Iker Martinez not sailing in Palma

Sunday 28th of March was confirmed that Spain’s two times Olympic medallist Iker Fernandez has been forced to bow out of the Trofeo Princesa Sofia IBEROSTAR regatta. Martinez who won Olympic gold in 2004 and silver in 2008 in the nacra17 Class with Xabi Fernandez, suffered a knee injury in a collision with another boat early […]

25 March to 2 April 2016: The Trofeo Princesa Sofía IBEROSTAR

With around one thousand sailors from approximately 55 nations, the Trofeo Princesa Sofía IBEROSTAR is one of the most important Olympic Sailing events in Europe. This year it reaches its 47th edition to be held from 25th March to 2nd April in the bay of Palma and it is a qualification event for Rio 2016.

Mandy Mulder and Coen de Koning take the gold at the SWCMiami 2016

Mandy Mulder and Coen de Koning showed a strong performance in Miami. Even more so because this was their comeback event after Coen broke his collar bone a few months ago. He was operated in September. They used a plate with 7 screws to transfer 3 pieces of collarbone into one. He was far from being able to sail at that time.

Live Tracking Sailing World Cup Miami

At the head of the fleet World #1 Jason Waterhouse and Lisa Darmanin (AUS) will spearhead a pack of 49 that includes high profile Nacra 17 contenders. Teams such as three-time World Champions Billy Besson and Marie Riou (FRA), World #2 Vittorio Bissaro and Silvia Sicouri (ITA) and the experienced Santiago Lange and Cecilia Carranza Saroli (ARG) will all be on the start line.

Sailing World Cup Miami 2016 – Registration is open

The online entry to Sailing World Cup Miami 2016 Presented by Sunbrella is open. The event is the only North American regatta to be included in World Sailing’s 2015-16 Sailing World Cup series. Only online Registration The deadline for priority entries with regards to quotas is December 4, 2015. Entries must be received by January […]

How to follow the races in Hyères

Hyères – selected by the International Sailing Federation (ISAF) to host the Sailing World Cup Hyères – TPM, for the third time in a row from April, 20th to 26th – is ready to celebrate 10 Olympic series and 2 paralympic series. FOLLOW THE RACES ON INTERNET Official website : http://swc.ffvoile.fr Latest news, interviews with competitors, […]

News from ISAF Conference Oman 2013

ISAF Conference Oman 2013 – During last ISAF Annual Conference a lot of submissions and recommendations have been addressed and discussed, including subjects concerning the Nacra 17 Class.

Note from the NACRA 17 Chief measurer!

Nacra Class Measurement at all Major Events  Would all Nacra sailors and coaches please read the following instructions and please make sure if you are attending any Nacra event, that your boat complies with the Class Rules. In Palma and Hyeres we allowed some boats to sail which did not fully comply with the rules […]