Nacra 17 Europeans 2026: Day 2
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Nacra 17 Europeans 2026: Day 2
Eckernförde, Germany — July 8, 2026
Day 2 of the 2026 European Championship began bright and early, with the first fleets launching at 9:30 AM to make the long trip out to the racecourse. Due to anchoring issues and a military zone inside the bay, the race committee had to move the courses further offshore today — a longer commute for the sailors, but as they say, that’s part of the game.
First out were the 49er fleets, with four races on the card to catch up after losing a race to yesterday’s big breeze. The 49erFX and Nacra 17 fleets followed with three races each. Conditions were still punchy — 12 to 20 knots, definitely lighter than yesterday’s 34-knot gusts — and the fleets clearly enjoyed what the Baltic served up, even if the sail out was less popular than the racing itself.
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Nacra 17: The Dutch Are Simply Untouchable — For Now
Willemijn Offerman and Scipio Houtman just keep going. After yesterday’s 2, 1, 1, the Dutch added a 1, 2, (4) today, giving them 7 net points after six races and a nine-point cushion at the top. It is seriously impressive sailing — they have led from the first gun and barely put a foot wrong all week.
Behind them, Australia’s Brin Liddell and Rhiannan Brown had a standout day, adding two more bullets to their tally to climb to second on 16 points, just one point ahead of Sweden’s Emil Järudd and Hanna Jonsson. Compatriots Archie Gargett and Sarah Hoffman sit fourth, keeping both Australian boats firmly in the hunt, with France’s Tim Mourniac and Aloise Retornaz fifth and defending European Champions John Gimson and Anna Burnet sixth. Turkey’s Sinem Kurtbay and Alican Kaynar finished their day in style with a race win to sit seventh.
Unlike the skiffs, the Nacra 17s race as one fleet all the way through until the Final Series, where the top 10 boats will enter the finals — so every race counts in the battle for those spots.
Tomorrow’s forecast looks lighter, and lighter air has a habit of shaking things up. Will the leaders hold firm, or will we see some mixing and shifting in the rankings? We will find out on the water.
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