NACRA & PERFORMANCE SAILS Are Based in the Netherlands

Nacra Sailing & Performance Sails

Our head offices are based in The Netherlands. You can visit us online at the below url or even better. Visit us in real time so we can tell you all about our exciting program of catamarans. You are more than welcome to come over and share your thoughts on sailing cats. You can find us at the address below.

Hellingweg 110-116

15 2583 DX Scheveningen The Netherlands

Since 1975 NACRA has always been about Office: +31 (0) 70 338 2900 empowering sailors. Getting the best Fax: +31 (0) 70 338 2901 out of yourself and your team with NACRA Email: [email protected] supplying the equipment. Reaching new Graphic design & photography: Laurens Morel • www.morelstudio.nl heights and pushing your boundaries. That’s NACRA SAILING! www.nacrasailing.com NACRA & PERFORMANCE SAILS are based in The Netherlands. Nacra has been originally empowering founded in 1975 and draws it’s knowledge sailors therefore from a long history of building and supplying catamarans to the world of sailing. 16 empowering sailors

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15the Olympics. “steppingstone” for youth andthe Nacra 17in level around theworld. The Nacra 15asan the future ofcatsailingat thehighest The Nacra 15andtheNacra 17willrepresent what theoptionsare. our Nacra dealers orNacra directto consult us start uptheprogram, pleasecontact oneof If you oryour organisationhasinterestto The Nacra 15 willgointo production in2015. power canbetransferred into raw speed. which control pitchoftheplatform soall The rudders arefitted outwithstabilizers and excitement. lift means;drag reduced means;morespeed the Nacra 15isasemi-foiling catamaran. More This provides anextra dimensioninsailingas boards thatlikeintheNacra 17provide lift. The Nacra 15carriesalsotwo curveddagger a pathway towards theOlympics. mini version oftheOlympicNacra 17,creating the OlympicNacra 17.Infact, theNacra 15isa Nacra 15resemblesalot to itsbiggersister, modern designthanthecurrentones. The can carrymorecrew weightandhas amore the world wants to sailinacatamaran that program needto bereplacedastheyouth of catamaran. The oldercatamarans inthis criteria to become thenew official ISAF youth Designed from scratch to meettheISAF Area spi Area jib Area mainsail Mast length Boat width Boat length 16.5 m 3.3 m 13.6 m 8.10 m/26.5ft 2.59 m/8.5ft 4.70 m/15.4ft 2 /36 sqft 2 2 /177.6 sqft /146 sqft benchmark inracing around thecans. sailors meetyoung excited teams to Simply aclass where mature experience serious catracing ofthe21st century. The NACRA 16isasteppingstone towards

16SAILORS! the philosophy ofNACRA. EMPOWERING to itssailor. Truly acatamaran thatliveupto fun to sailbutdesignedto leave thecontrol as intouring modetheNACRA 16ismuch that liketo beindepended.Aswellracing NACRA 16isoftenalsosailedalonebysailors versatility. Talking aboutleaving your optionsopenand type ofboardoutand switch for thenew ones. cassettes needed.Itisassimpleto takeone older sister, NACRA 17.Noreplacementsof from Olympictechnology, theNACRA 16 the F16class. These daggerboardscome fit curveddaggerboardswhennot racing in when racing withintheF16classandalso fitted outwith. They fitstraight daggerboards 16 arethe“switch cases”whereitshullsare and more.Anuniquefeature oftheNACRA teams arelookingfor inamature racing cat The NACRA 16offers everything that racing Area spi Area jib Area mainsail Mast length Boat width Boat length 17.5 m 3.70 m 15 m 8.5 m/27ft 2.5 m/8.2ft 5 m/16ft 2 /161 sqft 2 2 /188 sqft /39.8 sqft catamaran racing intheworld. Olympic Games.Currently thepinnacleof “mixed multihullclass” runningupto the Olympic Multihullequipmentinthe The NACRA 17isusedastheexclusive olympic

17about 40% greaterlongitudinal stability The NACRA 17’s new-generation hullshave boards makethe boatmoreexciting to sail. markedly reduceshulldrag. Curveddagger the foil helpsreducehullwetted areaand to pitchpole.The extra liftgenerated from keep thebows upandreducesthetendency downwind. They provide liftwhich helps make catamarans easierto sail,especially Curved daggerboardshave proven to sailing. performance for both upwindanddownwind catamarans isthatthey areused to enhance The innovation withthecurvedfoils on forward to prevent leeward helmdownwind. stability andshiftunderwater centreofeffort primarily asaway to increaselongitudinal offshore trimarans inthepast,andused multihull. They have beenusedmostlyon since theNACRA 17was chosenasOlympic become thebenchmarkfor themultihullworld Olympic multihull.Curveddaggerboardshas the specificcriteriasetoutbyISAF for the 17 was designedfrom scratch to meet are racing againstoneanother. The NACRA the elitesailors of the world inthecatamaran and other continental championshipswhere At ISAF world cups, World Championships Area spi Area jib Area mainsail Mast length Boat width Boat length harder downwind. and allows thesailors to push theboatmuch longitudinal stability inconventional shapes, drag normallyassociatedwithcreatinghigh This increased stability comes withoutthe than recentconventional shapedcatamarans. 19 m 4 m 16 m 9.15 m/30ft 2.59 m/8.5ft 5.2 m/17ft 2 /43 sqft 2 2 /204 sqft /172 sqft as that! you puthertogether andgoracing! Simple you willhave thebest F18outofthebox, When you receive your NACRA Infusion, infusion

f18owners findthemselves invincible over others front ofthefleet! Proud NACRA F18Infusion It isupto you, theInfusionwillget you to the shoulder andtherestarefollowing! to move through thegears, glance over your your results. This boatisjustwaiting for you each other perfectly to allow you to improve Sails andthewingmastshapecomplement platform. The sophistication of Performance sides givingafirmer, drier, cleanerspacious positive, trampoline istightenedfrom allfour upwind, therudders areresponsiveand The highaspect daggerboardsgetyou high sails leadingto higherspeeds. yielding afar moreconsistent airflow over the to dynamiclift,reducingpitchingto low levels Infusion stabilisesherself athighspeeddue gliding onalakeinflat water. The NACRA wins inbigseasandwindsjustaswell improves speedinallconditions, theInfusion Wave piercingtechnologyreducesdrag and with handlingthatisrapid andprecise. that theInfusiondrives, anddriveshard and stiffnessisspeed!Hull volume, means within thehulls, yielding greaterstiffness, allows better materialweightdistribution made withthismodernInfusionsystem, this construction, theonlyproduction catamaran The boatisnamedafterthemethodusedin Area spi Area jib Area mainsail Mast length Boat width Boat length box boats. Pretty amazing, isn’t it? the F18classin2013and2014withoutof NACRA F18Infusionbecameworld championin results worldwide prove it! to beatthefront, you want anInfusion!!Race brands, askthemandfor aride!Ifyou want 21 m 4.15 m 17 m 9.15 m/30ft 2.60 m/8.5ft 5.52 m/18ft 2 2 /182 sqft /226 sqft 2 /44 sqft PERFORMANCE! this isfor areason. Thatreason is NACRA 20carbonhasbeendelivered, Since thelaunchin2010,more than100 carBon 2olatest and state-of-the-art solutionsto give dagger boards theNACRA 20isfeaturing headstart with every race done.Besidesthe (c-foils). GivingtheNACRA 20carbona to befitted outwithcurveddaggerboards The NACRA 20carbonwas thefirst NACRA the course. leading thefleetwhenthey follow you around it’s thatsimple.Butonlyifyou arereadyto be Infusion you arereadyfor aNACRA 20carbon, If you canhandle aNACRA 16,17orF18 Olympic NACRA 17sailors useaswell. technology areproduced bytheloftwhich downwind andstillbefoiling. These sailsand you willnot even beusingthe gennaker going downwind. At timeswithenoughbreeze full radial cutgennakerto kickitallupanotch mainsail, aKevlar-carbon highaspectjib,a with ahighaspectKevlar-carbon squaretop This F20FCS comes standardlyincluded up with:NACRA 20carbon. since 2010.Nineoutoftenwillthinkandcome dominating theresultsinlongdistanceracing the question.Whichbeachcathasbeen of themultihullcommunity andaskthem all therace results. Checkwithinsiders are buyingyourselves into results. Check With thepurchaseofaNACRA 20carbonyou Area spi Area jib Area mainsail Mast length Boat width Boat length could bethesolutionfor you! races onlinehonours. The NACRA 20Carbon If you arelooking for excitement, funandto win Hall Spars, differentsectionin sizethough. manufacturer astheOlympicNACRA 17builder carbon wingmastprofile produced bythesame teams theability to excel! Full carbonhulls, full 28 m 5.2 m 21 m 10.45 m/34.5ft 3.2 m/10.5ft 6.2 m/20.3ft 2 2 2 /301 sqft /226 sqft /56 sqft and inshore/coastal distance racing. racing catamaran designed for bothcourse The NACRA 20FCS istheultimate “flying” fcs f2owith ahigh aspectKevlar-carbon squaretop This F20FCS comes standardly included and oneofthenew ways to go. one to try, butbewarned. THISISADDICTIVE will come backfor more.Make sureyou geton your first flyingseconds and/or momentsand an indescribablefeeling.You willnever forget the water onFCS mainfoils andFCS rudders is others behind.The sensationofflying over you arelooking for andfly over water to leave on thewater duringflight to findthe groove the sailingteamability to makealterations stands for “Flight Control System”. Itwillgive fitted outthisNACRA 20 with FCS, which To establishcontrolled flight,NACRA has Melvin. closely withtheNaval engineers ofMorelli & and itsdesignteamworked together again thing, butcontrolling power isthekey. NACRA and joy. Creating apowerful machineisone ahead ofthefleetintermsperformance foils andanergonomicplatform, itwillputyou in design. Wave-piercing bows, spray rails, FCS take theleadover any bigfleet.Abenchmark distance coastal racing, thatis, ifyou liketo the distanceyou cantakeherfor any long of 2around thebuoys. Ifyou arereadyto go SAILORS around theworld. Race withacrew the longlifequestofNACRA to EMPOWER This 20-foot ‘‘flying’’ machineistheresultof Area spi Area jib Area mainsail Mast length Boat width Boat length explore other partsoftheworld. 40-foot container! Flexible andalways readyto other teamscaneasilypackyour boatsinto one If thatnext regatta isoverseas, thenyou and 17 sailors useaswell. produced bytheloftwhichOlympicNACRA still befoiling. These sailsandtechnologyare not even beusingthegennakerdownwind and downwind. At timeswithenoughbreeze you will radial cutgennakerto kickitallupanotch going mainsail, aKevlar-carbon highaspectjib,afull 28 m 5.2 m 21 m 10.45 m/34.5ft 3.2 m/10.5ft 6.2 m/20.3ft 2 2 2 /226 sqft /301 sqft /56 sqft