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 – […]

Continued Italian Dominance in the Nacra 17

Gianluigi Ugolini & Maria Giubilei (ITA) just won the 2018 Junior World Championship for the Nacra 17! They won the only race today, ultimately winning 6 of the 7 races that were run for the Nacra 17 and were clearly the class of the field. Upwind the racing was typically quite close, but the Italians […]

The Chase for the Title Has Begun

Key figures and information on the championships’ first day: A total of 8 legs Irregular gusty wind between 3 and 20 knots 99 teams 28 countries The title chase, the title races has begun… The competitors are ready so are the boats, all the conditions are set for these Youth Worlds, except for Aeolus who […]

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 […]

Live Nacra 17 Sailing – Day 2 Qualifying

The Nacra 17 fleet got the 2018 World Championship started yesterday with 3 races in brisk and challenging conditions. On day 2 they will race in front of the TV cameras as they strive to take this championship. Off to a great start has been perennial winners Rugerro Tita and Caterina Banti (ITA) who took […]

Bearing Update after Nacra 17 Class Executive Call – Saturday August 19, 2017

The company making the new bearings for Nacra Sailing has been optimizing the production process to achieve the required production levels (In excess of 50 sets) prior to the Class World Championships. The process is necessarily different to the process used to manufacture the prototypes. Due to the high number of rounded corners on these […]

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 […]

Out of the Water

The 2017 European Championship for the nacra17, nacra17FX and Nacra 17 is set to begin tomorrow, Sunday July 30. This will be the first event for the full foiling Nacra 17 since it evolved from its original C foil configuration to the Full Foil configuration, ushering in a new era of Olympic sailing. The first […]

How to Follow the 2017 Europeans.

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What’s On The nacra17, nacra17FX, and Nacra 17 European Championship are on simultaneously from Kiel, Germany, July 30 – Aug 4. Additionally, there is a class championship of the C-Board (old type) of Nacra 17. There are 98 nacra17, 68 nacra17FX, 25 Foiling Nacra 17, and 17 C-Board Nacra 17. Additionally it is the Junior […]