Complete Beginners Start to Sail Nacra 17

One of my first GoPro Clips back from 2015. My Grandfather bought me the then new GoPro Hero 3+ for skiing. Never used it for skiing but for some catamaran action. We had just finished one season in the Formula 18 class as we switched to the non foiling Nacra 17. It was pretty dang hard! Especially double trapezing downwind. Not the downwind itself but going out on the wire after a gybe was a big challenge back then. The biggest difference between the Formula 18 class and the Nacra 17 class is that the F18 class is mainly for amateurs and in the N17 there are only pros aiming for an olympic medal. The F18 class is somewhat more helpful and kind. You can ask other sailors how to sail the boat. In the N17 everybody just mind their own business. Not that the N17 sailors are unfriendly but it is their job to sail and to perform, not their hobby. So one of our biggest mistakes was that we did not book a coach to help us learning the lines on our new boat. No one told us to pull the daggerboards downwind to make it easier, no one told Daniel how to go out on the wire downwind. A coach makes it way easier to start in a new class. But figuring out how a new boat works at your own can gives you a deep understanding and it certainly helps you to understand where people who are just starting out might have some issues. As you can see in the videos we did have them ourselves and we figured out how to overcome them. All PURE Sailing TBT Videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKMQLLS7F28&list=PLK_tHYFtt8SwKC6gFc-OF40osgZp2o2gL Equipment Used (Affiliate link): Go Pro 7: https://amzn.to/3b7rYUb ? Subscribe: https://bit.ly/2T4lPhJ ? Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/born2sail.at/ ? Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sailing2.0/ ? Newsletter: https://bit.ly/2PyaUgq