2024 in sailing
2024 in sailing describes the year's events in sailing
Passing
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Ed Botterell (CAN) Olympian- William Alexander Abbott Snr. (CAN) Olympian and Boatbuilder
Tony Morgan (sailor) (GBR) Olympic Silver Medalists[1]
Major Offshore Sailing
- December 25, 2024 – January 2, 2025: Rolex 2024 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race[2]
- Middle Sea Race
World championships (INCOMPLETE)
| Event | Host | Winners | Participation | Ref. | ||||
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| Date | Title | Club | Country | Event | Winnder | Boats | Nats | |
| World Sailing Events | ||||||||
| 23-28 Sep | Offshore Double Handed World Championship |  |
 France
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Mixed | Maggie Adamson (GBR) Cal Finlayson (GBR) |
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| 22-28 Jun | Blind Match Racing World Championship | |
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| 24 Nov | eSailing World Championship | Open | Arthur Farley (GBR) |
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| 27 Nov - 2 Dec | Youth Match Racing World Championship | Jeddah Yacht Club |
 United Arab Emirates
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 Cruising Yacht Club of AustraliaCole Tapper Hamish Vass Jack Frewin Chelsea Williams Joel Beashel |
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| 3-8 Dec | Women’s Match Racing World Championship | Jeddah Yacht Club |
United Arab Emirates
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Female | Pauline Courtois (FRA) Maëlenn Lemaitre (FRA) Louise Acker (FRA) Sophie Faguet (FRA) Laurane Mettraux (FRA)
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| 13-20 Jul | Youth Sailing World Championships | Fraglia Vela Riva |
 ItalyLake Garda |
ILCA - Male | Antonio Pascali (ITA) |
62 | 62 | |
| ILCA - Female | Maria Vittoria Arseni (ITA) |
53 | 53 | |||||
| Circolo Surf Torbole |
IQFoil Male | Federico Pilloni (ITA) |
38 | 38 | ||||
| IQFoil Female | Carola Colasanto (ITA) |
26 | 26 | |||||
 Circolo Vela Torbole |
420 Male/Mixed | Lisa Vucetti (ITA) Vittorio Bonifacio (ITA) |
24 | 24 | ||||
| 420 Female |  Danai Giannouli (GRE) Iakovina Kerkezou (GRE) |
19 | 19 | |||||
| Circolo Vela Arco |
29er Male/Mixed |  Ewa Lewandowska (POL) Krzysztof Królik (POL) |
29 | 29 | ||||
| 29er Female | Alicja Dampc (POL) Alicja Tutkowska (POL) |
24 | 24 | |||||
| Lega Navale Italiana Riva del Garda | Mixed Nacra 15 | Lorenzo Sirena Alice Dessy |
12 | 12 | ||||
| Fraglia Vela Malcesine |
Kite |  Lucas Pes Fonseca (BRA) |
14 | 14 | ||||
| Kite |  Maria Catalina Turienzo (ARG) |
6 | 6 | |||||
| World Sailing Authorised Worlds | ||||||||
| 10 Rater World Championship | Not Held - Bi-annual | |||||||
| Oct 20-28 | One Metre World Championship | Gladstone Radio Controlled Yacht Club | .svg.png){kind=small} Australia
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Open |  Zvonko Jelacic (CRO) |
76 | ||
| Marblehead World Championship | Not Held - Bi-annual | |||||||
| ORCi World Championships |  New York Yacht Club, Newport |
.png){kind=small} United States
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Class 0 |  Victor Wild (USA)
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| Class A | Austin Fragomen (USA)
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| Class B | .svg.png){kind=small} Hugo Rocha (POR)
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| ORC Double-Handed World Championship | ||||||||
| World Sailing Class - One Person Dinghy | ||||||||
| 2025 Feb | Contender World Championship | Pensacola Yacht Club |
United States
|
Open | Graeme Willcox (GBR) |
35 | 7 | |
| Jul 8-14 | Europe World Championships | Hangö Segelförening |  Norway
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Male |  Andreas Svensson (DEN) |
55 | 8 | |
| Female | Anna Livbjerg (DEN) |
35 | 7 | |||||
| Sep 3-7 | Finn World Championship | Sailing Aarhus |
Denmark
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Open | Oskari Muhonen (FIN) | 103 | 21 | |
| Jun 7-14 | Finn Masters World Championship | Royal Yacht Club Hollandia |
 Netherlands
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Open - 39+ | Laurent Hay (FRA) | 285 | 29 | |
| Jun 22-30 | ILCA 4 World Championships | Viana do Costelo | Portugal
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U18 - Male | Carlos Charabati (CAN) | 276 | ||
| U18 - Female | Hieke Schraffordt (NED) | 150 | ||||||
| July 1-8 | U21 ILCA 6 World Championship | Viana do Castelo | Portugal
|
Female | Eve MCMAHON IRL | 80 | ||
| Jan 3–10 | Women's ILCA 6 World Championship | |
Argentina
|
Female | Anne-Marie Rindom (DEN) |
[3] | ||
| July 1-8 | U21 ILCA 7 World Championship | Viana do Castelo | Portugal
|
Male | Theodor MIDDELTHON (NOR) |
155 | ||
| Jan 24–31 | ILCA 7 World Championship | |
Australia
|
Male | Matthew Wearn (AUS) |
[4] | ||
| Feb 2–10 | ILCA 6 Masters World Championships | Adelaide Sailing Club |
Australia
|
Apprentice | Franco Riquelme Antonetti (ARG) |
9 | 8 | |
| Masters | Simon Small (AUS) |
21 | 6 | |||||
| Grand Masters | Andrew Holdsworth (USA) |
45 | 9 | |||||
| Great Grand Masters | James Mitchell (AUS) |
43 | ||||||
| Legends | William Symes (USA) |
19 | 8 | |||||
| Feb 2–10 | ILCA 7 Masters World Championships | Adelaide Sailing Club |
Australia
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Apprentice |  Luke Deegan (NZL) |
12 | 7 | |
| Masters | Brendan Casey (AUS) |
19 | 4 | |||||
| Grand Masters | Brett Beyer (AUS) |
35 | 9 | |||||
| Great Grand & Legends | Steve Gunther (AUS) |
19 | 7 | |||||
| Moth World Championship | ||||||||
| Musto Skiff World Championship | ||||||||
| Feb 24 –Mar 2 | OK Dinghy World Championship | |
Australia
|
Open | Nick Craig (GBR) |
[5] | ||
| Jul 28 -2 Aug | O'PEN Skiff World Championship | |||||||
| Dec 5-15 | Optimist World Championship | CNMDP, Mar del Plata | Argentina
|
Open | Iason Panagopoulos (GRE) |
225 | ||
| Aug 25-30 | RS Aero World Championships | Hayling Island Sailing Club |
United Kingdom
|
5 Open | Georgia Booth (GBR) | 50 | 7 | |
| 6 Open | Sofiia Naumenko (UKR) | 39 | 5 | |||||
| 7 Open | Finley Dickinson (GBR) | 64 | 7 | |||||
| 9 Open | Ben Flower (CAN) | 19 | 8 | |||||
| 25-27 Oct | RS Aero Youth Team Racing World Championships | |||||||
| 12-17 Aug | RS Aero Youth World Championship | |
 Sweden
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5 Open | Hugo Sköld Orr SWE | 39 | ||
| 6 Open | Andrea De Matteis ITA | 9 | ||||||
| 7 Open | Erik Rahm SWE | 12 | ||||||
| 3-8 Aug | RS Tera World Championships | Sejlklubben Køge Bugt |
Denmark
|
Pro | William Stratton-Brown (GBR) | 57 | 9 | |
| Sport | Rafe Bradley (GBR) | 61 | 8 | |||||
| 20-26 Jul | Topper World Championships | Federacíon de Vela Murcia |  Spain
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5.3 Open |  Che Liu (CHN) |
138 | 8 | |
| 4.2 Open | Hari Clark (GBR) |
39 | 5 | |||||
| 14-20 Jul | Musto Skiff World Championship | Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy | United Kingdom |
Open | Sam Pascoe (GBR) |
73 | 9 | |
| 8-14 Jul | Zoom 8 World Championship | Warnemünde Week | Open | Alfred Heinemeier Madsen (DEN) | 56 | 6
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| World Sailing Class - Two Person Dinghy | ||||||||
| 31 Jul -10 Aug | 29er World Championship |  Aarhus Sejlklub |
Denmark
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Open | Alex Demurtas (ITA) Giovanni Santi (ITA) |
258 | 27 | |
| 16-21 Jul | 49er Junior World Championships | |||||||
| 16-21 Jul | 49erFX Junior World Championships | |
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| 4–10 March | 49er & 49er FX World Championships | |
Spain
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Male | Erwan Fischer (FRA) & Clément Pequin (FRA) |
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| Female / FX | Odile van Aanholt (NED) & Annette Duetz (NED) |
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| 3–10 January | 420 World Championships |  Iate Clube do Rio de Janeiro |
Brazil
|
Male / Mixed | Lucas Cocchi Kubelka De Freitas (BRA) & Victoria Back (BRA) |
78 | 14 | [6] |
| Female | Iakovina Kerkezou (GRE) Danai Giannouli (GRE) |
27 | 10 | |||||
| Jul 6-13 | 470 Junior World Championships | Mixed | Matisse Pacaud (FRA) Lucie de Gennes (FRA)
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| Feb 24 –Mar 3 | 470 World Championships | |
Spain
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Mixed | Jordi Xammar (ESP) & Nora Brugman (ESP)
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[7] | ||
| Aug 1-10 | 505 World Championship | Varberg Segelsalskap |
Sweden
|
Open | Peter Nicholas (AUS) Luke Payne (AUS) |
95 | 14 | |
| Aug 1-9 | Cadet World Championship | Mount Batten Watersports & Activities Centre |
United Kingdom
|
Open | Josh Garner (AUS) Jack Benyan (AUS) |
65 | 10 | |
| Feb 5–16 | Fireball World Championship | Royal Geelong Yacht Club |
Australia
|
Open | Thomas Gillard & Andy Thompson
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[8] | ||
| Mar 23–31 | Flying Dutchman World Championship | |
United States
|
Open | Kay-Uwe Lüdtke Kai Schäfers |
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| Jul 19-28 | Flying Junior World Championship | Travemünder Woche | Open | Hylke SASSE Doete VOGELAAR |
42 | |||
| Aug 10 -Sep 16 | GP14 World Championship | Welsh National Sailing Academy | United Kingdom
|
Open | Matt Mee (GBR) Chris Robinson (GBR) |
85 | ||
| International 14 World Championships | |
Italy
|
Open | Andy Shaw (GBR) Rob Struckett (GBR) |
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| Jul 23-27 | Youth Lightning World Championship | Cofradía Naútica del Pacífico |
 Chile
|
Open |  Alec Hughes (PER) Sergio Gutarra (PER) Sofia Ruales (PER) |
20 | 9 | |
| Aug 5-9 | RS500 World Championship | |
Open | Pim van Vugt (NED) Lisa van Vugt (NED) |
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| Jul 29-Aug 2 | RS Feva World Championship | Jeugdcommissie regio Deltawateren | Netherlands
|
Open | Ben Greenhalgh (GBR) Tom Sinfield (GBR) |
173 | 18 | |
| Oct 24 -Nov 2 | Open Snipe World Championship |  Yacht Club Argentino |
Argentina
|
Open | Juliana Duque (BRA) Bruna Patricio (BRA) |
84 | 12 | |
| Jan 2–9 | Tasar World Championship |  Sandringham Yacht Club |
Australia
|
Open | Jonathan McKee (USA) Libby McKee (USA) |
102 | 7 | [9] |
| Jul 13-19 | Vaurien World Championship | Yacht Club Limar |
 Slovenia
|
Open | Francesco Graziani (ITA) Marta Delli (ITA) |
54 | 10 | |
| World Sailing Class - Keelboats | ||||||||
| 29 Jul -3 Aug | 2.4 Metre World Championship |  Kieler Yacht-Club |
 Germany |
Open | Heiko Kröger (GER) |
84 | 16 | |
| Sep 2-6 | 5.5 Metre World Championship | Yacht Club de l'Odet |
France
|
Open | John Bacon (AUS) Joost Houwling (NED) Ed Wright (GBR) |
29 | 12 | |
| Jun 16-23 | 12mR World Championship | Yacht Club de Porquerolles |
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| March 15–22 | Etchells World Championship | Fremantle Sailing Club |
Australia
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Open | Graeme Taylor (AUS) James Mayo (AUS) Richard Allanson (AUS) |
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| Oct 19-26 | J/22 World Championship | Eastport Yacht Club |
United States
|
Open | Travis Odenbach (USA) Geoff Becker (USA) Justin Damore (USA) |
48 | ||
| Sep 28 -Oct 5 | J/24 World Championship | Corinthian Yacht Club of Seattle |
Canada
|
Open | Keith Whittemore (USA) Mélanie Edwards (USA) Brian Thomas (USA) Marianne Schoke (SWE) Willem Van Waay (USA) |
68 | 16 | |
| June 4–8 | Corinthian J/70 World Championship |  Royal Danish Yacht Club |
Denmark
|
Open | Alberto Guarischi (BRA) Antonio Moreira (BRA) Pedro AmaralL (BRA) Felipe Rondina (BRA) |
109 | 19 | |
| Sep 14-21 | J/70 World Championship |  Real Club Náutico de Palma |
Spain
|
Open | Douglas Newhouse (USA) Jeremy Wilmot (USA) Ted Hackney (USA) George Peet (USA) |
95 | 32+ | |
| Jul 6-13 | J/80 World Championship | Societe des Regates Rochelaises |
France
|
Open | Javier Padron Torrent (ESP) Jon Larrazabal Lallana (ESP) Alberto Padron Torrent (ESP) Daniel De La Pedraja (ESP) Alba Ponce (ESP) |
70 | 8 | |
| Aug 24-31 | Micro Class World Championship | C V BORDEAUX C M |
France
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| Aug 17-24 | Melges 24 World Championship |  San Francisco Yacht Club |
United States
|
Open | Donald Wilson (USA) Jeremy Wilmot (AUS) Edward Hackney (AUS) Tomas Dietrich (ARG) Ian Liberty (USA) |
31 | 18 | |
| 23-29 Sep 2024 | Platu 25 World Championship | Nautical Club 78 |
Greece
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Open | Francesco Lanera (ITA) |
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| Aug 21-25 | RC44 World Championship | |
Australia
|
Open |  Vladimir Prosikhin (BUL) Nic Asher (GBR) James Baxter (NZL) Pierluigi De Felice (ITA) Harry Hall (AUS) Pietro Mantovani (ITA) Taavi Taveter (EST) Federica Salva (ITA) Jeremy Lomas (NZL) |
9 | 17 | |
| Sep 24-28 | RS21 World Championship | Club Nautic L'Escala |
Spain
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Open | Pietro Negri (ITA) Niccolo Bianchi (ITA) Giovanni Meloni (ITA) Camilla Cordero Di Montezemolo (ITA) | |||
| Sep 29 -Oct 4 | RS Venture Connect World Championship | Rutland Sailing Club |
United Kingdom
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| Feb 11–16 | SB20 World Championship | |
United Arab Emirates
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Open | Artem Basalkin (UAE) Pippa Wilson (GBR) Gonçalo Lopes (UAE)
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[10] | ||
| 24-30 Jun | Soling World Championship | Hankø Yacht Club |
Norway
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Open |  Farkas Litkey (HUN) Károly Vezér (HUN) Kristóf Wossala (HUN) |
27 | 13+ | |
| Sep 7-13 | Shark 24 World Championship | Whitby Yacht Club, Ontario |
Canada
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Open | ||||
| Sep 9-15 | Sonar World Championship |  Noroton Yacht Club |
United States
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Open | Morgan Connor (USA) Jan Raymond (USA) Wells Connor (USA) Andrew Buttner (USA) |
31 | 3 | |
| Sep 8-13 | Star World Championship |  San Diego Yacht Club |
United States
|
Open | John Kostecki (USA) Austin Sperry (USA) |
64 | ||
| Sep 1-6 | Tempest World Championship | Regattaverein Brunnen | .svg.png){kind=small} Switzerland
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Open | Lars Bähr (GER) Leif Bähr (GER) |
36 | 6 | |
| May 18-25 | Yngling World Championship | Union Yacht Club Traunsee |
 Austria
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Open | Wolfgang Buchinger (AUT) Michael Nake (AUT) Karin Schöberl (AUT) |
48 | 7 | |
| World Sailing Class - Yachts | ||||||||
| Sep 30 -Oct 5 | L30 Class World Championship |  Balatonfüredi Yacht Club |
Hungary
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Open | Péter Dr. Tenke Martin Dr. Tenke Marcell Goszleth Levente Takácsy Szörényi Ádám |
15 | ||
| Jul 15-20 | TP52 World Championship | New York Yacht Club, Newport |
United States
|
Open | Guillermo Parada (ARG) Tony Langley (GBR) Bruno Zirilli (ITA) Chris Hosking (AUS) Andrew Estcourt (NZL) Jeoff Povey (GBR) Carlo Huisman (NED) Francesco Scalici (ITA) Simon Fry (GBR) Joey Newton (AUS) David Vera (ESP) Bradley Mclaughlin (GBR) Matt Cornwell (GBR) |
10 | 22 | |
| World Sailing Class - Multihulls | ||||||||
| Sep 10-15 | A-Cat World Championship | Italy
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Foiling | Jakub Surowiec (POL) |
82 | 16 | ||
| Classic | Gustavo Doreste Blanco (ESP) |
86 | 15 | |||||
| Jun 26-30 | A's Youth Foil World Championship | |
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| Sep 6-13 | Dart 18 World Championship | |
Italy
|
Open | Andrea Tramutola (ITA) Marco Tramutola (ITA) |
88 | 8 | |
| Jul 21-26 | Formula 16 World Championship | Aval Associazione Velica Alto Lario |
Italy
|
Open | Emma Rankin (AUS) Beau White (AUS) |
51 | 10 | |
| Jun 28 -Jul 5 | Formula 18 World Championship | Club De Vela Ballena Alegre |
Spain
|
Open | Pablo Völker (ESP) Federico Polimeni (ESP) |
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| Jul 12-19 | Tornado World Championship | Club Nautico Rimini |
Italy
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Open | Angelika Kohlendorfer (AUT) Calvin Claus (AUT) |
29 | 10 | |
| Sep 2-8 | M32 World Championship | |||||||
| Oct 27 -Nov 3 | Nacra 15 World Championship | Spain
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Open | .svg.png){kind=small} Mateo LECLERCQ (BEL) Mathieu PINSART (BEL) |
80 | |||
| 16-21 Jul | Nacra 17 Junior World Championships | |
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| 7-12 May | Nacra 17 World Championship | France
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Open | Ruggero Tita (ITA) Caterina Banti (ITA) |
44 | 20 | ||
| World Sailing Class - Boards | ||||||||
| Jul 1-7 | Formula Kite Youth World Championships | |||||||
| 11-19 May | Formula Kite World Championships | |||||||
| 17-22 Jun | Formula Windsurfing Foil World Championships | |
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| 10-14 Jul | IFCA Foiling Slalom Open World Championship | |||||||
| Jan 26 –Feb 3 | iQFoil World Championships | |
Spain
|
Male | Nicolò Renna (ITA) |
[11] | ||
| Female |  Sharon Kantor (ISR) |
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| 18-25 Aug | U23 iQFOiL World Championships | |||||||
| 27 Dec 2023 – 3 Jan | 2024 IWCA World Championship | Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club |
Australia
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Female | Lars Kleppich (AUS) |
[12] | ||
| Female | Lanee Beashel (USA) |
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| Sep 7-15 | IFCA Grand Slam Slalom World Champions | |||||||
| Oct 13-19 | ISCA World Championship | Rush Creek Yacht Club |
United States
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| Sep 16-22 | IWCA World Championships | CV Ballena Alegre | Spain
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| Jun 26-30 | KiteFoil Masters World Championships | |||||||
| 16-21 Sep 2024 | Raceboard World Championships | |||||||
| 21–30 Apr | Speed Windsurfing World Championship | |
France
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| 21-28 Jul | Techno 293 World Championships | Spartacus Sailing Club | Hungary
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+ Male | Yugo Saito (JPN) | 38 | 11 | |
| + Female | Teresa Medde (ITA) | 38 | 11 | |||||
| U17 Male | Panagiotis Ioannou (GRE) | 58 | 12 | |||||
| U17 Female | Danai Anagnostou (GRE) | 38 | 13 | |||||
| U15 Male | Evangelos Kyriazakos (GRE) | 58 | 13 | |||||
| U15 Female | Olivia Sánchez (ESP) | 42 | 12 | |||||
| U13 Open | 72 | 11 | ||||||
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References
- ^ "Tony Morgan passes away". 2024-04-10. Retrieved 2024-12-31.
- ^ 2024 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race
- ^ 2024 ILCA 6 Women's World Championship Page
- ^ 2024 ILCA 7 World Championship Page
- ^ 2024 OK Dinghy World Championship Page
- ^ 2024 420 World Championship Page
- ^ 2024 470 World Championship Page
- ^ 2024 Fireball World Championships Page
- ^ 2024 Tasar World Championship Page
- ^ 2024 SB20 World Championships Page
- ^ 2024 iQFoil World Championships Page
- ^ 2024 IWCA World Championship Page