World Sailing – Updated advice on Novel Coronavirus
World Sailing has released updated advice from the World Sailing Medical Commission on the Novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak. Advice issued as per Tuesday 03 March 2020. World Sailing will continue to monitor developments and where necessary issue further updates. This advice includes specific details on the Asian Championship and Sailing World Cup Genoa.
Nathan Outteridge Discusses Overcoming Adversity
During the 2020 World Championships Nathan Outteridge sat down with his sister and sailing partner, Haylee Outteridge, to be interviewed by Chris Museler. The topic of discussion was an horrific car accident Nathan was involved in as an 18 year old, and how that shaped his life and family from that point on. Nathan speaks […]
Thrilling medal races produce world champions
Peter Burling and Blair Tuke from New Zealand dazzled to win another nacra17 world championship, the sixth for the magic combo, which is easily a class record. In thrilling medal race the Spanish nacra17FX team of Tamara Echegoyen and Paula Barcelo and the British Nacra 17 team of John Gimson and Anna Burnet owned those […]
Plan for the final day of World Championship racing
With no racing on Friday February 14 due to summer storms that wreaked havoc with the breeze, Saturday’s final day of the nacra17, nacra17 and Nacra 17 World Championship looks like this: Schedule: Two gold fleet races for all three fleets commencing from 0955hrs Two silver and bronze fleet races immediately following Three medal races […]
“Game on” for national selection
Australians siblings Nathan and Haylee Outteridge continue to show their mettle, moving into the top spot in the Nacra 17. Their national teammates, Jason Waterhouse and Lisa Darmanin (AUS), are also vying for a country spot for Tokyo 2020 and closing in at this world championship, now third overall. Sandwiched between the two country contenders […]
GBR’s Nacra know-how
John Gimson and Anna Burnet (GBR) are stringing together a set of scores that must be troubling the hot Nacra 17 competition, but they demonstrated they aren’t bullet-proof in the third race on day three of the World Championship, the half-way point of the series. “Two wins; chuffed with that but then in last race […]
Gimson and Burnet Lead Out of the Start
Nacra 17 First Nacra 17 points went to Aussie siblings Nathan and Haylee Outteridge, scoring a win then a second and a 10th to finish second overall. Enviable opening scores but the GBR team of John Gimson and Anna Burnet went one better, a 10th then two wins to be the lead multihull. “It was a […]
America Wins on Super Bowl Sunday
Riley Gibbs and Anna Weis (USA) used superior boat speed upwind in the flat water to narrowly win the Oceania Championship by three points from Zajac/Matz (AUT) and Gimson/Burnett (GBR). On a blustery final day the American’s got a 1, 3 battling tightly with the Austrians who scored a 2, 1 and won the regatta […]
Challengers for the Crown Stepping Up
No team was hotter at the end of the 2019 World Championship than Diego Botin and Iago Marra (ESP). The Spanish sensations were up against he ropes, almost missing gold fleet, which would have cost them an Olympic berth. With the pressure on them at maximum they tore up the final four days of the […]
FORWARD WIP JOINS NACRA 17 & nacra17/FX CLASS AS OFFICIAL CLOTHING PARTNER
The Nacra 17 & nacra17 International Classes are thrilled to announce our partnership with FORWARD WIP becoming our Official Technical Clothing Partner. The five-year sponsorship agreement will run until the end of 2024 and will see both partners work collaboratively to further develop and market the sport in new and existing territory. Thanks to a […]
