World Sailing Open Team Racing World Championships
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| Formerly | ISAF Team Racing World Championship |
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| First held | 1995 |
| Organizer | World Sailing |
| Website | trwc2026 |
The World Sailing Open Team Racing World Championships (formerly ISAF Team Racing World Championship) is an international team racing competition initiated by World Sailing.[1]
History
[edit]The championships were originally held every two years with the first edition 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. 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.
The championships were run every two years from 1995 until the 2011 edition in Schull, after which there was a four year hiatus. The next championships were run in 2015 in Rutland. This was the last championship to be run using the 3v3 format.
In 2024 World Sailing announced that the Team Racing World Championship would return with a new 2v2 format in keelboats. The 2025 event took place 28 May to 1 June at the New York Yacht Club in Newport, RI, United States, supported by US Sailing. The 2026 event will be held 12 to 16 August at the Gamla Stan’s Yacht Sällskap, Stockholm, Sweden, and supported by the City of Stockholm and the Swedish Sailing Federation.[2][3][4] The bidding process for the 2027 and 2028 championships was announced in 2025 with a deadline of 1 February 2026 and a decision to be made in March 2026.[5]
Youth Championship
[edit]A youth championship (under 21) began running in parallel with the main event in 2005 and was last held in 2015.
Results
[edit]| Year | Location | Hosted by | Winning Nation | Youth Winners | Boat Used |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 |  West Kirby, UK[6]
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West Kirby Sailing Club |  GBR 1Steve Tylecote Mel Hughes Greg Eaton Tasha Hughes Roger Morris Damian Boreham[7] |
N/A | Firefly |
| 1998 |  Miami, USA
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Strictly Sail Miami | USA 2 Mark Mendelblatt Nick Trotman Josh Adams Brett Davis Victoria Wadsworth Blair Largay |
N/A | Vanguard 15 |
| 1999 |  Dún Laoghaire, Ireland
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 Royal St. George Yacht Club
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 NZLAndrew Murdoch Rebecca Murdoch Hamish Murdoch Andrew Ardern Karen Lambert Alesha Thorpe[8][9] |
N/A | Firefly[10] |
| 2001 |  Lake Brno, Brno, Czechia
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Lodni Sporty Brno Yacht Club | NZL 1 Andrew Murdoch Karen Lambert Hamish Murdoch Josh Galbraith Andrew Arden Jeffery Clark[11] |
N/A | 420 |
| 2003 | Auckland, New Zealand
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No host club. Organised by NZTRA and sailed out of the America's Cup Village |
USA 2 Timothy Fallon Karen Renzulli Graeme Woodworth Leigh Woodworth Ery Largay Brian Doyle[12][13] |
N/A | 420 |
| 2005[14] | Newport, Rhode Island, USA
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 New York Yacht Club
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USA 1 Timothy Fallon Karen Renzulli Mark Ivey Matt Lindblad Tim Wadlow Ery Largay[15] |
USA 1 Colin Merrick Amanda Callahan Patrick Hogan Carlos Lebz Pete Levesque Liz Hall |
Vanguard 15 |
| 2007 |  Gandia, Spain
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Real Club Náutico de Gandia | 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[16][17] |  Perth, Australia
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 Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club South of Perth Yacht Club
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USA Clay Bischoff Lisa Keith Colin Merrick Amanda Callahan Peter Levesque Liz Hall[18][19] |
AUS Jasper Warren Jamie Turner David Gilmour Aimee Negri Luke Parkinson Patrick Vos |
Pacer |
| 2011[20] | Schull, Ireland
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Fastnet Marine and Outdoor Education Centre | GBR Andrew Cornah Ben Field Dom Johnson Hamish Walker Tom Foster Deborah Steele[21] |
GBR Cameron Douglas Ben Robinson Sophie Shepherd Sarah Lombard Charlie Fitzgerald Freddy Williams |
TR 3.6 |
| 2015[22] | Rutland, UK
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Rutland Sailing Club | USA 1 Michael Menninger Justin Law Adrienne Kamiler Haley Kirk Lucy Wallace Tyler Sinks[23] |
USA Eli Burnes Henry Burnes Charlie Hibben Paige Dunleavy Ginny Alex Peter Barron[23] |
Firefly |
| 2025[24] | Newport, Rhode Island, USA
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New York Yacht Club
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USA Will Bailey Doug Sabin Allison Ferraris Langdon Mitchell Tim Wadlow Forbes Barber Christina Pandapas Peter Fleming[25] |
N/A | Sonar |
| 2026[26] |  Stockholm, Sweden
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 Gamla Stans Yacht Sällskap
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J/80 |
Class Team Racing World Championships
[edit]Team racing world championships are held for the Optimist and International 14 classes as part of their respective class world championships. The International 420 class previously held two editions of a standalone team racing world championship, in 2015 and 2016.
References and External Links
[edit]- ^ "World Sailing - Team Racing". World Sailing. Retrieved 30 March 2026.
- ^ "New format and 2025 and 2026 venues for World Sailing Open Team Racing World Championships announced". World Sailing. Retrieved 6 June 2025.
- ^ "International Team Racing is back". Scuttlebutt Sailing News. 20 November 2023. Retrieved 1 September 2025.
- ^ "New York Yacht Club to Host 2025 Team Racing Worlds in Sonar Keelboats". Mysailing. 20 September 2024. Retrieved 1 September 2025.
- ^ "World Sailing Open Team Racing World Championship 2027 & 2028 Bid Guidelines". World Sailing. Retrieved 29 March 2026.
- ^ "Selection trials announced for Team Racing Worlds". www.yachtsandyachting.com. 16 July 2024. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
- ^ "First ever Team Racing World Championship 1995 final GBR vs IRL". YouTube. 6 January 2016. Archived from the original on 5 December 2021.
- ^ "Yachting: Murdochs - first family of sails". The New Zealand Herald. 30 June 2000. Retrieved 31 March 2026.
- ^ McFadden, Suzanne (30 June 2000). "Yachting: World title all in the family". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 31 March 2026.
- ^ "Notice of Race - Indigo ISAF World Team Racing Championship 1999". Royal St George Yacht Club. Archived from the original on 8 December 2000. Retrieved 25 August 2025.
- ^ "SCUTTLEBUTT No. 888". Scuttlebutt Sailing News. 27 August 2001. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
- ^ http://www.2003worldteamracing.freeservers.com/Teams/usa2.htm
- ^ https://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/newsletter-archive/archived_Detail0ac8.html
- ^ Jan Harley (2 October 2005). "2005 Grey Goose ISAF Team Racing Worlds - Overall".
- ^ "ISAF Team Racing World Championship 2007". Sail-World. 17 March 2007. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
- ^ "ISAF Team Racing World Championship 2009". ISAF. Archived from the original on 23 October 2017. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
- ^ "Scuttlebutt 2009 Team Racing Worlds".
- ^ "USA Retain ISAF Team Racing World Championship Title". AFLOAT. 9 February 2009. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
- ^ "ISAF Team Racing World Championship in Perth - Overall". www.yachtsandyachting.com. 9 February 2009. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
- ^ "ISAF Team Racing World Championship 2011". ISAF. Archived from the original on 18 September 2021. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
- ^ Ahern, Vincent (4 September 2011). "ISAF Team Racing World Championahips Victory for West Kirby". Sail-World. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
- ^ "Rutlandteamracing". Archived from the original on 9 May 2019. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
- ^ a b https://events2.ksail.co.uk/2015/ISAFTeamRacingWorlds/
- ^ "2025 Team Racing World Championship". New York yacht Club. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
- ^ Barrett, Joey (4 June 2025). "Marblehead's Corinthian Yacht Club sails to world championship". Itemlive. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
- ^ "Team Racing World Championship 2026". Retrieved 29 April 2026.
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