Nacra 15

Nacra 15
Development
Designer Morrelli & Melvin, Nacra Sailing
Year 2015
Role Youth World Championships & Youth Olympic Games Multihull
Hull
Hull weight Boat Weight 140 kg (310 lb)
LOH 4.70 m (15.4 ft)
Beam 2.35 m (7 ft 9 in)
Sails
Mainsail area 13.6 m2 (146 sq ft)
Jib / Genoa area 3.3 m2 (36 sq ft)
Spinnaker area 16.5 m2 (178 sq ft)
Misc
RYA PN 734
Current Olympic Equipment

The Nacra 15 is a performance catamaran used for racing. It went into production in 2015. It was designed as a smaller version of the Olympic multihull class, the Nacra 17.

Youth Selection

In early 2015, World Sailing announced that they were looking for a new youth multihull for the ISAF Youth World Championships with a targeted crew weight of approx 110–130 kg . Nacra Sailing announced two bids for the trials, the existing Nacra 16 and the all new Nacra 15. After the trials and extensive consideration by World Sailing at their AGM in China, the Nacra 15 was confirmed as the new Youth World Championships class.[1] It was also un-expectedly announced as a new class for the Youth Olympic Games. In 2016 British RYA selected the Nacra 15 as as their new Youth Multihull boat,[2] replacing the Spitfire.

Configurations

Nacra 15 Club Nacra 15 World Sailing Nacra 15 FCS
Hull Colour White White White
Main & Jib Colour White White White
Spinnaker Colour Red/White/Blue Red/White/Blue Red/White/Blue
Dagger Board Shape Straight Curved Z-Boards
Dagger Board Construction Aluminium Carbon Composite Carbon Composite
Rudder Winglets No Yes Yes

Events

Year Event Configuration Crew
2016 ISAF Youth World Championships Nacra 15 C-Board Open
2017 ISAF Youth World Championships Nacra 15 C-Board Open
2018 Youth Olympic Games Nacra 15 Z-Board Mixed
2018 ISAF Youth World Championships Nacra 15 Z-Board Mixed

Championships

Open World Championships

Year Gold Silver Bronze
Italy 2016 Lake Como United Kingdom Jack Butters & James King United Kingdom Alex Philpot & Jess D'Arcy Netherlands Bjarne Bouwer & Eliott Savelon

Youth World Championships

Year Gold Silver Bronze
New Zealand 2016 Auckland
Israel 2017 Akko
United States 2018 Corpus Christi

References

External links

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