Tita and Banti (ITA) Pure Class to Victory in Nacra 17
Ruggero Tita with Caterina Banti (ITA) completed their win in the Nacra 17 in a no-nonsense and straightforward fashion to claim a clear victory in Tokyo 2020. They went into the medal race 12 points ahead of John Gimson with Anna Burnett (GBR) and then stayed very close to the British the whole way around […]
Tita and Banti (ITA) working on Olympic low score
It was not meant to go like this. The Nacra 17 fleet is an assembly of incredibly experienced, accomplish, and on form sailors and the title was meant to be wide open. After the opening series of twelve races held in a full variety of conditions, the Italian team of Ruggero Tita and Caterina Banti […]
Gimson and Burnet Clash with Tita and Banti in potential fight for the ages
Despite the ten-deep fleet of contenders for the Nacra 17 title, two teams are rising to the occasion so far in Enoshima. Gimson and Burnet (GBR) scored a 1, 1, 2 on day two, answering back to Tita and Banti (ITA) 1, 3, 1 on day one. Together, these two teams have won five of […]
Breakaway Speed
Tita and Banti Fly Downwind for Day 1 Nacra Lead In the first full day of racing since the 2020 Worlds, it’s clear that Ruggero Tita and Caterina Banti (ITA) have used their time wisely. They used a combination of steady upwind form with dominant downwind speed to win two races and place third in […]
Another epic story of winning glory to be written on a foiling stage
Five years ago, Santiago Lange and Cecilia Caranza Saroli (ARG) set the Games alight with their victory in the Mixed Multihull – Nacra 17 event at Rio 2016. First was the fact that Lange was 54 years old competing in one of the fastest, most athletically challenging events in Olympic sailing. The second was that […]
Italians Ugolini and Giubelei win Junior World Championship
The Nacra 17 fleet was dominated again by another Italian team of Gianluigi Ugolini with Maria Giubelei. They won eleven of fifteen races to secure their second Junior World title. The pair were clearly the class of the field, leading two French teams that finished second and third. Margaux Billy with Leo Maurin (FRA) finished […]
2022 European Championships will be held Aarhus, Denmark
Champagne sailing in the summer of 2022 in Denmark. Aarhus has just been awarded the European Championships in nacra17, nacra17FX, and Nacra 17 from 5 – 10 July 2022. In July 2022, the largest sailing championship will be held in Aarhus since the Sailing World Championships in 2018. From 5 to 10 July, three of […]
Nova Scotia to host 2022 nacra17, nacra17FX, and Nacra 17 World Sailing Championships
HALIFAX, N.S., April 8, 2021 – Nova Scotia will host a 400-strong field of the world’s best sailors from over 35 countries when the World Championships for three Olympic classes, the nacra17, nacra17FX and Nacra 17, kick off in September 2022. Taking place in Canada for the first time in its history, the competition will […]
Finland and Tunisia Earn Olympic Berths – Spain wins in Lanzarote
Finish sailors Sinem Kurtbay and Janne Javinen spent a year in sailing purgatory, as the last team not to qualify in Auckland 2019, and came through all the stronger as they took the last remaining Olympic berth over a tough week of racing in Lanzarote. Day four was a turning point in their performance, where […]
Pacheco/Trittel (ESP) take overall lead – Kurtbay/Jarvine (FIN) move into qualifying position
The Olympic qualifying favorites, Sinem Kurtbay and Janne Jarvine (FIN) moved into 6th place overall and now lead the remaining countries aiming for the final Tokyo berth. They scored a 3, 10, 10 on the day to continue a solid run of middling results. Kurtbay and Jarvine were the top placed team not to earn […]
