British crews set for Nacra Europeans challenge

Written by RYA | 24 September 2015

Three British crews in the hunt for European multihull silverware

British Sailing Team crews will be vying for European Championship honours when the Nacra 17 Europeans gets underway in Barcelona, Spain, on Monday (28 September).

Three British pairings are among the 43 teams set to contest the six-day Open event, which also features entries from Oceania and the Americas, at the Barcelona International Sailing Centre.

World number five duo Ben Saxton-Nicola Groves, silver medallists at the 2015 ISAF Sailing World Cup Miami, will be looking to push for the podium spots, with Lucy Macgregor-Dave Evans and Tom Phipps-Nicola Boniface also out to impress in the chase for Europeans silverware.

They’ll face a strong challenge for the European title from the likes of world number two-ranked Italians Vittario Bissaro-Silvia Sicouri and Spain’s home hopefuls Iker Martinez-Marina Lopez, with Australia’s Darren Bundock-Nina Curtis and New Zealand’s Gemma Jones-Jason Saunders set to provide tough competition from off-continent.

Racing gets underway on Monday 28 September, with 15 races scheduled ahead of the final ten-boat medal races on Saturday 3 October. The event is just the third ever European Championship for the new Olympic mixed multihull, which makes its Games debut at Rio 2016.

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