The World Sailing Open Team Racing World Championships (formerly ISAF Team Racing World Championship) is an international team racing competition initiated by World Sailing.
History The championships were originally held every two years with the first edition held in West Kirby, Great Britain in 1995. Great Britain won and so became the first nation to record its name on the ISAF Team Racing World Trophy, donated to ISAF by the West Kirby Sailing Club. The appearance of West Kirby as the first championship host club reflects the club's pivotal role in promoting team racing – fostered by the activities of the Oxford & Cambridge Sailing Society.
The championships were run every two years from 1995 until the 2011 edition in Schull, after which there was a four year hiatus. The next championships were run in 2015 in Rutland. This was the last championship to be run using the 3v3 format.
In 2024 World Sailing announced that the Team Racing World Championship would return with a new 2v2 format in keelboats. The 2025 event took place 28 May to 1 June at the New York Yacht Club in Newport, RI, United States, supported by US Sailing. The 2026 event was held 12 to 16 August at the Gamla Stan’s Yacht Sällskap, Stockholm, Sweden, and supported by the City of Stockholm and the Swedish Sailing Federation. The bidding process for the 2027 and 2028 championships was announced in 2025 with a deadline of 1 February 2026 and a decision to be made in March 2026.
Youth Championship A youth championship (under 21) began running in parallel with the main event in 2005 and was last held in 2015.
Results YearLocationHosted byWinning NationYouth WinnersBoat Used1995 West Kirby, UKWest Kirby Sailing Club GBR 1Steve TylecoteMel HughesGreg EatonTasha HughesRoger MorrisDamian BorehamN/AFirefly1998 Miami, USAStrictly Sail Miami USA 2Mark MendelblattNick TrotmanJosh AdamsBrett DavisVictoria WadsworthBlair Largay N/A Vanguard 151999 Dún Laoghaire, Ireland NZLAndrew MurdochRebecca MurdochHamish MurdochAndrew ArdernKaren LambertAlesha Thorpe N/A Firefly2001 Lake Brno, Brno, Czechia Lodni Sporty Brno Yacht Club NZL 1Andrew MurdochKaren LambertHamish MurdochJosh GalbraithAndrew ArdenJeffery Clark N/A4202003 Auckland, New ZealandNo host club.Organised by NZTRA andsailed out of the America's Cup Village USA 2Timothy FallonKaren RenzulliGraeme WoodworthLeigh WoodworthEry LargayBrian Doyle N/A4202005 Newport, Rhode Island, USA USA 1Timothy FallonKaren RenzulliMark IveyMatt LindbladTim WadlowEry Largay USA 1Colin MerrickAmanda CallahanPatrick HoganCarlos LebzPete LevesqueLiz HallVanguard 152007 Gandia, SpainReal Club Náutico de Gandia USA 1Clay BischoffLisa KeithPeter LevesqueElizabeth HallColin MerrickAmanda Callahan GBR 3Elizabeth StanleyIan RobertsonJames GossOliver MulcahyElliott ParsonsStephen Videlo4202009 Perth, Australia USAClay BischoffLisa KeithColin MerrickAmanda CallahanPeter LevesqueLiz Hall AUSJasper WarrenJamie TurnerDavid GilmourAimee NegriLuke ParkinsonPatrick VosPacer2011 Schull, IrelandFastnet Marine and Outdoor Education Centre GBRAndrew CornahBen FieldDom JohnsonHamish WalkerTom FosterDeborah Steele GBRCameron DouglasBen RobinsonSophie ShepherdSarah LombardCharlie FitzgeraldFreddy WilliamsTR 3.62015 Rutland, UKRutland Sailing Club USA 1Michael MenningerJustin LawAdrienne KamilerHaley KirkLucy WallaceTyler Sinks USAEli BurnesHenry BurnesCharlie HibbenPaige DunleavyGinny AlexPeter BarronFirefly2025 Newport, Rhode Island, USA USAWill BaileyDoug SabinAllison FerrarisLangdon MitchellTim WadlowForbes BarberChristina PandapasPeter FlemingN/ASonar2026 Stockholm, Sweden USA 1Alex CurtissColin VoigtDavis HanscomWalker BanksSean SegerblomDaniel SegerblomMadison BashawMarley MaisN/AJ/80
Class Team Racing World Championships Team racing world championships are held for the Optimist and International 14 classes as part of their respective class world championships. The International 420 class previously held two editions of a standalone team racing world championship, in 2015 and 2016.
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