Britons Saxton and Dabson Win 2017 Nacra 17 World Championship
From the closest and most exciting finish to a world championship Medal Race in the Olympic history of the multihull class, Great Britain’s Ben Saxton and Katie Dabson pipped Spanish rivals Fernando Echavarri and Tara Pacheco, foiling at full speed across the finish line to win the 2017 Nacra 17 World Championship title on the […]
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 […]
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 […]
USA Multihull Development Center
Red Gear Racing, in partnership with the Clearwater Community Sailing Center, a US Sailing Official Traning Site, is proud to announce the Red Gear Racing Multihull Development Center. The program will cater to High performance multihulls and foiling classes, including but not limited to: A Cats, N15, Olympic N17, F18, F16, H16 as well as […]
Capitalise or catch up – World Cup Final Santander
Santander was baked in sunshine for the second day of World Cup racing as sailors looked to either capitalise on a great opening day, or play catch up after slow starts. Conditions were near on perfect for the 260 sailors from 41 nations racing across the ten Olympic fleets and Open Kiteboarding. Not a cloud […]
Returning to action
There will be one home nation favourite gracing the waters of Hyères, France from 23 – 30 April for round two of the 2017 World Cup Series when multiple World Champion Billy Besson steps back onboard the Nacra 17. Besson, along with partner Marie Riou, won all four Nacra 17 World Championship titles in the […]
Full Foil Nacra 17 Testing Continues
More feedback on the Nacra 17 Full Foiling Tests. We caught up with Chris ‘foiling’ Rashley after a 3-day stint testing the new foiling set Nacra 17’s. Sailing with British Olympic crew Nicola Groves, the duo was nicely welcomed to what is a well set up testing program. The two foilers, one converted, one new […]
First for the French, Danish team to Follow: Nacra 17 2016 Worlds Final Results
By Katy Nastro Clearwater, FL. Final day for the Nacra 17 World Championships. The final medal race was sailed right off Pier 60 on Clearwater Beach, a pretty cool vantage point for the viewers on shore. Even though the winners were announced yesterday, the day was still filled with competitive vigor amongst the sailors who […]
Billy Besson & Marie Riou already sure to be winners
With 21 points overall the French team Billy Besson & Marie Riou already are sure to be the new 2014 World Champions 2014 before the medal race will be sailed tomorrow. 2nd overall before the medal race is Italian team Vittorio Bissaro & Sylvia Sicouri with 55 points, followed by Australian team Jason Waterhouse & […]