Staniul / Sztorch narrowly win nacra17 Euros in first for Poland
Gimson and Burnet Paving the Path to Paris While the other medal winners of the ‘fast boat’ fleets are taking vacations and signing autographs, Gimson and Burnet (GBR) already have their sites firmly set on Paris. They jumped straight back into the Nacra 17 fleet ‘to get some more racing,’ said Burnet, commenting that there […]
White and Urwin win day
White and Unwin (GBR) win the day Rupert White with Kirstie Urwin scored a pair of third and won the middle race to move up from ninth to third overall. Gimson and Burnet (GBR) continue to lead despite scoring their worst race of the regatta on the first race of the day. View this post […]
New Race Winners Propel Teams to Top other to Gold Fleet
French Nacra Squad Making Strides Paris, and the sailing in Marseilles, will be here before we know it. For three French Nacra 17 teams, they are working cooperatively on the med coast, sharing time between Marseilles and La Grand Motte, and working against time to move into the elite group as quickly as possible. In […]
Next Generation of Spanish, German, Austrian, and American Skiffs Assemble in Front
Training Partners Step Up Most of the big names in nacra17 sailing are taking some well earned time off after Tokyo. As such, now is the time for the Paris potential stars to usurp the aging veterans. Some names we might expect, like Tim Fischer with Fabian Graf (GER), who took the bronze medal at […]
Gimson and Burnet Clash with Tita and Banti in potential fight for the ages
Despite the ten-deep fleet of contenders for the Nacra 17 title, two teams are rising to the occasion so far in Enoshima. Gimson and Burnet (GBR) scored a 1, 1, 2 on day two, answering back to Tita and Banti (ITA) 1, 3, 1 on day one. Together, these two teams have won five of […]
Nathan Outteridge Becomes Interim President of the Nacra 17 Class
Gold medalist Nathan Outteridge of Australia, has been appointed by the executive of the Nacra 17 Class to become the interim president of the International Nacra 17 Class Association. Outteridge moves into the Presidential role within the class taking over from Marcus Spillane (IRL). Spillane was recently elected as Vice President of World Sailing, and […]
Nacra 17 and nacra17 Seeking Hosts for 2022 and 2024 Worlds
World Sailing announced they will move the World Sailing Championship to 2023 as it was previously scheduled for 2022. As such, the nacra17, nacra17FX, and Nacra 17 are seeking hosts for each of our 2022 World and 2024 World Championship. This updates our previous requests for bids for the 2023 World Championship. For 2022 we […]
New dates announced for Tokyo 2020
IOC, IPC, Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee and Tokyo Metropolitan Government announce new dates for the Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020
Tokyo 2020 postponed to 2021
The Games of the XXXII Olympiad in Tokyo must be rescheduled to a date beyond 2020 but not later than summer 2021, to safeguard the health of the athletes, everybody involved in the Olympic Games and the international community.
Hempel World Cup Series Genoa cancelled due to COVID-19
World Sailing has cancelled the 2020 Hempel World Cup Series Genoa event that was due to be held in the Italian city from 11 – 19 April 2020 due to Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19).