RC44 World Championship
World Championship in the Musto Skiff Class
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The RC44 World Championship is an annual international sailing regatta for RC44 they are organized by the host club on behalf of the International Class Association and recognized by World Sailing, the sports IOC recognized governing body.
Events
| Event | Host | Boats | Sailors | Ref. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed. | Dates | Year | Host club | Location | Country | No. | M | F | Nat. | Cont. | ||
| 1 | 10–16 Oct | 2010 | Yaiza-Puerto Calero |  Spain |
13 | 114 | 20 | 6 | [1][2][3] | |||
| 2 | 15–20 Nov | 2011 | Yaiza-Puerto Calero | Spain |
14 | 124 | 21 | 5 | [4] | |||
| 3 | 3–7 Oct | 2012 | Rovinj |  Croatia |
15 | 126 | 22 | 6 | [5][6] | |||
| 4 | 20–24 Nov | 2013 | Puerto Calero Marinas | Yaiza-Puerto Calero | Spain |
15 | 123 | 19 | 6 | [7][8] | ||
| 5 | 12–17 Aug | 2014 |  Royal Gothenburg Yacht Club | Marstrand |  Sweden |
12 | 105 | 16 | 5 | [9][10] | ||
| 6 | 30 Sept – 4 Oct | 2015 |  Clube Naval de Cascais | Cascais |  Portugal |
12 | 98 | 17 | 5 | [11][12][13] | ||
| 7 | 11–15 May | 2016 | Sotogrande | Spain |
10 | 79 | 16 | 5 | [14][15] | |||
| 8 | 9–13 Aug | 2017 | Royal Gothenburg Yacht Club | Marstrand | Sweden |
9 | 74 | 14 | 5 | [16][17] | ||
| 9 | 27–30 Sept | 2018 | Clube Naval de Cascais | Cascais | Portugal |
8 | 67 | 14 | 4 | [18] | ||
| 10 | 9–13 July | 2019 | Clube Naval de Cascais | Cascais | Portugal |
9 | 74 | 13 | 4 | [19][20] | ||
| N/A | 23 - 27 Sept | 2020 | Portorož |  Slovenia |
CANCELLED COVID | |||||||
| 11 | 7–14 Oct | 2021 |  Yacht Club Isole di Toscana | Scarlino |  Italy |
9 | 9+ | 4+ | [21][22] | |||
| 12 | 12–16 Oct | 2022 | Portorož | Slovenia |
8 | 65 | 15 | 4 | [23] | |||
| 13 | – 13 Aug | 2023 |  Royal Yacht Squadron | Cowes |  United Kingdom |
9 | 83 | 16 | 5 | [24] | ||
| 14 | – Aug | 2024 | Brunnen, Lake Lucerne |  Switzerland |
9 | 84 | 74 | 10 | 17 | 5 | [25] | |
| 15 | 27 – 31 Aug | 2025 | RJachtclub Scheveningen | The Hague |  Netherlands | |||||||
Multiple World Champions
Compiled from the data below the table includes up to and including 2024 the 2021 records are incomplete.
| Ranking | Sailor | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | No. Entries" | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Vladimir Prosikhin (RUS) | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 12 | [26] |
| 2 | Ivan Peute (NED) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 14 | [27] |
| 3 | Iztok Knafelc (SLO) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 11 | [28] |
| 3 | Mitja Margon (SLO) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 11 | [29] |
| 5 | Tomaz Copi (SLO) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 | [30] |
| 5 |  Hamish Pepper (NZL) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | [31] |
| 5 |  Ryan Godfrey (AUS) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | [32] |
Medalists
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Oracle Racing - USA 17
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BMW Oracle Racing USA
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No Way Back NED
| |
| 2011 | Artemist - SWE 22
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Ironbound - USA 1 (23)
|
Peninsula Petroleum Sailing Team - GBR 1
|
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| 2012 | Peninsula Petroleum (GBR)
|
Aqua - GBR Chris Baker Cameron Appleton Andrew Estcourt Christian Kamp Benjamin Graham-Evans Chris Noble Mark Towill Matthew Cassidy |
Ceeref - SLO Igor Lah Michele Ivaldi Michele Cannoni Don Cowie Sarah Callahan Kazuhiko Sofuku Maciel Cicchetti Tine Lah Jaro Furlani | |
| 2013 | Ceeref (SLO) Igor Lah |
Peninsula Petroleum (GBR) John Bassadone Vasco Vascotto Mikel Pasabant Oliver Gongora German Panei Miguel Jauregui Robin Imaz Pablo Rosano |
Aqua (GBR) Chris Baker Cameron Appleton Andrew Estcourt Christian Kamp Benjamin Graham-Evans Chris Noble Matthew Cassidy Mark Towill | |
| 2014 | Bronenosec Sailing Team - RUS 18
|
 Charisma (MON)Nico Poons Tom Slingsby Kyle Langford |
Aqua (GBR) Christopher Bake Cameron Appleton | |
| 2015 Cascais | Nika - RUS 10
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Bronenosec - RUS Vladimir Liubomirov (RUS) |
Ceeref - SLO Igor Lah (SLO) | |
| 2016 Sotogrande | Ceeref - SLO
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Peninsula Petroleum - GBR John Bassadone (GBR) |
Artemis - SWE Torbjorn Tornqvist (SWE) | |
| 2017 Marstrand | Nika Sailing Team RUS 10
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Ceeref - SLO Igor Lah |
Bronenosec RUS Vladimir Liubomirov | |
| 2018 | TEAM NIKA - RUS 10
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TEAM CEEREF - SLO 11 | BRONENOSEC SAILING - 18 | |
| 2019 | Team Aqua - 25
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Team Nika - 10 | Artemis Racing - 26 | |
| 2020 | cancelled due to COVID | |||
| 2021 | Team Aqua (GBR 2041)
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Charisma (MON 69) | Artemis Racing (SWE44) | |
| 2022 | Charisma
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Ceeref powered by Hrastnik 1860 | Team Aqua | |
| 2023 | CHARISMA 15
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TEAM AQUA 25 | TEAM NIKA 10 | |
| 2024 | Team Nika
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[33] | ||
| 2025 | Team Nika (Mon 10)
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