Job Opportunity – Media Professional for nacra17, FX, and Nacra 17
Job Opportunity – Full Time Contract – Media Professional for nacra17, FX, and Nacra 17 Description – The nacra17 and Nacra 17 fleets are seeking a media professional to produce content about our sailors and regattas, and communicate that to the public via our channels. We are seeking an entry level person who is enthusiastic […]
Pure Domination for Champions Tita & Banti
The story of the 2022 World Championships in Halifax was easily that Ruggero Tita and Caterina Banti won 14 of 16 fleet races winning the title before the medal race. It can’t be denied that, as Australian coach Darren Bundock put it, the pairing is a “class above” the rest of the world. “Today there […]
Tita and Banti (ITA) secure second world title as Gimson and Burnet (GBR) move to Bronze medal position
Day five was another good ‘Bay Day’ for the nacra17 and nacra17FX fleets before it turned a bit lighter and less predictable for the Nacra 17s in the late afternoon. HIGHLIGHTS Spectators lined the shore at Queensland Beach to watch the nacra17FX racing Elsewhere on St Margaret’s Bay, it was another classic day of sea […]
Tita and Banti showing total dominance
Day four was a classic ‘Bay Day’ with 12 to 14 knots of steady sea breeze for the nacra17, nacra17FX and Nacra 17 World Championships in Nova Scotia, Canada. HIGHLIGHTS After a wait for the sea breeze to settle across St Margaret’s Bay, it was a classic day of sea breeze racing where good starts, […]
Newberry & Liebenberg spoil the Italian Job
Live Broadcast Replay – Nacra 17 was second fleet on course. HIGHLIGHTS Another sunny day in St Margaret’s Bay, but the 6 to 10 knot breeze was full of potholes and a total mindbender even the best sailors Kiwi crews make moves up the nacra17 fleet at the end of qualifying Bobeck & Netzler have […]
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 […]
Full-Send Up and Down on Day 1
Hubbards, Nova Scotia, Canada – There was no hesitation to hoist the gennaker on the Nacra 17 course today for day one of the World Championships despite 24 knots and four to six-foot waves on St. Margaret’s Bay. “We had to send it for all it’s worth,” said New Zealand Nacra driver Micah Wilkinson about […]
Doors are Open For New Champions
Hubbards, Nova Scotia, CANADA – A bagpiper rang in the crowd Tuesday evening for the opening ceremonies of the 2022 World Championships as the waining seabreeze and sun filled the Hubbards waterfront. Practice racing, last minute rig and boat checks and even some relaxation and physiotherapy work on finicky muscles filled the sailors last day […]
Lasting Legacy in Nova Scotia from nacra17 and Nacra 17 Worlds
Hubbards, Nova Scotia, Canada – The Hubbards Community Waterfront has been completely transformed in preparation for the 2022 nacra17, nacra17FX, and Nacra 17 World Championships. What was once a thriving fish processing plant, that became derelict after decades of decline, will now be a permanent access point to amazing sailing. Three levels of government (Government […]
Doublehanded Sailing is Back
The nacra17, nacra17FX, and Nacra 17 fleets completed the biggest ever Junior World Championship for each of the classes. A total of 140 teams from 30 nations are racing in the 2022 edition from Lago di Como, Italy. Simultaneously the 29er World had another 245 teams racing ‘just down the road’ in Spain. For the […]