| Nacra F18 Infusion wins Swedish F18 Nationals on Nacra F18 Infusion |
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 Martin & Johan had won the Swedish nationals on a new Nacra F18 Infusion!!
Sunday afternoon: The last three races took place on Sunday in the winds that put nonsense in the minds of sailors. Oberäknerliga Flurries made the route difficult. After the final finish was the after-sail for the sailors and officers on the porch outside the Race Office and later awards ceremony for Martin Strandberg and Johan ghost Örtendahl traditionally thrown in the lake!
Sunday: The race started as scheduled at. 10:00. Martin Strandberg and Johan Örtendahl pulling away its lead with a win in race one. Then came a major shift in wind direction and sailing had to postpone the next start to change course.
For the results CLICK HER
Congratulations Martin & Johan,we know you had recieved your new 2010 boat only 2 days before, great job!
Team Nacra
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| Nacra F18 Infusion wins UK F18 Nationals |
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 This weekend saw the F18 National Championships held at Whitstable Yacht Club, it was a fantastic event “the best nationals for a long while, well done to Whitstable” was heard at the prize giving after the last 3 days had given fruit to all conditions + excellent close racing.
Team Boskalis sailors Hugh Styles + Chris Rashley sailing a NACRA Infusion dominated the regatta from start to finish counting 5 firsts and a 2nd place, this is the 5th National Championship win in the F18 class for Styles. At Whitstable 2nd place overall went to John Worthington and Seb Gruber who were very impressive in the breeze, in another NACRA Infusion and in 3rd Matt Humphries and Luke Yates.
This year the Formula 18 class had the best turn out at one of its National championships ever, this is down to the good balance which exists within the class between good testing racing at break neck speeds and good fun social banter off the water. Its amazing to see the success of the class, even in the UK where catamaran sailing is the poor relation to the dinghy sailing, popularity is building and this is mirrored internationally, with the recently held worlds in France which had a limited entry of 160 teams competed for the title, and the top 20 of this looking like a who’s who of Olympic Tornado teams of recent years.
To the regatta, Friday and Saturday provided champagne sailing in fresh winds and sunny skies, and racing on the tidal waters of the Thames estuary teams had to make tough lay line calls both up and down wind. Three races on the Friday and race one saw some really close racing between Styles and Rashley and Rob Wilson and Marcus Lynch, this was won by Styles and Rashley. The second race was very open, and then disaster stuck for Wilson as he broke his mast, ending his regatta. Race two was won by Worthington and Gruber, with David White and John Sweet a good second and Styles and Rashley third. Race three in more wind saw Styles and Rashley dominate from the front, with White and Sweet solid in second.
Saturday dawned even windier but with a cloudy sky, Stuart Gummer with Ryan Crawford lead the first lap of race 4, but were overhauled by Styles and Rashley who kept to the left side of the upwind on the second beat. The fifth race of the day in ever more increasing wind was blessed by sunshine, and a battle royal between Styles and Rashley and Worthigton and Gruber, the former lead for the first lap, to be overtaken on the downwind as Worthington powered through the chop, the teams were close again at the top but Worthington sailed another blistering downwind to take the winning gun. The last race of the day was cancelled due to too much wind, but with 4 races scheduled for the Sunday.
Sunday started with a SW 10 knots which died through the race and had Styles & Rashley tussling with Humphries & Yates, with Adam Piggott & Lewis Crawford third, and this is how I ended. As the wind died on the last leg it swung west 60 degrees and this turned the fleet inside out after the top 5 finished.
The wind disappeared and swung through 360 degrees until just before 1400 hrs when a SW breeze came in and the last race got away in 9 knots Styles and Rashley fought it out on the first lap, with Gummer and Crawford pushing hard, but this was not enough to hold off Styles and Rashley who managed to overhaul them and in doing so winning the Boskalis team the national title for the fifth time in 6 years for Styles.
Many thanks to Whitstable yacht club for their amazing hospitality, to Stuart Offer for the good race officering. Now the focus will be for the Forts race at Whitstable in 2 weekends time, then the F18 Inlands on the 16/17 Oct before the final event of the season the NACRA Nationals which will be at the Weston Cat open on the 6/7 November. |
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| North American F18 nationals 2010 |
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| Macca & Ferdinand ( NACRA TEAM) recieve 2nd price!
 No wind on Thursday and Friday, so finally Mischa and Carrie maintained the lead over Macca and Ferdinand. Only 5 races in 5 days. The sailors report that although not much wind the organization and the social side organized by CRAW (Catamaran Racing Association of Wisconsin) was excellent helping to cover the lack of wind. The Arg crews ended 7th and 23rd, in a 56 boats fleet so another good benchmark for the level obtained here in so little time. Congrats to Mischa and Carrie for their 3rd? US F18 Nat. Another good example of a mixed crew racing at top level after Roland and Nahid Gaebler took the Tornado Worlds two weeks ago.
Also Sailing Anarchy OTW set a milestone in broadcasting live Catamaran racing.
For 2011 there's NO way that the F18 and Tornado Worlds are not being broadcasting in this way, I mean although you need to prepare some logisitics and learn how to do it, the tech is quite 'simple' using a broad band connection and Justin.tv streaming service, no huge investments on TV crews or satellital units. The Live feed was really good and for a major event 2 cameras can be placed too.
Great effort by Alan Block , the SA crew and Jeremy Leonard from SurfCity Catamarans.
Briefing at NACRA Sailing INt.suppllied Tent!
Macca & Ferdinand giving a well recieved clinic to all sailors at Nacra tent
SailNo
| Rank | |
| SkipperName | CrewName | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Total | Nett |
| 1st |
126 |
Mischa Heemskerk |
Carrie Howe |
1.0 |
4.0 |
4.0 |
1.0 |
(5.0) |
15.0 |
10.0 |
| 2nd |
Nacra AUS300 |
Andrew Macpherson |
Ferdinand Van West |
6.0 |
(8.0) |
3.0 |
5.0 |
2.0 |
24.0 |
16.0 |
| 3rd |
Nacra |
Matt Struble |
Damon LaCasella |
(17.0) |
1.0 |
1.0 |
7.0 |
12.0 |
38.0 |
21.0 |
| 4th |
usa 212 |
Robbie Daniel |
Hunter Stunzi |
10.0 |
5.0 |
(11.0) |
6.0 |
1.0 |
33.0 |
22.0 |
| 5th |
Nacra USA 219 |
John Tomko |
Ian Billings |
5.0 |
7.0 |
8.0 |
3.0 |
(19.0) |
42.0 |
23.0 |
| 6th |
USA 204 |
John Casey |
Dalton Tebow |
19.0 |
(20.0) |
2.0 |
2.0 |
6.0 |
49.0 |
29.0 |
| 7th |
Nacra 1405 |
Cruz Gonzalez Smith |
Mariano Heuser |
2.0 |
11.0 |
(17.0) |
10.0 |
9.0 |
49.0 |
32.0 |
| 8th |
USA 70 |
Dennis Key |
John Williams |
3.0 |
(36.0) |
15.0 |
16.0 |
4.0 |
74.0 |
38.0 |
| 9th |
USA 1713 |
Olli Jason |
Patrick Gilles |
12.0 |
(21.0) |
6.0 |
18.0 |
3.0 |
60.0 |
39.0 |
| 10th |
Nacra USA 1 |
Mike Easton |
Tripp Burd |
(30.0) |
6.0 |
7.0 |
12.0 |
15.0 |
70.0 |
40.0 |
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| Some interesting links lined up.... |
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|  Check all these links out. We wanted to let them show as not all of you is always present in internet forums and blogs
Have a look and let us know!
If you have cool video of sailing with Nacra's Tell us! We will put them on the site!
For a clinic from Andrew Mcpherson ( Macca) & Ferdinand van West Click here
For an explanation on the Nacra F20 carbon from Macca Click here
The around Texel video that Nacra made with a chopper Click here
A Nacra Infusion has won the biggest race in Sweden overall. There were also 75 ft racingyachts competing.
Tjörn rundt ( Biggest regatta in Sweden)
Nacra Infusion 1 place in class and overall (450 boats) Taking line honors, beating boat no 2 over the finish line whit 40 minutes sailed time and over 1 hour 3 minutes on corrected time. Boat no 2 passing the line was a One off racing boat 55 fot, same handicap as a the F18.
Well done Jonas Click here
Team NACRA |
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| Nacra 500 sport becomes first in class! |
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|  Belgium, Papys race.
A one of a kind event where the total age of the crew must reach the total age of a 100 years together. Michel Mussen & Wim Verstraeten have become first in the C3 class and 11th overall of all competitors. We offcourse congratulate them with this great achievement/ Leaving all other compettitors intheir class behind with empty hands. It shows again that he Nacra 500 Sport is just an awesome boat to sail in competition, even among F18 sailors! More and more youth teams/clubteams choose the Nacra 500 or Nacra 570 Sport as their platform to battle. A true uncomplicated pure and simple boat to race with and to improve your skills in catamaran racing!
Congrats guys!!
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