6 Metre World Cup

The 6 Metre World Championships are biennial international sailing regattas in the 6 Metre class organized by the International Six Metre Association.^[1]

The principal trophy is the Six Metre World Cup. Swedish sailor Pelle Petterson has won most titles, with three titles between 1977 and 1983. Swiss sailor Bernard Haissly and Swedish Carl-Gustaf Piehl, have two each.

The most championships has been won by Swedish sailors, on eight occasions, followed by Swiss sailors, three titles, and sailors of Canada and the United States (two each).

The International 6 Metre was an Olympic class from 1908 to 1952.

History

The first 6 Metre World Cup were held in Seattle in 1973.

Editions

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1973 Seattle	United States Tom Blackaller
1975 Sandhamn	Sweden Patric Fredell
1977 Marstrand	Sweden Pelle Pettersson
1979 Seattle	Sweden Pelle Pettersson
1981 Lake Constance	no champion decided
1983 Newport	Sweden Pelle Pettersson
1985 Cannes	Switzerland Philippe Dürr
1987 Oyster Bay	Great Britain Bruce Owen
1989 Marstrand	United States John Kostecki
1991 Torquay	Sweden Leif Carlsson
1993 Cannes	Italy Flavio Favini Toni Bassani
1995 Sandhamn	Sweden Carl-Gustav Piehl	Sweden Jacob Wallenberg	Sweden Thomas Lundqvist
1997 Cannes	Great Britain Bruce Owen Jonathan Howe Rob Lipsett Jonny Smallridge Guy Barron	Sweden Mats Johansson	Sweden Patric Fredell
1999 Hanko	Switzerland Bernard Haissly Nicolas Berthoud Christophe Megavand Jean Michel Pachoud Gerald Bechard	Finland Tom Jungell Henrik Lundberg Jari Bremer Mikael Blom Abe Kaakinen	Germany Dietrich Grünau Albert Batzill Eddy Eich Hannes Brochier Albert Diesch
2003 St.-Tropez	Sweden Carl-Gustav Piehl	Germany Dietrich Grünau Albert Batzill	Sweden John Michael Larsson
2005 Sandhamn	Courage IX (GER) Dietrich Grünau Albert Batzill Eddy Eich	Battlecry (GBR) Ben Clothier	Fleau (SUI) Bernard Haissly
2007 Cowes	Fleau (SUI) Bernard Haissly	Battlecry (GBR) Ben Clothier John Prentice	Courage IX (GER) Dietrich Grünau
2009 Newport	Sophie II (SWE) Hugo Stenbeck	Scoundrel (GBR) Rob Gray	Arunga (USA) Bob Cadranell
2011 Helsinki	Junior (FRA) Yann Marilley	May Be XIV (SWE) Patric Fredell	Sophie II (SWE) Hugo Stenbeck
2013 Flensburg	St. Francis IX (CAN) Ross MacDonald Andrew Costa Steve Kinsey Timothy Vogel Tony Griffin	Valhalla (GBR) Robert Smith John Pollard Nick Pearson Paul Smith Stephen Procter	Courage IX (GER) Albert Batzill Dietrich Grünau Albert Diensch Eddy Eich Hannes Brochier
2015 La Trinité-sur-Mer	Junior No Limit Yacht (FRA) Yann Marilley Nicolas Berthoud Kaspar Schadegg Philippe Dürr Alexandre Nicole	Sophie (SWE) Hugo Stenbeck	Blade (CAN) Steve Kinsey

See also

• ISAF Sailing World Championships
• International Sailing Federation

References

1. "Association Suisse 6mJI". 6metre.ch. Retrieved 2014-03-05.