Nacra 17 Worlds 2016 @Clearwater: Day 1

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Image by Jen Edney. Full Gallery Here – Billy & Marie lead after only 1 race held today. Newberry & Whitehead finished 19th ahead of the rest of the US crews. Gulari-Chafee 32th.

Event Official website saillife.com/
Local report at Nacra 17 Class Website nacra17class.com:
“11-12 knots, although the 43 crews probably had an inkling that something big was going to happen when the breeze suddenly shifted 30 or 40 degrees to the left with less than a minute to the start gun.
… With the breeze whistling up to over 20 knots, and the waves becoming more treacherous by the minute, the race committee was forced to abandon any further racing for the day ..”

Top Ten below. Full results Here

Nr Sail Number Team Club R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 T N
1 FRA 1 Billy BESSON Marie RIOU 1 1 1
2 SUI 220 Matías BÜHLER Nathalie BRUGGER GYC 2 2 2
3 ESP 246 Iker MARTINEZ Julia RITA 3 3 3
4 AUS 2 Jason WATERHOUSE Lisa DARMANIN 4 4 4
5 FRA 285 Moana VAIREAUX Manon AUDINET 5 5 5
6 GBR 254 Ben SAXTON Nicola GROVES 6 6 6
7 NED 3 Mandy MULDER Coen de KONING 7 7 7
8 ARG 226 Santiago LANGE Cecilia CARRANZA S 8 8 8
9 ARU 297 Nicole van der VELDEN Thijs VISSER 9 9 9
10 AUT 277 Thomas ZAJAC Tanja FRANK 10 10 10