Nacra Europeans 17 titles in Barcelona

by Rob Kothe on 26 Sep 2015 43 crews from around the world will be fighting for European Championship honours when the Nacra 17 Europeans gets underway in Barcelona, Spain, on Monday (28 September).

With a little over 300 days to the Rio 2016 Olympics crews are looking for good results to strengthen their selection chances.

There is a strong field, the 86 sailors are representing 24 countries and have 13 Olympic medals between them with likely pre-event favourite World number two-ranked Italians Vittario Bissaro and Silvia Sicouri facing heavy competition.

New pairing indicate stresses within the Spanish camp with 2008 Tornado Olympic Gold Medalist Fernando Echavarri now teaming with Tara Pacheco and Iker Martinez 49er 2004 Olympic Gold medallist and 49er Silver Beijing Olympic 2008 medalist now with Julia Rita.

World number five duo Ben Saxton-Nicola Groves, silver medallists at the 2015 ISAF Sailing World Cup Miami, will be looking to push for the podium spots, with Lucy Macgregor-Dave Evans and Tom Phipps-Nicola Boniface also out to impress in the chase for Europeans silverware.

Strong challenges are expected from the Danish teams led by London 2012 Olympic bronze medalist Allan Norregaard and Annette Viborg and the French with Franck Cammas and Sophie de Turckheim.

Australia’s Olympic silver medal duo Darren Bundock-Nina Curtis have fallen behind their your compatriots Jason Waterhouse and Lisa Darmanin and need to impress immediately to stay in the Olympic selection battle while New Zealand’s Gemma Jones-Jason Saunders will also provide tough competition from the Pacific.

Canadians Luke Ramsay and Nikole Girke and the USA's Bora Gulari and Solvig Sayre will be looking for good results too.

Racing gets underway on Monday 28 September, with 15 races scheduled ahead of the final ten-boat medal races on Saturday three October. The event is just the third ever European Championship for the new Olympic mixed multihull, which makes its Games debut at Rio 2016.

Entry list

SAIL #	BOW #	BOAT	CREW	CLUB
ARG - 226			mateo majdalani cecilia carranza
ARG - 292	31	SPEEDY GONZALEZ	nahuel martinez eugenia bosco	YCO-CVB YCO-CVB
AUS - 242	3	BOAT	darren bundock nina curtis	Middle habour YC Middle habour YC
AUT - x			thomas zajac tanja frank
BRA - 116			andre mirsky kyra mirsky
BRA - 183	30		juliana poncioni andres leandro azambuya	ICRJ / Marinha do Brasil ICRJ / Marinha do Brasil
BRA - 230	24		joao bulhoes gabriela nicolino	Iate Clube Rio de Janeiro Iate Clube Rio de Janeiro
BRA - 231	26		samuel albrecht isabel swan	Veleiros do Sul Veleiros do Sul
BUL - 047	28		yoana petrova nikolay tashev	CSYC- Akademic CSYC- Akademic
CAN - 271	10	WIND ATHLETES	luke ramsay nikole girke	Royal Vancouver YC Royal Vancouver YC
DEN - 199			daniel bjarnholt
DEN - 281			allan norregaard annette viborg
DEN - 282			lin ea cenholt christian peter labeck
ESP - 028			fernando echavarri tara pacheco
ESP - 108	16	MOVISTAR	iker martinez julia rita	RCMA-RSC RCNP
ESP - 197			marc verdaguer elisabeth llargues
FRA - 063			thomas tiffon maureen coupet
FRA - 065			moana vaireaux manon audinet
FRA - 077	4	GROUPAMA	franck cammas sophie de turckheim	YCPR SR Antibes
GBR - 120	13	SWIFTY	tom phipps nicola boniface	Pevensey Bay Pevensey Bay
GBR - 254			ben saxton nicola groves
GBR - 42			lucy macgregor david evans
GER - 211	9		paul kohlhoff carolina werner
GER - 258	14		jan hauke erichsen lea spitzmann	Flensburger Segel-Club Flensburger Segel-Club
GER - 265			stefan rumpf anna bettina goos
GRE - 210	17	HELLENIC WIND	sofia bekatorou konstantinos trigkonis	NOTK NOTH
HUN - 218	35		flora virag arpad litkey	Yacht Klub Agard
ITA - 126			francesco porro laura marimon giovannetti
ITA - 262	1		vittorio bissaro silvia sicouri	Fiamme Azzurre Fiamme Azzurre
ITA - 90			ferdinando trambaiolo bianca guardigli
ITA - 91			gianluigi ugolini martina cavallari
MON - 007	36		jean rodelato blandine medecin	Yacht Club de Monaco Yacht Club de Monaco
NOR - 196			nicholas fadler martinsen martine steller mortensen
NZL - 222	5	HUNTER	gemma jones jason saunders	Murrays Bay Sailing Club Tauranga Yacht and Power Boat Club
NZL - 261			olivia mackay micah wilkinson
PUR - 026			enrique figueroa francesca valdés	EDVC EDVC
RUS - 227	42		maksim semenov alina shchetinkina	SHVSM-1,YC DRUJBA SHVSM-1,YC DRUJBA
RUS - 247			sergey dzhienbaev daria ivanova
SUI - 220	8		matias bulher nathalie brugger	Gstaad YC Gstaad YC/ CVEstavayer
SWE - 153	20	IOR	ida svensson rasmus rosengren	KSSS KSSS
URU - 147			pablo defazio mariana foglia
USA - 270			bora gulari solvig sayre
VEN - 168	43		yamil saba andrea saba	Asovene - Federación Venezolana de Vela Asovene - Federación Venezolana de Vela