Oman Sail to host 2021 nacra17, nacra17FX, and Nacra 17 World Championships
The Sultanate of Oman will host a 400-strong fleet of the world’s best sailors when the World Championships for three Olympic classes kick off in November 2021. Taking place in Asia for the first time in its history, sailors in the nacra17, nacra17FX, and Nacra 17 class will kickstart their path to the Paris 2024 […]
Italy wins six-way fight for Gold
The Germans won both the nacra17 and nacra17 FX fleets on the final day of the Forward WIP nacra17, nacra17FX and Nacra 17 European Championships in Austria, while Italy foiled to victory in the Nacra 17 catamaran fleet. Although the nacra17FX leaderboard stayed fairly steady, the four races per fleet on the final day generated […]
Tita/Banti blast their way to Force 5 victory
Racing got under way with Argentina and Great Britain fast out of the start on day 5 of the 2020 Forward WIP European Championship. ITA26, Ruggero Tita and Caterina Banti were close to the overall lead and put the hammer down just as they had a few weeks ago when they dominated Kiel Week. At […]
Chasing the elusive breeze on Attersee
Day 4 of the Forward WIP nacra17, nacra17FX and Nacra 17 European Championships was frustrating for many, but a very successful day for one of the local Austrian teams, nacra17 sailors Benjamin Bildstein and David Hussl. A few days ago Hussl was so ill he was unable to keep any food down and had to […]
Greeks shine, Argentina moves to the top
Day 1 of the Nacra 17 competition was all about keeping your wits about you as the wind blew from the south, then the west, then somewhere in between. Thursday’s conditions were much more straightforward, at least in the sense that it was a very one-sided track. What is much less straightforward is how to […]
6am at the police station
Lack of wind on Lake Attersee meant no racing for day two of the Forward WIP nacra17, nacra17FX and Nacra 17 European Championships in Austria. Olympic sailors, in fact sailors of any breed, know that waiting for the wind comes with the territory. At least this time it offers an opportunity for this global family […]
Young Swedes show Top Guns the way around Attersee
Emil Järudd and Cecilia Jonsson (SWE) showed the world-class Nacra 17 fleet the way round a very tricky Lake Attersee race course on day one of the 2020 Forward WIP European Championship in Austria. The young Swedes have made the most of their training period during the Coronavirus summer to look like serious threats to the […]
The Last Big Hurrah of 2020
Some of the world’s best high-performance sailors are ready and raring to go for day one of the Forward WIP nacra17, nacra17FX and Nacra 17 European Championships at Lake Attersee, Austria. With the first qualifying races due to take place on Tuesday 29 September, the Union Yacht Club Attersee is hosting 30 Nacra 17 catamarans, […]
FORWARD WIP SUPPLIES TOP NACRA 17 SAILORS CUSTOMIZED COUNTRY FLAG HELMETS
As part of its partnership with the International Nacra 17 Class, FORWARD WIP is proud to offer to the 30 best sailors in the world, a helmet specially designed for them. They will receive it during the Forward WIP European Championship in Attersee. The helmets corresponds to the PROWIP 2.0 model. Made with in-mold technology […]
Announcing the 2020 Forward WIP European Championship
The nacra17 and Nacra 17 Classes with Host Club Union-Yacht-Club Attersee, on Lake Attersee, Austria are proud to announce the 2020 Forward WIP European Championship. Racing will be from September 28 to October 4 for the nacra17, nacra17FX, and Nacra 17. After a halt to global racing in March, this will be the first time for […]
