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De Koning/Visser win first Nacra Infusion World title

Coen de Koning and Thijs Visser from the Netherlands won the first Nacra Infusion Worlds on Wednesday June 22 2011. They dominated the fleet and took the victory with an eleven point lead after nine races. Dutchmen Gunnar Larsen and Sam Frank maintained their second position overall, followed by the Australians Adam Beattie and Jamie Leitner. The weather forecast showed strong and building winds for today, but the conditions in the morning were not that extreme. The fleet sailed wit Read more

Tough conditions for diehards ...

 

This morning on the second day of the 2011 Nacra Infusion Worlds and Int. Nacra Championships, the conditions were tough and just on the limit for real diehards. A strong southwester caused damage on the Nacra 20 and the open class courses and many boats resigned early. The Nacra Infusion fleet completed two races on the North Sea, off the coast of Texel in the Netherlands. Further racing was cancelled in the afternoon, as the wind picked up even more.

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De Koning/Visser leading the ...

 

Coen de Koning and Thijs Visser are the early leaders of the Nacra Infusion Worlds 2011, sailed off the Texel beach in the Netherlands. After five races on the first day, the Dutchmen proved to be the most steady team. They took three bullets out of five. The conditions were challenging with a variable wind and relatively high waves. The fleet was obviously eager to start racing, as there were several general recalls and a collection of numbers in the results. A total of 46 teams li Read more

Pols and Larsen from ...

 

Xander Pols and Sascha Larsen spent lots of time on organizing the Nacra Championships behind the scenes. “Thanks to our group of enthusiastic volunteers, we are able to compete these days”, the duo said on the Texel beach. And they did well today in the Nacra 20 carbon. In race 2 and 3 they were second. “Race one did even go better”, tells Xander. “We were first over de finish line, but then we heard about our OCS. In race 2 and 3 we were match racing Read more

 

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