Genoa gearing up for Hempel World Cup Series debut
The Italian city of Genoa is preparing to host over 700 sailors between 15-21 April 2019 for the first ever Hempel World Cup Series regatta to be held in the country. The Fiera di Genova, which hosts the International Boat Show every year, will welcome world class sailors across eight of the ten Olympic events. […]
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 […]
American Reset for Tokyo 2020
The Hempel World Cup Series, a four stage international circuit for aspiring Olympians, offered a rare opportunity for North American sailors to enjoy the relative comforts of home on January 29-February 3 in Miami, FL. For the mixed multihull Nacra 17 event, with all three medalists from the 2016 Olympics in Miami, it offered a […]
Australia Pulls Over Horizon Heading Back Down Under
The Nacra 17 medal race started with full intensity. An off-camera match race between the Waterhouse/Darmanin (AUS) and Albrecht/Nicolino (BRA) saw the leading Aussies start in a commanding position. They hit the start line at full speed with the Brazilians directly behind them. The Brazilians, who have been the fastest boat all week in […]
Australia Versus the Punte Posse
Jason Waterhouse with Lisa Darmanin (AUS) battled sagely all we to pull into a nice lead in Miami half way through the final day of fleet racing. But the Brazilians Albrecht and Nicolino dug in to win the final two races setting up a showdown for the medal race. The Aussies are the silver medalists […]
Brazilian Leaders Handling Storms and Uncertainty Best
Fresher breezes meant lots of foiling for the Nacra 17 fleet at the 2019 Hempel World Cup Series Miami. It was was something of a microcosm of the regatta so far – all about surviving the storm and limiting the damage. The Nacra 17 fleet ripped through four races today and is on track to […]
Check in with the USA Nacra Squads Coach Mike Ingham
After coaching the American Sonar Paralympic team to a silver medal at the Rio 2016 Games, Mike Ingham continues to work with the US Sailing Team toward Tokyo 2020. His task now is with the mixed multihull event in which the US finished off the Rio podium in 8th. Scuttlebutt editor Craig Leweck checked in […]
Gimson and Burnet Win the Mid-Winter Regatta from Miami
John Gimson and Anna Burnet (GBR) dominate the 2019 Mid Winters to take their second win of the winter season. Over the eight race series their worst finish was a third place, and they also won four of the eight races. While the regatta was a fairly casual regatta and only a warm up to […]
Shanghai Cup – Spectacular day one -GBR tops of the leaderboard
On September 28, the 2018 SYC Nacra 17 Shanghai Cup and Nacra 17 Asian Championship officially opened in Dishui Lake, Shanghai. There are 12 teams from 12 countries and regions, with a total of 24 world’s top sailors competing on among each other. In warm conditions with up to 13 knots of wind the experienced […]
Waterhouse – Darmanin Take Gold In Thriller
In a somewhat steady 6-8 knot north-easterly breeze, the Nacra 17 Gold went to Jason Waterhouse and Lisa Darmanin (AUS) in a thrilling medal race batttle between the top 4 in the regatta. Waterhouse and Lisa ended Ruggero Tita and Caterina Banti’s (ITA) winning streak in the Nacra 17 after an intriguing Medal Race – […]