2024 in sailing
2024 in sailing describes the year's events in sailing
Passing
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Ed Botterell (CAN) Olympian- William Alexander Abbott Snr. (CAN) Olympian and Boatbuilder
Tony Morgan (sailor) (GBR) Olympic Silver Medalists[1]
Major Offshore Sailing
[edit]- December 25, 2024 – January 2, 2025: Rolex 2024 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race[2]
- Middle Sea Race
World championships (INCOMPLETE)
[edit]| Event | Host | Winners | Participation | Ref. | ||||
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| Date | Title | Club | Country | Event | Winnder | Boats | Nats | |
| World Sailing Events | ||||||||
| 23-28 Sep | Offshore Double Handed World Championship |  |
 France
|
Mixed |  Maggie Adamson (GBR) Cal Finlayson (GBR) |
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| 22-28 Jun | Blind Match Racing World Championship | |
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| 24 Nov | eSailing World Championship | Open | Arthur Farley (GBR) |
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| 27 Nov - 2 Dec | Youth Match Racing World Championship | Jeddah Yacht Club |
 United Arab Emirates
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 Cruising Yacht Club of AustraliaCole Tapper Hamish Vass Jack Frewin Chelsea Williams Joel Beashel |
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| 3-8 Dec | Women’s Match Racing World Championship | Jeddah Yacht Club |
United Arab Emirates
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Female | Pauline Courtois (FRA) Maëlenn Lemaitre (FRA) Louise Acker (FRA) Sophie Faguet (FRA) Laurane Mettraux (FRA)
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| 13-20 Jul | Youth Sailing World Championships | Fraglia Vela Riva |
 ItalyLake Garda |
ILCA - Male | Antonio Pascali (ITA) |
62 | 62 | |
| ILCA - Female | Maria Vittoria Arseni (ITA) |
53 | 53 | |||||
| Circolo Surf Torbole |
IQFoil Male | Federico Pilloni (ITA) |
38 | 38 | ||||
| IQFoil Female | Carola Colasanto (ITA) |
26 | 26 | |||||
 Circolo Vela Torbole |
420 Male/Mixed | Lisa Vucetti (ITA) Vittorio Bonifacio (ITA) |
24 | 24 | ||||
| 420 Female |  Danai Giannouli (GRE) Iakovina Kerkezou (GRE) |
19 | 19 | |||||
| Circolo Vela Arco |
29er Male/Mixed |  Ewa Lewandowska (POL) Krzysztof Królik (POL) |
29 | 29 | ||||
| 29er Female | Alicja Dampc (POL) Alicja Tutkowska (POL) |
24 | 24 | |||||
| Lega Navale Italiana Riva del Garda | Mixed Nacra 15 | Lorenzo Sirena Alice Dessy |
12 | 12 | ||||
| Fraglia Vela Malcesine |
Kite |  Lucas Pes Fonseca (BRA) |
14 | 14 | ||||
| Kite |  Maria Catalina Turienzo (ARG) |
6 | 6 | |||||
| World Sailing Authorised Worlds | ||||||||
| 20-28 Oct | One Metre World Championship | Gladstone Radio Controlled Yacht Club |  Australia
|
Open |  Zvonko Jelacic (CRO) |
76 | ||
| Class World Championships | ||||||||
| 29 Jul -3 Aug | 2.4 Metre World Championship |  Kieler Yacht-Club |
 Germany |
Open | Heiko Kröger (GER) |
84 | 16 | |
| 2-6 Sep | 5.5 Metre World Championship | Yacht Club de l'Odet |
France
|
Open | John Bacon (AUS) Joost Houwling (NED) Ed Wright (GBR) |
29 | 12 | |
| 16-23 Jun | 12mR World Championship | Yacht Club de Porquerolles |
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| 31 Jul -10 Aug | 29er World Championship |  Aarhus Sejlklub |
 Denmark
|
Open | Alex Demurtas (ITA) Giovanni Santi (ITA) |
258 | 27 | |
| 16-21 Jul | 49er Junior World Championships | |||||||
| 16-21 Jul | 49erFX Junior World Championships | |
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| 4–10 March | 49er & 49er FX World Championships | |
 Spain
|
Male | Erwan Fischer (FRA) & Clément Pequin (FRA) |
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| Female / FX | Odile van Aanholt (NED) & Annette Duetz (NED) |
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| 3–10 January | 420 World Championships |  Iate Clube do Rio de Janeiro |
Brazil
|
Male / Mixed | Lucas Cocchi Kubelka De Freitas (BRA) & Victoria Back (BRA) |
78 | 14 | [3] |
| Female | Iakovina Kerkezou (GRE) Danai Giannouli (GRE) |
27 | 10 | |||||
| 6-13 Jul | 470 Junior World Championships | |||||||
| 24 feb – 3 Mar | 470 World Championships | |
Spain
|
Mixed | Jordi Xammar (ESP) & Nora Brugman (ESP)
|
[4] | ||
| 1-10 Aug | 505 World Championship | Varberg Segelsalskap |
 Sweden
|
Open | Peter Nicholas (AUS) Luke Payne (AUS) |
95 | 14 | |
| 10-15 Sep | A-Cat World Championship | Italy
|
Foiling | Jakub Surowiec (POL) |
82 | 16 | ||
| Classic | Gustavo Doreste Blanco (ESP) |
86 | 15 | |||||
| 26-30 Jun | A's Youth Foil World Championship | |
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| 1-9 Aug | Cadet World Championship | Mount Batten Watersports & Activities Centre |
United Kingdom
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Open | ||||
| 6-13 Sep | Dart 18 World Championship | |
Italy
|
Open | Andrea Tramutola (ITA) Marco Tramutola (ITA) |
88 | 8 | |
| 8-14 Jul | Europe World Championships | Hangö Segelförening |  Norway
|
Male | Andreas Svensson (DEN) |
55 | 8 | |
| Female | Anna Livbjerg (DEN) |
35 | 7 | |||||
| 15–22 March | Etchells World Championship | Fremantle Sailing Club |
Australia
|
Open | Graeme Taylor (AUS) James Mayo (AUS) Richard Allanson (AUS) |
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| 1-7 Jul | Formula Kite Youth World Championships | |||||||
| 11-19 May | Formula Kite World Championships | |||||||
| 3-7 Sep | Finn World Championship | Sailing Aarhus |
Denmark
|
Open | Oskari Muhonen (FIN) | 103 | 21 | |
| 7-14 Jun | Finn Masters World Championship | Royal Yacht Club Hollandia |
Netherlands
|
Open - 39+ | 285 | 29 | ||
| 5–16 February 2024 | Fireball World Championship | Royal Geelong Yacht Club |
Australia
|
Open | Thomas Gillard & Andy Thompson
|
[5] | ||
| March 23–31 | Flying Dutchman World Championship | |
 United States
|
Open | Kay-Uwe Lüdtke Kai Schäfers |
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| 19-28 Jul | Flying Junior World Championship | Travemünder Woche | ||||||
| 21-26 Jul | Formula 16 World Championship | Aval Associazione Velica Alto Lario |
Italy
|
Open | Emma Rankin (AUS) Beau White (AUS) |
51 | 10 | |
| 28 Jun - 5 Jul | Formula 18 World Championship | Club De Vela Ballena Alegre |
Spain
|
Open | Pablo Völker (ESP) Federico Polimeni (ESP) |
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| 17-22 Jun | Formula Windsurfing Foil World Championships | |
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| 10 Aug - 16 Sep | GP14 World Championship | |
Italy
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| International 14 World Championships | |
Italy
|
Open | Andy Shaw (GBR) Rob Struckett (GBR) |
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| Team | ||||||||
| 10-14 Jul | IFCA Foiling Slalom Open World Championship | |||||||
| 22-30 Jun | ILCA 4 Youth World Championship | Viana do Costelo |  Portugal
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| 3–10 January | Women's ILCA 6 World Championship | |
Argentina
|
Female | Anne-Marie Rindom (DEN) |
[6] | ||
| 24–31 January | ILCA 7 World Championship | |
Australia
|
Male | Matthew Wearn (AUS) |
[7] | ||
| 1-8 Jul | Under 21 ILCA 6 & ILCA 7 World Championships | |||||||
| 2–10 Feb | ILCA 6 Masters World Championships | Adelaide Sailing Club |
Australia
|
Apprentice | Franco Riquelme Antonetti (ARG) |
9 | 8 | |
| Masters | Simon Small (AUS) |
21 | 6 | |||||
| Grand Masters |  Andrew Holdsworth (USA) |
45 | 9 | |||||
| Great Grand Masters | James Mitchell (AUS) |
43 | ||||||
| Legends | William Symes (USA) |
19 | 8 | |||||
| 2–10 Feb | ILCA 7 Masters World Championships | Adelaide Sailing Club |
Australia
|
Apprentice |  Luke Deegan (NZL) |
12 | 7 | |
| Masters | Brendan Casey (AUS) |
19 | 4 | |||||
| Grand Masters | Brett Beyer (AUS) |
35 | 9 | |||||
| Great Grand & Legends | Steve Gunther (AUS) |
19 | 7 | |||||
| 26 Jan – 3 Feb 2024 | iQFoil World Championships | |
Spain
|
Male | Nicolò Renna (ITA) |
[8] | ||
| Female |  Sharon Kantor (ISR) |
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| 18-25 Aug | U23 iQFOiL World Championships | |||||||
| 27 Dec 2023 – 3 Jan | 2024 IWCA World Championship | Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club |
Australia
|
Female | Lars Kleppich (AUS) |
[9] | ||
| Female | Lanee Beashel (USA) |
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| 7-15 Sep 2024 | IFCA Grand Slam Slalom World Champions | |||||||
| 13-19 Oct | ISCA World Championship | Rush Creek Yacht Club |
United States
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| 16-22 Sep 2024 | IWCA World Championships | CV Ballena Alegre | Spain
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| 19-26 Oct | J/22 World Championship | Eastport Yacht Club |
United States
|
Open | Travis Odenbach (USA) Geoff Becker (USA) Justin Damore (USA) |
48 | ||
| 28 Sep - 5 Oct | J/24 World Championship | Corinthian Yacht Club of Seattle |
 Canada
|
Open | Keith Whittemore (USA) Mélanie Edwards (USA) Brian Thomas (USA) Marianne Schoke (SWE) Willem Van Waay (USA) |
68 | 16 | |
| 4–8 June | Corinthian J/70 World Championship |  Royal Danish Yacht Club |
Denmark
|
Open | Alberto Guarischi (BRA) Antonio Moreira (BRA) Pedro AmaralL (BRA) Felipe Rondina (BRA) |
109 | 19 | |
| 14-21 Sep | J/70 World Championship |  Real Club Náutico de Palma |
Spain
|
Open | Douglas Newhouse (USA) Jeremy Wilmot (USA) Ted Hackney (USA) George Peet (USA) |
95 | 32+ | |
| 6-13 Jul | J/80 World Championship | Societe des Regates Rochelaises |
France
|
Open | Javier Padron Torrent (ESP) Jon Larrazabal Lallana (ESP) Alberto Padron Torrent (ESP) Daniel De La Pedraja (ESP) Alba Ponce (ESP) |
70 | 8 | |
| 26-30 Jun | KiteFoil Masters World Championships | |||||||
| 30 Sep - 5 Oct | L30 Class World Championship | |||||||
| 23Jul -27Jul | Youth Lightning World Championship | Cofradía Naútica del Pacífico |
 Chile
|
Open |  Alec Hughes (PER) Sergio Gutarra (PER) Sofia Ruales (PER) |
20 | 9 | |
| 24-31 Aug | Micro Class World Championship | |||||||
| 17-24 Aug | Melges 24 World Championship |  San Francisco Yacht Club |
United States
|
Open | Donald Wilson (USA) Jeremy Wilmot (AUS) Edward Hackney (AUS) Tomas Dietrich (ARG) Ian Liberty (USA) |
31 | 18 | |
| 2-8 Sep | M32 World Championship | |||||||
| 14-20 Jul | Musto Skiff World Championship | Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy | United Kingdom |
Open | Sam Pascoe (GBR) |
73 | 9 | |
| 27Oct - 3Nov | Nacra 15 World Championship | |||||||
| 16-21 Jul | Nacra 17 Junior World Championships | |
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| 7-12 May | Nacra 17 World Championship | France
|
Open | Ruggero Tita (ITA) Caterina Banti (ITA) |
44 | 20 | ||
| 24 Feb –2 Mar | OK Dinghy World Championship | |
Australia
|
Open | Nick Craig (GBR) |
[10] | ||
| 28 Jul -2 Aug | O'pen Skiff World Championship | |||||||
| 5-15 Dec | Optimist World Championship | CNMDP, Mar del Plata | Argentina
|
Open | Iason Panagopoulos (GRE) |
225 | ||
| 23-29 Sep 2024 | Platu 25 World Championship | Nautical Club 78 |
Greece
|
Open | Francesco Lanera (ITA) |
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| 16-21 Sep 2024 | Raceboard World Championships | |||||||
| 21-25 Aug | RC44 World Championship | |
Australia
|
Open |  Vladimir Prosikhin (BUL) Nic Asher (GBR) James Baxter (NZL) Pierluigi De Felice (ITA) Harry Hall (AUS) Pietro Mantovani (ITA) Taavi Taveter (EST) Federica Salva (ITA) Jeremy Lomas (NZL) |
9 | 17 | |
| 24-28 Sep | RS21 Open World Championship | Club Nautic L'Escala |
Spain
|
Open | Pietro Negri (ITA) Niccolo Bianchi (ITA) Giovanni Meloni (ITA) Camilla Cordero Di Montezemolo (ITA) | |||
| 5-9 Aug 2024 | RS500 World Championship | |
Open | Pim van Vugt (NED) Lisa van Vugt (NED) |
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| 25-30 Aug | RS Aero World Championships | Hayling Island Sailing Club |
United Kingdom
|
5 Open | Georgia Booth (GBR) | 50 | 7 | |
| 6 Open | Sofiia Naumenko (UKR) | 39 | 5 | |||||
| 7 Open | Finley Dickinson (GBR) | 64 | 7 | |||||
| 9 Open | Ben Flower (CAN) | 19 | 8 | |||||
| 25-27 Oct | RS Aero Youth Team Racing World Championships | |||||||
| 12-17 Aug | RS Aero Youth World Championship | |
Sweden
|
5 Open | Hugo Sköld Orr SWE | 39 | ||
| 6 Open | Andrea De Matteis ITA | 9 | ||||||
| 7 Open | Erik Rahm SWE | 12 | ||||||
| 29 Jul -2 Aug | RS Feva World Championship | Jeugdcommissie regio Deltawateren | Netherlands
|
Open | Ben Greenhalgh (GBR) Tom Sinfield (GBR) |
173 | 18 | |
| 3-8 Aug | RS Tera World Championships | Sejlklubben Køge Bugt |
Denmark
|
Pro | William Stratton-Brown (GBR) | 57 | 9 | |
| Sport | Rafe Bradley (GBR) | 61 | 8 | |||||
| 29Sep - 4Oct | RS Venture Connect World Championship | Rutland Sailing Club |
United Kingdom
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| 24Oct - 2Nov | Open Snipe World Championship |  Yacht Club Argentino |
Argentina
|
Open | Juliana Duque (BRA) Bruna Patricio (BRA) |
84 | 12 | |
| 21–30 Apr | Speed Windsurfing World Championship | |
France
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| 11–16 Feb | SB20 World Championship | |
United Arab Emirates
|
Open | Artem Basalkin (UAE) Pippa Wilson (GBR) Gonçalo Lopes (UAE)
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[11] | ||
| 24-30 Jun | Soling World Championship | Hankø Yacht Club |
Norway
|
Open | Farkas Litkey (HUN) Károly Vezér (HUN) Kristóf Wossala (HUN) |
27 | 13+ | |
| 7-13 Sep | Shark 24 World Championship | Whitby Yacht Club, Ontario |
Canada |
Open | ||||
| 8-13 Sep | Star World Championship |  San Diego Yacht Club |
United States
|
Open | John Kostecki (USA) Austin Sperry (USA) |
64 | ||
| 9-15 Sep | Sonar World Championship |  Noroton Yacht Club |
United States
|
Open | Morgan Connor (USA) Jan Raymond (USA) Wells Connor (USA) Andrew Buttner (USA) |
31 | 3 | |
| 2–9 Jan 2024 | Tasar World Championship |  Sandringham Yacht Club |
Australia
|
Open | Jonathan McKee (USA) Libby McKee (USA) |
102 | 7 | [12] |
| 21-28 Jul | Techno 293 World Championships | Spartacus Sailing Club |  Hungary
|
+ Male | Yugo Saito (JPN) | 38 | 11 | |
| + Female | Teresa Medde (ITA) | 38 | 11 | |||||
| U17 Male | Panagiotis Ioannou (GRE) | 58 | 12 | |||||
| U17 Female | Danai Anagnostou (GRE) | 38 | 13 | |||||
| U15 Male | Evangelos Kyriazakos (GRE) | 58 | 13 | |||||
| U15 Female | Olivia Sánchez (ESP) | 42 | 12 | |||||
| U13 Open | 72 | 11 | ||||||
| 1-6 Sep | Tempest World Championship | Regattaverein Brunnen |  Switzerland
|
Open | Lars Bähr (GER) Leif Bähr (GER) |
36 | 6 | |
| 12-19 Jul | Tornado World Championship | Club Nautico Rimini |
Italy
|
Open | Angelika Kohlendorfer (AUT) Calvin Claus (AUT) |
29 | 10 | |
| 20-26 Jul | Topper World Championships | Federacíon de Vela Murcia | Spain
|
5.3 Open |  Che Liu (CHN) |
138 | 8 | |
| 4.2 Open | Hari Clark (GBR) |
39 | 5 | |||||
| 15-20 Jul | TP52 World Championship |  New York Yacht Club, Newport |
United States
|
Open | Guillermo Parada (ARG) Tony Langley (GBR) Bruno Zirilli (ITA) Chris Hosking (AUS) Andrew Estcourt (NZL) Jeoff Povey (GBR) Carlo Huisman (NED) Francesco Scalici (ITA) Simon Fry (GBR) Joey Newton (AUS) David Vera (ESP) Bradley Mclaughlin (GBR) Matt Cornwell (GBR) |
10 | 22 | |
| 13-19 Jul | Vaurien World Championship | Yacht Club Limar |
 Slovenia
|
Open | Francesco Graziani (ITA) Marta Delli (ITA) |
54 | 10 | |
| 18-25 May | Yngling World Championship | Union Yacht Club Traunsee |
 Austria
|
Open | Wolfgang Buchinger (AUT) Michael Nake (AUT) Karin Schöberl (AUT) |
48 | 7 | |
| 8-14 Jul | Zoom 8 World Championship | Warnemünde Week | Open | Alfred Heinemeier Madsen (DEN) | 56 | 6 | ||
References
[edit]- ^ "Tony Morgan passes away". 2024-04-10. Retrieved 2024-12-31.
- ^ 2024 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race
- ^ 2024 420 World Championship Page
- ^ 2024 470 World Championship Page
- ^ 2024 Fireball World Championships Page
- ^ 2024 ILCA 6 Women's World Championship Page
- ^ 2024 ILCA 7 World Championship Page
- ^ 2024 iQFoil World Championships Page
- ^ 2024 IWCA World Championship Page
- ^ 2024 OK Dinghy World Championship Page
- ^ 2024 SB20 World Championships Page
- ^ 2024 Tasar World Championship Page