The RC44 World Championship is an annual international sailing regatta for RC44 they are organized by the host club on behalf of the International Class Association and recognized by World Sailing, the sports IOC recognized governing body.
Events
Event Host Boats Sailors Dates Year Host club Location Country M F 1 10–16 Oct 2010 Yaiza-Puerto Calero 13 114 20 6 2 15–20 Nov 2011 Yaiza-Puerto Calero 14 124 21 5 3 3–7 Oct 2012 Rovinj 15 126 22 6 4 20–24 Nov 2013 Puerto Calero Marinas Yaiza-Puerto Calero 15 123 19 6 5 12–17 Aug 2014 Marstrand 12 105 16 5 6 30 Sept – 4 Oct 2015 Cascais 12 98 17 5 7 11–15 May 2016 Sotogrande 10 79 16 5 8 9–13 Aug 2017 Marstrand 9 74 14 5 9 27–30 Sept 2018 Cascais 8 67 14 4 10 9–13 July 2019 Cascais 9 74 13 4 N/A 23 - 27 Sept 2020 Portorož CANCELLED COVID 11 7–14 Oct 2021 Scarlino 9 9+ 4+ 12 12–16 Oct 2022 Portorož 8 65 15 4 13 – 13 Aug 2023 Cowes 9 83 16 5 14 – Aug 2024 Brunnen, Lake Lucerne 9 84 74 10 17 5 15 27 – 31 Aug 2025 The Hague 11 99 88 11 20 4 16 Sept 2026 Cowes 9 84 74 10 20 5
Multiple World Champions
Compiled from the data below the table includes up to and including 2026 the 2021 records are incomplete.
RankingSailor Gold Silver Bronze Total No. Entries" Ref. 1 5 1 1 7 14 2 4 1 1 6 7 3 3 3 3 9 15 4 3 2 0 5 14 5 3 1 4 8 11 6 3 1 2 6 14 7 3 1 1 5 11 7 3 1 1 5 11 9 3 1 0 4 9 9 3 1 0 4 6 9 3 1 0 4 8 12 3 0 1 4 8
Medalists
2010Oracle Racing - USA 17 (Fleet Racing)
(Match Racing)BMW Oracle Racing USANo Way Back NED 2011Artemist - SWE 22Ironbound - USA 1 (23)Peninsula Petroleum Sailing Team - GBR 1 2012GBR 1 - Peninsula PetroleumGBR 2041- AquaSLO 11 - Ceeref 2013SLO - CeerefGBR - Peninsula PetroleumGBR - Aqua
|- 2014Bronenosec Sailing Team - RUS 18Charisma - MONAqua - GBR 2015 CascaisNika - RUS 10Bronenosec - RUSCeeref - SLO 2016 SotograndeCeeref - SLOPeninsula Petroleum - GBRArtemis - SWE 2017 MarstrandNika Sailing Team RUS 10Ceeref - SLO Igor Lah
Dirk de Ridder Jon Gunderson Mickey Cannoni Jaro Furlani Simone Mina Matteo AuguardoBronenosec RUS Vladimir Liubomirov Kirill Frolov Cameron Dunn Alexandr Ekimov Victor Serezhkin Pavel Karachov Pietro Mantovani Egor Terpigorev Alex Kulakov 2018TEAM NIKA - RUS 10TEAM CEEREF - SLO 11BRONENOSEC SAILING - 18 2019Team Aqua - 25Team Nika - 10Artemis Racing - 26 2020 cancelled due to COVID 2021Team Aqua - GBR 2041Charisma - MON 69Artemis Racing - SWE 44 2022Charisma Ceeref powered by Hrastnik 1860 Team Aqua 2023CHARISMA 15TEAM AQUA 25TEAM NIKA 102024Team Nika MON 10Team Ceeref Vaider - SLO 11Black Star Sailing Team (SUI 027)2025Team Nika - MON 10TEAM CEEREF VAIDERALEPH RACING2026Aleph Racing - FRA17Team Aqua - GBR 2041GeMera Racing - SWE 30
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