Nacra 17 sailing looks exciting, partly because it looks so out of control...
“People are just learning how to sail the boats. It was no different than when the 49er was introduced all those years ago,” says Will. “They’ve really struggled to get the boats around in 20 plus knots, in the first year or so.”
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Gemma Jones and Jason Saunders have been setting the pace in the breeze this week at Delta Lloyd Regatta. The young Kiwis seem to have the measure of the wind and the waves of the IJselmeer better than most.
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As the 35-knot gust hit the boat at just the wrong time, skipper Morgan Larson found himself in a dilemma. “It was a little bit challenging to read the gusts because the big ones that looked big on the water weren't that big, and the ones that looked small were quite strong...." Larson talks through the moment and what he'd do differently next time...
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