The Farr 40 World Championship was an annual international sailing regatta for Farr 40 class, they are organized by the host club on behalf of the International Farr 40 Class Association and recognized by World Sailing, the sports IOC recognized governing body. The class gained World Sailing recognition from 1997 until 2022.
The event was largely sponsponser by Rolex and was a pinnacle event. Featuring the highest profile sailors from the Olympic, America's Cup and Volvo Ocean Race crewing for what was an Owner/Driver Class with limited numbers of professionals allowed aboard.
Editions
Edition Host Boats Sailors Ref. No. Date Year Host club Location Nat. No. No. Nats Cont. 1 1998 UNKNOWN Miami 19 4+ 3+ 2 11-14 Sep 1999 San Francisco 19 5+ 3+ 3 6-9 Jun 2000 Newport Hotel and Marina/ Newport, Rhode Island 27 8 4 4 12-15 Sep 2001 Cowes 22 11 3 5 13-16 Nov 2002 Atlantis Resort on Paradise Island Nassau 25 235 12 5 6 2-5 Jul 2003 Porto Cervo 37 358 20 6 7 8-11 Sep 2004 San Francisco 31 9 4 8 1-4 Mar 2005 Sydney 28 9+ 3+ 9 6-9 Sep 2006 Newport, Rhode Island 38 12+ 4+ 10 29 Aug - 1 Sep 2007 Copenhagen 36 348 18 4 11 16-19 Apr 2008 Miami Beach Marina/ Miami 33 322 17 5 12 24-27 Jun 2009 Porto Cervo 25 229 14 4 13 21-24 Apr 2010 Casa de Campo Yacht Club Casa de Campo 10 100 10 4 14 23-26 Feb 2011 Sydney 20 201 12 4 15 17-20 Sep 2012 Chicago 20 198 13 5 16 27-30 Aug 2013 Newport, Rhode Island 15 147 11 5 17 15-18 Oct 2014 San Francisco 19 12 5 18 24-27 Sept 2015 Los Angeles 17 165 9 3 19 16-19 Feb 2016 Sydney 12 123 10 4 20 13-16 Jul 2017 Porto Cervo 8 9+ 3+ 21 6-9 Oct 2018 Chicago 14 139 9 3 22 2-5 Oct 2019 Los Angeles 14 136 11 4 N/A 2021 Sydney NOT HELD DUE TO COVID
Multiple World Champions
Compiled from the data in the medallist table below.
Ranking Sailor Gold Silver Bronze Total No. Entries” Ref. 1 6 2 3 11 14 2 5 2 4 11 15 3 5 2 3 10 12 4 3 3 2 8 14 5 3 3 1 7 12 6 3 2 1 6 8 7 3 3 0 6 9 8 3 2 0 5 11 9 3 2 0 5 7 9 3 2 0 5 6 11 3 1 0 4 10 12 3 0 6 9 16 13 3 0 1 4 7 14 3 0 0 3 7 14 3 0 0 3 8 14 3 0 0 3 6 14 3 0 0 3 4 14 3 0 0 3 5 14 3 0 0 3 5 20 2 2 0 4 8 20 2 2 0 4 7 20 2 2 0 4 9 20 2 2 0 4 4 24 2 1 3 6 9 25 2 1 1 4 7 26 2 1 0 3 6 26 2 1 0 3 3 26 2 1 0 3 7 29 2 0 4 6 8 30 2 0 3 5 7 31 2 0 1 3 5 32 2 0 0 2 3 32 2 0 0 2 3 32 2 0 0 2 4 32 2 0 0 2 4
Medallists
1998USA 50955 - Barking MadAUS 1770 - Southern Star CREW UNKNOWNUSA 40031 - Wired
CREW UNKNOWN1999 San FranciscoUSA - Samba Pa TiMascalzone Latino CREW UNKNOWNBarking Mad CREW UNKNOWN2000 Newport, Rhode IslandAUS - Southern StarUSA - Samba Pa Ti CREW UNKNOWNGRE - Atalanti CREW UNKNOWN2001 CowesSUI - AlinghiAUS - Southern Star
CREW UNKNOWNGBR - Warlord VII CREW UNKNOWN2002 Paradise Island - LE RENARD - CROCODILE ROCK - GROOVEDERCI2003 Porto CervoITA1972 - NERONEGER931 - NELAUSA52104 - BAMBAKOU2004 San Francisco - BARKING MAD - Nerone CREW UNKNOWN - Warpath
CREW UNKNOWN2005 SydneyAUS6422 - Evolution (7)AUS5077 - Team Shockwave (1) CREW UNKNOWNITA13711 - TWT (19) CREW UNKNOWN2006 Newport, Rhode Island - Mascalzone Latino - Ichi Ban CREW UNKNOWN - Barking Mad CREW UNKNOWN2007 CopenhagenITA 1 - Mascalzone LatinoSUI 81818 - ALINGHIUSA 50955 - BARKING MAD2008 Miami BeachITA 1 - Mascalzone LatinoITA 1805 - Joe Fly MON 40 - Mean Machine2009 Porto CervoUSA 50955 - BARKING MAD (15)ITA 1972 - NERONE (20)ITA 1805 - JOE FLY ( 8)2010 Casa de CampoITA - NeroneAUS 6422 - TransfusionUSA 50955 - Barking Mad2011 SydneyAUS 6422 - TransfusionITA 1972 - NeroneUSA 50955 - Barking Mad2012 Chicago USA 60002 - Flash Gordon 6 ITA 29141 - Enfant TerribleAUS 6422 - Transfusion2013 NewportITA 29141 (5) - Enfant TerribleUSA 40076 (10) - NightshiftUSA 50955 (2) - Barking Mad2014 San FranciscoUSA 60059 (14) - PlentyAUS 615 (23) - Estate MasterITA 29141 (5) - Enfant Terrible2015 Long BeachUSA 7289 - GroovederciUSA 60059 - PlentyGER 40 - Struntje light2016 KirribilliUSA 60059 - PlentyAUS 6422 - TransfusionGER 40 - Struntje light20178 BoatsUSA 60059 - PlentyITA - Enfant TerribleUSA 60002 - Flash Gordon 62018 Chicago14 BoatsGER 40 - Struntje lightUSA 60059 - PlentyUSA 60002 - Flash Gordon 62019 Long Beach14 BoatsUSA 40076 - Far NienteGER 40 - Struntje lightAUS 007 - Edake (Corinthian)
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