World Sailing Open Team Racing World Championships
Sailing event
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The World Sailing Open Team Racing World Championships (formerly ISAF Team Racing World Championship) is a team racing event[1] previously held every two years by the International Sailing Federation (ISAF). The first Team Racing World Championships were 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. A youth Championship (under 21) began running in parallel with the main event in 2005. Summary information is tabled below - full information will be found on the Team Racing Championships results page of the ISAF website.[2] 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.
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.[3][4][5]
Results
| Year | Location | Hosted by | Winning Nation | Youth Winners | Boat Used |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 |  West Kirby, UK[6] |
West Kirby Sailing Club | GBR 1 Steve Tylecote Mel Hughes Greg Eaton Tasha Hughes Roger Morris Damian Boreham[7] |
N/A | Firefly |
| 1998 |  Miami, USA |
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 |
 Royal St. George Yacht Club |
 NZLAndrew Murdoch Rebecca Murdoch Hamish Murdoch Andrew Ardern Karen Lambert Alesha Thorpe[8][9] |
N/A | Firefly[10] |
| 2001 |  Lake Brno, Brno, Czechia |
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 |
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 |
 New York Yacht Club |
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 |
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 |
 Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club South of Perth Yacht Club |
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 |
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 |
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 |
New York Yacht Club |
USA Will Bailey Doug Sabin Allison Ferraris Langdon Mitchell Tim Wadlow Forbes Barber Christina Pandapas Peter Fleming[25] |
N/A | Sonar |
| 2026 |  Stockholm, Sweden |
 Gamla Stans Yacht Sällskap |
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Other
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.