2025 in sailing
2025 in sailing describes the year's events in sailing
Passing
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Andy Cassell (GBR) - Paralympian and disabled sailing ambassador- Line Markert = World Sailing Vice President
- John Dinsdale - HobieCat Europe [1]
Major Offshore Sailing
[edit]- RORC Admiral's Cup
- 2024-2025 Vendee Globe
- Rolex 2025 Fastnet Race
- Rolex 2025 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race
- Rolex Middle Sea Race
- Rolex NYYC Invitational Cup
World championships
[edit]| Event | Host | Winners | Participation | Ref. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Title | Club | Country | Event | Winners | Boats | Nats | |
| 2024 World Championship held in 2025 | ||||||||
| Jan | 2024 Moth World Championship |  Manly Sailing Club |
 New Zealand
|
Open | Mattias Coutts (NZL) |
67 | 14 | |
| Feb | 2024 Contender World Championship | Pensacola Yacht Club |
 United States
|
Open |  Graeme Willcox (GBR) |
35 | 7 | |
| World Sailng - Events | ||||||||
| ISAF Team Racing World Championship |  New York Yacht Club |
United States
|
 Will Bailey (USA) Doug Sabin (USA) Allison Ferraris (USA) Langdon Mitchell (USA) Tim Wadlow (USA) Forbes Barber (USA) Christina Pandapas (USA) Peter Fleming (USA) |
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| Dec | Youth Sailing World Championships | Villamora |  Portugal
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ILCA Male | ||||
| ILCA Female | ||||||||
| IQ Foil Male | ||||||||
| IQ Foil Female | ||||||||
| Kite Male | ||||||||
| Kite Female | ||||||||
| 420 Open/Mix | ||||||||
| 420 Female | ||||||||
| 29er Male/Mix | ||||||||
| 29er Female | ||||||||
| Nacra 15 Mixed | ||||||||
| Sept. 22 – Oct. 1 | Mixed Offshore Double World Championship |  Royal Ocean Racing Club |
United Kingdom
|
Mixed | ||||
| Sept. 16-20 | Women's Match Racing World Championship |  Chicago Yacht Club |
United States
|
Female | ||||
| July | Youth Match Racing World Championship | Gdynia |  Poland
|
Under |  Marin Micoulot (FRA) Camille Pfaff (FRA) Aristide Delin (FRA) Clarisse Baissa (FRA) |
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| World Sailing Inclusion Championships | Mussanah Sailing School |  Oman
|
RS Venture Connect | |||||
| Hansa 303 (single format) | ||||||||
| ILCA (intellectual impairments) | ||||||||
| RS21 (blind sailing) | ||||||||
| Seated Wing Foiling | ||||||||
| July | Esailing World Championship | Gdynia | Poland
|
Open | Tristan Peron (FRA) |
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| Match Racing | ||||||||
| World Sailing Authorised | ||||||||
| May | International Radio Sailing Association / 10 Rater World Championship |
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France
|
Open |  Ante Kovacevic (CRO) |
45 | ||
| International Radio Sailing Association / One Metre World Championship |
Held alternate years | |||||||
| May | International Radio Sailing Association / Marblehead World Championship |
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France
|
Open | Christophe Boisnault (FRA) |
62 | ||
| Aug. | Offshore Racing Congress / ORCi World Championships |
Kalev Yacht Club |
 Estonia
|
Class 0 |  Niklas Zennström (SWE)
|
8 | ||
| Class B |  Jeppe Borch (DEN)
|
22 | ||||||
| Class C | Patrik Forsgren (SWE)
|
34 | ||||||
| Sept. 7-13 | Offshore Racing Congress / ORC Double-Handed World Championship |
Yacht Club Monfalcone |
 Italy
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| World Sailing Special Event PWA World Tour |
Various | Male | ||||||
| Female | ||||||||
| World Sailing - Single Person Dinghy | ||||||||
| July 28 -3Aug. | Contender World Championship | Fraglia Vela Malcesine |
Italy
|
Open |  Mark Bulka (AUS) |
167 | ||
| Aug 1-7 | Europe World Championships | Torbole | Italy
|
Male | Andreas Svensson (DEN) | 83 | ||
| Female | Camilla Svensson (DEN) | 57 | ||||||
| Sept | Finn World Championship | Cascais | Portugal
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| June | Finn Masters World Championship | Medemblik |  Netherlands
|
Open +40 | Peter-Jan Postma (NED) |
301 | 28 | |
| July 19-26 | ILCA 4 World Championships | Cabrillo Beach Yacht Club |
United States
|
Male 12-18 |  Konstantinos Portosalte (GRE) |
140 | ||
| Female 12-18 Yrs |  Blanca Ferrando Babe (ESP) |
100 | ||||||
| July 28 -Aug 4 | ILCA 6 Youth World Championship | Cabrillo Beach Yacht Club |
United States
|
Male 15-18 Yrs | Hermionie Ghicas (GRE) |
140 | ||
| Female 15-18 Yrs | Alessandro Cirinei (ITA) |
81 | ||||||
| Aug. 22-29 | U21 ILCA 6 World Championship |  Ireland
|
Female | |||||
| June | Men's ILCA 6 World Championship | Kieler Woche |  Germany
|
Male - U21 | Alessandro Cirinei (ITA) |
124 | ||
| Sept 19-28 | ILCA 6 Masters World Championships | Circolo Nautico Caposele |
Italy
|
6 - Masters | ||||
| 6 - Grand Masters | ||||||||
| May 10-17 | Women's ILCA 6 World Championship | Qingdao |  China
|
Female | Louis Cervera (FRA) | |||
| Aug. 22-29 | U21 ILCA 7 World Championship | Ireland
|
Male | |||||
| May 10-17 | ILCA 7 World Championship | Qingdao | China
|
Male | Willem Wiersema (NED) | |||
| Sept 19-28 | ILCA 7 Masters World Championships | Circolo Nautico Caposele |
Italy
|
7 - Masters | ||||
| 7 - Grand Masters | ||||||||
| July 7-13 | Moth World Championship | Fraglia Vela Malcesine |
Italy
|
Open | Enzo BALANGER (FRA) |
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| Jan | Musto Skiff World Championship | Woollahra Sailing Club |
Australia
|
Open |  Andy Tarboton (RSA) (GBR) |
39 | 7 | |
| July 16-23 | O'PEN Skiff World Championships | Windward Sailing Club |
 Japan
|
Open - U13 | Louis LeRourneur (FRA) |
32 | ||
| Open - U17 | Puls Kaison (AUS) |
61 | ||||||
| Sept. 12-19 | OK Dinghy World Championship | Circolo Vela Arco |
Italy
|
Open | ||||
| Optimist World Championship | Jadralni klub pirat Portorož |
 Slovenia
|
Team | UNKNOWN (ESP) UNKNOWN (ESP) UNKNOWN (ESP) |
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| Open | Nikolaos Pappas (GRE) |
287 | 66 | |||||
| RS Aero World Championships | Ecole Nationale VSN | France
|
5 | Raphael Olsthoorn (FRA) |
62 | 12 | ||
| 6 |  Sofiia Naumenko (UKR) |
50 | 11 | |||||
| 7 | Peter Barton (GBR) |
40 | 10 | |||||
| 9 |  Baabii O Flower (CAN) |
15 | 7 | |||||
| Aug. 3-8 | RS Tera World Championships | Jachetní Klub Černá v Pošumaví |  Czech Republic
|
Sport | Hari Clark (GBR) |
40 | ||
| Pro | Rafe Bradley (GBR) |
35 | ||||||
| Dec | Sunfish World Championship |  Salinas Yacht Club |
 Ecuador
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| July 19-25 | Topper World Championships | Royal Yacht Club Hollandia |
Netherlands
|
Open 4.2 | Feiran Wan (CHN) |
43 | ||
| Open 5.3 | Sam Mason (GBR) |
131 | ||||||
| July 4-13 | Zoom 8 World Championships | Warnemünder Woche | Germany
|
Open |  Sisu Selio (FIN) |
38 | ||
| World Sailing - Two Person Dinghy | ||||||||
| Aug. 1-8 | 29er World Championship | Portugal
|
Open |  Nicklas Holt (NOR) Philip Forslund (NOR)
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| Oct. 7-12 | 49er World Championship | Yacht Club Cagliari |
Italy
|
49er Male | ||||
| 49FX Female | ||||||||
| Jul 30 -Aug | 49er Junior World Championships |  Royal Danish Yacht Club |
Denmark
|
49er Male | Kjell HASCHEN Iven Anton FROMM |
53 | ||
| 49FX Female | Katharina SCHWACHHOFER Elena STOLTZE |
29 | ||||||
| July | 420 World Championships | |
 Turkey
|
Male & Mixed |  Said Royo (BRA) Bernardo Oliveira (BRA) |
101 | 20 | |
| Female | Neus Fernández Darder (ESP) Martina Gomila Darder (ESP) |
84 | 11 | |||||
| U17 Open | Eleni Galazoula (GRE) Stavros Aronis (GRE) |
81 | 13 | |||||
| June 6-14 | 470 World Championships | Poland
|
Mixed | Jordi Xammar Hernandez (ESP) Marta Cardona Alcántara (ESP) |
48 | 19 | ||
| July 7-12 | 470 Junior World Championships | Club Náutico Mar Menor |
Spain
|
Mixed U24 |  Roy Levy (ISR) Ariel Gal (ISR)
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| Jan | 505 World Championship | Adelaide Sailing Club |
Australia
|
Open | Sandy Higgins (AUS) Paul Marsh (AUS) |
70 | 6 | |
| Jan | B14 World Championship | Woollahra Sailing Club |
Australia
|
Open | Chris Bateman (IRL) Lucy Loughton (IRL) |
30 | 3 | |
| 3-9 Aug | Cadet World Championship | |
Czech Republic
|
Open | Uliana Postrelko (UKR) Katerina Butenko (UKR)
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| Enterprise World Championship | ||||||||
| Aug. 22-29 | Fireball World Championship | Circolo Vela Arco |
Italy
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| April 5-12 | Flying Dutchman World Championship | Club Nautico Puerto Sherry |
Spain
|
Open | Kilian Koenig (GER) Johannes Brack (GER) |
60 | ||
| GP14 World Championship | ||||||||
| June | Lightning World Championship | Yacht Club de Voula |
Greece
|
Open |  Felipe Robles (CHI) Andres Guevara (CHI) Paula Herman (CHI) |
40 | 10 | |
| N/A | Youth Lightning World Championship | Held alternate years | ||||||
| June | Masters Lightning World Championship | Yacht Club of Voula |
Greece
|
Open | Augie Diaz (USA) UNKNOWN UNKNOWN |
17 | ||
| April | Mirror World Championship | Durban Beach Club | South Africa
|
Open | James Komweibel (AUS) Harry Komweibel (AUS) |
33 | 3 | |
| Aug. 4-8 | RS500 World Championship | Gruppo Vela LNI Follonica | Italy
|
Open | Gabriele Corsi (ITA) Giulia Galletti (ITA) |
41 | 7 | |
| July 26 - Aug 1 | RS Feva World Championship | Club Nautique Voile d'Aix les Bains |
France
|
Open |  David Vogl (AUT) Valentin Vogl (AUT) |
168 | ||
| N/A | Open Snipe World Championship | Held alternate years | ||||||
| N/A | Youth Snipe World Championship | Held alternate years | ||||||
| July 22-27 | Female Snipe World Championship | Enoshima | Japan
|
Female | Ai Yoshida (JPN) Honoka Miura (JPN) |
34 | 6 | |
| Dec | Masters Snipe World Championship |  Cofradía Náutica de Frutillar |
Chile
|
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| July 14-21 | Tasar World Championship | Circolo Vela Arco |
Italy
|
Open | Nick Craig (GBR) Toby Lewis (GBR) |
36 | 8 | |
| July 13-19 | Vaurien World Championship | Centro Vela Bracciano |
Italy
|
Open | Niccolo' Bertola (ITA) Mattia Saggio (ITA) |
92 | ||
| World Sailing - Multihull Classes | ||||||||
| Diam 24 World Championship | ||||||||
| Nov. 8-16 | A-Cat World Championship | Milford Cruising Club |
New Zealand
|
Foiling | ||||
| Classic | ||||||||
| July 19-25 | Dart 18 World Championship | Watersportvereniging Zandvoort |
Netherlands
|
Open | Vincent Bouvier (FRA) Fanny Merelle (FRA) |
70 | 10 | |
| July 26–31 | Formula 16 World Championship | Medemblik | Netherlands
|
Open | Emmanuel le CHAPELIER (FRA) Eric le BOUËDEC (FRA) |
31 | ||
| July 4-11 | Formula 18 World Championship | Royal Yacht Club Hollandia |
Netherlands
|
Open | Darren Bundock (AUS) Bjarne Bouwer (NED) |
96 | 17 | |
| GS32 World Championship | ||||||||
| Hobie 14 World Championship | ||||||||
| Hobie 16 World Championships | ||||||||
| Hobie Dragoon World Championship | ||||||||
| Hobie F18 World Championship | ||||||||
| Topcat K1 World Championships | ||||||||
| July 18-25 | Tornado World Championships | Nautical Club of Kalamaria Thessaloniki | Greece
|
Open | Nikolaos Mavros (GRE) Polydoros Parianos (GRE) |
19 | 8 | |
| July 5-12 | Nacra 15 World Championship | La Rochelle | France
|
Open | Lorenzo Sirena (ITA) Alice Dessy (ITA) |
79 | ||
| Oct 7-12 | Nacra 17 World Championship | Cagliari | Italy
|
Mixed | ||||
| Nacra 20 World Championship | ||||||||
| World Sailing - Keelboat Classes | ||||||||
| Oct. 7-12 | 2.4 Metre World Championship | Fraglia Vela Malcesine |
Italy
|
Open | ||||
| June 9-13 | 5.5 Metre World Championship | Sopot | Poland
|
Open | Peter Morton (GBR) Andrew Palfrey (AUS) Ruairidh Scott (GBR) |
20 | 11 | |
| Sept. 17-27 | 6 Metre World Championship |  Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club |
United States
|
Open | ||||
| Aug 2-9 | 8 Metre World Cup | Turku | Finland
|
Open |  Jean Fabre (SUI) David Genier (SUI) Manuel Stern (SUI) Cedric Senften (SUI) Marc Stern (SUI) Alec Ardin (SUI) Jean Fabre Jnr. (SUI) |
21 | ||
| 12 Metre World Championship | ||||||||
| Apr | Dragon World Championship | Villamora | Portugal
|
Open | Andy Beadsworth (GBR) Simon Fry (GBR) Enes Cąylak (TUR) |
50 | 25 | |
| Jan | Etchells World Championship | Royal Brighton Yacht Club |
Australia
|
Open | Graeme Taylor (AUS) Ben Lamb (AUS) James Mayo (AUS) |
46 | 8 | |
| Aug. 15-21 | Flying Fifteen World Championship | Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy | United Kingdom
|
Open | Graham Vials (GBR) Chris Turner (GBR) |
81 | 9 | |
| March | 2.3 Hansa World Championships |  Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club |
Australia
|
Open | Yui Fujimoto (JPN) |
10 | ||
| 1x303 Hansa World Championships | Open | Gauthier Bril (FRA) |
75 | |||||
| 2x303 Hansa World Championships | Open | Rory McKinna (GBR) Jess Wong (GBR) |
44 | |||||
| Liberty Hansa World Championships | Open |  Yuen Wai Foo (HKG) |
32 | |||||
| May 26 - June 1 | H-Boat World Championship | Segelclub Ebensee |
Austria
|
Open | Flavio Favini (ITA) Simona Hoellermann (AUT) Stefano Rizzi (ITA) Nicola Bonarrigo (ITA) |
69 | 9 | |
| Sept. 20-27 | Melges 24 World Championship |  Yacht Club Adriaco |
United States
|
Open | ||||
| July 7-12 | Micro World Championship | Poland
|
Open | Sophia Schenk (GER) Sven Michael (GER) Lukas van der Heeden (GER)
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| Oct. 7-12 | J/22 World Championship | Lega Navale Italiana Napoli |
Italy
|
Open | ||||
| Sept 6-15 | J/24 World Championship | Plym Yacht Club Saltash Sailing Club |
United Kingdom
|
Open | ||||
| Oct 24- 1-Nov. | J/70 World Championship |  Yacht Club Argentino |
 Argentina
|
Open | ||||
| Sep. 22-27 | Corinthian J/70 World Championship |  Eastern Yacht Club |
United States
|
Open | ||||
| June 26-29 | Mixed J/70 World Championship |  Circolo Vela Torbole |
Italy
|
Open | Joan Cardona Méndez (ESP) Gerardo Prego Menor (ESP) Cristina Pujol Bajo (ESP) Fátima Diz Barreras (ESP) Pilar Amaro Filgueira (ESP) |
47 | ||
| July 5-11 | J/80 World Championship | Nieuwpoort |  Belgium
|
Open | Javier Padron Torrent (ESP) Jon Larrazabal Lallana (ESP) Daniel Enrique De La Pedraja Yllera (ESP) Alberto Padron Torrent (ESP) Alba Ponce La Camera (ESP) |
58 | ||
| Aug. 27-31 | RC44 World Championship | Netherlands
|
Open | |||||
| Sept. 24-27 | RS21 World Championship | Porto Rotondo, Sardinia | Italy
|
Open | ||||
| Jan | SB20 World Championship | ONE°15 Marina Sentosa Cove |  Singapore
|
Open | GBR-3834 - Xcellent John Pollard (GBR) Henry Wetherell (GBR) David Chapman (AUS) |
53 | 13 | |
| May 10-16 | Shark 24 World Championship | Segelclub Altmünster |
Austria
|
Open | Christian Binder (AUT) Thomas Czajka (AUT) Stefan Watamaniuk (AUT) |
38 | ||
| N/A | Sonar World Championship | Held alternate years | ||||||
| Sept. 8-14 | Star World Championship | JK Mornar | Croatia
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| Viper 640 World Championship | ||||||||
| Aug. 16-23 | Tempest World Championship | Hoorn | Netherlands
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Open | Lars Bähr (GER) Leif Bähr (GER) |
26 | ||
| July 18-25 | Yngling World Championship | Netherlands
|
Open | Yska Minks (NED) Wouter Toornstra (NED) Barbara Huber (NED) |
52 | |||
| YACHTS CLASSES | ||||||||
| June | ClubSwan 50 World Championship |  Yacht Club Costa Smeralda |
Italy
|
Open | Hendrik Brandis (GER) Shane Elliott (RSA) Elisa Mangani (ITA) Manuel Weiller Vidal (ESP) Maximilian Stein (GER) Nikolaus Beulke (GER) Arnd Howar (GER) Lorenzo De Felice (ITA) Pierluigi De Felice (ITA) Robin Jacobs (NED) Elliot Willis (GBR) Taavi Valter Taveter (EST) |
12 | 3 | |
| Fareast 28r World Championship | ||||||||
| Series | IMOCA 60 World Championship | oPEN | ||||||
| Oct | L30 World Championship | |||||||
| July | TP52 World Championship |  Clube Naval de Cascais |
Portugal
|
Open | Harry Melges IV (USA)
|
11 | 22 | |
| BOARD CLASSES | ||||||||
| Sept. 9-13 | Formula Windsurfing World Championship | TORBOLE | Italy
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| Sept. | Formula Wing World Championship | Cagliari, Sardinia | Italy
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| Aug. 12-17 | IFCA Slalom World Championships | ALAÇATI | Turkey
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Fin - Male | NOT COMPLETED | |||
| Fin - Female | NOT COMPLETED | |||||||
| Fin - Master | NOT COMPLETED | |||||||
| Fin - Youth Male | Sacha Fortune (FRA) |
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| Fin - Youth Female | Damla Kurtdemir (TUR) |
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| Fin - Junior Male | NOT COMPLETED | |||||||
| Fin - Junior Female | NOT COMPLETED | |||||||
| Foil - Open | Johan Soe (DEN) |
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| Foil - Youth Female | NOT COMPLETED | |||||||
| Foil - Youth Female | NOT COMPLETED | |||||||
| July | iQFoil World Championships | Aahus | Denmark
|
Male | Andy Brown (sailor) (GBR) |
117 | ||
| Female | Emma Wilson (sailor) (GBR) |
79 | ||||||
| Sept. 6-13 | iQFoil U23 World Championships | Portimão | Portugal
|
<U23 - Male | ||||
| <U23 - Female | ||||||||
| Oct 20-25 | Raceboat World Championship | Mandelieu | France
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| June 9-14 | Raceboat Masters World Championship | Holčíkovce |  Slovakia
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Open 40+ | MAKSYMILIAN WOJCIK | 50 | ||
| Apr 27 -May 6 | Speed Windsurfing World Championship | Male | Antoine Albeau | 50 | ||||
| Female | Jenna Gibson | 5 | ||||||
| Aug. 16-23 | Techno 293 World Championships | Pwllheli | United Kingdom
|
U13 Open | Antal Körtvélyesi HUN | 38 | 9 | |
| U15 Male | Joshua Castro Jurek ESP | 38 | 11 | |||||
| U15 Female | Olivia Sanchez Moral ESP | 9 | ||||||
| U17 Male | Sören Nguema FRA | 56 | 11 | |||||
| U17 Female | Lindia Miel Pousa Dios ESP | 42 | 9 | |||||
| +Rig Male | Daigo Komatsu JPN | 34 | 10 | |||||
| +Rig Female | Teresa Medde ITA | 16 | 8 | |||||
| Techno Wind Foil 130 World Championships | ||||||||
| Oct. 11–17 | Windsurfer World Championship | Athens | Greece
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Male | ||||
| Female | ||||||||
| X-15 World Championship | ||||||||