Melges 20 World Championship
World Championship in the Melges 20 Keelboat
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The Melges 20 World Championship is an annual international sailing regatta for Melges 20 keelboats, organized by the host club on behalf of the International Melges 20 Class Association and recognized by World Sailing, the sports IOC recognized governing body.
Events
| Dates | Host | No. Boats |
Sailors | Ref. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed. | Date | Year | Host club | Location | Nat. | No. |  |  | Nat. | Cont | ||
| 1 | 10-14 Oct. | 2012 |  Ocean Reef Club | Key Largo |  United States |
52 | 161 | 15 | 5 | [1][2][3] | ||
| 2 | 25-30 Aug. | 2014 | Fraglia della Vela Riva | Riva del Garda |  Italy |
57 | 188 | 16 | 4 | [4][5][6] | ||
| 3 | 29 Sept. to 3 Oct. | 2015 |  San Francisco Yacht Club | Tiburon | United States |
39 | 124 | 14 | 5 | [7][8][9] | ||
| 4 | 25-28 Aug. | 2016 | Club Nautico Scarlino | Scarlino | Italy |
56 | 186 | 19 | 6 | [10][11][12] | ||
| 5 | 4-7 Oct | 2017 |  New York Yacht Club- Harbour Court | Newport, Rhode Island | United States |
38 | 122 | 12 | 4 | [13][14][15] | ||
| 6 | 10-13 Oct. | 2018 | Yacht Club Cagliari | Cagliari | Italy |
36 | 133 | 16 | 5 | [16][17][18] | ||
| 7 | 4-7 April | 2019 |  Coconut Grove Sailing Club | Miami | United States |
22 | [19][20][21] | |||||
| 8 | 7-10 Oct. | 2020 | Circolo Nautico della Vela – CNVA | Cala Galera | Italy |
15 | 4+ | 1+ | [22] | |||
| 9 | 8-12 Dec. | 2021 | Coconut Grove Sailing Club | Miami | United States |
18 | 64 | 53 | 11 | 12 | 4 | [23][24] |
| 10 | 21-24 Sept. | 2022 | Marina di Puntaldia | Olbia | Italy |
10 | 36 | 30 | 6 | 6 | 2 | [25][26][27] |
| 11 | 30 Nov. to 04 Dec. | 2023 | Coconut Grove Sailing Club | Miami | United States |
14 | 47 | 38 | 9 | 10 | 5 | [28] |
Multiple World Champions
Compiled from the data below the table includes up to and including 2023.
| Ranking | Sailor | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | No. Entries* | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Federico Michetti (ITA) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | [29] |
| 2 |  Charlie Smythe (USA) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | [30] |
| 2 | Morgan Reeser (USA) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | [31] |
| 2 | Drew Freides (USA) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | [32] |
| 2 | Filippo Pacinotti (ITA) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | [33] |
| 6 | Jeff Reynolds (USA) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | [34] |
| 6 | John Kilroy (USA) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | [35] |
| 8 | Daniel Thielman (USA) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | [36] |
| 8 | Bill Hardesty (USA) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | [37] |
| 8 |  Alec Anderson (IVB) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | [38] |
| 8 | Rayleen Thielman (USA) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | [39] |
- full results are not available for two years so this may be an underestimation
Results
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 52 Boats |
USA 1315 - Ninkasi
|
USA 176 - Cajun Underwriting
|
USA 3 - Lucky Dog / Gill Race Team
|
[2] |
| 2014 Garda 57 Boats |
USA 13131 - Samba Pa Ti (313)
|
ITA 23 - Mascalzone Latino (23)
|
MON 333 - Monaco Racing Fleet (333)
|
[5] |
| 2015 Tiburon |
USA 13131 - Samba Pa Ti
|
BRA 245 - Portobello
|
USA 311 - WildMan
|
[8] |
| 2016 Scarlino |
USA 4014 - Pinta
|
USA 236 - PACIFIC YANKEE
|
POL 264 - MAG TINY
|
[11] |
| 2017 Newport 38 Boats |
USA 300 - Pacific Yankee
|
RUS 309 - Nika
|
USA 13131 - Samba Pa Ti
|
[14] |
| 2018 Cagliari 36 Boats[17] |
USA 300 - PACIFIC YANKEE
|
ITA 667 - BRONTOLO
|
RUS 296 - Russian Bogatyrs
|
[17] |
| 2019 Miami 22 Boats |
ITA 65 - STIG
|
USA 88 - Heartbreaker
|
RUS 898 - Russian Bogatyrs
|
[20] |
| 2021 Cala Galera 15 Boats |
ITA 667 BRONTOLO
|
RUS 296 RUSSIAN BOGATYRS
|
TA 50 FREMITO D'ARJA
|
[22] |
| 2021 Miami 18 Boats |
Kuai Alec Anderson (USA)
|
Russian Bogatyrs
|
Honeybadger
|
[24] |
| 2022 Olbia 10 Boats |
ITA 667 - BRONTOLO
|
MON 304 - NIKA
|
ITA 50 - FREMITO D'ARJA
|
[26] |
| 2023 - 14 Boats | USA 7676 - Kuai Daniel Thielman (USA) Victor Diaz (VEN) Alec Anderson (IVB) Rayleen Thielman (USA) |
USA 226 - Gamecock Peter Mcclennen (USA) Jeremy Wilmot (AUS) Michael Marshall (USA) |
MON 309 - Nika Vladimir Prosikhin (RUS) Manuel Weiller (ESP) Giorgio Tortarolo (ITA) Federica Salvà (ITA) |
