British crews set for Nacra Europeans challenge<\/p>\n
Written by RYA | 24 September 2015<\/p>\n
Three British crews in the hunt for European multihull silverware<\/p>\n
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).<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
They\u2019ll face a strong challenge for the European title from the likes of world number two-ranked Italians Vittario Bissaro-Silvia Sicouri and Spain\u2019s home hopefuls Iker Martinez-Marina Lopez, with Australia\u2019s Darren Bundock-Nina Curtis and New Zealand\u2019s Gemma Jones-Jason Saunders set to provide tough competition from off-continent.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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