Nacra 17s @Medemblik Regatta 2018: Day 2
All images by Sander van der Borch / Medemblik Regatta. Full gallery here. First shot: Another gem by Sander, this time a special one capturing the foiling gybe action + Billy Besson & Amelie Riou transition stance. Click images for HD & Slideshow.
On the racing Echavarri & Pacheco continue to lead. Three more races held today, Jones & Saunders from NZ follow them in 2nd overall and GBR Gimson & Burnet in third.
Billy & Amélie not in their zone still, lots of hours out of the Nacra 17 racing course for the French crew.
The Polis A-Cat top guns, are still getting the pace out of the N17, but this is their first official regatta. Top ten below , full results here.
| Nr | Sail Number | Team | T | N | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 |
| 1 | ESP 028 | Fernando ECHAVARRI ERASUN | 16.0 | 7.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | (9.0) | 2.0 | 1.0 |
| Tara PACHECO van RIJNSOEVER | ||||||||||
| 2 | NZL 22 | Gemma JONES | 14.0 | 11.0 | 1.0 | (3.0) | 3.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 2.0 |
| Jason SAUNDERS | ||||||||||
| 3 | GBR 21 | John GIMSON | 23.0 | 16.0 | 5.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | (7.0) | 4.0 | 3.0 |
| Anna BURNET | ||||||||||
| 4 | FRA 81 | Moana VAIREAUX | 34.0 | 22.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | (12.0) | 1.0 | 9.0 |
| Manon AUDINET | ||||||||||
| 5 | GER 369 | Johannes POLGAR | 43.0 | 32.0 | 10.0 | 8.0 | 7.0 | 3.0 | (11.0) | 4.0 |
| Carolina WERNER | ||||||||||
| 6 | USA 50 | Sarah NEWBERRY | 57.0 | 41.0 | 7.0 | 10.0 | (16.0) | 6.0 | 5.0 | 13.0 |
| David LIEBENBERG | ||||||||||
| 7 | DEN 080 | Anne-Line Lyngsø THOMSEN | 61.0 | 44.0 | 15.0 | 12.0 | 5.0 | (17.0) | 7.0 | 5.0 |
| Jakob FAARVANG | ||||||||||
| 8 | FIN 282 | Sinem KURTBAY | 68.0 | 46.0 | 6.0 | 15.0 | 9.0 | ufd | 8.0 | 8.0 |
| Janne JARVINEN | ||||||||||
| 9 | FRA 266 | Billy BESSON | 62.0 | 48.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 13.0 | 5.0 | 12.0 | (14.0) |
| Amélie RIOU | ||||||||||
| 10 | FRA 390 | Marie SOLER | 65.0 | 50.0 | 14.0 | 7.0 | 12.0 | 11.0 | 6.0 | (15.0) |
| Hugues PUIMATTO |
I just heard that my great sailing friend and former CEO of Hobiecat Europe has passed. May The endless oceans…
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Looks like in your report the Hobies are not really present. Suggest to rewrite the article.
Thanks for the great report Wik. Great battle.
If I correctly read the results the overall winner this year is a Hobie16