Lightning World Championship Explained

See also: Youth Lightning World Championship.

See also: Masters Lightning World Championship.

See main article: Lightning (dinghy).

The Lightning World Championship is a bi-annual international sailing regatta for lightning (dinghy), organized by the host club on behalf of the International Lightning Class Association and recognized by World Sailing, the sport's IOC-recognized governing body. The class gained class status in November 1962 from World Sailing, so its first Worlds were in 1963, although an International Regatta was held in 1961.

Editions

Ed.	Year	Host			Participant				Ref
		Host club	Location	Nat.	Boats	Sailor	Nat.	Cont.
1	1963				35	105	8	3	^[1]
2	1965-09-09 to 09-19	Circolo Canottiere Napoli			43	129	12	4	^[2]
3	1967				37	0	8	3	^[3] ^[4]
4	1969	Yacht Club Olivos			43	129	12	3	^[5]
5	1971	Merenkavijat Yacht Club			40	121	10	3	^[6]
6	1973	Buffalo Canoe Club			39	117	8	3	^[7]
7	1975	Salinas Yacht Club			49	147	10	3	^[8]
8	1977	Yacht-Club Spiez			54	160	12	4	^[9]
9	1979	Rush Creek Yacht Club			52	156	11	3	^[10]
10	1981	Gran Hotel Pucon							^[11]
11	1983	Circola Velici	Napoletani		41	123	8	3	^[12]
12	1985	Little Egg Harbor Yacht Club			40	121	8	3	^[13]
13	1987	Club Naval Castillogrande			39	117	9	3	^[14]
14	1989-07-02 to 07-07	Yacht Racing Club of Athens / Piareaus Sailing Club			45	135	8	3	^[15]
15	1991				39	117	8	3	^[16]
16	1993		lhabela Island		42	126	7	3	^[17]
17	1995-07-02 to 07-08	Kuopion Pursiscura			35	105	6	3	^[18]
18	1997-06-08 to 06-13				58	175	9	3	^[19] ^[20]
19	1999-11-22 to 11-29	Salinas Yacht Club			45	135	7	3	^[21] ^[22]
20	001-07-24 to 07-29	Circolo Velico Marsala			44	132	9	3	^[23]
21	2003-04-13 to 04-18				60	180	11	3	^[24] ^[25]
22	2005-11-19 to 11-26	Higuerillas Yacht Club	Higuerillas		45	135	8	3	^[26] ^[27] ^[28]
23	2007-07-21 to 07-27	Yacht Club of Greece			48	145	12	5	^[29]
24	2009-09-11 to 09-29	Mallets Bay Yacht Club			60	180	10	5	^[30] ^[31] ^[32]
25	2011	Clube Armacao de Buzios	Buzios, Rio de Janeiro		30	90	9	5	^[33] ^[34]
26	2013-06-03 to 06-14	Club Velico Castiglionese			46	139	10	5	^[35]
27	2015-07-18 to 07-25	Buffalo Canoe Club			63	190	10	5	^[36] ^[37]
28	2017-11-21 to 11-25	Salinas Yacht Club			56	168	12	5	^[38] ^[39]
29	2019-06-12 to 06-17	Espoo Yacht Club			49	147	12	5	^[40] ^[41] ^[42]
N/A	2021-05-13 to 05-22			Postponed due to COVID				^[43]
30	2022-05-17 to 05-21	Carolina Yacht Club, Charlestone			50	150	8	4	^[44] ^[45]
31	2023-11-23 to 11-27	Club Naval Santa Cruz de Castillogrande							^[46] ^[47]

Medalists

Ref.
1963 Lima Peru
1965
1967	Louis Pocharski UNKNOWN UNKNOWN
1969	US 11367 - Snoopy	9390 - Cat	11011 - Atom
1971	US 11501 - Finesse	US 11491 - Tickled Pink Jack Mueller Jnr. J. Mueller Nancy Mueller	US 11099 - Spook Louis Pocharski Janet Shore F. Healey Jnr.
1973	US 12422 - Snoopy	US 12060 - Hang On Sloopy Jim Dressel Nancy Dressel Gary Cameron	US 10599 - Shoe Shine Baby Bob Seidelmann Bill Clausen Karen Huntsman
1975	B 12414	US 10114	US 12422
1977	13111	7495 Mario Buckup BRA Joaquim Feneberg BRA Ralph W. Christian	11658 Jim Crane Steve Nightingale Eugene Peters
1979	US 13226Kelly GoughDoug Shelton
1981
1983	US 11420 - Speedy	I 13706	BL 12489
1985	US 14021 - Eclipse	BL 12812 - Flash Rider	US 11739 - Speedy Again
1987 Cartegena	X 11099	KC 14057	US 14175
1989 Athens Greece	KC 13968
1991 Annapolis USA 39 Boats	US 11346	KC 14499	US 14296
1993 Ilhabela Brazil	BRA 12657	BRA 11721	BRA 14203
1995 Kuopio Finland	Tito González (sailor) Rodrigo Zuasola German Schacht	Thomas Allen IV Jim Allen (sailor) Jane Allen	Bill Faude Jared Drake Brian Taboada
1997 Montréal Canada	CAN 14834	CHI 14709	USA 14763 Tim Healy (sailor) Maria White (sailor) Bill Healy (sailor)
1999 Salina Ecuador	Alberto González Pablo Barahona Claus Engell	Jeff Linton (sailor) Amy Smith Linton Mark Taylor (sailor)	Tim Healy (sailor) Bill Healy (sailor) Anthony Kotoun
2001 Marsala Italy	USA-15083 Amy Smith Linton Mark Taylor (sailor)	USA-15045 Dan Moriarty (sailor) Rick Bernstein	USA-14740 Ernie Dieball Jared Drake
2003 Miami USA	CHI 11011 Jay Lutz Claus Engel	USA 14752 Barr Batzer Jamey Rabbitt	USA 14900 Bill Crane (sailor) Jim Allen (sailor)
2005	Alberto González Diego González Cristian Herman	David Starck Ian Jones (sailor) Scott Ikle	Pablo Herman Luis Felipe Herman Claus Engell
2007	Jeff Linton (sailor) Amy Smith Linton Jahn Tihansky	Allan Terhune Katie Terhune Dave Perkowski	Steve Davis (sailor) Brian Hayes (sailor)	Laura Jeffers	^[48]
2009	Matt Fisher (sailor) Dan Moriarty (sailor) Tobi Moriarty	David Stark (sailor) Jody Stark Ian Jones (sailor)	Tito González Diego González Cristian Hermann
2011	CHI 11011 Diego González Cristian Hermann	BRA 15333 Gunnar Ficker Marcelo Batista da Silva	BRA 14894 Felipe Brito (sailor) Fillipe Gil
2013	USA 15470 David Stark (sailor) Jody Stark Ian Jones (sailor)	USA 14036 Justin Coplan Danielle Prior Micheal Carney	USA 15507 Ched Proctor Jamie Ewing (sailor) Meredith Killion
2015 Crystal Beach, Ontario Canada 67 Boats	USA 15296 Geoff Becker (sailor) Jimmy Barnash Laura Beigel	USA 15499 Jody Starck Ian Jones (sailor) Skip Dieball	USA 15385 Billy Martin (sailor) Janel Zarkowsky Chappy Hopkins
2017	ARG 15597	USA 14298	PUR 14677 Raul Rios Sebastian Higuera Nicolas Deeb
2019	ARG 15597	CHI 14794	USA 15611
2022	USA 15611 - "Team PatStrong"	CHI 11011 - "Ojo de Lince"	ARG 15597 - "Argentina" Javier Conte Martina Silva Trinidad Silva

Notes and References

1. Web site: 1964 Class Yearbook. International Lightning Class Association. 2023-07-02.
2. Web site: 1966 Class Yearbook. International Lightning Class Association. 2023-07-02.
3. Web site: 1968 Class Yearbook. International Lightning Class Association. 2023-07-02.
4. News: Goldsmith Captures Title In Lightning Class Series. NY Times. 1967-08-27. en.
5. Web site: 1970 Class Yearbook. International Lightning Class Association. 2023-07-02.
6. Web site: 1972 Class Yearbook. International Lightning Class Association. 2023-07-02.
7. Web site: 1974 Class Yearbook. International Lightning Class Association. 2023-07-02.
8. Web site: 1976 Class Yearbook. International Lightning Class Association. 2023-07-02.
9. Web site: 1978 Class Yearbook. International Lightning Class Association. 2023-07-02.
10. Web site: 1980 Class Yearbook. International Lightning Class Association. 2023-07-02.
11. Web site: 1982 Class Yearbook. International Lightning Class Association. 2023-07-02.
12. Web site: 1984 Class Yearbook. International Lightning Class Association. 2023-07-02.
13. Web site: 1986 Class Yearbook. International Lightning Class Association. 2023-07-02.
14. Web site: 1988 Class Yearbook. International Lightning Class Association. 2023-07-02.
15. Web site: 1990 Class Yearbook. International Lightning Class Association. 2023-07-02.
16. Web site: 1992 Class Yearbook. International Lightning Class Association. 2023-07-02.
17. Web site: 1994 Class Yearbook. International Lightning Class Association. 2023-07-02.
18. Web site: 1996 Class Yearbook. International Lightning Class Association. 2023-07-02.
19. Web site: LIGHTNING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 1997 . International Lightning Class Association . https://web.archive.org/web/20030511130549/http://lightningclass.org/results/results97/champs/worlds.html . 11 May 2003.
20. Web site: 1998 Class Yearbook. International Lightning Class Association. 2023-07-02.
21. Web site: LIGHTNING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 1999 . International Lightning Class Association . https://web.archive.org/web/20030824114337/http://lightningclass.org/results/results99/champs/worlds.html . 24 August 2003.
22. Web site: 2000 Class Yearbook. International Lightning Class Association. 2023-07-02.
23. Web site: 2002 Class Yearbook. International Lightning Class Association. 2023-07-02.
24. Web site: 2003 LIGHTNING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP . International Lightning Class Association . https://web.archive.org/web/20030608050027/http://www.lightningclass.org/Results/results03/Masters_and_Worlds_03/results_from_the_Worlds.htm . 8 June 2003.
25. Web site: 2004 Class Yearbook. International Lightning Class Association. 2023-07-02.
26. Web site: 2005 World Official Event Website.
27. Web site: 2005 Lightning World Championship . lightning.cl. https://web.archive.org/web/20081228005252/http://www.lightning.cl/2005Worlds/Worlds.htm . 28 December 2008.
28. Web site: 2006 Class Yearbook. International Lightning Class Association. 2023-07-02.
29. Web site: 2008 Class Yearbook. International Lightning Class Association. 2023-07-02.
30. Web site: 2009 World Official Event Website. https://web.archive.org/web/20090803205210/http://www.mbbc-vt.org/events/LightningWorlds09/. dead. 2009-08-03.
31. Web site: 2010 Class Yearbook. International Lightning Class Association. 2023-07-02.
32. Web site: Sailwave results for 2009 International Lightning World Championship - Malletts Bay Boat Club . www.mbbc-vt.org . 12 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090922225344/http://www.mbbc-vt.org/Events/LightningWorlds09/worldsresults.htm . 22 September 2009 . dead.
33. Web site: 2011 World Official Event Website.
34. Web site: 2012 Class Yearbook. International Lightning Class Association. 2023-07-02.
35. Web site: 2013-14 Class Yearbook. International Lightning Class Association. 2023-07-02.
36. Web site: Geoff Becker: Finishing Strong to win the Worlds . 3 September 2015 . Scuttlebutt Sailing News.
37. Web site: 2015 Lightning Class World Championship - Preliminary Cumulative Results . yachtscoring.com.
38. Web site: Javier Conte wins Lightning Worlds . 25 November 2017 . Scuttlebutt Sailing News.
39. Web site: 2017 ILCA World Championship - Final Cumulative Results. yachtscoring.com.
40. Web site: 2019 World Official Event Website.
41. Web site: Conte defends Lightning World title . 17 June 2019 . Scuttlebutt Sailing News.
42. Web site: Lightning Class World Championship 2019 manage2sail. manage2sail.com.
43. Web site: 2021 World Championships - SAVE THE DATE . International Lightning Class Association . 22 April 2019.
44. Web site: Starck wins 2022 Lightning Worlds . 21 May 2022 . Scuttlebutt Sailing News.
45. Web site: 2022 Lightning World Championships - Preliminary Cumulative Results . yachtscoring.com.
46. Web site: Lightning South American, Masters and World Championship . lightningworlds2023.com.
47. Web site: 2023 Lightning Class South American Championship & Masters' World Championship . yachtscoring.com.
48. Web site: Sailwave results for Rolex Farr 40 Pre Worlds - . https://web.archive.org/web/20080105183457/http://www.farr40.kdy.dk/uploads/After_race_9.htm . 2008-01-05 .