News from ISAF Conference Oman 2013
ISAF Conference Oman 2013 – During last ISAF Annual Conference a lot of submissions and recommendations have been addressed and discussed, including subjects concerning the Nacra 17 Class.
Besson/Riou 1st ever Nacra 17 World Champions without Medal Race
On Saturday July 27 2013 at 15:30 hours it was finally clear that Billy Besson and Marie Riou from France were the first ever World Champions Nacra 17. After another long day of waiting, the thunderstorm left The Hague without any breeze and the Race Committee had no choice but cancelling the decisive Medal Race. […]
Battle for medals full on at Nacra 17 Worlds 2013
The battle for medals at the 2013 Nacra 17 World Championship in The Hague is full on for tomorrow’s concluding Medal Race. The Gold Fleet managed to complete two races on Friday July 26, which was necessary to start the Medal Race scheduled on Saturday July 27. Billy Besson and Marie Riou from France are […]
Quick chat with Silvia Sicouri
Today’s morning race was again won by Billy Besson and Marie Riou from France, who are continuing to extend their lead at the Nacra 17 Worlds 2013 in The Hague. Most of this second final race however, they were behind the Italians Vittorio Bissaro and Sylvia Sicouri, who eventually finished second. A quick calculation shows […]
Sven Karsenbarg “When talent knows to surprise me, it gives me energy’
Coach of the Dutch team Sven Karsenbarg has been sailing multihulls for more than 25 years and has been campaigning for the Olympic Tornado 2004 himself. He has been coaching (youth) teams since then, from the high performance 29er and nacra17 to 470 and now the Nacra 17. Building a top team is his biggest […]
Besson/Riou extend lead at Nacra 17 Worlds 2013 in The hague
On the first day of the final series, the French Billy Besson and Marie Riou extended their lead at the Nacra 17 Worlds 2013 in The Hague, Netherlands. As expected, it was again a sunny and quiet day. The sailors got more time to recover from a full day of action yesterday, as AP was […]
Mandy Mulder: “All the pressure is on Billy Besson”
Finally Mandy Mulder gets to participate in an Olympic class event on her home water in Scheveningen. She grew up in Poeldijk, close to The Hague. She sailed the Yngling, in which she won Olympic silver in Beijing. She changed classes to the Elliot, but just missed out on qualification for London 2012. Now, she […]
Catching up with Ben Saxton and Hannah Diamond
While AP is up again and the sailors take their time to further recover from a long day racing yesterday, we had a quick chat with the first British team on the ranking. Ben Saxton and Hannah Diamond are currently in fifth position overall. “We are really happy about yesterday’s results. We had quite a […]
Excellent day of racing at Nacra 17 Worlds in The Hague – July 24
Today was an excellent day of racing at the Nacra 17 Worlds just off the coast of The Hague. Yesterday the blue fleet managed to sail two races, the yellow fleet none. So in order to get five results in each fleet the yellow fleet today had to sail five races and the blue fleet […]
All results posted
All provisonal results of the 8 races sailed on Wednesday July 24th are posted.