Nacra 17

Nacra 17 2026 Worlds Day 1 Results

by Editor · Published May 13, 2026 · Updated May 13, 2026

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NACRA 17 2026 Worlds Day 1

Mourniac goes hard left on local knowledge

Great Britain’s Jon Gimson and Anna Burnet have opened the Nacra 17 World Championship with a strong defence of their title won last October in Sardinia. They scored 5,2,3 in the shifty breeze to hold a one-point lead over second placed Swedes, Ida Svensson and Marcus Dackhammar.

“We’re happy we survived the day,” said Svensson. “It was really shifty on the race course, big windshifts.” Their performance continues a good run of form for the Swedish squad in 2026. “We’ve been working had together as a nation for many years now and it seems like it’s paying off,” said Dackhammar. With that said, the other top Swedish team – Emil Jarudd and Hanna Jonsson – have made a slow start to their Quiberon campaign, sitting in 11th overall after three races. Holding third overall are the French team, Tim Mourniac and Aloise Retornaz.

Being a Quiberon resident gave Mourniac an extra level of confidence in the shifting breeze. “There were times when the left was super good but it was a long way over there and you had to overlay and needed to be sure that you were in the right place,” he said. Retornaz, from Brest, added: “I have to say sometimes I was getting a bit scared that maybe we would struggle to keep to our plan, but it was all good.”

Even some of the gusts and shifts were confusing for the local guy, though. “In the second race we were struggling and it was the British who gave us the answer,” said Mourniac, who is looking forward to the strong wind forecast for Wednesday. “We can expect some top speeds tomorrow and I think everyone will have a smile on their face,” he said.