Formula 18 World Championship
Formula 18 Catamaran Worlds
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The Formula 18 World Championship and the Formula 18 Raid World Championship also known as the F18 World Championship and Raid F18 Worlds is an annual international sailing regatta for Formula 18, organized by the host club on behalf of the International Formula 18 Class Association and recognized by World Sailing, the sports IOC recognized governing body.[1]
Editions
Host clubs of the World Championship
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| Event | Host | Sailors | Boats | Ref. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed. | Date | Year | Host club | Location | Nat. | No. | Nat. | Cont. | Boats |  |  | Mix | |
| 1 | 9 - 15 July | 2000 | Club de Voile de la Baie d'Erquy | Erquy |  France |
280 | 10 | 4 | 140 | [2][3] | |||
| 2 | 15 - 20 July | 2001 |  Parkstone Yacht Club | Poole |  United Kingdom |
166 | 8 | 2 | 83 | [4] | |||
| 3 | 22 - 27 July | 2002 | Lübecker Yacht Club | Travemunde |  Germany |
208 | 12 | 4 | 104 | [5] | |||
| 4 | 7 - 13 July | 2003 | Koksijde Yachting Club | Koksijde |  Belgium |
204 | 11 | 3 | 102 | [6] | |||
| 5 | 10 - 16 July | 2004 | Club Nautico Follonica | Punt Ala |  Italy |
300 | 12 | 3 | 150 | [7] | |||
| 6 | 9 - 16 July | 2005 | Watersport Association of Hoek van Holland | Rotterdam |  Netherlands |
282 | 14 | 3 | 141 | [8][9] | |||
| 7 | 8 - 15 July | 2006 | Club Multicoques de Hyeres | Hyeres | France |
300 | 11 | 3 | 150 | 133 | 4 | 13 | [10][11][12] |
| 8 | 19 - 25 Feb | 2007 | Rydges Capricorn Resort | Yeppoon |  Australia |
142 | 9 | 4 | 71 | [13][14] | |||
| 9 | 5 - 11 July | 2008 | Club de Vela Playa del Bao | Nigrán (Pontevedra) |  Spain |
264 | 15 | 4 | 132 | [15][16] | |||
| 10 | 10 - 17 July | 2009 | Royal Belgium Saling Club, Duinbergen | Knokke-Heist | Belgium |
346 | 15 | 4 | 173 | [17][18][19] | |||
| 11 | 3 - 10 July | 2010 | Club de Voile de la Baie d'Erquy | Erquy, Brittany | France |
318 | 18 | 4 | 159 | [20][21][22] | |||
| 12 | 1 - 9 July | 2011 | Balatonfured Yacht Club | Balatonfuredi |  Hungary |
202 | 17 | 4 | 101 | [23][24] | |||
| 13 | 7 - 15 Sept | 2012 |  Alamitos Bay Yacht Club | Long Beach |  United States |
228 | 15 | 5 | 114 | [25][26][27][28] | |||
| 14 | 6 - 12 July | 2013 | Compagnia della Vela Grosseto | Grosseto | Italy |
322 | 27 | 6 | 161 | 135 | 0 | 27 | [29][30][31][32] |
| 15 | 5 - 11 July | 2014 | Ballyholme Yacht Club | Bangor | United Kingdom |
114 | 10 | 4 | 57 | 50 | 1 | 6 | [33][34][35] |
| 16 | - | 2015 | Kieler Yacht Club | Kiel | Germany |
334 | 22 | 4 | 167 | [36][37] | |||
| 17 | 28 Oct to 4 Nov | 2016 |  Yacht Club Argentino | Buenos Aires |  Argentina |
82 | 7 | 5 | 41 | 37 | 0 | 4 | [38][39][40] |
| 18 | 8 - 15 July | 2017 | Vallensbaek Sailing Club | Vallensbaek |  Denmark |
248 | 21 | 4 | 124 | 98 | 0 | 26 | [41][42] |
| 19 | 12 - 19 Oct | 2018 | Sarasota Yacht Club | Sarasota | United States |
158 | 13 | 4 | 78 | [43][44][45] | |||
| 20 | - | 2019 | Club de Vella Ballena Alegre | Ballena Alegre | Spain |
246 | 23 | 4 | 123 | [46][47] | |||
| N/A | - | 2020 | Yacht Club Gaeta | Gaeta | Italy |
CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19 | |||||||
| 21 | - | 2021 | Yacht Club Gaeta | Gaeta | Italy |
158 | 20 | 4 | 79 | 64 | 0 | 15 | [48] |
| 22 | 11 - 16 Oct | 2022 | Sheraton Sand Key Resort | Clearwater Beach, Florida | United States |
124 | 12 | 4 | 62 | 55 | 0 | 7 | [49][50][51][52] |
| 23 | 21 - 30 July | 2023 | Travemünder Woche | Lübeck | Germany |
194 | 17 | 4 | 97 | [53][54] | |||
| 24 | 28 June to 5 July | 2024 | Club de Vella Ballena Alegre | Ballena Alegre | Spain |
262 | 22 | 5 | 131 | 105 | 1 | 25 | [55] |
| 25 | 4 - 11 July | 2025 | Zeesport Vereniging Noordwijk Royal Yacht Club Hollandia | Noordwijk | Netherlands |
192 | 17 | 5 | 96 | [56][57] | |||
| 26 | Jan | 2026 | Jervoise Bay Sailing Club | Munster, WA | Australia |
151 | 11 | 5 | 75 | 57 | 1 | 17 | [58] |
Raid Editions
| Event | Host | Sailors | Boats | Ref. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed. | Date | Year | Host club | Location | Nat. | Comp. | Nats | Cont. | Boats | Male | Fem. | Mix | |
| R1 | 28 July to 1 Aug | 2004 | Club de Voile de la Baie d'Erquy | Erquy, Brittany | France |
[59] | |||||||
| R2 | - | 2017 | Stockholm Archipelago |  Sweden |
54 | 8 | 3 | 27 | 23 | 0 | 4 | ||
| R3 | - | 2018 | Costarmoricaine Raid | France |
38 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 15 | 0 | 4 | ||
| R4 | - | 2020 | Martinique Cata | France |
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| R5 | - | 2022 | Stockholm Archipelago | Sweden |
58 | 10 | 3 | 29 | [60] | ||||
| R6 | 2023 | Club de Voile de la Baie d'Erquy | Erquy, Brittany | France |
46 | 7 | 2 | 23 | 17 | 0 | 6 | ||
| R7 | 8 - 13 Aug | 2024 | Club de Voile de la Baie d'Erquy | Erquy, Brittany | France |
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| R8 | 30 July -3 Aug | 2025 | Club de Voile de la Baie d'Erquy | Erquy, Brittany | France |
38 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 15 | 0 | 4 | [61][62] |
| R9 | 2026 | Club de Voile de la Baie d'Erquy | Erquy, Brittany | France |
[63] | ||||||||
Multiple World Champions
Compiled from the data below the table includes up to and including 2026.
| Ranking | Sailor | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | No. Entries | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Darren Bundock (AUS) | 6 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 13 | [64] |
| 2 | Mitch Booth (NED) | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 17 | [65] |
| 3 | Herbert Dercksen (NED) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 8 | [66] |
| 4 | Glenn Ashby (AUS) | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | [67] |
| 5 | Brett Burvill (AUS) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 | [68] |
| 5 | Max Puttman (AUS) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | [69] |
| 7 | Ferdinand Van West (NED) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | [70] |
| 8 | Gunnar Larsen (NED) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | [71] |
| 8 | Jeroen Van Leeuwen (NED) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | [72] |
| 8 | Coen De Koning (NED) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | [73] |
| 8 | Olivier Backes (FRA) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | [74] |
| 8 | Pablo Volker (ARG) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | [75] |
Medalists
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Design - Hobie Tiger Mitch Booth (NED) Herbert Dercksen (NED) |
Design - Cirrus Jean-Christophe Mourniac (FRA) Philippe Mourniac (FRA) |
Design - Hobie Tiger Andrew Landenberger (AUS) Philippe Neiras (FRA) |
[76] |
| 2001 | Design - Hobie Tiger Mitch Booth (NED) Herbert Dercksen (NED) |
Design - Cirrus Jean-Christophe Mourniac (FRA) Philippe Mourniac (FRA) |
Design - Hobie Tiger Billy Besson (FRA) Arnaud Jarlegan (FRA) |
[76] |
| 2002 | Design - Hobie Tiger Mitch Booth (NED) Herbert Dercksen (NED) |
Design - Cirrus Jean-Christophe Mourniac (FRA) Philippe Mourniac (FRA) |
Design - Nacra Inter 2 Darren Bundock (AUS) Luca Remagnino (ITA) |
[76] |
| 2003 | Design - Cirrus Emmanuel Boulogne (FRA) Vincent Boulogne (FRA) |
Design - Hobie Tiger Gavin Colby (AUS) Cory Camenisch (SUI) |
Design - Hobie Tiger Darren Bundock (AUS) Glen Ashby (AUS) |
[76] |
| 2004 | Design - Hobie Tiger Darren Bundock (AUS) Glen Ashby (AUS) |
Design - Hobie Tiger Mitch Booth (NED) Herbert Dercksen (NED) |
Design - Hobie Tiger Gavin Colby (AUS) Cory Camenisch (SUI) |
[76] |
| 2005 | Darren Bundock (AUS) Glen Ashby (AUS) |
Mitch Booth (NED) Herbert Dercksen (NED) |
Helge Sach (GER) Christian Sach (GER) |
[76] |
| 2006 | Design - Capricorn Helge Sach (GER) Christian Sach (GER) |
Darren Bundock (AUS) Glen Ashby (AUS) |
Design - Capricorn Andrew Landenberger (AUS) Felix Egner (GER) |
[76] |
| 2007 | Darren Bundock (AUS) Glen Ashby (AUS) |
Mitch Booth (NED) Pim Nieuwenhuis (NED) |
Billy Besson (FRA) Arnaud Jarlegan (FRA) |
[76] |
| 2008 | Coen de Koning (NED) Jeroen van Leeuwen (NED) |
Franck Cammas (FRA) Jeremy Lagarrigue (FRA) |
Mischa Heemskerk (NED) Bastiaan Tentij (NED) |
[76] |
| 2009 | Nacra Infusion Coen de Koning (NED) Thijs Visser (NED) |
Shockwave Rob Wilson (GBR) Marcus Lynch (GBR) |
Nacra Infusion Hugh Styles (GBR) Ferdinand van West (NED) |
[76] |
| 2010 | Olivier Backes (FRA) Arnaud Jarlegan (FRA) |
Darren Bundock (AUS) William Howden (GBR) |
Hugh Styles (GBR) Ferdinand van West (NED) |
[76] |
| 2011 | Design - C2 Darren Bundock (AUS) Jeroen van Leeuwen (NED) |
Design - Cirrus R. Mischa Heemskerk (NED) Bastiaan Tentij (NED) |
Design - Hobie Wildcat Vittoro Bissaro (ITA) Lamberto Cesari (ITA) |
[76] |
| 2012 | Olivier Backes (FRA) Matthieu Vandame (FRA) |
Oscar Zeekant (NED) Karel Begemann (NED) |
Billy Besson (FRA) Jeremie Laguarrigue (FRA) |
[76] |
| 2013 | Design - Nacra Infusion Billy Besson (FRA) Jeremie Lagarrigue (FRA) |
Design - Phantom Hugh Styles (GBR) Richard Mason (GBR) |
Design - Nacra Infusion Mitch Booth (ESP) Jordi Booth (ESP) |
[76] |
| 2014 | Design - Nacra Infusion Gunnar Larsen (NED) Ferdinand van West (NED) |
Design - Phantom Gurvan Bontemps (FRA) Benjamin Amiot (FRA) |
Design - c2 Taylor Reiss (USA) Matthew Whitehead (USA) |
[76] |
| 2015 | Design - Nacra Infusion Gunnar Larsen (NED) Ferdinand van West (NED) |
Oscar Zeekant (NED) Karel Begemann (NED) |
Glenn Ashby (AUS) Brett Goodall (AUS) |
[76] |
| 2016 | Design - F18 Phantom Pablo Völker (ARG) Juan Martín Benitez (ARG) |
Cruz Gonzalez Smith (ARG) Mariano Heuser (ARG) |
 Jason Hess (GUA) Nicolás Schargorodsky (GUA) |
[76][39] |
| 2017 | Design - eXploder Scorpion F18 Mischa Heemskerk (NED) Stephan Dekker (NED) |
Patrick Demesmaeker (BEL) Gilles Tas (BEL) |
Jolbert van Dijk (NED) Frank de Waard (NED) |
[76] |
| 2018 | Design - eXploder Scorpion F18 Iordanis Paschalidis (GRE) Konstantinos Trigkonis (GRE) |
Michael Easton (USA) Tripp Burd (USA) |
Taylor Reiss (USA) Matthew Whitehead (USA) |
[76][45] |
| 2019 | AUS 888 Design - eXploder Scorpion F18 Darren Bundock (AUS) Conor Nicholas (AUS) |
GRE 7 - REDBULL Design - eXploder Scorpion F18 Iordanis Paschalidis (GRE) Konstantinos Trigkonis (GRE) |
ARG 11 - OH! Design - eXploder Scorpion F18 Cruz Gonzalez Smith (ARG) Mariano Heuser (ARG) |
[47] |
| 2020 | CANCELLED COVID-19 | |||
| 2021 | AUS 1 Design - eXploder Scorpion F18 Mitch Booth (AUS) Ruben Booth (ESP) |
ARG 11 Design - eXploder Scorpion F18 Cruz Gonzalez Smith (ARG) Mariano Heuser (ARG) |
ARG 1 Design - eXploder Scorpion F18 Agustin KREVISKY (ARG) Nicolas Aragones (ARG) |
|
| 2022 | USA 1 Design - Nacra F18 Evolution Ravi Parent (USA) Severin Gramm (USA) |
AUS 05 - GUMA Gavin Colby (AUS) Kai Colman (AUS) |
ARG 11 - Crazy Chicken Cruz Gonzalez Smith (ARG) Mariano Heuser (ARG) |
[51] |
| 2023 | SWE 141 Design - Scorpion Emil Järudd (SWE) Rasmus Rosengren (SWE) |
AUS 5 Design - Scorpion Gavin Colby (AUS) Kai Colman (AUS) |
AUS 3 Design - Edge Brett Burvill (AUS) Max Puttman (AUS) |
[54] |
| 2024 | ESP 042 - JARANA (32) Design - Akurra Pablo Völker (ESP) Federico Polimeni (ESP) |
AUS 3 - WINDRUSH NEXT GEN (13) Design - Edge/Next Generation Brett Burvill (AUS) Max Puttman (AUS) |
ESP 21 - A BORDO WATER SPORTS (44) Design - Akurra Toni Rivas Mas (ESP) Jordi Sanchez (ESP) |
[55] |
| 2025 | AUS 888 Design - eXploder Darren Bundock (AUS) Bjarne Bouwer (NED) |
AUS 7 Design - eXploder Brin Liddell (AUS) Jake Liddell (AUS) |
AUS 3 Design - Edge Brett Burvill (AUS) Max Puttman (AUS) |
[57] |
| 2026 | AUS 3 (3) Design - Edge Brett Burvill (AUS) Max Puttman (AUS) |
AUS 41 (61) Design - Scorpion Matt Homan (AUS) Kris Bilston (AUS) |
AUS 888 (1) Design - Exploder F18 Darren Bundock (AUS) Glenn Ashby (AUS) |
[58] |
Raid Medallists
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | ||||
| 2017 | SWE-2 Leff Dahl (SWE) Roger Boden (SWE) |
GBR-508 William Sunnucks (GBR) Freddie White (GBR) |
ARG-1912 Elke Delnooz (ARG) Jerone Van Leeuwen (ARG) | |
| 2018 | FRA-1896 Design - Nacra Infusion Benoit Champanhac (FRA) Hugo Dhallenne (FRA) |
FRA-124 Design - CirrusR Cedric Fleury (FRA) Delphine Fleury (FRA) |
FRA-1962 Design - Capricorn C2 Nicolas Touchot (FRA) Pierre-yves Durand (FRA) | |
| 2020 | FRA-66 Franck Cammas (FRA) Matthieu Vandame (FRA) |
FRA-111 Frederic Moreau (FRA) Matthieu Souben (FRA) |
FRA-901 Emmanuel Boulogne (FRA) Vincent Boulogne (FRA) | |
| 2022 | BEL-1 Patrick Demesmaeker (BEL) Olivier Gagliani (BEL) |
SWE-111 Jakob Lundqvist (SWE) Rasmus Rosengren (SWE) |
SWE-7 Fredrik Karlsson (SWE) Niklas Nordblom (SWE) | |
| 2023 | AUS-3 Design - Edge Brett Burvill (AUS) Max Puttman (AUS) |
FRA-5 Design - Akurra Victorien Erussard (FRA) Frederic Moreau (FRA) |
FRA-51 Design - Exploder Scorpion Matteo Chevrier (FRA) Gaspard Cosse (FRA) | |
| 2024 | ||||
| 2025 | FRA-7 Emeric Dary (FRA) David Fanouillere (FRA) |
FRA-5 Matteo Chevrier (FRA) Gaspard Cosse (FRA) |
USA-008 Cedric Fleury (USA) Nicolas Ploe (USA) |
[62] |