Shanghai Cup Day Two turned into an unexpected day off

Fierce winds hitting up to 35 knots forced the race committee to cancel the racing today, so the teams had an unexpected opportunity to visit the city on a tour offered generously by the event’s organizers. The sailors had the chance to visit the old town center, experience the local culture and of course taste […]

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 […]

Putting the hammer down in Marseille

Marseille was picture perfect for the fourth day of racing at Sailing’s World Cup Series Final as the opening series for the RS:X Windsurfers and Nacra 17 multihull concluded. Italy’s Ruggero Tita and Caterina Banti sailed a day they will never forget in the Nacra 17 and Pierre Le Coq asserted himself in the Men’s […]

First Win of 2018 Goes to Number 1 – On Water and In Our Hearts

Each year there is a warm up regatta prior to the Miami World Cup on Martin Luther King holiday weekend in the USA. This year it was the 2018 mid-winter regatta and it was a perfect warm up regatta. There are still boat supply limitations on Nacra 17, with few teams having two boats and […]

Class Update following the Nacra Sailing recall of Foiling Boats

On Friday August 11, 2017, Nacra Sailing issued a recall and sent it to all foiling boat owners as well as the class executive. The recall notice is included at the bottom of this communication. The chain of events that lead to this recall are as follows: Two test foils broke about 6 weeks before […]

Italy Wins First Foiling Catamaran, German Women Conquer Skiffs

In a day characterized by huge gusts, out-of-control runs, capsizes and wild wind shifts, Tina Lutz and Susan Beucke took complete control of the nacra17FX fleet.  The local favorites won both medal races today by big margins to take their first European Championship, alternating positions with overnight leaders Vicky Jurczok and Anika Lorenz.  “In that […]