New Era of Olympic Sailing Begins
Distribution of the fully foiling Nacra 17 has begun. The worlds top multihull teams have set sail on a new era of Olympic sailing. 30 new boats and 10 upgraded boats are being delivered by next week. After that roughly 7 new boats will be delivered every two weeks well into 2018 as the demand […]
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 […]
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 […]
Emotional Nacra gold for Argentina
The oldest man in the competition, recently recovered from cancer, won a gold medal. Santiago Lange and Cecilia Carranza Saroli (ARG) have won gold after a heart-stopping Medal Race in the Nacra 17 Mixed Multihull. Jason Waterhouse and Lisa Darmanin (AUS) took silver and bronze goes to Thomas Zajac and Tanja Frank (AUT). The Argentineans […]
‘Brutal conditions’ in a test of survival on Thursday in Rio
The previous word of the day was ‘tricky’. The word of the day for those that went out to sea on day four was ‘survival. The Olympic sailing competition again produced the extremes of flat water and shifty conditions on the inshore courses with the giant wind and size-of-a-house waves out on the seaward courses. […]
Big Breeze for the Mixed Multihull debut + How to follow race day #3
Find out what’s on the agenda at the Rio 2016 Olympic Sailing Competition today and find out further information on how to follow the racing, watch the tracking, download imagery and follow World Sailing on social media. Big breeze up to 20 knots is set to greet the Olympic debut of the Mixed Multihulls – […]
Sailing World Cup Weymouth & Portland
Sailing World Cup Weymouth & Portland 2016 – The 25-boat Nacra 17 fleet will be one of the most competitive in Weymouth and Portland with no fewer than nine of the world’s top ten set to compete.
First for the French, Danish team to Follow: Nacra 17 2016 Worlds Final Results
By Katy Nastro Clearwater, FL. Final day for the Nacra 17 World Championships. The final medal race was sailed right off Pier 60 on Clearwater Beach, a pretty cool vantage point for the viewers on shore. Even though the winners were announced yesterday, the day was still filled with competitive vigor amongst the sailors who […]
Unearthly Unison: Besson and Riou Fly on Water
By Katy Nastro Clearwater, FL. Day five of the Nacra 17 World Championships can pretty much call it as the unstoppable, and apparently unbeatable, Billy Besson and Marie Riou have separated themselves enough from the pack that even with a perfect day for the any of the close competitors, they mathematically take their fourth world […]
Nacra 17 Worlds running on all cylinders
Clearwater, FL. Day four of the Nacra 17 World Championship went off without a hitch. The less than stellar wintery weather that Clearwater has produced has now subsided, and finally the sailors were able to sail in nearly perfect conditions out on the Gulf of Mexico.
