New fees added to all Olympic boats
The World Sailing Board is implementing significant new fees on sailors using Olympic equipment without a vote of council. The new Olympic contracts, which each Olympic class for 2024 must sign by August 1st, includes a new 1% fee on all equipment sales that will pull an estimated $300,000 annually from the pockets of Olympic […]
Lange and Fantela each take a win in TP52 Royal Cup
Every Day is a School Day in Puerto Sherry Azzurra learned a lesson from their fifth place from the first race to be sailed at the Puerto Sherry 52 SUPER SERIES Royal Cup today. Applying that lesson was the passport to a comprehensive win in the day’s second race, which sees the Italian-Argentine crew back […]
Carlos de Beltran becomes Head of Technical Committee – Nacra 17
The Nacra 17 Class is thrilled to announce Carlos de Beltran has agreed to become the Head of our Technical Committee for the Nacra 17. As Head of the Technical Committee he also joins our class executive. Carlos is formerly the Technical Director at World Sailing, a measurer of the 35th America’s Cup, an equipment […]
nacra17, nacra17FX, Nacra17 Euros To Be Streamed Live
s of super-exciting Olympic classes racing will be able to stream action from the nacra17, nacra17 FX and Nacra 17 European Championships live, it has been announced.
Nacra 17 In For 2024
World Sailing announced today that it has put up for review the events represented by the 470 M/W, Finn, and RSX M/W. By choosing not to review the other 5 events; Laser/Radial, nacra17/nacra17FX, and Nacra 17, these events will remain for the games in Paris. Further, for the nacra17, nacra17FX, and Nacra 17, the current equipment […]
Update – Gennaker Upwind at Worlds – Proposed Vote by Entrants at the Open Forum
Overnight one of the Class Executives, after training, changed their view on the issue of using the gennaker upwind at the World Championship next week. They now believe that we should NOT allow the use of the gennaker upwind even this close to the start of the Championship. As a result there is now a […]
Get Well Soon Bora Gulari
An injury today while training to Nacra 17 sailor, Bora Gulari (USA) has resulted in serious damage to his hand. Our thoughts are with our good friend and we wish him well in his recovery. Here is the full statement from US Sailing.
Nacra 17 World Championships – Use of Gennakers Upwind
Ultimately the view of the Class Executive is that no decisions affecting racing in such a significant way should be made so close to the World Championship. The rules stand as they are and gennakers can be used upwind. After the light day at the Kiel Europeans where teams hoisted their kites upwind and were […]
New Bearings Available for Nacra 17 Sailors
As of this morning, all teams racing at the 2017 Worlds now have access to pick up their new bearings and renew sailing efforts in all conditions. Nacra Sailing and their suppliers had the machines running overtime all week and then took an overnight flight from the Netherlands to La Grande Motte. Enough parts for […]
Kingfisher Yacht Ropes partners with International Nacra 17 and International nacra17 Class Associations
Yorkshire, UK – 21st August 2017 – Kingfisher Yacht Ropes, the marine specific arm of innovative rope products distributer, the DSM Group, has entered into a partnership agreement with the International nacra17 Class and International Nacra 17 Class Associations. DSM, a family run business, was established in 1982 and manages a global distribution of products […]
