Booths Lionise the Junior Worlds
Ruben and Rita Booth (AUS) hung on all week, surviving a late challenge, to win the 2023 Junior World Championships by three points. In the final race they found themselves outside of the top ten while Archie Gargett with Sarah Hoffman (AUS) charged forward into the race lead. With a five-point gap separating the two […]
Booth siblings grab pair of wins on opening day of the 2023 Junior World Championship
Ruben and Rita Booth, children of legendary multihull sailor Mitch Booth, grab a pair of victories after a second-place start to open the 2023 Junior Worlds with a bang. The Booths find themselves in an interesting position only 12 months out from the Paris 2024 Olympics as Australian standout helm Jason Waterhouse recently announced his […]
2024 Europeans be Hosted in La Grande Motte, France in May 2024
The nacra17 and Nacra 17 classes are pleased to announce the 2024 European Championship of nacra17, nacra17FX, and Nacra 17 will be held in La Grande Motte, France just before the Paris Olympics. The race days are May 7-12 and will surely be a final selection regatta for some nations selecting teams for the 2024 […]
Pure Domination for Champions Tita & Banti
The story of the 2022 World Championships in Halifax was easily that Ruggero Tita and Caterina Banti won 14 of 16 fleet races winning the title before the medal race. It can’t be denied that, as Australian coach Darren Bundock put it, the pairing is a “class above” the rest of the world. “Today there […]
Tita and Banti (ITA) secure second world title as Gimson and Burnet (GBR) move to Bronze medal position
Day five was another good ‘Bay Day’ for the nacra17 and nacra17FX fleets before it turned a bit lighter and less predictable for the Nacra 17s in the late afternoon. HIGHLIGHTS Spectators lined the shore at Queensland Beach to watch the nacra17FX racing Elsewhere on St Margaret’s Bay, it was another classic day of sea […]
Tita and Banti showing total dominance
Day four was a classic ‘Bay Day’ with 12 to 14 knots of steady sea breeze for the nacra17, nacra17FX and Nacra 17 World Championships in Nova Scotia, Canada. HIGHLIGHTS After a wait for the sea breeze to settle across St Margaret’s Bay, it was a classic day of sea breeze racing where good starts, […]
Newberry & Liebenberg spoil the Italian Job
Live Broadcast Replay – Nacra 17 was second fleet on course. HIGHLIGHTS Another sunny day in St Margaret’s Bay, but the 6 to 10 knot breeze was full of potholes and a total mindbender even the best sailors Kiwi crews make moves up the nacra17 fleet at the end of qualifying Bobeck & Netzler have […]
Tita and Banti score straight six
HIGHLIGHTS A perfect ‘Bay Day’ with 8 to 14 knots of sea breeze in sunny St Margaret’s Bay Port tack start is the high point of a sensational day for Lambriex & van der Werken in the nacra17 Lambriex’s girlfriend, Odile van Aanholt, continues to lead the nacra17FX fleet with crew Annette Duetz A perfect […]
Full-Send Up and Down on Day 1
Hubbards, Nova Scotia, Canada – There was no hesitation to hoist the gennaker on the Nacra 17 course today for day one of the World Championships despite 24 knots and four to six-foot waves on St. Margaret’s Bay. “We had to send it for all it’s worth,” said New Zealand Nacra driver Micah Wilkinson about […]
Doors are Open For New Champions
Hubbards, Nova Scotia, CANADA – A bagpiper rang in the crowd Tuesday evening for the opening ceremonies of the 2022 World Championships as the waining seabreeze and sun filled the Hubbards waterfront. Practice racing, last minute rig and boat checks and even some relaxation and physiotherapy work on finicky muscles filled the sailors last day […]
