Nathan Outteridge in battle with Santiago Lange at Nacra 17 Worlds

John Gimson and Anna Burnet kicked off 2020 in emphatic fashion. They were announced as the British Sailing Team's Tokyo 2020 representatives for the Nacra 17 Sailing and followed that up by taking out the 2020 Nacra 17 World Championship in dramatic fashion.

Andy Rice from Sailjuice.com looks back on that day with John & Anna to see how it all went down...

Vittorio Bissaro tells Andy Rice how he won the Nacra 17 Worlds in Auckland at the end of 2019...

Former Tornado cat Olympian for Great Britain, Mark Bulkeley is one of the top multihull racing professionals in the world. Here, Mark previews the Nacra 17s and gives his thoughts on who is likely to be in the medal hunt...

Kiel Week 2015 winner Paul Kohlhoff talks about his Olympic bid for Rio 2016 in the Nacra 17 catamaran. Only just turned 20 years old, he sails with the equally young Carolina Werner after building up a strong partnership in the 29er. This young German crew dominated Kiel Week and are aiming for Olympic selection for Germany....

The Rio 2016 Nacra 17 Olympic Champion Santiago Lange believes that sailing has equipped him well for the uncertainties of life in shadow of coronavirus.

On Hyperspeed, WoMan Overboard, and the meaning of ‘Steep Learning Curve’

What does an Olympic sailor do when he's in lockdown amid the coronavirus crisis?

Top Olympic sailor and coach, Will Howden, shares his thoughts on Nacra 17 developments and politics...: "Ultimately it was a bit of a shame that the design wasn’t six months later because if it was, we might have seen a fully-foiling boat..." Howden shares his thoughts on the early years of the new Olympic cat class...

He is the most experienced man in mixed multihull sailing on the Olympic Nacra circuit to date. Sebbe Godefroid (BEL) leads the way to this new discipline, by joining forces with Carolijn Brouwer in their bid for an Olympic medal in 2008 in the Tornado. On their way, they won silver at the 2007 ISAF Worlds in Cascais. It wasn’t an easy road with many bumps, which makes him a skilled coach for the Swiss team of two boats.

From campaigning in the 49er, to coaching Olympic keelboat and match race sailors, Maurice Paardenkooper has done it all. He won a silver medal with his Dutch Yngling project at the 2008 Games in Beijing. On the road to London 2012 he made a transfer to the British Federation to work with Lucy Macgregor, Annie Lush and Kate Macgregor. Now, he has commenced a new chapter in his professional career…