The 29er World Championship is an annual international sailing regatta for 29ers, organized by the host club on behalf of the International 29er Class Association and recognized by World Sailing, the sports IOC recognized governing body.
Events
Editions Host Sailors Boats Ref. No. Date Year Host club Location Nat. Tot No. 1 17-23 Jul 2000 Fraglia Vela Riva Riva del Garda 116 14 5 58 48 5 5 2 14-20 Jul 2001 Portsmouth Olympic Harbour, Kingston, Ontario 128 9 6 64 45 5 14 3 29 Dec 2002 - 4 Jan 2003 2002 Sydney 206 12 6 103 72 9 22 4 11-17 Jul 2003 Real Club Nautico de Laredo Laredo, Cantabria 112 12 4 56 38 7 11 5 21-28 Aug 2004 Lake Silvaplana 168 12 4 84 51 10 23 6 3-10 Jul 2005 Berkeley, San Francisco, California 156 11 6 78 59 10 9 7 23-28 Jul 2006 Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy isle of Portland 210 17 5 105 69 15 21 8 21-27 Jan 2007 San Isidro, Buenos Aires 100 11 6 50 35 5 8 9 4-9 Jan 2008 Sorrento, Victoria 204 13 6 102 74 15 13 10 18-25 Jul 2009 Fraglia Vela Riva Riva del Garda 370 21 5 185 11 4-9 Jan 2010 Grand Bahama Sailing Club Freeport 70 11 4 35 22 11 2 12 3-8 Jan 2011 Club Náutico Mar del Plata Mar del Plata 120 12 4 60 45 4 11 13 23 - 28 Jul 2012 Travemünde Woche Travemünde, Lübeck 432 23 6 216 14 28 Jul - 2 Aug 2013 Kaløvig Sailing Club Aarhus 426 25 6 213 35 15 26 Jul - 2 Aug 2014 CORK–Kingston Portsmouth Olympic Harbour/ Sail Kingston Kingston, Ontario 202 14 5 101 69 17 15 16 9 -14 Aug 2015 Pwllheli Sailing Club Pwllheli, Wales 386 25 6 193 129 40 24 17 25 - 30 Jul 2016 Regatta Center Medemblik Medemblik 456 29 5 228 139 63 26 18 29 Jul - 5 Aug 2017 Long Beach, California 258 17 6 129 87 26 16 19 30 Dec 2017- 8 Jan 2018 2018 Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club Hong Kong 116 14 4 58 45 5 8 20 26 Jul - 3 Aug 2019 Gdynia 350 27 5 175 103 58 14 21 13 - 21 Aug 2020 Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy Isle of Portland Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom 21 21 - 31 Aug 2021 Real Club Náutico de Valencia Valencia 378 24 3 189 112 54 23 22 29 Jul - 5 Aug 2022 Club Nautico El Balís Sant Andreu de Llavaneres, Barcelona 484 26 5 242 132 66 44 23 27 Jul - 3 Aug 2023 Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy Isle of Portland 410 25 6 205 116 52 37 24 1 - 8 Aug 2024 Aarhus 516 27 5 258 126 81 51 25 1 - 8 Aug 2025 Marina da Afurada Vila Nova de Gaia 404 26 4 202 104 57 41 264 – 9 July2026Kieler Yacht-ClubKiel552354276273 – 10 July2027Marseille MarinaMarseille
Medalists
2000Mike BassettMark KennedyEvan McNicolJohn WinningScott KennedyLindsay Kennedy 2001John PinkTom WeeksJohn GimsonSimon MarksJoseph TurnerCharles Dorron 2002John WinningEvan McNicolNathan OutteridgeGrant RoseJonathan BonnitchaPaul Bonnitcha 2003David EvansRick PeacockPepe BettiniFederico VillambrosaThomas SmedleyStevie Wilson 2004Tristan JaquesAlain SignLauri LehtinenMiikka PennanenDavid O'ConnorScott Babbage 2005Jacqui BonnitchaEuan McNicolDavid O'ConnorScott BabbageJohn HeinekenMatt Noble 2006Silja LehtinenScott BabbageDylan FletcherRob PartridgeCameron BiehlMatt Noble 2007Matías GainzaFederico VillambrosaPepe BettiniMatías KellerIgnacio Fernández BesadaTigris Martirosjan 2008Steve ThomasJasper WarrenByron WhiteWilliam RyanMax RichardsonAlex Groves 2009Steve ThomasBlair TukeLauren JeffiesNathan OutteridgeHaylee OutteridgeIain Jensen 2010Kevin FisherGlen GouronPepe BettiniFernando GwozdzLorenzo FranceschiniRicardo Camin 2011María Belén TavellaFranco GreggiPepe BettiniFernando GwozdzFrancisco CosentinoTomás Wagmáister 2012Carlos RoblesFlorián TrittelLucas RualKevin FischerKlaus LangeMateo Majdalani 2013Lucas RualÉmile AmorosMarkus SomervilleJack SimpsonMartí LlenaOriol Mahiques 2014 Kurt HansenHarry MortonBrice YrieixLoic Ficher-GuillouJasper SteffensTom Lennart Brauckmann 2015Kyle O'ConnellTom SigantoIgnacio VariscoFederico GarcíaChristopher WillifordWade Waddell 2016Tom CrockettHarry MortonGwendal NaelLilian MercierCrispin BeaumontTom Darling 2017Benji DanielAlex BurgerBenjamin JaffrezicLéo ChauvelThéo RevilGautier Guevel 2018Francesco KayrouzJackson KeonLachie BrewerMax PaulBenjamin JaffrezicLéo Chauvel 2019Aristide GirouNoah ChauvinStephan BakerRipley ShelleyAlice MossCarl Hörfelt July 2019, accessed 13 July 2022 2020Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic December 2020, accessed 13 July 2022 2021Mateo CodoñerSimón CodoñerQuicorras UriosFilippo BinettiJens-Christian Dehn-ToftehøjJens-Philip Dehn-Toftehøj 2022Máximo VidelaTadeo FunesAlex DemurtasGiovanni SantiHugo RevilKarl Devaux 2023Clementine Van SteenbergeNathan Van SteenbergeMáximo VidelaJuan Cruz AlbamonteAlex DemurtasGiovanni Santi 2024Alex DemurtasGiovanni SantiEwa LewandowskaKrzysztof KrólikJocelyn Le GoffJules Vidor 2025Nicklas HoltPhilip ForslundJocelyn Le GoffJules VidorNolann Huet des AunayTitouan Gresset 2026Alexandre MostiniRaphaël AllainHenric WigforssWilliam DrakenbergFélix LlauroLucas Cózar
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