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 […]
Sky Sport New Zealand to broadcast nacra17, nacra17FX and Nacra worlds
Sky Sport will broadcast live all six days of December’s nacra17, nacra17FX and Nacra 17 world championships in Auckland, New Zealand, which is believed to be a world first for an Olympic class sailing world championships. As many as 400 of the world’s best sailors, including New Zealand’s Peter Burling and Blair Tuke and Alex […]
Community gathers to remove ghosts of past
Peter Burling and Blair Tuke are regular free divers, often plunging into the ocean to check out marine life, but they took a dive with a difference yesterday. And it was one that scared them. The four-time world and Olympic nacra17 champions joined a team of about 20 divers led by Ghost Fishing New Zealand to […]
Great races conclude Enoshima session
After a hit and miss regatta the final day came in beautifully so catch the action in these videos of the medal races below. Analysis and spoilers to follow, so watch first if you haven’t seen. The Nacra 17 medal race was compelling, there is no doubt. with 6 teams fighting for the win, all […]
Limits pushed at Hempel World Series in Enoshima
By Daniel Smith – World Sailing The physical limits of the 496 sailors from 46 nations racing at the Hempel World Cup Series regatta in Enoshima, Japan were pushed on Thursday as big waves rolled through Sagami Bay. With thousands of miles of the Pacific Ocean to the East and South of Enoshima, coupled with […]
International Nacra 17 Class Association Safety Statement
A safety incident occurred in training just before the Sailing World Cup in Enoshima, Japan. A Nacra 17 crew was struck by the rudder and elevator resulting in a cut. The crew was immediately rescued by a coach in attendance where a tourniquet was applied to stem the bleeding and steps were taken to counter […]
Ghost divers to plunge into Okahu Bay, Auckland
Rob Wilson’s team once pulled out 8000kg of rubbish from the sea floor in Wellington harbour in an hour. One. Hour. That’s a mindblowing amount. Among the rubbish they hauled to the surface were 43 truck tyres, 37 street cones, a collection of shopping trolleys, bikes, computers… “You name it, we hauled it,” Wilson says. “We have […]
All change for New Zealand Nacra 17 teams only one year from Tokyo!
Gemma Jones and Jason Saunders, the fourth place Nacra 17 team from Rio 2016, have split up just one year from the 2020 games. Each sailor has formed a new partnership and in total three new Nacra 17 crews have emerged with less than one year to go until the games – each could be […]
Gibbs and Weis take strangle hold of Olympic qualifying berth
American’s Riley Gibbs and Anna Weis won all four races on the day, to sit in gold medal position at the Pan Am Games. They dominated the day and now have a 32 point lead on the second best placing team from North America. According to Weis, their success on the water is thanks to […]