Formula 18 World Championship

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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

Main article: World championships in sailing

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Host clubs of the World Championship

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Host clubs of the World Championship

Event			Host			Sailors			Boats				Ref.
Ed.	Date	Year	Host club	Location	Nat.	No.	Nat.	Cont.	Boats			Mix
01	9 - 15 July	2000	Club de Voile de la Baie d'Erquy	Erquy	France	280	10	4	140				[2] [3]
02	15 - 20 July	2001	Parkstone Yacht Club	Poole	United Kingdom	166	8	2	83				[4]
03	22 - 27 July	2002	Lübecker Yacht Club	Travemunde	Germany	208	12	4	104				[5]
04	7 - 13 July	2003	Koksijde Yachting Club	Koksijde	Belgium	204	11	3	102				[6]
05	10 - 16 July	2004	Club Nautico Follonica	Punt Ala	Italy	300	12	3	150				[7]
06	9 - 16 July	2005	Watersport Association of Hoek van Holland	Rotterdam	Netherlands	282	14	3	141				[8] [9]
07	8 - 15 July	2006	Club Multicoques de Hyeres	Hyeres	France	300	11	3	150	135	4	11	[10] [11] [12]
08	19 - 25 Feb	2007	Rydges Capricorn Resort	Yeppoon	Australia	142	9	4	71				[13] [14]
09	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				[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				[38] [39] [40]
18	8 - 15 July	2017	Vallensbaek Sailing Club	Vallensbaek	Denmark	248	21	4	124	99	0	25	[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				[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
25	4 - 11 July	2025	Zeesport Vereniging Noordwijk  Royal Yacht Club Hollandia	Noordwijk	Netherlands								[55]

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						[56]
R2	-	2017		Stockholm Archipelago	France
R3	-	2018		Costarmoricaine Raid	France
R4	-	2020		Martinique Cata	France
R5	-	2022		Stockholm Archipelago	Sweden						[57]
R6	8 - 13 Aug	2024	Club de Voile de la Baie d'Erquy	Erquy, Brittany	France

Multiple World Champions

See also: World championships in sailing § Multiple World champions

Compiled from the data below the table includes up to and including 2024.

Ranking	Sailor	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	No. Entries	Ref.
1	Darren Bundock  (AUS)	5	2	2	9	11	[58]
2	Mitch Booth  (NED)	4	3	1	8	17	[59]
3	Herbert Dercksen  (NED)	3	2	0	5	8	[60]
4	Glenn Ashby  (AUS)	3	1	2	6	10	[61]
5	Ferdinand Van West  (NED)	2	0	2	4	6	[62]
6	Gunnar Larsen  (NED)	2	0	0	2	13	[63]
6	Jeroen Van Leeuwen  (NED)	2	0	0	2	10	[64]
6	Coen De Koning  (NED)	2	0	0	2	7	[65]
6	Pablo Volker  (ARG)	2	0	0	2	7	[66]
6	Olivier Backes  (FRA)	2	0	0	2	2	[67]

Medalists

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Ref.
2000	Hobie Tiger   Mitch Booth  (NED)   Herbert Dercksen  (NED)	Cirrus  Jean-Christophe Mourniac (FRA)  Philippe Mourniac (FRA)	Hobie Tiger   Andrew Landenberger  (AUS)  Philippe Neiras (FRA)	[68]
2001	Hobie Tiger   Mitch Booth  (NED)   Herbert Dercksen  (NED)	Cirrus   Jean-Christophe Mourniac  (FRA)  Philippe Mourniac (FRA)	Hobie Tiger   Billy Besson  (FRA)  Arnaud Jarlegan (FRA)	[68]
2002	Hobie Tiger   Mitch Booth  (NED)   Herbert Dercksen  (NED)	Cirrus   Jean-Christophe Mourniac  (FRA)  Philippe Mourniac (FRA)	Nacra Inter 2   Darren Bundock  (AUS)  Luca Remagnino (ITA)	[68]
2003	Cirrus   Emmanuel Boulogne  (FRA)  Vincent Boulogne (FRA)	Hobie Tiger   Gavin Colby  (AUS)  Cory Camenisch (SUI)	Hobie Tiger   Darren Bundock  (AUS)   Glen Ashby  (AUS)	[68]
2004	Hobie Tiger   Darren Bundock  (AUS)   Glen Ashby  (AUS)	Hobie Tiger   Mitch Booth  (NED)   Herbert Dercksen  (NED)	Hobie Tiger  Gavin Colby (AUS)  Cory Camenisch (SUI)}	[68]
2005	Darren Bundock  (AUS)   Glen Ashby  (AUS)	Mitch Booth  (NED)   Herbert Dercksen  (NED)	Helge Sach  (GER)   Christian Sach  (GER)	[68]
2006	Capricorn   Helge Sach  (GER)   Christian Sach  (GER)	Darren Bundock  (AUS)   Glen Ashby  (AUS)	Capricorn   Andrew Landenberger  (AUS)  Felix Egner (GER)	[68]
2007	Darren Bundock  (AUS)   Glen Ashby  (AUS)	Mitch Booth  (NED)   Pim Nieuwenhuis  (NED)	Billy Besson  (FRA)  Arnaud Jarlegan (FRA)	[68]
2008	Coen de Koning  (NED)  Jeroen van Leeuwen (NED)	Franck Cammas  (FRA)  Jeremy Lagarrigue (FRA)	Mischa Heemskerk (NED)  Bastiaan Tentij (NED)	[68]
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)	[68]
2010	Olivier Backes  (FRA)   Arnaud Jarlegan  (FRA)	Darren Bundock  (AUS)   William Howden  (GBR)	Hugh Styles  (GBR)  Ferdinand van West (NED)	[68]
2011	C2   Darren Bundock  (AUS)   Jeroen van Leeuwen  (NED)	Cirrus R.   Mischa Heemskerk  (NED)  Bastiaan Tentij (NED)	Hobie Wildcat  Vittoro Bissaro (ITA)  Lamberto Cesari (ITA)	[68]
2012	Olivier Backes  (FRA)   Matthieu Vandame  (FRA)	Oscar Zeekant  (NED)  Karel Begemann (NED)	Billy Besson  (FRA)  Jeremie Laguarrigue (FRA)	[68]
2013	Nacra Infusion   Billy Besson  (FRA)  Jeremie Lagarrigue (FRA)	Phantom  Hugh Styles (GBR)  Richard Mason (GBR)	Nacra Infusion   Mitch Booth  (ESP)  Jordi Booth (ESP)	[68]
2014	Nacra Infusion   Gunnar Larsen  (NED)   Ferdinand van West  (NED)	Phantom  Gurvan Bontemps (FRA)  Benjamin Amiot (FRA)	c2  Taylor Reiss (USA)  Matthew Whitehead (USA)	[68]
2015	Nacra Infusion  Gunnar Larsen (NED)  Ferdinand van West (NED)	Oscar Zeekant (NED)  Karel Begemann (NED)	Glenn Ashby  (AUS)  Brett Goodall (AUS)	[68]
2016	Pablo Völker  (ARG)   Juan Martín Benitez  (ARG)	Cruz Gonzalez Smith (ARG)  Mariano Heuser (ARG)	Jason Hess (GUA)  Nicolás Schargorodsky (GUA)	[68] [39]
2017	Mischa Heemskerk  (NED)   Stephan Dekker  (NED)	Patrick Demesmaeker (BEL)  Gilles Tas (BEL)	Jolbert van Dijk (NED)  Frank de Waard (NED)	[68]
2018	eXploder Scorpion F18   Iordanis Paschalidis  (GRE)   Konstantinos Trigkonis  (GRE)	Michael Easton (USA)  Tripp Burd (USA)	Taylor Reiss  (USA)  Matthew Whitehead (USA)	[68] [45]
2019	AUS 888 - eXploder Scorpion F18   Darren Bundock  (AUS)   Conor Nicholas  (AUS)	GRE 7 - REDBULL eXploder Scorpion F18   Iordanis Paschalidis  (GRE)   Konstantinos Trigkonis  (GRE)	ARG 11 - OH! eXploder Scorpion F18   Cruz Gonzalez Smith  (ARG)   Mariano Heuser  (ARG)	[47]
2020	CANCELLED COVID-19
2021	AUS 1 eXploder Scorpion F18   Mitch Booth  (AUS)   Ruben Booth  (ESP)	ARG 11 eXploder Scorpion F18   Cruz Gonzalez Smith  (ARG)   Mariano Heuser  (ARG)	ARG 1 eXploder Scorpion F18  Agustin KREVISKY (ARG)  Nicolas Aragones (ARG)
2022	USA 1 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]
2022	SWE 141 Scorpion   Emil Jarudd  (SWE)   Rasmus Rosengren  (SWE)	AUS 5 Scorpion   Gavin Colby  (AUS)   Kai Colman  (AUS)	AUS 3 Edge  Brett Burvill (AUS)  Max Puttman (AUS)	[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)
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)

Raid Medallists

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Ref.

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