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'''Nacra Sailing''' is a Dutch company that manufactures a line of small [[catamaran]] sailboats, or [[beachcat]]s.<ref name="Official">{{cite web|url= https://www.nacrasailing.com/contact/|title= Contact|access-date= 7 October 2020|author= Nacra Sailing |work= nacrasailing.com|year= 2019|archive-url= https://archive.today/20201007215937/https://www.nacrasailing.com/contact/|archive-date= 7 October 2020|url-status= live}}</ref> NACRA was founded in 1975 to tap into the market created by [[Hobart Alter|Hobie Alter]] the founder of [[Hobie Cat]], and several other companies offering small fiberglass catamarans designed to be sailed off the beach by a crew of one or two.
NACRA is the brand name of a popular line of small catamarans, a type of boat that is sometimes referred to as a [[Beachcat|beachcat]], that have been produced since 1975. It was for many years one of the chief competitors of Hobie Cat, the industry leader in beach cats. NACRA is an acronym that stands for North American Catamaran Racing Association, and the brand has always been primarily focused on high performance racing catamarans. The company was founded in Santa Barbara, California. The company has gone through several ownership and name changes over the years, and acquired the competing Prindle brand in 1988. At that time the company operated under the name "Performance Catamarans" and relocated to Santa Ana, California. They continued to produce both NACRA and Prindle brand boats for some years. In 2007 the company was acquired by a group in the Neatherlands and today operates as Nacra Sailing. <ref>{{cite web|title=Nacra Celebrates 30 Years of Excellence in Catamaran Design and Construction|url=http://www.thebeachcats.com/news/view/Main/S/page/11/|website=thebeachcats.com|accessdate=5 September 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Nacra Sailing: Mission Statement|url=http://www.nacrasailing.com/mission-statement/|website=Nacra Sailing|accessdate=5 September 2016}}</ref>


NACRA is an acronym that stands for North American Catamaran Racing Association, and as the name implies, the company has remained primarily focused on racing catamarans from inception.<ref>{{cite web|last1=McMillan|first1=Roger|title=Nacra revolution - beach cats enjoy a return to the good old days|url=http://www.mysailing.com.au/boats/nacra-revolution-beach-cats-enjoy-a-return-to-the-good-old-days|website=mysailing.com.au|date=February 2016|publisher=Yaffa|accessdate=21 August 2017}}</ref>


== NACRA History ==
==History==
[[File:Billy Besson Marie Riou Nacra 17.jpg|thumb|[[Nacra 17]]]]
[[File:Nacra 17 sailing.jpg|thumb|[[Nacra 17]]]]
Nacra Sailing was founded by sailboat designer Tom Roland who had previously designed the Alpha Cat, an 18-foot beach cat, in 1970. After this he designed a 36-foot, oversized one design beach catamaran as part of venture to start a professional sailboat racing series. About 10 of these were built, but the racing series didn't turn out to be viable. The racing series was the original source of the NACRA acronym (North American Catamaran Racing Association), which was carried over when he decided to build a scaled down and more commercial version of his big one-design racer.<ref>{{cite web |title=NACRA 36 |url=https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/nacra-36 |website=SailboatData.com |access-date=12 May 2022}}</ref>


NACRA was founded by sailboat designer Tom Roland who had previously designed the Alpha Cat, an 18 foot beach cat, in 1970. In 1975 he launched the new company with the NACRA 5.2, a 17 foot beach cat, which was a very modern design that featured plumb bows, daggerboards, and a highly tunable sail plan with a fully battened loose-footed main sail. Many of the design elements of this first book were carried over to the later designs, including those commissioned by other designers later in the firms existence, as well as becoming common on other performance oriented catamarans. More recreational designs continued to use the simpler asymmetrical hull design of the early Hobie cats, or simple skeg designs, both of which provided easier beaching without risk of snapping protruding dagger boards.
In 1975 he launched the new company with the [[Nacra 5.2]], a 17-foot beach cat, which was an unusual design that featured plumb bows, [[daggerboard]]s, and a highly tunable sail plan with a fully battened loose-footed main sail.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Fishman|first1=Joanne A.|title=Multihull: Sports Car of the Sailing Set|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1978/05/01/archives/multihull-sports-car-of-the-sailing-set.html|accessdate=1 November 2017|work=The New York Times|date=1 May 1978}}</ref> Many of the design elements of this first boat were carried over to the later designs as well as becoming common on other performance oriented catamarans.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Museler|first1=Chris|title=For Experience, America's Cup Teams Turn to Newcomers|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/09/sports/sailing/in-americas-cups-foiling-transition-inexperience-can-be-a-bonus.html|accessdate=1 November 2017|work=The New York Times|date=8 May 2016}}</ref>


The company has gone through several ownership and name changes over the years, and acquired the competing Prindle brand in 1988. At that time the company operated under the name "Performance Catamarans" and relocated from Santa Barbara to Santa Ana, California. In 2007 the company was acquired by a group in the Netherlands and today operates as Nacra Sailing. An Australian-based licensee of Nacra Sailing has operated as NACRA Australasia since 1985 in Brisbane, Australia and also builds and races NACRA branded boats.<ref>{{cite web|title=Nacra Celebrates 30 Years of Excellence in Catamaran Design and Construction|url=http://www.thebeachcats.com/news/view/Main/S/page/11/|website=thebeachcats.com|accessdate=5 September 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Nacra Sailing: Mission Statement|url=http://www.nacrasailing.com/mission-statement/|website=Nacra Sailing|accessdate=5 September 2016}}</ref>
One of Roland's goals in starting NACRA was to build a professional match racing league using much larger one-desgin catamarans. This boat, the NACRA 36 is essentially a scaled up NACRA beach cat, with double the LOA of the typical 18 foot beach cat of the era. The NACRA name was meant to serve for both the boat Roland manufactured and the new racing league, thus the name North American Catamaran Racing Association. While 10 NACRA 36s were eventually constructed the racing league never took off, and the company soon focused on the design and construction of a series of small catamarans, most of which were designed for racing. <ref>{{cite journal|last1=Casey|first1=John|title=A Veteran Racer Tells of the Evolution and Performance of Beach Cats|journal=Sail Magazine|date=December 12, 2013|url=http://www.sailmagazine.com/multihulls/racing-multihulls/a-veteran-racer-tells-of-the-evolution-and-performance-of-beach-cats/|accessdate=4 September 2016}}</ref>


Nacra Sailing's 20 foot boats dominated the Worrell 1000, a race the New York Times described as "A Tour d'France on the Water", throughout the 1990s, and were selected as only the second one-design for the race in 2001.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Lloyd|first1=Barbara|title=A Tour de France, on Water|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/05/04/sports/boating-a-tour-de-france-on-water.html|accessdate=1 November 2017|work=The New York Times|date=4 May 1998}}</ref>
Prindle boats were originally designed by Geoff Prindle and manufactured by Surfglas Inc. beginning with the Prindle 16 in 1971. The company was sold a number of times in 1980s including to Lear SIegler<ref>{{cite web|title=IN RE O'DAY CORP.|url=http://www.leagle.com/decision/1991496126BR370_1415/IN%20RE%20O'DAY%20CORP.|website=leagle.com|accessdate=5 September 2016}}</ref> and eventually ended up as a brand of Performance Catamarans along with the NACRA brand. The Prindle brand today is owned by NACRA Sailing, but currently no boats are produced under that name.


In 2012 Nacra Sailing won the design competition held by [[World Sailing]], the world governing body for the sport of sailing recognized by the International Olympic Committee and the International Paralympic Committee, for a new Olympic racing catamaran, the [[Nacra 17]], which was used in the new for 2016 Olympic Mixed Multihull class, which requires one male and one female sailor per boat.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Nacra 17 - A History L:esson|url=http://www.sailing.org/olympics/rio2016/news/40396.php#.WZsCyFWGNC0|website=sailing.org|publisher=World Sailing}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Melvin|first1=Pete|title=The Choice|url=http://sailinganarchy.com/2012/05/04/the-choice/|website=Sailing Anarchy.com|publisher=Sailing Anarchy|accessdate=21 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=A Wild Beast to Tame: Olympic Nacra 17 Sailing|url=https://www.sailmagazine.com/racing/rio-2016-olympics-nacra-17-sailing-video|website=SailMagazine.com|publisher=Sail Magazine|accessdate=21 August 2017}}</ref> In 2017 it was announced that a modified version of the boat with [[sailing hydrofoil|foiling]] capability will be used in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Nelson|first1=Gunnar|title=World Sailing confirms Nacra 17 Foiling version for Tokyo 2020|url=http://www.catsailingnews.com/2016/11/world-sailing-confirms-nacra-17-foiling.html|website=catsailingnews.com|date=15 November 2016|publisher=Catamaran Racing News and Design|accessdate=21 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Wong|first1=Jonathan|title=Perfecting their craft|url=http://www.straitstimes.com/sport/perfecting-their-craft|accessdate=1 November 2017|work=The Straits Times|publisher=Singapore Press Holdings Ltd|date=18 Oct 2015}}</ref>
==Current and notable past models==


In 2015 the [[Nacra 15]] was adopted by World Sailing as a Youth World Championships class, as well as a new class for the Youth Olympic Games.<ref>{{cite web|title=Youth World Sailing Championship – Multihull selection|url=http://www.sailing.org.au/youth-world-sailing-championship-multihull-selection/|website=sailing.org.au|publisher=Australian Sailing|accessdate=21 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Johnson|first1=Tim|title=Nacra 15 selected as the next Youth multihull|url=http://www.yachtsandyachting.com/news/187121/Nacra-15-selected-as-the-next-Youth-multihull|website=Yachts and Yachting .com|publisher=YY Online Services Ltd|accessdate=21 August 2017}}</ref> In 2016 British RYA selected the Nacra 15 as their new Youth Multihull boat, as well.<ref>{{cite web|title=British Youth Sailing excited by Catamaran challenge|url=http://www.rya.org.uk/newsevents/news/Pages/british-youth-sailing-team-committed-to-catamaran-challenge.aspx|website=RYA.org.uk|accessdate=21 August 2017}}</ref>

Recent catamarans built by Nacra Sailing have included rudders and daggerboards shaped to facilitate hydofoiling at higher speeds, among the first commercial sail boats to offer this feature.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Evans|first1=Jeremy|title=Nacra 20 Carbon|url=http://www.sailmagazine.com/boat-reviews/nacra-20-carbon/|website=sailmagazine.com|publisher=Sail Magazine|accessdate=5 September 2016|ref=June 17, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Foiling Feeds the Mid-Life Crisis|url=http://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/2015/06/02/foiling-feeds-the-mid-life-crisis/|website=Scuttlebutt Sailing News|date=2 June 2015|publisher=Inbox Communications, Inc|ref=June 2nd, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Heppell|first1=Toby|title=Boat test: Nacra 15|url=http://www.yachtsandyachting.co.uk/equipment/boat-tests/kitten-off-leash/|website=Yachts and Yachting Magazine|date=November 2016|publisher=The Chelsea Magazine Company|accessdate=21 August 2017}}</ref>

==Current and notable past models==


{| class=wikitable align=center
{| class=wikitable align=center
!! Model !! [[ Length ]] !! [[ Beam ]] !! [[Weight ]] !! [[Intro Year]] !! [[Current ]] !! [[Race Crew]] !! [[Description]] !! [[Designer]]
! Model !! Length !! [[Beam (nautical)|Beam]] !! Weight !! Intro year !! Current production !! Race crew !! [[Description]] !! [[Designer]]
|-
|-
| NACRA 5.2 || 17' || 8' || 350 lbs|| 1975 || no || 2 ||distinctive plumb bow || Tom Roland
| [[NACRA 5.2]] || 17' || 8.2' || 350 lbs|| 1975 || no || 2 ||distinctive plumb bow || Tom Roland
|-
| NACRA Blast || 16' || 8' || 350 lbs|| 2001 || no || 2 || designed at ISAF Youth Catamaran || Tom Roland
|-
|-
| NACRA 36 || 36.75' || 16' || || 1975 || no|| 3+ || only 10 built|| Tom Roland
| NACRA 36 || 36.75' || 16' || || 1975 || no|| 3+ || only 10 built|| Tom Roland
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| NACRA 18 Square || 18' || 11' || || 1979 || no || 1 || distinctive 11 foot beam, uni rig|| Tom Roland
| NACRA 18 Square || 18' || 11' || || 1979 || no || 1 || distinctive 11 foot beam, uni rig|| Tom Roland
|-
|-
| NACRA 5.5 Sloop || 18' || 11' || || 1984 || no ||2 || same hulls as 18 Square || Tom Roland
| NACRA 5.5 Sloop || 18' || 8.5' || || 1984 || no ||2 || same hulls as 18 Square || Tom Roland
|-
|-
| NACRA 5.8 || 19' || 8.5' || || || no || 2 || large 1 design fleet in Australia||
| NACRA 5.5 Uni || 18' || 8.5' || || 1984 || no || 1 || same hulls as 18 Square || Tom Roland
|-
|-
| NACRA 6.0 || 20' || 8.5' |||| ~1996 || no ||2 || ||
| NACRA 5.0 || 16.4 || 8.' || || 1985 || no || 2 || boardless, boomless main ||
|-
|-
| NACRA F17 || 17' || 8' || || || no || 1|| ||
| NACRA 5.7 || 18.5 || 8.5' ||375 lbs ||1984 || no || 2 || boardless, boomless main ||
|-
|-
| NACRA 5.8 || 19' || 8' ||390 lbs || 1982|| yes (Australia) || 2 || large 1 design fleet|| Roy Seaman
| NACRA Inter20 || 20' || 8.5' || || || no || 2|| Worell 1000 boat, 2001<ref>{{cite web|title=Model of catamaran used in Worrell 1000 under fire|url=http://savannahnow.com/stories/051301/SPTworrell.shtml#.V83KxRSTVz8|website=Savannah Now|publisher=Savannah Morning News|accessdate=5 September 2016|ref=May 13, 2001}}</ref> ||
|-
|-
| NACRA F18 Infusion || 18' || 8.5' || || || yes || 2 || Formula 18 || Morrelli Melvin
| NACRA 6.0 || 20' || 8.5' |||| 1988 || no ||2 || designed for Worrell 1000 || Roy Seaman
|-
|-
| NACRA 16 || 16' || 8.5' || || ||yes ||1 or 2 || Formula 16 || Morrelli Melvin
| NACRA Inter F17 || 17' || 8' || || || no || 1 or 2|| Unirig with spinnaker or double handed sloop with spinnaker ||
|-
|-
| NACRA 17 || 17' || 8.2' || || ||yes || 2 || Olympic Mixed Multihull from 2016 || Morrelli Melvin
| NACRA Inter 18 || 18' || 8.5' || || 1995 || no || 2 || Nacra's 1st [[Formula 18]] || Morrelli & Melvin
|-
|-
| [[NACRA Inter 20]] || 20' || 8.5' ||410 lbs || || no || 2|| Worrell 1000 one-design, 2001<ref>{{cite web|title=Model of catamaran used in Worrell 1000 under fire|url=http://savannahnow.com/stories/051301/SPTworrell.shtml#.V83KxRSTVz8|website=Savannah Now|publisher=Savannah Morning News|accessdate=5 September 2016|ref=May 13, 2001}}</ref> ||
| NACRA 15 || 15' || 7.7' || || ||yes || 2 || ISAF Youth Multihull from 2016 ||
|-
|-
| NACRA F-18 || 18' || 8.5' || || 2001 || no || 2 || Nacra's 2nd [[Formula 18]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sailingworld.com/sailboats/nacra-f-18-2002-boty-high-performance-day-racer/|title=Nacra F-18- 2002 BOTY High-Performance Day Racer|date=25 October 2001 }}</ref> ||
| NACRA F20 Carbon FCS || 20.3' || 10.5' || || ||yes ||2 || foiling design, Formula 20 || Morrelli & Melvin
|-
|-
| [[NACRA F-18 Infusion]] || 18' || 8.5' || || 2005 || yes || 2 || Nacra's 3rd [[Formula 18]],<ref>{{cite web|last1=Evans|first1=Jeremy|title=Y&Y Test: NACRA Infusion|url=http://www.nacrasailing.com/wp-content/uploads/pdf/yachts-yachting-magazine-nacra-f18-infusion-test.pdf|website=nacrasailing.com|publisher=Yachts and Yachting Magazine|accessdate=21 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=F18: Nacra Infusion MKII|url=http://www.catsailingnews.com/2011/02/f18-nacra-infusion-mkii.html|website=catsailingnews.com|date=16 February 2011 |publisher=Catamaran Racing News & Design}}</ref> three different generations were produced, including a convertible full foiling version|| Morrelli & Melvin
| NACRA 460 || 14.8' || 7.7' || ||2004 ||yes ||2 || recreational, no boards, three sail plans ||
|-
|-
| NACRA 500 || 16.4' || 8' || || 1998 ||yes ||2 ||recreational, no boards, three sail plans ||
| [[NACRA F-18 Evolution]]|| 18' || 8.5' || || 2020 || yes || 2 || Nacra's 4th [[Formula 18]]||
|-
|-
| NACRA 570 || 19.7' || 8' || || 1998 || yes ||2 || recreational, no boards, three sail plans ||
| [[NACRA F16]] || 16' || 8.5' || || 2011 || yes ||1 or 2 || [[Formula 16]] || Morrelli & Melvin
|-
|-
| [[Nacra 17|NACRA 17]] MKI || 17' || 8.2' || || 2012 || no || 2 || Olympic Mixed Multihull for 2016, curved boards, non-foiling || Morrelli & Melvin
|-
| [[Nacra 17|NACRA 17]] MkII || 17' || 8.2' || || 2018 || yes || 2 || Olympic Mixed Multihull from 2020, full foiling || Morrelli & Melvin
|-
| [[Nacra 15|NACRA 15]] || 15' || 7.7' || || 2015 || yes || 2 || ISAF Youth Multihull from 2016 || Morrelli & Melvin
|-
| [[NACRA F20 Carbon]] || 20.3' || 10.5' ||401 lbs || 2010 || yes ||2 || C-board, Skimming design with kick up rudders, Not Formula 20 compliant || Morrelli & Melvin
|-
| [[NACRA F20 Carbon FCS]] || 20.3' || 10.5' ||445 lbs || 2014 || yes ||2 || Full foiling design with J-boards and T-foil rudders || Morrelli & Melvin
|-
|NACRA 350
|11.4′
|6.8′
|
|
|yes
|1 or 2
|recreational, no boards, youth
|Ross guinea
|-
|NACRA 430
|14.1′
|7.5′
|
|
|yes
|1 or 2
|recreational, no boards, racer, three sail plans
|Ross guinea
|-
|NACRA 4.5
|14.7′
|8.0′
|
|
|yes
|1 or 2
|recreational, no boards, racer, furling jib
|Ross guinea
|-
| NACRA 460 || 14.8' || 7.7' || ||2004 || yes || na || recreational, no boards, three sail plans ||
|-
| NACRA 500 || 16.4' || 8' || || 1998 || yes ||na ||recreational, no boards, three sail plans ||
|-
| NACRA 570 || 18.5' || 8' || || 1998 || yes ||na || recreational, no boards, three sail plans ||
|}
|}

==See also==
* [[List of multihulls]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Nacra Sailing}}
* [http://www.nacrasailing.com/ Nacra Sailing - Official website]

{{Nacra Sailing}}

[[Category:Nacra Sailing]]

Latest revision as of 13:48, 16 September 2024

Nacra Sailing
Company typePrivately held company
IndustryBoat building
Founded1975
FounderTom Roland
Headquarters
Scheveningen
,
Netherlands
ProductsCatamarans
Websitewww.nacrasailing.com

Nacra Sailing is a Dutch company that manufactures a line of small catamaran sailboats, or beachcats.[1] NACRA was founded in 1975 to tap into the market created by Hobie Alter the founder of Hobie Cat, and several other companies offering small fiberglass catamarans designed to be sailed off the beach by a crew of one or two.

NACRA is an acronym that stands for North American Catamaran Racing Association, and as the name implies, the company has remained primarily focused on racing catamarans from inception.[2]

History

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Nacra 17
Nacra 17

Nacra Sailing was founded by sailboat designer Tom Roland who had previously designed the Alpha Cat, an 18-foot beach cat, in 1970. After this he designed a 36-foot, oversized one design beach catamaran as part of venture to start a professional sailboat racing series. About 10 of these were built, but the racing series didn't turn out to be viable. The racing series was the original source of the NACRA acronym (North American Catamaran Racing Association), which was carried over when he decided to build a scaled down and more commercial version of his big one-design racer.[3]

In 1975 he launched the new company with the Nacra 5.2, a 17-foot beach cat, which was an unusual design that featured plumb bows, daggerboards, and a highly tunable sail plan with a fully battened loose-footed main sail.[4] Many of the design elements of this first boat were carried over to the later designs as well as becoming common on other performance oriented catamarans.[5]

The company has gone through several ownership and name changes over the years, and acquired the competing Prindle brand in 1988. At that time the company operated under the name "Performance Catamarans" and relocated from Santa Barbara to Santa Ana, California. In 2007 the company was acquired by a group in the Netherlands and today operates as Nacra Sailing. An Australian-based licensee of Nacra Sailing has operated as NACRA Australasia since 1985 in Brisbane, Australia and also builds and races NACRA branded boats.[6][7]

Nacra Sailing's 20 foot boats dominated the Worrell 1000, a race the New York Times described as "A Tour d'France on the Water", throughout the 1990s, and were selected as only the second one-design for the race in 2001.[8]

In 2012 Nacra Sailing won the design competition held by World Sailing, the world governing body for the sport of sailing recognized by the International Olympic Committee and the International Paralympic Committee, for a new Olympic racing catamaran, the Nacra 17, which was used in the new for 2016 Olympic Mixed Multihull class, which requires one male and one female sailor per boat.[9][10][11] In 2017 it was announced that a modified version of the boat with foiling capability will be used in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.[12][13]

In 2015 the Nacra 15 was adopted by World Sailing as a Youth World Championships class, as well as a new class for the Youth Olympic Games.[14][15] In 2016 British RYA selected the Nacra 15 as their new Youth Multihull boat, as well.[16]

Recent catamarans built by Nacra Sailing have included rudders and daggerboards shaped to facilitate hydofoiling at higher speeds, among the first commercial sail boats to offer this feature.[17][18][19]

Current and notable past models

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Model Length Beam Weight Intro year Current production Race crew Description Designer
NACRA 5.2 17' 8.2' 350 lbs 1975 no 2 distinctive plumb bow Tom Roland
NACRA Blast 16' 8' 350 lbs 2001 no 2 designed at ISAF Youth Catamaran Tom Roland
NACRA 36 36.75' 16' 1975 no 3+ only 10 built Tom Roland
NACRA 18 Square 18' 11' 1979 no 1 distinctive 11 foot beam, uni rig Tom Roland
NACRA 5.5 Sloop 18' 8.5' 1984 no 2 same hulls as 18 Square Tom Roland
NACRA 5.5 Uni 18' 8.5' 1984 no 1 same hulls as 18 Square Tom Roland
NACRA 5.0 16.4 8.' 1985 no 2 boardless, boomless main
NACRA 5.7 18.5 8.5' 375 lbs 1984 no 2 boardless, boomless main
NACRA 5.8 19' 8' 390 lbs 1982 yes (Australia) 2 large 1 design fleet Roy Seaman
NACRA 6.0 20' 8.5' 1988 no 2 designed for Worrell 1000 Roy Seaman
NACRA Inter F17 17' 8' no 1 or 2 Unirig with spinnaker or double handed sloop with spinnaker
NACRA Inter 18 18' 8.5' 1995 no 2 Nacra's 1st Formula 18 Morrelli & Melvin
NACRA Inter 20 20' 8.5' 410 lbs no 2 Worrell 1000 one-design, 2001[20]
NACRA F-18 18' 8.5' 2001 no 2 Nacra's 2nd Formula 18[21]
NACRA F-18 Infusion 18' 8.5' 2005 yes 2 Nacra's 3rd Formula 18,[22][23] three different generations were produced, including a convertible full foiling version Morrelli & Melvin
NACRA F-18 Evolution 18' 8.5' 2020 yes 2 Nacra's 4th Formula 18
NACRA F16 16' 8.5' 2011 yes 1 or 2 Formula 16 Morrelli & Melvin
NACRA 17 MKI 17' 8.2' 2012 no 2 Olympic Mixed Multihull for 2016, curved boards, non-foiling Morrelli & Melvin
NACRA 17 MkII 17' 8.2' 2018 yes 2 Olympic Mixed Multihull from 2020, full foiling Morrelli & Melvin
NACRA 15 15' 7.7' 2015 yes 2 ISAF Youth Multihull from 2016 Morrelli & Melvin
NACRA F20 Carbon 20.3' 10.5' 401 lbs 2010 yes 2 C-board, Skimming design with kick up rudders, Not Formula 20 compliant Morrelli & Melvin
NACRA F20 Carbon FCS 20.3' 10.5' 445 lbs 2014 yes 2 Full foiling design with J-boards and T-foil rudders Morrelli & Melvin
NACRA 350 11.4′ 6.8′ yes 1 or 2 recreational, no boards, youth Ross guinea
NACRA 430 14.1′ 7.5′ yes 1 or 2 recreational, no boards, racer, three sail plans Ross guinea
NACRA 4.5 14.7′ 8.0′ yes 1 or 2 recreational, no boards, racer, furling jib Ross guinea
NACRA 460 14.8' 7.7' 2004 yes na recreational, no boards, three sail plans
NACRA 500 16.4' 8' 1998 yes na recreational, no boards, three sail plans
NACRA 570 18.5' 8' 1998 yes na recreational, no boards, three sail plans

See also

[edit]

References

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  1. ^ Nacra Sailing (2019). "Contact". nacrasailing.com. Archived from the original on 7 October 2020. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
  2. ^ McMillan, Roger (February 2016). "Nacra revolution - beach cats enjoy a return to the good old days". mysailing.com.au. Yaffa. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
  3. ^ "NACRA 36". SailboatData.com. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
  4. ^ Fishman, Joanne A. (1 May 1978). "Multihull: Sports Car of the Sailing Set". The New York Times. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  5. ^ Museler, Chris (8 May 2016). "For Experience, America's Cup Teams Turn to Newcomers". The New York Times. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  6. ^ "Nacra Celebrates 30 Years of Excellence in Catamaran Design and Construction". thebeachcats.com. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  7. ^ "Nacra Sailing: Mission Statement". Nacra Sailing. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
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