The Spanish team led by the Pontevedrés Javi Echñavarri, has won second position in the first world championship of the class contested with ships with fils (Photo Didier Hillaire)

Fernando Echávarri and Tara Pacheco, have achieved silver in the World Championship of Nacra 17 that has ended in French waters. The other Spanish couple, made up of Iker Martínez and Olga Maslivets, have finished the World Cup in the ninth position.

In the course of the year, Echávarri and Pacheco have been on the podium in the five competitions in which they have participated. "This silver is the colophone to our season", said Echávarri. They managed to get the gold at the Princess Sofia Trophy, the Sailing World Cup Hyeres and the final of the World Sailing in Santander. Already with foyer ships, the Spanish have been subchampions in the European Championship in Kiel, Germany, and in the world that has ended today in the Great Motte, France.

The ship patrolled by Iker Martínez and tripulated by Olga Maslivets has finished the World Cup in ninth position. The Spanish team arrived at the medal race from the sixth square but in the final race they have decolorated after a collision with the Italian team Tita / Banti.

09 / 09 / 2017: Echávarri-Pacheco hold the silver in the absence of a day in the world of Nacra 17

The Nacra 17 World Championship keeps the excitement in the race for the medals until the last moment. Today, with the penultimate day dispute, there has been a new position dance on top 10. The first six are separated by only 21. Echávarri and Pacheco consolidate the second position and Martínez / Maslivets are five to three points from the third.

Fernando Echávarri and Tara Pacheco continue in the second drawer of the provisional podium of the World Championship of Nacra 17. Today, the Galician canary team has signed a first, a 19 (discarded) and a fifth. In total, they amount to 71 net points with which four of the British Ben Saxton and Katie Dabson, world leaders, are located. The podium, in the absence of a day of competition, is completed by the English team formed by John Gibson and Anna Brunet, with ten points less than the Spanish.

In the absence of a day to finish the 17 Nacra World Championship, Echávarri / Pacheco are seconds and Martínez / Maslivets quintos (Photo Didier Hillaire)

The other Spanish team that will fight for the medals is that of Iker Martínez and Olga Maslivets that has closed all three sleeves of the day with a 10, 8 and 21 (discarded). "In the finals everything is much tighter, there is more level in the fleet," has remarked the Basque pattern. Although they have fallen to the fifth position today, they keep the possibilities of getting a medal intact, as they only separate three points from the third classified.

Tomorrow, Sunday, September 10, the committee plans to complete the qualifying phase with the last three sleeves. In the afternoon, the ten best crews will be measured in the medal race, a final race of non-disposable double score, which will crown the world champions of the class Nacra 17 that this summer has premiered navigation with foils.

08 / 09 / 2017: Spain stalks gold in the World Cup of Nacra 17 in France

The first day of the final phase of the World Championship of Nacra 17 has been resolved in a brilliant way for two of the Spanish teams in liza. Fernando Echávarri and Tara Pacheco, who started the day from post 12, have climbed to the second drawer of the provisional podium. Iker Martínez and Olga Maslivets maintain the third position.

Yesterday Tara Pacheco recognized that she and Fernando Echávarri were not showing their "best" version in the water. "We have to analyze and do self-criticism," the crew said. Today the Galician canary duo has unfolded in the race field and has added to his particular locker a 5, 2, 3 with which they have catapulted to the second place. "At last, things have worked out for us today," Pacheco said. With six magnas ahead, plus the medal race, the canarian crew is clear: "In the gold group we cannot have mistakes, there is still a world."

Pacheco up to second position and martinez- Maslivets keep third square

Iker Martínez and Olga Maslivets have now completed a day of ups and downs with their worst numbers so far. However, they maintain the third position, only one point from their fellow Ejavarri / Pacheco and three from the first classified, the Italians Ruggero Tita and Caterina Banti. The Spanish team has started the day with a 14 in the first manga and has followed the day with a fifth and ninth position. "These races are very long, we must try not to have bad days," Martinez explained.

During the Princess Sofia Trophy, Martínez and Maslivets debuted as a team and since then had not been competing again together. Still, the sensations are positive for Iker: "Olga and I have not sailed much together but we see that we are better than we thought." In the absence of two days to finish the championship, the team maintains the third position of the provisional general. "This world is for us a test to know what level we have; when the world is over we will draw conclusions," points out the Basque pattern that is prudent.

Tomorrow Saturday, the committee plans to hold three more tests. On Sunday, September 10, the last day of the World Championship of Nacra 17 that is disputed at the Yacht Club la Grande Motte of France, the fleet will perform three other tests and the top ten classified will compete in the medal race, final race of non-disposable double score.