The Nacra 17 is the Olympic foiling catamaran, raced by mixed crews. SailGP and the America’s Cup both race foiling boats, and Nacra 17 sailors are all through their crews. This page lists every sailor from our class in a current SailGP or America’s Cup crew, with their team and role. Each name links to their nacra17.org team page.
SailGP (2026 season)
Artemis SailGP Team (Sweden)
- Nathan Outteridge · Driver
Black Foils (New Zealand)
- Liv Mackay · Strategist
Bonds Flying Roos (Australia)
- Jason Waterhouse · Flight controller
DS Automobiles Team France
- Jason Saunders · Flight controller
- Manon Audinet · Strategist
- Quentin Delapierre · Driver
Los Gallos (Spain)
- Joan Cardona · Grinder
- Nicole van der Velden · Strategist
- Florian Trittel · Wing trimmer
United States SailGP Team
- Louisa Nordstrom · Reserve
America's Cup (38th, Naples 2027)
Emirates Team New Zealand
- Nathan Outteridge · Skipper / co-helm
La Roche-Posay Racing Team (France)
- Jason Saunders · Trimmer
- Quentin Delapierre · Skipper / helm
- Florian Trittel · Trimmer
Luna Rossa
- Maria Giubilei · Trimmer
- Vittorio Bissaro · Trimmer
- Ruggero Tita · Helm
Team Australia
- Jason Waterhouse · Sailing team
Women's & Youth America's Cup
Emirates Team New Zealand
- Erica Dawson · Helm
Pro racing history
Earlier SailGP, America's Cup and ocean racing roles held by sailors from our class.
- Nathan Outteridge · SailGP: Japan SailGP Team, Driver (2019) · America's Cup: Artemis Racing, Helm (2013–2017) · America's Cup: Emirates Team New Zealand, Co-helm — won 2024 (2024)
- Ruggero Tita · SailGP: Red Bull Italy, Driver (2024–2025)
Sources
- mediahub.sailgp.com (16 Jun 2026)
- boatingnz.co.nz (18 Sep 2026)
- yacht.de (24 Sep 2026)
- agi.it (14 Sep 2026)
- oasport.it (24 May 2026)
- americascup.com (9 Sep 2026)
- nacra17.org (30 Oct 2026)
- nacra17.org (30 Oct 2026)
Why the Nacra 17 leads to pro racing
Flying a foiling catamaran with two people, and keeping it flying through the manoeuvres, is the core skill in SailGP’s F50s and the America’s Cup’s foiling boats. Nacra 17 sailors arrive already knowing how a hull behaves on a foil, how to trim for flight, and how fast things go wrong. That is why so many of them end up as drivers, flight controllers and strategists.
Read more: sailors from our classes in SailGP and at the America’s Cup.
49er and 49erFX sailors in SailGP and the America’s Cup are listed on 49er.org.