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 mixed multihull class, foiling at full speed across the finish line Great Britain’s Ben Saxton and Katie Dabson pipped Spanish rivals Fernando Echavarri and Tara Pacheco, to win the 2017 Nacra...

A Big Day in Prospect, Britons Saxton and Dabson Lead into Nacra 17 World Champs Showdown

Title contenders at the Nacra 17 World Championships in La Grande Motte in the South of France may be relishing what is expected to be a big winds Sunday finale, a chance to show the newly foiling, flying Nacra 17 at its best and most exciting, but they had to deal with a penultimate day of light, fickle...

Postponement ashore this morning

Postponement ashore this morning, no wind at all so far, a little grey and overcast with a distinctly Autumnal air. The NW'ly is forecast to come towards the end of the morning. Two hours delay for the gold and silver fleet. C-Foil will start at 1330hrs. Silver fleet leaders are GBR's Rupert...

Italians Do It Better?

It is not Le Tricolore but the Il Tricolor, the Italian tricolour flying highest over La Grande Motte in the South of France after the first day of gold fleet racing at the Nacra 17 World Championships. As the intensity of the first day of gold fleet Finals racing took full effect, compounded by there...

The program of the day.

The program of the day. Well today starts with three races for the 11 teams who are racing in the non foiling division - in essence they are teams who have not yet got their foiling Nacra 17s. In this division it is the Russian duo Semenov / Shchetinkina who are top of the tree, winning five races so...