Nacra 17s @Medemblik Regatta 2018: Echavarri-Pacheco 1st

All images by Sander van der Borch / Medemblik Regatta. Full gallery here. Medemblik Regatta 2018: Fernando Echavarri & Tara Pacheco won over Gemma Jones & Jason Saunders by 1pt only after 13 races.

Highlights of this regatta are seeing Besson back on the water, also happy to know Sarah Newberry continues her Olympic dream , plus the Polish A-Cat young guns  (Surowiec and Bendik) entering the Nacra 17 arena for the first time.

Being an A-Class Foiling Master wont grant you a top spot on the Nacra 17 flying version, but it is only their initial attempts along coordinating with their respective crews Katarzyna Goralska  and Anna Świtajska. Both teams did some F18 racing while waiting for the N17s, and I think they should keep racing it whenever possible to acquire double handed course racing hours.

Top ten below, complete results here.

Nr Sail Number Team T N R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 R11 R12 M
1   ESP 028 Fernando ECHAVARRI ERASUN 49.0 35.0 2.0 1.0 1.0 9.0 2.0 1.0 2.0 2.0 4.0 1.0 (14.0) 2.0 8.0
Tara PACHECO van RIJNSOEVER
2   NZL 22 Gemma JONES 58.0 36.0 1.0 3.0 3.0 2.0 3.0 2.0 5.0 4.0 1.0 3.0 (ufd) 5.0 4.0
Jason SAUNDERS
3   GBR 21 John GIMSON 61.0 39.0 5.0 2.0 2.0 7.0 4.0 3.0 1.0 3.0 3.0 (ufd) 6.0 1.0 2.0
Anna BURNET
4   FRA 81 Moana VAIREAUX 57.0 45.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 (12.0) 1.0 9.0 3.0 1.0 6.0 2.0 2.0 3.0 6.0
Manon AUDINET
5   GER 369 Johannes POLGAR 118.0 102.0 10.0 8.0 7.0 3.0 11.0 4.0 7.0 6.0 12.0 4.0 10.0 (16.0) 20.0
Carolina WERNER
6   FIN 282 Sinem KURTBAY 133.0 111.0 6.0 15.0 9.0 (22.0) 8.0 8.0 13.0 17.0 5.0 7.0 3.0 6.0 14.0
Janne JARVINEN UFD
7   ITA 385 Gianluigi UGOLINI 138.0 116.0 13.0 16.0 6.0 15.0 17.0 7.0 4.0 5.0 13.0 (ufd) 1.0 9.0 10.0
Maria GIUBILEI
8   DEN 080 Anne-Line Lyngsø THOMSEN 141.0 119.0 15.0 12.0 5.0 17.0 7.0 5.0 18.0 7.0 2.0 (ufd) 9.0 4.0 18.0
Jakob FAARVANG
9   FRA 266 Billy BESSON 135.0 120.0 9.0 9.0 13.0 5.0 12.0 14.0 8.0 8.0 11.0 12.0 (15.0) 7.0 12.0
Amélie RIOU
10   USA 50 Sarah NEWBERRY 143.0 121.0 7.0 10.0 16.0 6.0 5.0 13.0 9.0 10.0 (ufd) 10.0 4.0 15.0 16.0
David LIEBENBERG