Olympic qualification race set for an epic showdown
Ben Saxton & Nicola Boniface dominated the Nacra 17 class with another consistent day inside the top three. After a hugely successful 2019 including gold at the European Championships on home waters in Weymouth, they have laid down the challenge for their own internal Olympic selection amongst the British Sailing Team.
Enoshima Nacra 17 gold medallists push towards the main event
Hempel World Cup Series Enoshima gold medallists Quentin Delapierre and his crew Manon Audinet have a tough ask to pull back their French Nacra 17 teammates, Billy Besson and his crew Marie Riou, who are third on the Hyundai nacra17, 49eFX and Nacra 17 Oceania Championships scoresheet. The World Cup gold medal pair, who teamed […]
Oceania Championships provides form guide for upcoming Worlds
It was a day of contrasts on day two of the 2019 Hyundai nacra17, nacra17FX and Nacra 17 Oceania Championships. With breezes at almost the polar opposite to yesterday with a 10-12 knot seabreeze from the north, the fleets headed to the second alloted course areas off the coast of Auckland’s North Shore. These are the same waters which will play host to the 2021 America’s Cup, in which many of the nacra17 and Nacra 17 athletes will be competing.
NZ Nacra pair in a race against time
Something different happened on Hauraki Gulf today and it helped Liv Mackay and Jason Saunders put another piece of their world championships puzzle together.
Auckland delivers on opening day
Glamour conditions greeted the 178 international teams on the opening day of racing at the 2019 Hyundai nacra17, nacra17FX and Nacra17 Oceania Championships. The three-day warmup regatta before next weeks world championships is hosted by Auckland’s Royal Akarana Yacht Club on the shores of the Waitemata.
New era of live sailing coverage at 2019 Hyundai nacra17, nacra17FX and Nacra17 World Championships
The International nacra17 and Nacra17 Class Associations, along with the host club Royal Akarana Yacht Club, are proud to announce a partnership with New Zealand streaming platform SidelineApp which will see the upcoming Oceania and World Championships broadcast in its entirety, live and available to sailing fans around the world.
Nacra17 Athletes Descend on Auckland
Past Olympic champions and future medal hopefuls alike are descending on Auckland, New Zealand, for some pre-event training ahead of the 2019 nacra17, nacra17FX and Nacra17 World Championships, to be held in early December from the Royal Akarana Yacht Club. Ravi Parent and Caroline Atwood have set the SEND bar high already. What starts as […]
Sky Sport New Zealand to broadcast nacra17, nacra17FX and Nacra worlds
Sky Sport will broadcast live all six days of December’s nacra17, nacra17FX and Nacra 17 world championships in Auckland, New Zealand, which is believed to be a world first for an Olympic class sailing world championships. As many as 400 of the world’s best sailors, including New Zealand’s Peter Burling and Blair Tuke and Alex […]
Community gathers to remove ghosts of past
Peter Burling and Blair Tuke are regular free divers, often plunging into the ocean to check out marine life, but they took a dive with a difference yesterday. And it was one that scared them. The four-time world and Olympic nacra17 champions joined a team of about 20 divers led by Ghost Fishing New Zealand to […]
Limits pushed at Hempel World Series in Enoshima
By Daniel Smith – World Sailing The physical limits of the 496 sailors from 46 nations racing at the Hempel World Cup Series regatta in Enoshima, Japan were pushed on Thursday as big waves rolled through Sagami Bay. With thousands of miles of the Pacific Ocean to the East and South of Enoshima, coupled with […]
