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

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 and 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 Dante Cittadini  [ es ] Teresa Romairone  [ 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 e	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Ref
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	Belgium Henri Demesmaeker Frédérique Van Eupen	France Doran Gouron Le Roch Kenza Coutard	France Thomas Proust Clément Martineau	[3]
2019 Marseille	Australia Ruben Booth Rita Booth	Germany Jesse Lindstädt Lisa Rausch	Italy Andrea Spagnolli Alice Cialfi	[4]
2020 Geneva	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021 La Grande-Motte	Switzerland Axel Grandjean Noëmi Fehlmann	France Thomas Proust Eloïse Clabon	France Manolo Geslin-Grimaud Marion Declef	[5]
2022 Lake Garda	France Clément Martineau Lou Mourniac	France Titouan Pétard Elise Leconte	France Thomas Proust Eloïse Clabon	[6]
2023 Fort Lauderdale	United States Cody Roe KJ Hill	Switzerland Marie Mazuay Clément Guignard	France Clément Martineau Maë Cottereau	[7]
2024 Barcelona	Belgium Mateo Leclercq Mathieu Pinsart	France Côme Vic-Molinero Fatima Tia	Italy Lorenzo Sirena Alice Dessy	[8]
2025 La Rochelle	Italy Lorenzo Sirena Alice Dessy	France Marius Praud Emilie Mansouri	Belgium Hannelien Borghijs Sander Borghijs	[9]

Youth World Championships

Year v t e	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2016 Auckland [10]	France Tim Mourniac Charles Dorange	United States Romain Screve Ian Brill	Belgium Henri Demesmaeker Isaura Maenhaut
2017 Sanya [11]	Switzerland Max Wallenberg Amanda Bjork-Anastassov	Australia Shannon Dalton Jayden Dalton	Belgium Lucas Claeyssens Anne Vandenberghe
2018 Corpus Christi [12]	Argentina Teresa Romairone Dante Cittadini	Italy Andrea Spagnolli Giulia Fava	New Zealand Greta Stewart Tom Fyfe
2019 Gdynia [13]	Australia Will Cooley Rebecca Hancock	France Titouan Petard Marion Declef	Germany Silas Mühle Levke Möller
2020 Salvador	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021 Al-Mussanah [14]	France Thomas Proust Eloïse Clabon	United States Kay Brunsvold Cooper Delbridge	Switzerland Axel Grandjean Noémie Fehlmann
2022 The Hague [15]	Switzerland Axel Grandjean Noémie Fehlmann	Spain Daniel García de la Casa Nora García de la Casa	France Tiphaine Rideau Tiphaine Rideau
2023 Búzios [16]	Spain Daniel García de la Casa Nora García de la Casa	United States Cody Roe Brooke Mertz	Switzerland Marie Mazuay Clément Guignard
2024 Lake Garda [17]	Italy Lorenzo Sirena Alice Dessy	France Côme Vic-Molinero Fatima Tia	Belgium Hannelien Borghijs Sander Borghijs

Foiling World Championships

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2019 Marseille [18]	Belgium Lucas Claeyssens Anne Vandenberghe	Great Britain Owen Bowerman Jasmine Williams	Great Britain Benno Marstaller Theo Williams

European Championships

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2018 Lake Como [19]	Belgium Henri Demesmaeker Frédérique Van Eupen	Italy Andrea Spagnolli Giulia Fava	Switzerland Arnaud Grange Marie van der Klink
2021 Silvaplana [20]	France Clement Martineau Thomas Proust	France Camille Rigaud Julien Moutarde	France Manolo Geslin Grimaud Marion Declef
2022 Carnac [21]	Switzerland Axel Grandjean Noémie Fehlmann	France Clement Martineau Lou Mourniac	France Camille Rigaud Lorcan Johnson
2023 Knokke-Heist [22]	Switzerland Marie Mazuay Clément Guignard	Belgium Mateo Leclercq Mathieu Pinsart	France Côme Rouseré Hugues Vandermersch
2024 Cagliari [23]	Spain Daniel García de la Casa Nora García de la Casa	Belgium Mateo Leclercq Mathieu Pinsart	Belgium Hannelien Borghijs Sander Borghijs
2025 Balatonföldvár [24]	Italy Alessandro Vargiu Noa Lisci	Italy Mattia Di Martino Nina Cittar	Belgium Hannelien Borghijs Sander Borghijs

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
2019	Germany Silas Mühle Levke Möller	Belgium Lucas Claeyssens Anne Vandenberghe	Great Britain Theo Williams Jasmine Williams
2020	Series cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2023	Great Britain Sam Cox Sophie Raven	Belgium Mateo Leclercq Mathieu Pinsart	Germany Frederic Schule Catharina Jacobs
2024	Netherlands Feline Mous Willemijn Valkenburg	Great Britain Tom Jones Maddie Jinks	Belgium Mateo Leclercq Mathieu Pinsart

References

1. "Nacra 15 selected as the next Youth multihull". www.yachtsandyachting.com.
2. "British youth sailing team committed to catamaran challenge". rya.org.uk. Archived from the original on 9 November 2016. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
3. "Final Results N15 Worlds 2018" (PDF). nacra15class.com. November 2017. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
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8. "2024 Nacra 15 World Championship results". velacat.sailti.com. Retrieved 3 November 2024.
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10. "16 YW Results". sailing.org. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
11. "17 YW Results". sailing.org. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
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13. "Nacra 15". sailing.org. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
14. "2021 Multihull Mixed results". sailing.org. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
15. "Mixed Two Person Multihull". manage2sail.com. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
16. "Mixed Two Person Multihull". manage2sail.com. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
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18. "Général provisoire après 3 courses" (PDF). Voilela pelle marseille (in French). October 2019. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
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23. "2024 Nacra 15 European Championship results". www.manage2sail.com.
24. "2025 Nacra 15 European Championship results". 2025nacra15europeans.sailti.com.

External links

• Nacra Sailing, the builders
• World Sailing Youth Olympics Microsite Website
• Nacra 15 (YouTube video)