Olympic Champion Santiago Lange Retires at 61
August 15, 2023 Santiago Lange (ARG) to retire following the 2023 Sailing World Championship after a 43 year career including three Olympic medals. The sailing hero won medals in three events, including a Gold at Rio 2016 at 54 years old. More incredibly, his Rio gold came after winning a fight against cancer that claimed […]
Tita and Banti score straight six
HIGHLIGHTS A perfect ‘Bay Day’ with 8 to 14 knots of sea breeze in sunny St Margaret’s Bay Port tack start is the high point of a sensational day for Lambriex & van der Werken in the nacra17 Lambriex’s girlfriend, Odile van Aanholt, continues to lead the nacra17FX fleet with crew Annette Duetz A perfect […]
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 – […]
Protest Against Iker Martinez Progesses
The 2018 World Championship jury issued an update to the misconduct hearings against Iker Martinez (ESP) following his refusal of entry to the regatta. Here is a full copy of the findings. Critically, the facts found state that Martinez deliberately modified his boat and then lied about it to the Jury Panel. As the Nacra […]
