Flying, Crashing, and Fighting On Day 2 of European Championship
Another sunny, bright, breezy day welcomed the combined Olympic fleets of Nacra 17, nacra17, and nacra17FX race boats today as the 2017 European Championship continued in Germany’s North Sea port of Kiel. The nacra17 and nacra17FX entered their second day of competition while all eyes were on the brand new foiling Nacra 17 catamaran sailors […]
How to Follow the 2017 Europeans.
What’s On The nacra17, nacra17FX, and Nacra 17 European Championship are on simultaneously from Kiel, Germany, July 30 – Aug 4. Additionally, there is a class championship of the C-Board (old type) of Nacra 17. There are 98 nacra17, 68 nacra17FX, 25 Foiling Nacra 17, and 17 C-Board Nacra 17. Additionally it is the Junior […]
New Era of Olympic Sailing Begins
Distribution of the fully foiling Nacra 17 has begun. The worlds top multihull teams have set sail on a new era of Olympic sailing. 30 new boats and 10 upgraded boats are being delivered by next week. After that roughly 7 new boats will be delivered every two weeks well into 2018 as the demand […]
USA Multihull Development Center
Red Gear Racing, in partnership with the Clearwater Community Sailing Center, a US Sailing Official Traning Site, is proud to announce the Red Gear Racing Multihull Development Center. The program will cater to High performance multihulls and foiling classes, including but not limited to: A Cats, N15, Olympic N17, F18, F16, H16 as well as […]
Adidas Sailing Partners with International nacra17, nacra17FX and Nacra 17
Riga, Latvia 12th June, 2017 – Adidas Sailing – Marine Clothing, Apparel, Accessories and footwear manufacturer, has entered into a partnership agreement with the International nacra17 and International Nacra 17 Class Associations, representing Olympic nacra17, nacra17FX, and Nacra 17 sailing. The agreement will see Adidas Sailing appointed as exclusive partner in the category of Clothing, […]
Echavarri and Pacheco End An Era On Top Again
Fernando Echavarri and Tara Pacheco (ESP) gave the home fans something to cheer about as they claimed a deserved Mixed Multihull, Nacra 17, gold medal after a second-place finish in the Medal Race. The Spaniards finished out of the top three just once this week with their worst result a fourth. A top nine finish […]
Capitalise or catch up – World Cup Final Santander
Santander was baked in sunshine for the second day of World Cup racing as sailors looked to either capitalise on a great opening day, or play catch up after slow starts. Conditions were near on perfect for the 260 sailors from 41 nations racing across the ten Olympic fleets and Open Kiteboarding. Not a cloud […]
Review of Nacra Sailing Facilities in the Netherlands
Nacra 17 Class Manager, Ben Remocker, spent 3 days prior to Hyeres visiting the Nacra facilities in the Netherlands along with Simon Forbes, from the World Sailing technical staff. We were hosted by Peter Vink from Nacra. While no new boats were delivered at that point, it was possible to review all the tooling, beams, […]
Ongoing Effects of Unfairness in 2017
The Europeans and World Championships of the Nacra 17, in 2017, will effectively be closed regattas due to availability of equipment. This post delves into the long-term effects of this unfairness in attempt to communicate its effect on the fleet in the next four years. Each closed regatta or series will be covered, and the […]
The Reasoning Behind Foiling Regattas This Summer
The board of World Sailing formally requested that the Nacra 17 Class review its plans for the regattas this summer with respect to full foiling. As previously reported the class executive replied reiterating support for the plan to have foiling at both the Europeans and Worlds being the best plan. The Board of World Sailing wrote […]
