The ISAF Team Racing World Championship is a team racing event[1] now held every two years by the International Sailing Federation (ISAF). The first Team Racing World Championships were 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.A youth Championship (under 21) began running in parallel with the main event since 2005. Summary information on the first three events is tabled below - full information will be found on the Team Racing Championships results page of the ISAF website.[2] 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.
Year | Location | Winning Nation | Youth Winners | Boat Used |
1995 | West Kirby, Great Britain[3] | Great Britain | N/A | Firefly |
1998 | Miami, USA | USA 2 Mark MENDLEBLATT, Nick TROTMAN, Josh ADAMS, Brett DAVIS, Victoria WADSWORTH, Blair LARGAY | N/A | Vanguard 15 |
1999 | Dún Laoghaire, Ireland | New Zealand | N/A | |
2001 | Lake Brno, CZE | New Zealand Andrew Murdoch, Karen Lambert, Hamish Murdoch, Josh Galbraith, Andrew Arden, Jeffery Clark[4] | N/A | 420 |
2003 | Auckland, NZL | USA 2 Timothy FALLON, Karen RENZULLI, Graeme WOODWORHT, Leigh WOODWORTH, Ery LARGAY | N/A | 420 |
2005 | Newport, Rhode Island, USA | USA 1 Timothy FALLON, Karen RENZULLI, Mark IVEY, Matt LINDBLAD, Tim Wadlow, Ery LARGAY | USA 1 Colin MERRICK, Amanda CALLAHAN, Patrick HOGAN, Carlos LENZ, Pete LEVESQUE, Liz HALL | Vanguard 15 |
2007 | Gandia, Spain | USA 1 Clay BISCHOFF, Lisa KEITH, Peter LEVESQUE, Elizabeth HALL, Colin MERRICK, Amanda CALLAHAN | GBR 3 Elizabeth STANLEY, Ian ROBERTSON, James GOSS, Oliver MULCAHY, Elliott PARSONS, Stephen VIDELO | 420 |
2009[5] | Perth, Australia | USA Clay Bischoff, Lisa Keith, Colin Merrick, Amanda Callahan, Peter Levesque, Liz Hall | AUS Jasper Warren, Jamie Turner, David Gilmour, Aimee Negri, Luke Parkinson, Patrick Vos | Pacer |
2011[6] | Schull, Ireland | GBR Andrew Cornah, Ben Field, Dom Johnson, Hamish Walke, Tom Foster, Deborah Steele | GBR Cameron Douglas, Ben Robinson, Sophie Shepherd, Sarah Lombard, charlie Fitzgerald, Freddy Williams | TR 3.6 |
2015[7] | Rutland, Great Britain | United States | United States | Firefly |
420, International 14 and Optimist (dinghy) classes hold also hold (their own) a team racing based World Championships.
See main article: world championships.