Nacra 17 Youth Worlds 2024: Title for Kwinten & Lieselotte Borghijs

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Photos by Nacra 17 Sailing. More at their fb page here. Belgian youths Kwinten and Lieselotte Borghijs grabbed the 2024 Nacra 17 Worlds. Small fleet considering the nrs of the Nacra 15 Class in Europe. The Belgian kids always performing hope to see them on the big leagues in the future.

Below official Class report, web here

Final Results:

Nacra 17 Youth Worlds 2024: Belgium take French ground in assault on leaderboard

Arthur de Johnghe with Janne Ravelingien (BEL) attacked the final day of the 2024 Nacra 17 Junior World Championship to catapult themselves up the leaderboard into the Silver medal position. The paid nearly won all three races on the day, but had to settle for a 1, 1, 2 as the Swiss pipped them on the finish line at the last moment of the last race. Still, that ambitious performance was enough to secure a tie for second which they won on tiebreaker due to the big string of winds.

“We decided to really charge today,” said de Johnghe. “It has been a tough week, but we were improving and knew what we could do. Today we got a lot of shifts right but it was a real fight. Even on the last beat we were stuck at around eighth position and couldn’t get back to the fleet. But we were patient and got our shift when it mattered to almost finish the sweep of the day.”

Overall leaders, Kwinten and Lieselotte Borghijs (BEL) had a solid if unspectacular day, but it was easily enough to maintain their lead as the french foursome also had average days and never challenged for the lead.

Racing on the final day was perfect for the foiling Nacra 17 fleet, as the fresh wind, flat water, and shifty conditions meant teams could play around the course and be attacking or defending as they saw fit in a wide variety of modes and styles.

Next up for the Nacra 17 fleet is of course, the Olympics, followed by the 2024 European Championship in Sicily next November where the fleet will further incorporate reaching starts into the program.

Source Nacra 17 Class Assoc

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