What We Learned in Palma: Waterhouse & Darmanin Make It Three In A Row and National Selections Tighten Up

Rio 2016 Silver medallists Jason Waterhouse and Lisa Darmanin from Australia took out the 50th Trofeo Princesa Sofia Iberostar proving that consistency wins regattas. Aussies On A Roll With a scoreline outside the top ten on only two occasions, the Australian cousins put on a masterful display of Nacra17 sailing in conditions ranging from near […]
Palma Preview 50th Trofeo Princesa Sofia

The Olympic sailing world reconvenes next week on the Spanish island of Mallorca, where we will see over 1,200 athletes competing across the ten Olympic classes at the annual Trofeo SAR Princesa Sofia Iberostar regatta, this year celebrating its 50th anniversary. The Olympic regatta held on the Bay of Palma marks the beginning of the […]
Big Day in Prospect Britons Saxton and Dabson Lead into Nacra 17 World Champs Showdown

Title contenders at the Nacra 17 World Championships in La Grande Motte in the South of France may be relishing what is expected to be a big winds Sunday finale, a chance to show the newly foiling, flying Nacra 17 at its best and most exciting, but they had to deal with a penultimate day […]
Bearing Update after Nacra 17 Executive Call on Wednesday August 16, 2017

Preparing the prototype and setting up the machining has taken a day longer than first expected. Three prototypes of the new lower bearing are scheduled to be picked up by Nacra Sailing from the supplier on Thursday afternoon. They will be brought immediately to the Nacra Sailing factory for testing. From the board swap already […]
Update on Nacra Recall and Bearing Replacement Plan

Nacra Sailing principals had a call with Nacra 17 Class President, Marcus Spillane, and Class Manager, Ben Remocker on Sunday morning. Here is the latest information. New Replacement Bearing The replacement design has been completed. The first prototype will be built on Monday. The prototype will be fitted to a boat to ensure it […]
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 […]
Ongoing Nacra 17 Learning Sessions
Prior to the launch of the Full Foiling Nacra 17, the class and builder will take the opportunity for teams to learn about sailing the Full Foiling boat and pass on feedback about the boat to the builder. There are two boats available, and the sessions have been divided up into week long camps. Up […]
Boat Allocation List for Foiling Nacra 17
Dear Nacra 17 Sailors, The Nacra 17 Class Association is responsible for deciding the order of distribution of the initial Nacra 17’s as they are produced. Your Executive decided the following process prior to the deadline being given to the sailors and prior to Executive members reviewing the order lists. All teams that placed orders […]
Nacra 17 MK2 Initial Testing Continued
After the first week of class testing we published a few videos from class member testing in the Netherlands. Here is the second week testing videos. So far both weeks have featured lots and lots of wind with typically difficult short NED chop. Highlights to date are controlability in difficult conditions and the absolutely nutty […]