Nacra 17 Europeans 2025: Gimson & Burnet dominate

by Editor · Published June 9, 2025 · Updated June 9, 2025

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All iamges by Nikos Pantis / Nacra 17 Class Assoc.

Nacra 17 Europeans 2025

More than 40pts to their next competitors plus a secured first place ahead of the Medal race, put the British team on another level at Thessaloniki. Last podium spot was defined in the last race, read below official last day report sent by Nacra 17 Class medio, written by Ben Remocker.

Tim Mourniac with Aloise Retornaz make improbable overtake for Bronze in the Nacra 17

The podium places were all but set within the Nacra 17 fleet heading into the medal race. The main focus was the battle for second between Italy and Argentina, with Britain securing gold with two races to spare. However, when both Italy and Argentina were over early and had to restart, it opened up a narrow chance for the French team of Tim Mourniac with Aloise Retornaz. If they won the medal race and the Argentinians finished last, they would win the bronze.

In a very light and long race, the French moved into a lead, consistently challenged by the Chinese while the Argentinians languished at the back of the pack. But in the final downwind the breeze started to build and the Argentinian silver medalists from Paris caught back up to the back of the fleet. It was only over the final two gybes that their chase back failed to hold, and they finished 10th by just a boat length to lose out on the bronze.

The week was mostly about the domination by Gimson with Burnet (GBR) who sailed a solid medal race with nothing on the line. The silver medal was secured by Gianluigi Ugolini with Maria Gubilei (ITA) who also had to restart in the medal race but found their way safely back into the pack and were never threatened to lose their silver medal ranking.

Nacra 17 Class Assoc web: https://nacra17.org/