play catch up after slow starts. Conditions were near on perfect for the 260 sailors from 41 nations racing across the ten Olympic fleets and Open Kiteboarding. Not a cloud […]
Review of Nacra Sailing Facilities in the Netherlands
Nacra 17 Class Manager, Ben Remocker, spent 3 days prior to Hyeres visiting the Nacra facilities in the Netherlands along with Simon Forbes, from the World Sailing technical staff. We were hosted by Peter Vink from Nacra. While no new boats were delivered at that point, it was possible to review all the tooling, beams, […]
Ongoing Effects of Unfairness in 2017
The Europeans and World Championships of the Nacra 17, in 2017, will effectively be closed regattas due to availability of equipment. This post delves into the long-term effects of this unfairness in attempt to communicate its effect on the fleet in the next four years. Each closed regatta or series will be covered, and the […]
The Reasoning Behind Foiling Regattas This Summer
The board of World Sailing formally requested that the Nacra 17 Class review its plans for the regattas this summer with respect to full foiling. As previously reported the class executive replied reiterating support for the plan to have foiling at both the Europeans and Worlds being the best plan. The Board of World Sailing wrote […]
World Sailing Confirms Roll Out Of Foiling Nacra 17
Today (28 April 2017) the World Sailing has confirmed its support for the existing roll out plan to release the first batch of 45 Foiling Nacra 17’s on June 26. The European Championship, as previously stated in the released NoR will be a foiling event, and the World Championship in La Grande Motte, France, will […]
Returning to action
There will be one home nation favourite gracing the waters of Hyères, France from 23 – 30 April for round two of the 2017 World Cup Series when multiple World Champion Billy Besson steps back onboard the Nacra 17. Besson, along with partner Marie Riou, won all four Nacra 17 World Championship titles in the […]
Ongoing Nacra 17 Learning Sessions
Prior to the launch of the Full Foiling Nacra 17, the class and builder will take the opportunity for teams to learn about sailing the Full Foiling boat and pass on feedback about the boat to the builder. There are two boats available, and the sessions have been divided up into week long camps. Up […]
Boat Allocation List for Foiling Nacra 17
Dear Nacra 17 Sailors, The Nacra 17 Class Association is responsible for deciding the order of distribution of the initial Nacra 17’s as they are produced. Your Executive decided the following process prior to the deadline being given to the sailors and prior to Executive members reviewing the order lists. All teams that placed orders […]
