Nacra 15

Nacra 15
Development
Designer	Morrelli & Melvin, Nacra Sailing
Year	2015
Role	Youth World Championships & Youth Olympic Games Multihull
Name	Nacra 15
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)
Racing
RYA PN	734
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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 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[]

Youth Olympic Games[]

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2018 Buenos Aires (details)	Argentina [es] [es]	France Titouan Petard Kenza Coutard	Netherlands Laila Van der Meer Bjarne Bouwer
2022 Dakar	Postponed to 2026 due to COVID-19 pandemic

Open World Championships[]

Year v t	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2016 Lake Como	Great Britain Jack Butters James King	Great Britain Alex Philpot Jess D'Arcy	Netherlands Bjarne Bouwer Eliott Savelon
2017 Lake Garda	Netherlands Bjarne Bouwer Eliott Savelon	Belgium Lucas Clayessens Gauthier Verlhurst	Australia Georgia Payne Daniel Brown
2018 Barcelona^[3]	Belgium Henri Demesmaeker Frédérique Van Eupen	France Doran Gouron Le Roch Kenza Coutard	France Thomas Proust Clément Martineau
2019 Marseille^[4]	Australia Ruben Booth Rita Booth	Germany Jesse Lindstädt Lisa Rausch	Italy Andrea Spagnolli Alice Cialfi
2020 Geneva	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021 La Grande-Motte^[5]	Switzerland	France	France

Youth World Championships[]

Year v t	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2016 Auckland^[6]	France	United States	Belgium Isaura Maenhaut
2017 Sanya^[7]	Switzerland	Australia	Belgium
2018 Corpus Christi^[8]	Argentina	Italy	New Zealand
2019 Gdynia^[9]	Australia	France	Germany
2020 Salvador	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021 Al-Mussanah^[10]	France	United States	Switzerland
2022 The Hague

Foiling World Championships[]

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2019 Marseille ^[11]	Belgium Lucas Claeyssens Anne Vandenberghe	Great Britain Owen Bowerman Jasmine Williams	Great Britain Benno Marstaller Theo Williams
2021 La Grande Motte

European Championships[]

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2018 Lake Como ^[12]	Belgium Henri Demesmaeker Frédérique Van Eupen	Italy Andrea Spagnolli Giulia Fava	Switzerland Arnaud Grange Marie van der Klink
2021 Silvaplana ^[13]	France Clement Martineau Thomas Proust	France Camille Rigaud Julien Moutarde	France Manolo Geslin Grimaud Marion Declef

Youth Olympic Games Qualifiers[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2017 Medemblik	Great Britain Benno Marstaller Chloe Collenette	Australia Shannon Dalton Jayden Dalton	Switzerland Max Wallenberg Amanda Bjork-Anastassov
2017 Miami	United States Nicolas Martin AnnaClare Sole	United States Mark Brunsvold Dylan Heinz	United States Ben Rosenberg Claire Housey
2018 Brisbane	Australia Will Cooley Evie Haseldine	Australia Tom Crockett Tahine Caldecoat	Australia Ashleigh Swadling George Morton

European Super Series[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Weymouth	Germany Silas Mühle Levke Möller	Belgium Lucas Claeyssens Anne Vandenberghe	Australia Shannon Dalton Raffael Torre
Workum	Australia Georgia Payne Nathan Bryant	Germany Silas Mühle Levke Möller	Germany Jesse Lindstaedt Lisa Rausch
Kiel	France Thomas Proust Julien Moutarde	France Margaux Billy Leo Maurin	France Armand Clabon Lou Berthomieu
Geneva	Switzerland Elouan Gäumann Noëmi Fehlmann	France Titouan Pétard Marion Declef	Great Britain Theo Williams Jasmine Williams
Knokke Heist	Belgium Lucas Claeyssens Anne Vandenberghe	Germany Jesse Lindstaedt Lisa Rausch	Netherlands Bart Kooijman Beuk Floris Lampe
2019 Overall	Germany Silas Mühle Levke Möller	Belgium Lucas Claeyssens Anne Vandenberghe	Great Britain Theo Williams Jasmine Williams

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Barcelona	France Titouan Petard Lou Berthomieu	Belgium Lucas Claeyssens Anne Vandenberghe	France Clement Martineau Adele Hovnaniam
Weymouth	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
Workum	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
Kiel	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
Knokke Heist	Excluded from series due to COVID-19 travel restrictions
Knokke Heist	Belgium Lucas Claeyssens Morgane De Vos	Netherlands Olivier Jaquet Ghislaine Van Empel	Belgium Kwinten Borghijs Lieselotte Borghijs
2020 Overall	Series cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic

References[]

External links[]

[1] "Nacra 15 selected as the next Youth multihull".

[2] ttp://www.rya.org.uk/newsevents/news/Pages/british-youth-sailing-team-committed-to-catamaran-challenge.aspx

[3] ttp://www.nacra15class.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/FINAL-RESULTS-N15-Worlds-2018.pdf

[4] ttp://www.ycpr.net/upload/contenu/Evenements/2019%20Worlds%20Nacra%2015/d5.pdf

[5] ttps://www.manage2sail.com/fr-FR/event/N15WC2021#!/results?classId=N15

[6] ttps://sailing.org/uploads/youthworlds/16_YW_Results_n15.html

[7] ttps://www.sailing.org/uploads/youthworlds/17_YW_n15.html

[8] ttps://www.sailing.org/uploads/youthworlds/18_YW_nacra15.html

[9] ttps://www.sailing.org/uploads/youthworlds/nacra15.html

[10] ttps://www.sailing.org/uploads/youthworlds/2021yswcMultihullMixed.html

[11] ttps://voilelapellemarseille.files.wordpress.com/2019/10/nacra15foil_general-1.pdf

[12] ttp://www.avalcdv.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/2018-Nacra-15-13-prove-Final.pdf

[13] "Nacra 15 / 2021 European Championship manage2sail".

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v t Classes of World Sailing
Current Olympic classes	470 49er 49er FX Finn Laser Standard Laser Radial RS:X Nacra 17
World Sailing centreboard classes	29er 420 505 B14 Byte Cadet Contender Enterprise Europe Fireball Flying Dutchman Flying Junior GP14 Int. 14 Laser 2 Laser 4.7 Lightning Mirror Moth Musto Performance Skiff O'pen BIC OK Dinghy Optimist RS Feva RS Tera RS100 RS500 Snipe Splash Sunfish Tasar Topper Vaurien Zoom 8
World Sailing keelboat classes	12 mR 2.4 mR 5.5 m 6 mR 8 mR Dragon Etchells Flying Fifteen Hansa 2.3 Hansa 303 Hansa Liberty H-boat International One Design J/22 J/24 J/70 J/80 Melges 20 Melges 24 Melges 32 Platu 25 RC44 SB20 Shark 24 Soling Sonar Star Tempest Viper 640 Yngling
World Sailing yacht classes	Class40 Farr 40 IMOCA 60 J/111 International Maxi Association Soto 40 Swan 45 Swan 60 TP 52 X-35 X-41
World Sailing multihull classes	A-Class Dart 18 Formula 16 Formula 18 Hobie 14 Hobie 16 Hobie 17 Hobie Dragoon Hobie Tiger Hobie Wildcat Nacra 15 Nacra 17 Nacra F18 Infusion Nacra 20 Carbon M32 SL 16 Topcat K1 Tornado Viper F16
World Sailing windsurfer classes	Formula Windsurfing Mistral Speed Windsurfing Techno 293 IQFoil
World Sailing kiteboarding classes
IRSA remote-control classes	10 rater A Class Marblehead One Metre
Former World Sailing classes	11:Metre One Design 29erXX Buzz C-Class Division II Elliott 6m Farr 30 (Mumm 30) Farr 45 Farr Maxi One Design Hobie 17 Hobie 18 IOD ISO Laser Vago Lechner A-390 Mumm 36 Open 50 ORMA 60 Sydney 40 Ultimate 20 Windglider X-99

v t Olympic sailing classes
Current classes	470 49er 49erFX Finn Laser Laser Radial Nacra 17 RS:X
Former classes (In order of first use)	Ton classes (0–½, ½–1, 1–2, 2–3, 3–10, 10–20, 20⁺ & Open) 6 Metre 7 Metre 8 Metre 12 Metre 10 Metre 12 foot dinghy 18 foot dinghy 6.5 Metre 8.5 Metre 9 Metre 15 Metre Skerry cruiser 30 m² Skerry cruiser 40 m² French National Monotype 1924 Snowbird Star O-Jolle Firefly Swallow Dragon 5.5 Metre 12 m² Sharpie Flying Dutchman Tempest Soling Tornado Windglider Division II Lechner A-390 Europe Mistral One Design Yngling Elliott 6m
Youth classes	Nacra 15 Techno 293
Former youth classes	Byte