Quick chat with Silvia Sicouri
Today’s morning race was again won by Billy Besson and Marie Riou from France, who are continuing to extend their lead at the Nacra 17 Worlds 2013 in The Hague. Most of this second final race however, they were behind the Italians Vittorio Bissaro and Sylvia Sicouri, who eventually finished second. A quick calculation shows […]
Sven Karsenbarg “When talent knows to surprise me, it gives me energy’
Coach of the Dutch team Sven Karsenbarg has been sailing multihulls for more than 25 years and has been campaigning for the Olympic Tornado 2004 himself. He has been coaching (youth) teams since then, from the high performance 29er and nacra17 to 470 and now the Nacra 17. Building a top team is his biggest […]
Mandy Mulder: “All the pressure is on Billy Besson”
Finally Mandy Mulder gets to participate in an Olympic class event on her home water in Scheveningen. She grew up in Poeldijk, close to The Hague. She sailed the Yngling, in which she won Olympic silver in Beijing. She changed classes to the Elliot, but just missed out on qualification for London 2012. Now, she […]
Catching up with Ben Saxton and Hannah Diamond
While AP is up again and the sailors take their time to further recover from a long day racing yesterday, we had a quick chat with the first British team on the ranking. Ben Saxton and Hannah Diamond are currently in fifth position overall. “We are really happy about yesterday’s results. We had quite a […]
Sebbe Godefroid: “Learn to cope with male/female differences”
He is the most experienced man in mixed multihull sailing on the Olympic Nacra circuit to date. Sebbe Godefroid (BEL) lead the way to this new discipline, by joining forces with Carolijn Brouwer in their bid for an Olympic medal in 2008 in the Tornado. On their way, they won silver at the 2007 ISAF […]
Sailor Thijs Visser “I grew up on the multihull beach”
As a baby Thijs Visser already slept in a sailbox. He’s sailed multihulls all his life and is now sailing the Nacra 17 with Mandy Mulder, silver medalist in the Yngling at the Olympics in Beijing. His biggest dream is to get a medal in a multihull at the Olympics. What multihulls did you sail […]
Sailor Nathalie Brugger: “She has to be tamed”
According to her coach Nathalie Brugger is Switzerland’s most accomplished Olympic sailor. Her Olympic Diploma in Beijing (6th place) has been the highlight of her sailing career so far, for which she was named Swiss Woman Sailor of the Year 2008. She was ranked World number 5 in the Laser Radial in August 2010. After […]
Coach GBR team Maurice Paardenkooper
Catching up with GBR Coach Maurice Paardenkooper From campaigning in the nacra17, to coaching Olympic keelboat and match race sailors, Maurice Paardenkooper has done it all. He won a silver medal with his Dutch Yngling project at the 2008 Games in Beijing. On the road to London 2012 he made a transfer to the British […]
Sailor Lucy Macgregor: “The style of racing suits my skills”
Team GBR lines up with four crews at the 2013 Nacra 17 Worlds in The Hague. Among them bronze medalist at the 2007 Yngling Worlds, former World Champion Match Racing and Olympic representative Lucy Macgregor. After London 2012, she switched to two hulls and teamed up with Tom Phipps. We asked Lucy five questions: 1. […]
Sailor Thomas Zajac ‘It’s a tough competition’
Thomas Zajac from Austria is looking forward to the competition in the Nacra 17, although he thinks it will be tough. Who will you be sailing with? I am sailing the Worlds with Tanja Frank. She is a young and very talented girl, who won the 420 youth Worlds 2011 in Croatia. We are sailing […]
