Melges 24 World Championship

Main article: Melges 24

The Melges 24 World Championship is an annual international sailing regatta for Melges 24 keelboats, organized by the host club on behalf of the International Melges 24 Class Association and recognized by World Sailing, the sports IOC recognized governing body. ^{[1] [2]}

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Host clubs of the Melges 24 World Championship

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Host clubs of the Melges 24 World Championship

Ed.	Year	Host club	Location	Nat.	No. boats	No. nat	Ref
01	1998	Royal Torbay Yacht Club	Torquay	United Kingdom	96		[1] [3] [4]
02	1999	Alamitos Bay Yacht Club	Alamitos	United States	49		[5]
03	2000	Société des Régates Rochelaises	La Rochelle	France	125		[1] [6]
N/A	2001	Lauderdale Yacht Club	Fort Lauderdale	United States	Event cancelled		[7]
04	2001/02	Key West Race Week	Key West	United States	80		[8]
05	2002	Lübecker Yacht-Club	Travemünde	Germany	74		[9]
06	2003	St. Francis Yacht Club	San Francisco	United States	84		[10] [11]
07	2004	Marstrands Segelsällskap	Marstrand	Sweden	81		[12] [13]
08	2005	The Ocean Reef Club	Key Largo, Florida	United States	99		[14]
09	2006	Yacht Club de Hyères	Hyères	France	119		[15]
10	2007	Santa Cruz Yacht Club	Santa Cruz	United States	58		[16]
11	2008	Yacht Club Costa Smeralda	Porto Cervo	Italy	114		[17]
12	2009	Eastport Yacht Club	Annapolis	United States	51	8	[18] [19]
13	2010	Kalev Yacht Club	Tallinn	Estonia	79	18	[20] [21]
14	2011	Corpus Christi Yacht Club	Corpus Christi	United States	32		[22] [23] [24]
15	2012	Circolo Vela Torbole	Lake Garda	Italy	125		[25] [26]
16	2013	San Francisco Yacht Club	San Francisco	United States	58		[27]
17	2014	Royal Geelong Yacht Club	Geelong	Australia	26		[28] [29] [30]
18	2015	Middelfart Sejlklub	Middlefart	Denmark	95		[31]
19	2016	Coconut Grove Sailing Club	Miami	United States	72		[32] [33]
20	2017	Helsingfors Segelklubb	Helsinki	Finland	59		[34]
21	2018	Royal Victoria Yacht Club	Victoria, BC	Canada	41		[35]
22	2019	Lega Navale Italiana – Sez. Villasimius	Villasimius, Sardinia	Italy	61		[36] [37] [38]
N/A	2020	Charleston Sailing Club	Charlstone	United States	Delayed due to COVID		[39]
N/A	2021	Charleston Sailing Club	Charlstone	United States	Cancelled due to COVID		[40] [41] [42] [43]
23	2022	Lauderdale Yacht Club	Fort Lauderdale	United States	31		[44]
24	2023	Middelfart Sejlklub	Middelfart	Denmark	47		[45] [46]

Multiple Medalist

Main article: World championships in sailing § Multiple World champions

Updated to include 2022 based on the information on this page

Ranking	Sailor	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	No. Entries	Ref.
1	Federico Michetti  (ITA)	5	2	1	8	11	[47]
2	Enrico Fonda  (ITA)	3	1	0	4	9	[48]
3	Carlo Fracassoli  (ITA)	3	1	0	4	8	[49]
4	Jonathan Mckee  (USA)	3	0	2	5	7	[50]
5	Lorenzo Bressani  (ITA)	3	0	0	3	4	[51]
5	Lorenzo Santini  (ITA)	3	0	0	3	4	[52]
7	Andy Burdick  (USA)	2	3	1	6	12	[53]
8	Giovanni Ferrari  (ITA)	2	2	0	4	7	[54]
9	Flavio Favini  (ITA)	2	1	1	4	11	[55]
10	Gian Luca Perego  (ITA)	2	1	0	3	6	[56]
11	Stefano Lagi  (ITA)	2	1	0	3	5	[57]
12	Vince Brun  (USA)	2	0	1	3	5	[58]
13	Matteo Ramian  (ITA)	2	0	0	2	4	[59]
13	Richard Clarke  (CAN)	2	0	0	2	8	[60]
13	William Hardesty  (USA)	2	0	0	2	6	[61]

World Championships

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1998 Torbay   GBR ?? Boats	USA 162 - North Sails OD   Vince Brun  (ITA)   Simon Russell  (GBR)   Simon Fry  (GBR)   Ian Walker  (GBR)	Unknown	Unknown	[62]
1999 Alamitos   USA 49 Boats	USA 415 - Rush   Vince Brun  (ITA)   Ben Mitchell  (USA)   Bill Hardesty  (USA)   Dave Kirk  (USA)	ITA 139   Giorgio Zuccoli  (ITA) UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN	USA 330 Collina Wootten   Jeff Madrigali  (USA) UNKNOWN	[1]
2000 La Rochelle  FRA 125 Boats	ITA 139 – ALE ALI   Giorgio Zuccoli  (ITA)   Federico Michetti  (ITA)   Franco Niggeler  (ITA)   Alessandro Bona  (ITA)   Corsin Camenisch  (SUI)	USA 409 – FULL THROTTLE  Brian Porter (USA) UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN	FRA 383 – PLAN GESTION CHABANNE UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN	[1]
2001 Key West   USA 77 Boats	SUI 483 (59) – Blu Moon   Flavio Favini  (ITA)   Franco Rossini  (SUI)   Tiziano Nava  (ITA)   Alberto Pristinoni  (ITA)   Serena Cima  (ITA)	USA 525 (77) – Star   Harry Melges III  (USA)   Jeff Ecklund  (USA) UNKNOWN UNKNOWN	USA 458 (57) – Flipper  Vince Brun (USA) Rick Merriman Jeff Pape Brian Terhaar	[1]
2002 Travemünde   GER 74 Boats	USA 409 – Star   Harry Melges III  (USA)   Andy Burdick  (USA)   Tony Kolb  (GER)   Jeff Ecklund  (USA)	FRA 475 – P & P Racing Team   Sebastian Col  (FRA)   Philippe Ligot  (FRA)   Thomas Allin  (FRA)   Tanguy Cariou  (FRA)   William Thomas  (FRA)	GBR 437 – Black Seal   Jamie Lea  (GBR)   Richard Thompson  (GBR)   Nigel Young  (GBR)  T Schwerdt (GER)   Rob Larke  (GBR)	[1]
2003 San Francisco   USA 58 Boats	PEGASUS 24-1   Samuel Kahn  (USA)  Richard CLARKE (CAN)  Mark CHRISTENSEN (NZL)  Brian HUTCHINSON (USA)  Brian LEE (USA)	Star  Harry Melges III (USA)  Jeff ECKLUND (USA) UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN	FULL THROTTLE  Brian PORTER (USA) UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN	[1] [11]
2004 Marstrand   SWE 80 Boats	FRA 571 – Partner & Partners   Sebastian Col  (FRA) Phillipe Ligot Christian Ponthieu Thomas Allin William Thomas	ITA 409 – Alina  Maurizio Abbà (ITA) UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN	SUI 521 – Blu Moon  Flavio FAVINI (ITA) UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN	[63]
2005 Key Largo   USA 98 Boats	USA 515 – Luna Rossa   James Spithill  (AUS)   Jonathan McKee  (USA)   Charles McKee  (USA)   Manuel Modena  (ITA)   Max Agnese  (USA)	ITA 636 (26) – MARRACHECH EXPRESS   Gabriele Benussi  (ITA)  Giuliano CHIANDUSSI (ITA)  Andrea Bussani (ITA)  Riccardo Gratton (ITA)	USA505 (73) – Pegasus 505   Dave Ullman  (USA) UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN	[64]
2006 Hyères   FRA 119 Boats	ITA 643 – BETTE   Nicola Celon  (ITA)   Ezio Amadori  (ITA)   Manuel Giubellini  (ITA)   Raimondo Tonelli  (ITA)   Alberto Bolzan  (ITA)	FRA 571 – DRP-PARTNER-PARTNERS   Francois Brenac  (FRA)   Philippe Ligot  (FRA)   Thomas Allin  (FRA)   Christian Ponthieu  (FRA)   William Thomas  (FRA)	SUI 521 – BLU MOON   Chris Rast  (SUI)   Franco Rossini  (SUI)   Andy Escourt  (NZL)   Tiziano Nava  (ITA)   Serena Cima  (ITA)	[1]
2007 Santa Cruz   USA 58 Boats	USA 505 – Pegasus 505   David Ullman  (USA)   Bill Hardesty  (USA)   Brent Ruhne  (USA)   Andy Estcourt  (NZL)   Shana Phelan  (USA)	USA 649 – Full Throttle   Brian Porter  (USA)   Harry Melges III  (USA)   Andy Burdick  (USA)   John Porter  (USA)	FRA 571 – EFG/GroupPartouche  Brenac Francois (FRA)  Christian Ponthieu (FRA)  Benjamin Cohen (FRA)  William Thomas (FRA)  Thomas Allin (FRA)	[1]
2008 Porto Cervo   ITA 114 Boats	UKA UKA RACING – ITA 715   Lorenzo Bressani  (ITA)   Lorenzo Santini  (ITA)   Federico Michetti  (ITA)   Francesca Prina  (ITA)   Francesco Bruni  (ITA)	ITA 727 – PILOT ITALIA   Alberto Bolzan  (ITA)   Pietro D'Alì  (ITA)   Stefano Ciampalini  (ITA)   Pietro Catalogna  (ITA)   Simone Spangaro  (ITA)	ALINA HELLY HANSEN – ITA 722   Luca Valerio  (ITA)   Maurizio Abba  (ITA)   Daniele Cassinari  (ITA)   Nicholas Dal Ferro  (ITA)   Roberta De Paoli  (ITA)	[ citation needed ]
2009 Annapolis   USA 51 Boats	USA 655 – West Marine / New England   Chris Larson  (USA)   Richard Clarke  (CAN)   Mike Wolfs  (CAN)   Curtis Florence  (CAN)	ITA 777 – Joefly 37   Gabrio Zandona  (ITA)   Daniele Cassinari  (ITA)   Giovanni Maspero  (ITA)   Andrea Felci  (ITA)   Nicholas Dal Ferro  (ITA)	NOR 804 – Full Medal Jacket   Eivind Melleby  (NOR)   Espen Stokkeland  (NOR)   Petrus Eidi  (NOR)   Lars Horn Johannessen  (NOR)	[19]
2010 Tallinn   EST 79 Boats	Lorenzo Bressani  (ITA)   Federico Michetti  (ITA)   Fabio Gridelli  (ITA)   Jonathan McKee  (USA)   Lorenzo Santini  (ITA)	NOR 400 – Baghdad   Kristian Nergaard  (NOR)   Harry Melges III  (USA)   Sigurd Hekk Paulsen  (NOR)   Johan Mats Rikard Barne  (SWE)	ITA 727 – Hurricane – Murphy & NYE   Alberto Bolzan  (ITA)   Paolo Testolin  (ITA)   Daniele Cassinari  (ITA)   Stefano Ciampalini  (ITA)   Simone Spangaro  (ITA)	[21]
2011 Torquay   GBR 32 Boats	ITA 817 – UkaUka Racing   Lorenzo Bressani  (ITA)   Jonathan McKee  (USA)   Federico Michetti  (ITA)   Fabio Gridellie  (ITA)   Lorenzo Santini  (ITA)	USA 749 – FULL THROTTLE   Brian Porter  (USA)   Matt Woodworth  (USA)   Sam Rogers  (USA)   Andy Burdick  (USA)	IRL 607 – Embarr  Conor CLARKE (IRL)   Nathan Wilmot  (AUS)   Maurice O'Connell  (IRL)   David Hughes  (USA)   Maeve Judge  (IRL)	[24]
2012 ITA – Scarlino 125 Boats	ITA 803 – Gullisara   Carlo Fracassoli  (ITA)   Andrea Felci  (ITA)   Carlo Zermini  (ITA)   Enrico Fonda  (ITA)   Giovanni Ferrari  (ITA)	ITA 716 – Saetta (20)   Alberto Bolzan  (ITA)   Nathan Wilmot  (AUS)   Michele Giovannini  (ITA)   Stefano Ciampalini  (ITA)   Simone Spangaro  (ITA)	ITA 819 – AUDI (32)   Riccardo Simoneschi  (ITA)   Gabriele Benussi  (ITA)   Vittorio Rosso  (ITA)   Federico Buscaglia  (ITA)   Lucia Giorgetti  (ITA)	[26]
2013 USA – San Francisco 58 Boats	USA 749 – "FULL THROTTLE"   Brian Porter  (USA)   Andy Burdick  (USA)   Federico Michetti  (ITA)   Matt Woodworth  (USA)	SUI 825 – "BLU MOON"   Flavio Favini  (SUI)   Gabriele Benussi  (SUI)   Stefano Rizzi  (SUI)   Giovanni Ferrari  (SUI)   Nicholas Dal Ferro  (SUI)	DEN 782 – SOFFE   Kim Christensen  (DEN)   Jamie Lea  (GBR)   Peter Jakobsen  (DEN)   Jesper Jespersen  (DEN)	[1]
2014 Geelong   AUS 25Boats	SUI 825 – BLU MOON (21)   Flavio Favini  (ITA)   Gabriele Benussi  (ITA)   Giovanni Ferrari  (ITA)   Stefano Rizzi  (ITA)   Nicholas Dal Ferro  (ITA)	USA 841 – STAR (17)   Harry Melges III  (USA)   Andy Burdick  (USA)   Jeff Ecklund  (USA)   Federico Michetti  (ITA)	USA 820 – WEST MARINE RIGGING   Bora Gulari  (USA)   Jonathan McKee  (USA)   George Peet  (USA)   Jonny Goldsberry  (USA)   Norman Berge  (USA)	[30]
2015 Middlefart   DEN 95 Boats	SUI 684 – EFG   Christopher Rast  (SUI)   Patrick Zaugg  (SUI)   Udo Moser  (SUI)   Pavel Johannes Tolonen  (SUI)   Reneé Schenk  (SUI)	ITA 735 - Altea   Andrea Racchelli  (ITA) Gaudenzio Bonini Alberto Verna Michele Gregoratto Anne-Soizik Bertin	USA 820 – Air Force One   Bora Gulari  (USA)  Jonathan McKee  (USA)   George Peet  (USA)   Federico Michetti  (ITA)   Solvig Sayre  (USA)	[1]
2016 Miami   USA 74 Boats [33]	IRL 829 – Embarr   Conor Clarke  (IRL)   Aoife English  (IRL)   David Hughes  (USA)   Stuart McNay  (USA)   Maurice O'Connell  (IRL)	ITA 822 – Maidollis 3   Gian Luca Perego  (ITA)   Giovanni Ferrari  (ITA)   Enrico Fonda  (ITA)   Carlo Fracassoli  (ITA)   Stefano Lagi  (ITA)	USA 849 – Full Throttle   Brian Porter  (USA)   Andy Burdick  (USA)   Sam Rogers  (USA)   Matt Woodworth  (USA)	[1]
2017 Helsinki   FIN 59 Boats	ITA 854 – MAIDOLLIS   Carlo Fracassoli  (ITA)   Enrico Fonda  (ITA)   Giovanni Ferrari  (ITA)   Luca Perego  (ITA)   Stefano Lagi  (ITA)	USA 851 – Monsoon   Bruce Ayres  (USA)   Mike Buckley  (USA)   George Peet  (USA)   Jeff Reynolds  (USA) Jessica Koenig	USA 838 – Mikey   Kevin Welch  (USA)   Ross MacDonald  (CAN)   Jason Rhodes  (CAN) Ian Sloan   Serena Village  (USA)	[1]
2018   CAN 41 Boats	ITA 722#678 – Altea   Andrea Racchelli  (ITA)   Filippo Togni  (ITA)   Gaudenzio Bonini  (ITA)   Matteo Ramian  (ITA)   Michele Gregoratto  (ITA)	USA 829 – WTF   Alan Field  (USA) Erik Shampain Willem Van Waay Steve Hunt Lucas Calabrese	USA 851 – Monsoon   Bruce Ayres  (USA)   Chelsea Simms  (USA)   George Peet  (USA)   Jeff Reynolds  (USA)   Mike Buckley  (USA)	[35]
2019 Sardinia   ITA 61 Boats [38]	Maidollis ITA 854   Carlo Fracassoli  (ITA)   Enrico Fonda  (ITA)   Stefano Lagi  (ITA)   Gian Luca Perego  (ITA)   Matteo Ramian  (ITA)	Monsoon USA 851   Bruce Ayres  (USA)   Mike Buckley  (USA)y   Federico Michetti  (ITA)   George Peet  (USA)   Chelsea Simms  (USA)	Bombarda ITA 860   Andrea Pozzi  (ITA)   Stefano Ciampalini  (ITA)   Nicholas Dal Ferro  (ITA)   Matteo Ivaldi  (ITA)   Carlo Zermini  (ITA)	[38]
2020 Charlestone (USA)	POSTPONED TO 2023 DUE TO COVID			[1]
2021 Charlestone (USA)	CANCELLED DUE TO COVID			[1] [43]
2022 Fort Lauderdale (USA)	USA 829 – RAZA MIXTA   Peter Duncan  (USA)   Erik Shampain  (USA)   Morgan Trubovich  (NZL)   Victor Diaz De Leon  (USA)   Matt Pistay  (USA)	USA 866 – ZENDA EXPRESS   Harry Melges IV  (USA)   Finn Rowe  (USA)   Ripley Shelley  (USA)   Carlos Robles  (ESP)   Patrick Wilson  (CAN)	USA 851 – MONSOON   Bruce Ayres  (USA)   Jeremy Wilmot  (AUS)   Chelsea Simms  (USA)   Edward Hackey  (AUS)   Tomas Dietrich  (ARG)	[1]
2023	USA 865 - PACIFIC YANKEE   Drew Freides  (USA)   Nic Asher  (GBR)   Charlie Smythe  (USA)   Alec Anderson  (IVB)   Mark Ivey  (USA)	USA 829 - RAZA MIXTA   Peter Duncan  (USA)   Morgan Trubovich  (NZL)   Erik Shampain  (USA)   Patrick Wilson  (USA)  Victor Diaz De Leon  (USA)	CRO 649 - MATARAN 24   Ante Botica  (CRO) Ivo MATIĆ Mario ŠKRLJ Damir CIVADELIĆ Bruna PRINCIVALI JK Trogir	[45]

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