Geelong welcomes Olympic sailors for nacra17, nacra17FX and Nacra 17 World Championships in 2020
Three of the highest profile Olympic sailing classes will converge on Geelong in February 2020, with the 2020 nacra17, nacra17FX & Nacra 17 World Championships set to be hosted by the Royal Geelong Yacht Club on the beautiful flat waters of Corio Bay. With the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, Australia is the perfect location for […]
Gimson & Burnett Foil To Victory in Shanghai Cup
Shanghai Cup delivers a fun regatta, far from the standard in Olympic Sailing. In perfect foiling conditions, a dozen races were contested between a dozen nations on a perfect sailing lake in the outskirts of Shanghai. The first race of the final day of the was full of drama. Team GBR had a penalty, a sudden gust of […]
Shanghai Cup Day Two turned into an unexpected day off
Fierce winds hitting up to 35 knots forced the race committee to cancel the racing today, so the teams had an unexpected opportunity to visit the city on a tour offered generously by the event’s organizers. The sailors had the chance to visit the old town center, experience the local culture and of course taste […]
Shanghai Cup – Spectacular day one -GBR tops of the leaderboard
On September 28, the 2018 SYC Nacra 17 Shanghai Cup and Nacra 17 Asian Championship officially opened in Dishui Lake, Shanghai. There are 12 teams from 12 countries and regions, with a total of 24 world’s top sailors competing on among each other. In warm conditions with up to 13 knots of wind the experienced […]
Continued Italian Dominance in the Nacra 17
Gianluigi Ugolini & Maria Giubilei (ITA) just won the 2018 Junior World Championship for the Nacra 17! They won the only race today, ultimately winning 6 of the 7 races that were run for the Nacra 17 and were clearly the class of the field. Upwind the racing was typically quite close, but the Italians […]
The Chase for the Title Has Begun
Key figures and information on the championships’ first day: A total of 8 legs Irregular gusty wind between 3 and 20 knots 99 teams 28 countries The title chase, the title races has begun… The competitors are ready so are the boats, all the conditions are set for these Youth Worlds, except for Aeolus who […]
Italy’s Tita/Banti Become First Back-to-Back European Champions in Foiling Nacra 17 Era
With racing starting an hour early to compensate for lost races earlier in the week, sailors hitting the water for the final day of the 2018 nacra17 and Nacra 17 European Championship saw what by now is a rare sight: A consistent 8-11 knot breeze! Race officials across all four courses on Gdansk Bay rushed […]
Dismal Day Disappoints, But Champs Push Forward
In gold fleet racing for the foiling Olympic Nacra 17 catamaran, the two Spanish catamaran teams had wildly different days. Rio competitors Fernando Echavarri/Tara Pacheco easily won the day with a 1,2 while their nearest competition sailed throwouts. “We put ourselves in good places and we are quite quick in these conditions,” said Echavarri, who […]
Italy’s Tita/Banti Continue Dominance In Nacra 17 Cat
Despite a long onshore delay and shifty and unstable conditions on the water today as the Finals began in the 2018 nacra17 and Nacra 17 European Championship. With the fleets split by their ranking into gold and silver fleets, the top twenty-seven Nacra 17 crews and top twenty-five nacra17FX teams hit the water under an […]
Disappointment and Joy For Championship Contenders As Qualifying Ends
Black Flags, Chaotic Waves, Unsteady Breeze Mean A Messy Day in Poland Lady luck shone on the men’s nacra17 skiff fleet this morning, as the final day of qualifying for the European Championship began just off the beach in Gdynia. There wasn’t much, but a relatively stable 8-9 knots of wind and confused, steep chop […]
