Nacra 15 Summer Championships 2024

Day 1 - Saturday 29th June

As the Nacra 15 fleet were rigging on Saturday morning over at MDL Hamble Point Marina it was obvious that one critical ingredient for the weekend was missing! We had plenty of sunshine but minimal wind.

Undeterred the sailors headed over to the Warsash Sailing Club's recently extended Shore House pontoon for the 10.30 briefing from Race Officer Peter Knight who sensibly decided to hold the fleet ashore under AP.

By 1pm there was sufficient sign of wind rolling in from the West for the AP to be lowered and the fleet headed out of the Hamble river towards the race course situated off Solent Breezes.

Four of the planned five races were sailed in predominantly light conditions with the occasional gust allowing the Nacra 15s to show their speed. Eloise & Ollie demonstrated that they are peaking at the right time in preparation for the Youth Worlds by scoring 3 x 1st places with Tom & Maddie getting the other 1st.

By now it was nearing 5pm so the Race Officer called it a day and most of the fleet sailed home whilst 3 boats stayed out for another hour to offer prospective Nacra 15 sailors a test sail. Judging by the smiles on the faces of the current Topper and ILCA sailors we'll have some new members in Nacra 15 fleet very soon.