Sailing World Championships

The Sailing World Championships are a world championships organized by International Sailing Federation (ISAF). All Class that are member of the International Sailing Federation may hold class world championships in addition to those initialed by the organisation.

World Championships

ISAF championships

Championship EventHeld Current holder EditionsRef
ISAF Sailing World Championships Men/Women/Mixed 2003– Champions in ten disciplines 4
ISAF Youth Sailing World Championships Boys/Girls/Open/Mixed 1971– Champions in eight disciplines 42
ISAF Team Racing World Championship Open 1995– 9
ISAF Offshore Team Racing World Championship Open 2004– 5
ISAF Open Match Racing World Championship Open 1988– United Kingdom Ian Williams (2015) 24
ISAF Women's Match World Championship Women 1999– Spain Echegoyen, Toro, Gonzalez, Lobato & Cacabelos (2013) 14
ISAF Youth Match Racing World Championships Open 2014– Australia Sam Gilmour (2015) 2
IYRU Women's World Championships Women no longer held

Class championships

Current Olympic disciplines are displayed in a khaki color. Former Olympic disciplines are in pale green.

Category Class Championship Event Held Current holder Editions Ref
Centreboard 29er 29er World Championships Open 2000– Australia O'Connell & Siganto (2015) 16 (2015) [1][2]
29erXX Open 2012– no longer held [3]
420 420 World Championships Open Spain Ruiz Luque & Dávila (2014) [4]
Women Italy Omari & Russo Cirillo (2014) [4]
470 470 World Championships Men 2003– Australia Belcher & Ryan (2014) 10
Women 1985– Austria Vadlau & Ogar (2014) 27
Open 1970–1984 no longer held 13
Men/Mixed 1985–2002 no longer held 17
470 World Junior Championships Junior Open 1999– Spain Xammar & Herp (2014) 12 [5]
Junior Women 1999– France Lemaitre & Retornaz (2014) 12 [5]
49er 49er & 49er FX World Championships Men 1997– New Zealand Burling & Tuke (2014) 16
49er & 49er FX World Junior Championships Junior Austria Bildstein & Hussl (2015) [6]
49er FX 49er & 49er FX World Championships Women 2013– Brazil Grael & Kunze (2014) 2
49er & 49er FX World Junior Championships Junior Netherlands Kisters & Hummel (2015) [7]
505 505 World Championships Open 1956– United Kingdom Holt & Smit (2015) 60 (2015) [8]
B14 B14 World Championships Open 1998– United Kingdom Harrisson & Ratcliffe (2013) [9]
Byte Byte World Championships Men Hungary Jonatan Vadnai (2014) [10]
Women Netherlands Odile van Aanholt (2014) [10]
Buzz Buzz World Championships Open no longer held [3]
Cadet Cadet World Championships Open Ukraine Lvov & Ymenko (2013) [11]
Contender Contender World Championships Open 1970– Australia Mark Bulka (2014) 42 (2014) [12]
Enterprise Enterprise World Championships Open United Kingdom Craig & Clark (2007) [13]
Europe Europe World Championships Open 1966–1977 no longer held
Men 1978– Norway Lars Brodtkorb (2015)
Women 1978– Denmark Anna Livbjerg (2015)
Finn Finn Gold Cup Men 1956– United Kingdom Giles Scott (2014) 59 (2014)
Finn Silver Cup Youth 1999– Denmark Anders Pedersen (2014) 16 (2014) [14]
Masters
Fireball Fireball World Championships
Flying Dutchman Flying Dutchman World Championships Open 1956– Hungary Majthényi & Domokos (2015) 53 (2015)
Flying Junior Netherlands Sol & Gründken (2013) [15]
GP14 United Kingdom Dobson & Tunnicliffe (2014) [16]
Int. 14 Open United Kingdom Massey & Wilsdon (2014) [17]
ISO ISO World Championships Open no longer held [3]
Laser Laser World Championships Men 1974– United Kingdom Nick Thompson (2015) 34 [18]
Laser U-21 World Championships Men U21 United Kingdom Lorenzo Brando Chiavarini (2014) [19]
Laser Masters World Championships Masters
Laser 4.7 Laser 4.7 World Championships Boys 2002– France Alexandre Boite (2014) 11 [20]
Girls 2002– Switzerland Asya Luvisetto (2014) 11 [20]
Laser 2 Laser 2 World Championships Open Germany Krenz & Gerdum (2013) [21]
Laser Radial Men's Laser Radial World Championships Men Poland Marcin Rudawski (2015) [22]
Women's Laser Radial World Championships Women 1989– Netherlands Marit Bouwmeester (2014) 23 [23]
Laser World U-21 Championships Women U21 Poland Agata Barwinska (2014) [23]
Laser World Youth Championships Boys Spain Joel Rodriguez (2014) [23]
Girls Finland Monika Mikkola (2014) [23]
Laser Masters World Championships Masters
Laser Vago Laser Vago World Championships no longer held [3]
Lightning Lightning World Championships Brazil de Santa Ritta e Rondina, Hackerott & Sylvestre (2014) [24]
Mirror Mirror World Championships South Africa Robinson & Robinson (2013) [25]
Moth Moth World Championships Open 1973– New Zealand Peter Burling (2015) [26]
Musto Performance Skiff Musto Performance Skiff World Championships Australia Jon Newman (sailor) (2015) [27]
OK Dinghy OK Dinghy World Championships 1963– New Zealand Matt Stechmann (2013) [28]
O'pen BIC O'pen BIC World Championships
Optimist Optimist World Championships Switzerland Nicolas Rolaz (2014) [29]
RS100 RS100 World Championships
RS500 RS500 World Championships
RS Tera RS Tera World Championships
RS Feva RS Feva World Championships
Snipe Snipe World Championships Open 1934– Brazil Tavares & Carvalho (2015) 47 (2015) [30]
Youth 1973– Spain Lopez Montoya & Belmonte Cuenca (2015) 23 (2015) [31]
Masters 1986– Japan Sugiyama & Kaneda (2014) 15 (2014) [32]
Women 1994– Argentina Salerno & Salerno (2014) 11 (2014) [33]
Splash Splash World Championships
Sunfish Sunfish World Championships
Tasar Tasar World Championships Australia Chris Dance & Peter Hackett [34]
Topper Topper World Championships
Vaurien Vaurien World Championships
Zoom 8 Zoom 8 World Championships
Keelboat 11:Metre One Design 11:Metre One Design World Championships Open 1997–2010 no longer held [3]
12 Metre 12 Metre World Championships Open 1979– United States Kiwi Magic (2009)
2.4 Metre 2.4 Metre World Championships Open 1993– Sweden Stellan Berlin (2014) [35]
Disabled Germany Heiko Kroeger (2014) [35]
5.5 Metre 5.5 Metre World Championships Open 1961– Norway Nergaard, Solli Sæther & Barne (2015) 53 (2015)
6 Metre 6 Metre World Championships Open 1973– France Marilley, Berthoud, Schadegg, Dürr & Nicole (2015)
8 Metre 8 Metre World Championships Open 1970– Netherlands Fruytier & van Hilst (2014) [36]
Access 2.3 Access 2.3 World Championships Australia Angus MacGregor (2012) [37]
Access 303 Access 303 World Championships Australia Ennis & Leydon (2012) [38]
Access Liberty Access Liberty World Championships Australia Gregory Hyde (2012) [39]
Dragon Dragon World Championships Open 1965– United Arab Emirates Braslavets, Mirchuk & Timokhov (2015) 26 (2015)
Etchells Etchells World Championships United States Hardesty, Canfield, Roble & Eagan (2014) [40]
Flying 15 Flying 15 World Championships United Kingdom Vials & Turner (2013) [41]
H-boat H-boat World Championships Open 1980– Denmark Høj Jensen, Dahl Hansen & Guhle (2015)
IOD IOD World Championships no longer held [3]
J/22 J/22 World Championships South Africa Rae, Verhovert & Spilhaus (2013) [42]
J/24 J/24 World Championships United States Welles, Bowen, Lawrence, Rabin & Turney (2014) [43]
J/70 J/70 World Championships United States Healy, Abdullah, Becker & Borges (2014) [44]
J/80 J/80 World Championships United States Keane, Mcnay, Weed & Wolfs (2014) [45]
Melges 20 Melges 20 World Championships United States Kilroy, Goodison & Reynolds (2014) [46]
Melges 24 Melges 24 World Championships Italy Favini, Benussi, Albrizzi, Rizzi & Dal Ferro (2014) [47]
Melges 32 Melges 32 World Championships United States Carroll, Appleton, Barlow, Kotoun, Kuschner, Landy, Norris & Wehrheim (2014) [48]
Micro Micro World Championships Poland Tarnacki, Becker & Mongird (2013) [49]
Platu 25 (Beneteau 25) Platu 25 World Championships Italy Lanera, Montefusco, Montefusco, de Felice & Valenti (2014) [50]
RC44 RC44 World Championships Russia Liubomirov, Ivaldi, Barovier, Ikonnikov, Mantovani, Krivov & Liubomirova (2014) 4 (2014)
SB20 (Laser SB3) SB20 World Championships Russia Neugodnikov, Musikhin & Kuznetsov (2014) [51]
Shark 24 Shark 24 World Championships Canada Piper, Nelson & Clark (2013) [52]
Soling Soling World Championships 1969– Hungary Farkas, Vezér & Csaba (2015) 45 (2015)
Sonar Sonar World Championships
Star Star World Championships Men 1923– Germany Stanjek & Kleen (2014) 92 (2014)
Tempest Tempest World Championships
Ultimate 20 Ultimate 20 World Championships no longer held [3]
Yngling Open Netherlands Haven, van Arem & van der Werf (2014) [53]
Women
Multihull A-Class
C Class Cat C Class Cat World Championships Open no longer held [3]
Dart 18
Extreme 40 Extreme 40 World Championships Open no longer held
Formula 16
Formula 18
Hobie 14
Hobie 16
Hobie 17 no longer held [3]
Hobie 18 no longer held [3]
Hobie Dragoon
Hobie Tiger
Hobie Wildcat
Nacra 17 Nacra 17 World Championships Mixed 2013– France Besson & Riou (2015) 2
Nacra F18 no longer held [3]
Nacra Infusion
SL 16
Topcat K1
Tornado Tornado World Championships Open 1968– Greece Paschalidis & Trigonis (2015) 45
Mixed 2010– Germany Gäbler & Gäbler (2015) 1
Viper F16
Boards Aloha no longer held [3]
Division I no longer held [3]
Division II no longer held [3]
Division III no longer held [3]
Formula 42 no longer held [3]
Formula Experience Open Argentina Gonzalo Costa Hoevel (2013) [54]
Formula Kite Formula Kite World Championships Men France Maxime Nocher (2014) [55]
Women Russia Elena Kalinina (2014) [55]
Formula Windsurfing Formula Windsurfing World Championships Open United Kingdom Ross Williams (2014) [56]
Youth Estonia Karl-Erik Saarm (2014) [56]
Masters Latvia Janis Preiss (2014) [56]
Funboard Open Slalom Netherlands Ben van der Steen (2014) [57]
Kona United States Rasmus Sayre (2014) [58]
Lechner A-390 Lechner A-390 World Championships Men 1989–1992 no longer held [3][59]
Women 1989–1992 no longer held [3][60]
Mistral Mistral World Championships Men 1986– Hong Kong Cheng Kwok Fai (2006) [61]
Women 1986– China Wang Shuijia (2006) [62]
Mistral Junior no longer held [3]
Raceboard Men Poland Maksymilian Wojcik (2013) [63]
Women Latvia Vita Matise (2013) [63]
RS:One Men Philippines Geylord Coveta (2012) [64]
Women Spain Marina Alabau Neira (2012) [64]
Junior Men Hong Kong Chun Ting Lee (2012) [64]
RS:X RS:X World Championships Men 2005– France Julien Bontemps (2014) 7
Women 2005– France Charline Picon (2014) 7
Techno 293 Men France Tom Arnoux (2014) [65]
Women Italy Giorgia Speciale (2014) [65]
Boys Italy Carlo Ciabatti (2014) [65]
Girls France Lucie Pianazza (2014) [65]
Windglider no longer held [3]
Yachts Class 40 Class 40 World Championships Open Spain Botin, Piris Turner, Santurde Del Arco, Ortiz Deurbina, Lopez-Doriga, Carrion & Ruigomez (2012) [66]
Farr 30 (Mumm 30) Farr 30 World Championships Open Germany Brüning (2014)
Farr 40 Farr 40 World Championships Open Italy Rossi, Bagnaschi, Caracci, Cassinari, Fantini, Fiaschi, Figlia di Granara, Mascino, Strappati & Vascotto (2013) [67]
Farr 45 (Corel 45) Farr 45 World Championships Open no longer held [3]
Farr Maxi One Design no longer held [3]
IMOCA 60 IMOCA 60 World Championships Open
J/111 J/111 World Championships
Maxi 72 Maxi 72 World Championships Open United States Bella Mente (2015) [68]
Mumm 36 Mumm 36 World Championships no longer held [3]
Open 50 Open 50 World Championships Open no longer held [3]
ORMA 60 ORMA 60 World Championships Open no longer held [3]
Soto 40 Soto 40 World Championships
Swan 45 Swan 45 World Championships Open Germany Brandis, Maehlmann, Hampe, Schümann, Paez, Molloy, Howar, von Schumann, Fricke, Wilcken, Kramer-Liebau & Zenker (2014) [69]
Swan 60 Swan 60 World Championships Open Russia Liubomirov, Chieffi, Innocenti, Wysocki, Arseniev, Novi, Galli, Sergeev, Ikonnikov, Pavoni, Zennaro, Kulakov, Lagesse, Savenko, Klepikov, Liubomirova, Vasilev & Chelombitko (2014) [70]
Sydney 40 Sydney 40 World Championships Open no longer held
TP 52 TP 52 World Championships Open  United States (2014)
X-35 X-35 World Championships Open Italy Conte, Tortarolo, De Mari, de Felice, Chieffi, Sanchez, Cattai, Tonelli & Weber (2014) [71]
X-41 X-41 World Championships Open Finland Cantell (2014) [72]
X-99 X-99 World Championships Open 1997–2010 no longer held [3]
Radio sailing 10 Rater 10 Rater World Championships Open United Kingdom Graham Bantock (1999) [73]
A Class A Class World Championships Open United Kingdom Graham Bantock (2005) [74]
Marblehead Marblehead World Championships Open United Kingdom Bradley Gibson (2014) [75]
One Metre One Metre World Championships Open United Kingdom Bradley Gibson (2015) [76]

Other World Championships

#ClassEvent1st editionEditionsNotes
IRSA Events 10 rater
A Class
Marblehead
One Metre
IFDS Events Skud 18 Mixed
2.4 Metre
Sonar
Blind Sailing
Offshore Racing Congress

Multiple World Champions

This is not a complete list but the following are known to have won eight or more World Championship titles.

Titles Name Country Class(es)
13[77] Robert Scheidt  Brazil Laser (1995, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2013)
Star (2007, 2011, 2012)
Youth Worlds (1991)
13[78][79] Paul Elvstrøm  Denmark 5.5 (1967)
505 (1957, 1959)
Dragon
Finn (1958, 1959)
Flying Duthman (1962)
Soling (1969, 1974)
Star (1966, 1967)
Snipe (1959)
Half Ton
12[80] Glenn Ashby  Australia A Class (1996, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010)
F18 (2004, 2005, 2007)
Tornado (2006, 2008)
11[81] Ben Ainslie  Great Britain Laser Radial (1993)
Laser (1998, 1999)
Finn (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2012)
Youth Worlds (1995)
Match Racing (2010)
9 Christian Schafer  Germany Tempest (1992, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2011)
9 Darren Bundock  Australia Formula 16 (2011)
Formula 18 (2005, 2007)
Tornado (1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2008)
8 Eduardo Cordero  Venezuela Sunfish (1993, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004)
8 Graham Bantock  Great Britain 10 Rater (1999)
A Class (2005)
One Metre (1994, 1999)
Marblehead (1992, 1994, 1996, 1998)

Notes

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    56. 1 2 3 "Classes & Equipment - ISAF - World Sailing - Official Website : Formula Windsurfing". sailing.org.
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    See also

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