Hobie F18 World Championship

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The Hobie Tiger World Championship and the Hobie Wildcat World Championship also known as the Hobie F18 World Championship was an annual international sailing regatta for Hobie cats designed to compete in the Formula 18 but with additional rules. The design were the Hobie Tiger which was later superceeded by the Hobie Wildcate. The event was 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

Event			Host			Sailors			Boats				Ref.
Ed.	Date	Year	Host club	Location	Nat.	No.	Nat.	Cont.	Boats			Mix

Medalists

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Ref.
1999 - Tiger - 75 Boats	FRA-5016   Gerard Navarin  (FRA)   Bruno Bomati  (FRA)	RSA-503   Allan Lawrence  (RSA)   Gordon Mcgillivray  (RSA)	PNG-504   Mark Laruffa  (ITA)   David Silvester  (AUS)
2001 - Tiger - 88 Boats	ITA-884   Alberto Sonino  (ITA)   Gabriele Bruni  (ITA)	AUS-807   Brad Sumner  (AUS)   Kevin Winchester  (AUS)	AUS-729   Gavin Colby  (AUS)   Cori Camenish  (AUS)
2003 - Tiger - 33 Boats	1235   Mitch Booth  (NED)   Taylor Booth  (AUS)	1144   Greg Thomas  (USA)   Jacques Bernier  (USA)	1213   Gavin Colby  (SUI)   Cori Camenish  (SUI)
2005 - Tiger - 87 Boats	1604   Enrique Figueroa  (PUR)   Jorge Hernandez  (PUR)	435   Taylor Booth  (AUS)   Mitch Booth  (NED)	1569   Moana Vaireaux  (FRA)   Petit Romain  (FRA)
2006 - Tiger - 59 Boats	11   Jean-Christophe Mourniac  (FRA)   Franck Citeau  (FRA)	2030   Moana Vaireaux  (FRA)   Petit Romain  (FRA)	2106   Christophe Renaud De Malet  (FRA)   Alban Rossollin  (FRA)
2008 - Tiger - 63 Boats	2465   Mark Laruffa  (AUS)   Daniel Sims  (AUS)	2423   Mitch Booth  (NED)   Tiffany Baring-Gould  (RSA)	1962   Robbie Lovig  (AUS)   Lachlan Gibson  (AUS)
2013 - Tiger - 16 Boats	AUS 2621   Robbie Lovig  (AUS)   Andy Dinsdale  (AUS)	RSA 2287   Allan Lawrence  (RSA)   Daniel Lawrence  (RSA)	RSA 2004   Blaine Dodds  (RSA)   Peter Dodds  (RSA)
2013 - Wildcat - 22 Boats	FRA 550   Emeric Dary  (FRA)   Maxime Blondeau  (FRA)	DEN 233   Daniel Bjørnholt  (DEN)   Nicolaj Bjornholt  (DEN)	GER 286   Daniel Paysen  (GER)   Nico Heinrich  (GER)
2015 - Tiger - 16 Boats	RSA 2466   William Edwards  (RSA)   Douglas Edwards  (RSA)	RSA 2004   Blaine Dodds  (RSA)   Peter-Blaine Dodds  (RSA)	RSA 2636   Shaun Ferry  (RSA)   Lee Hawkins  (RSA)
2015 - Wildcat - 28 Boats	ESP 563   Mitch Booth  (ESP)   Ruben Booth  (ESP)	FRA 550   CLEMENT Peduzzi  (FRA)   Maxime Blondeau  (FRA)	ITA 3   Elia Mazzucchi  (ITA)   Jacopo Lisignoli  (ITA)
2017 - Wildcat - 16 Boats	ESP 594   Mitch Booth  (AUS)   Rita Booth  (ESP)	RSA 394   Blaine Dodds  (RSA)   Charles Girad  (RSA)	ESP 21   Jordi Sanchez  (ESP)   Alberto Torne  (ESP)

References

1. "World Sailing - F18 Page". World Sailing.