Suisse and Tunisia qualified for the Nacra 15 Youth Olympic Games 2018

by Edwin Lodder on 28 Oct 2017 After 14 races in great conditions the Suisse Nacra 15 team Max Wallenberg and Amanda Bjork-Anastassov and the Tunisia Nacra 15 team Chaima Chamari and Sami Arjoun have qualified their countries to participate in the Youth Olympics 2018 in Argentina.

With 28 Nacra 15’s from 13 countries at the starting line and good sailing conditions it was fantastic sailing in Medemblik. In the overall results (open class and mixed) the GBR team Benno Martsaller and Chloe Collenette have won the regatta, followed by Australia Shannon Dalton and Jayden Dalton, and third the SUI team Max and Amanda.

During this week all 28 teams from 13 countries were very eager to sail in all kind of weather conditions. A total of 14 races are sailed. Sailors are very happy and look back to a great sailing week. It was amazing to see how these young sailors are sailing the new Nacra 15. Since a year this new class is existing and already over 100 teams are sailing worldwide. Most of them started sailing the Nacra 15 this year. A lot of sailors are coming from Optimist. The Nacra 15 is the “pathway class” to the Olympic Nacra 17 multihull. For many sailors the next big event will be the World Sailing Youth Worlds in Sanya (China) in December.

The qualification system to participate the Youth Olympics is based on four qualication events: This week in Medemblik the best European and best African country have qualified. Followed by a qualifier event in Miami (November) to qualify the best North- and best South American country; In January in Queensland the qualifying of the best Asia and Oceania country. Argentina will get a wild-card due to being the host nation and in April during the Nacra 15 Worlds the final seven country placings will be earned and qualified. Once a country is selected then their organising authorities will then organize their own selections. To represent your country at the Youth Olympics Games in the Nacra 15 class really is the pinnacle of Youth Performance Sailing.

Look for all updated information and results at the website and Nacra 15 Facebook page.

Result Nacra15

No		Name	Points	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
1	GBR 19	Benno Marstaller, Chloe Collenette	43,0	3	(13)	3	1	6	1	3	5	(12)	4	1	4	7
				5
2	AUS 37	Shannon Dalton, Jayden Dalton	53,0	1	4	1	2	11	13	(bfd)	1	2	11	3	3	1
				(dns)
3	SUI 81	Max Wallenberg, Amanda Bjork-Anastassov	63,0	4	7	2	9	8	(12)	5	3	(22)	1	10	5	6
				3
4	GER 39	Silas Muhle, Romy Mackenbrock	84,0	12	(17)	11	14	1	10	1	10	(19)	7	8	6	3
				1
5	NED 93	Bjarne Bouwer, Eliott Savelon	85,0	2	2	12	5	4	9	12	(15)	(16)	14	9	2	2
				12
6	GBR 70	Bobby Hewitt, Freddie Simes	85,0	11	5	(19)	7	3	(15)	9	11	3	3	6	13	4
				10
7	FRA 99	Doran Gouron Le Roch, Axel Nicoleau	98,0	5	(21)	6	6	7	2	8	(21)	9	8	16	10	12
				9
8	AUS 45	Georgia Payne, Emma Jones	101,0	13	8	8	8	10	8	4	2	7	9	(ufd)	14	10
				(dns)
9	ITA 77	Leonardo Chiste, Sofia Leoni	104,0	7	6	(20)	3	5	16	7	4	20	19	(ufd)	7	8
				2
10	FIN 69	Filip Store, Vilma Rikala	114,0	15	(23)	9	4	(23)	5	2	16	21	2	14	1	14
				11
11	POL 5	Tymoteusz Cierzan, Oskar Niemira	128,0	8	11	13	15	2	11	(bfd)	8	6	12	(ufd)	8	5
				dns
12	ITA 29	Alessandro Cesarini, Alice Cialvi	132,0	9	(24)	5	17	9	18	19	12	(27)	13	4	9	11
				6
13	GBR 4	Theo Williams, Wil Heritage	147,0	16	12	(25)	10	14	14	(bfd)	17	18	10	2	21	9
				4
14	ITA 30	Andrea Spagnolli, Giulia Fava	147,0	6	9	21	(24)	12	17	11	7	24	17	5	11	(dnf)
				7
15	NED 41	Floris Lampe, Laila van der Meer	160,0	17	3	18	13	13	(26)	10	19	11	15	13	20	(22)
				8
16	FRA 7	Titouan Petard, Marion Declef	168,0	18	1	(23)	18	22	4	15	14	5	21	11	16	23
				(dns)
17	BEL 38	Frederic Vandewalle, Soetkin Orbie	170,0	(23)	10	17	23	18	3	23	9	1	22	7	22	15
				(dns)
18	SGP 101	Raynn Kwok, Vicke Young	175,0	14	19	7	(25)	21	7	6	6	14	23	18	19	21
				(dns)
19	SGP 98	Sophia Meyers, Chia Teck Pin	186,0	10	15	14	(ret)	16	6	(bfd)	24	8	5	15	15	bfd
				dns
20	GBR 126	William Smith, Abigail Clarke	205,0	22	26	15	12	(ufd)	21	16	13	4	18	12	17	(dns)
				dns
21	NED 42	Lucas Struijk, Teun van der Wal	208,0	21	14	16	11	26	25	17	18	15	16	(ufd)	12	17
				(dns)
22	ESP 96	Adrian Surroca, Iset Segura	217,0	(dnf)	16	4	16	27	20	13	25	13	6	(dnf)	ret	19
				dns
23	FRA 17	Armand Clabon, Camille Montastier	228,0	24	20	10	19	24	22	14	20	10	20	(ufd)	25	20
				(dns)
24	FRA 78	Tom Cavaletto, Lou Berthomieu	235,0	25	18	24	20	17	19	18	(26)	(23)	24	19	23	13
				15
25	FRA 18	Clement Galliache, Camille Cron	238,0	20	22	22	22	20	23	20	23	17	(25)	20	(24)	16
				13
26	GBR 74	Morgan Smith, Molley Desorgher	246,0	19	25	(26)	21	15	24	(bfd)	22	25	26	17	18	18
				16
27	GBR 79	William Harrison, Arabella Sabbeton	298,0	26	28	28	26	19	27	21	27	26	27	(dnf)	(ret)	dnf
				14
28	TUN 24	Chaima Chamari, Sami Arjoun	315,0	27	27	27	27	25	(ufd)	22	28	28	28	21	26	(dns)
				dns