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Willemijn Offerman / Scipio Houtman

Willemijn Offerman / Scipio Houtman

Willemijn Offerman / Scipio Houtman

2026 World Championship — 9th

Willemijn Offerman
Skipper
Willemijn Offerman
NED
Age 27
World ranking #6|Nacra 17

Willemijn Offerman, from Amsterdam, is a versatile Dutch sailor who has competed in both the 49erFX and the Nacra 17.

With Scipio Houtman she became 2024 Nacra 17 European Champion and won World Championship bronze in 2025 at Cagliari, the Netherlands' first Worlds medal in the foiling catamaran.

The pair are established contenders as they build toward Los Angeles 2028.

Scipio Houtman
Crew
Scipio Houtman
NED
Age 28
World ranking #6|Nacra 17

Scipio Houtman sails the Nacra 17 with Willemijn Offerman in one of the Netherlands' leading crews.

The duo struck gold at the 2024 European Championship in Palermo and followed up with a historic bronze at the 2025 World Championship in Cagliari, the first Dutch Worlds medal in the class.

Houtman and Offerman are among the teams to watch on the road to LA 2028.

2026 Racing Stats

Nacra 17 · Port Tack Racing trackingRanked 2 of 40 qualified crews on fleet beaten
Polka-dot jersey · King and Queen of the StartBlue jersey
Races14
Fleet beaten87.3%
Start score+3.18
Places gained+8
Top speed45.0 km/h
Race wins4

Fleet beaten = share of the fleet finishing behind them, averaged over the season's races. How the numbers work

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