Top Medalists
| Gold Medals | Total Medals | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No: | Team | No: | Team | |
| Sailing | 9 6 |  Ynys Môn  Guernsey | 16 15 | Ynys Môn Guernsey |
| Sailboarding | 7 5 | Guernsey  Menorca | 21 13 | Guernsey  Jersey |
Sailing is an event at the Island Games, the biennial multi-sports event for island nations, territories and dependencies.
Sailing at the Island Games was first introduced as a sport in 1995.
Sailboarding (or as it is sometimes called Windsurfing, which was only invented in 1948), started earlier, in 1993.
All the participants in the Games are surrounded by water (except Gibraltar), so water sports are attractive.
| Event | V 1993 | VI 1995 | VII 1997 | VIII 1999 | IX 2001 | X 2003 | XI 2005 | XII 2007 | XIII 2009 | XIV 2011 | XV 2013 | XVI 2015 | XVII | XVIII 2019 | XIX 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laser Standard | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
| Laser Radial | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |||
| Sailing Team | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |||||
| Sailboarding | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |||||
| Sailboarding Team | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| Gold Medals | Total Medals | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No: | Team | No: | Team | |
| Sailing | 9 6 | Ynys Môn Guernsey | 16 15 | Ynys Môn Guernsey |
| Sailboarding | 7 5 | Guernsey Menorca | 21 13 | Guernsey Jersey |
| Year | Games | Host | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
| 1995 | VI |  Gibraltar |  Isle of Wight | Jersey | Gibraltar |
| 1997 | VII | Jersey | Jersey | Isle of Wight | Guernsey |
| 1999 | VIII |  Gotland | Isle of Wight |  Rhodes | Jersey |
| 2001 | IX |  Isle of Man |  Saaremaa | Guernsey | Guernsey |
| 2003 | X | Guernsey | Guernsey | Saaremaa | Guernsey |
| 2005 | XI |  Shetland |  Bermuda | Jersey | Jersey |
| 2007 | XII | Rhodes | Ynys Môn | Isle of Wight | Menorca |
| 2009 | XIII |  Åland | Åland | Ynys Môn [2] | Ynys Môn [2] |
| 2011 | XIV | Isle of Wight | Ynys Môn | Ynys Môn | Åland |
| 2013 | XV | Bermuda | Eifion Mon Ynys Môn | Niklas Areschoug Åland Islands | Dyfrig Mon Ynys Môn |
| 2015 | XVI | Jersey | Eifion Mon Ynys Môn [3] | Harry Blowers Isle of Wight | Kalin Hillier Bermuda |
| 2019 | XVIII | Gibraltar [4] | Dominic Breen-Turner Ynys Môn | Andrew Bridgman Guernsey | Peeter Kaju Saaremaa |
| 2023 | XIX | Guernsey | Borja Torres Florit Menorca | Dominic Breen-Turner Ynys Môn | Nicole Stovell Bermuda |
| Year | Games | Host | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
| 1997 | VII | Jersey | Isle of Wight | Isle of Wight | Isle of Wight |
| 1999 | VIII | Gotland | Gotland | Rhodes | Shetland [5] |
| 2001 | IX | Isle of Man | Guernsey | Isle of Wight | Shetland [5] |
| 2003 | X | Guernsey | Isle of Wight | Åland | Guernsey |
| 2005 | XI | Shetland | Bermuda | Jersey | Shetland [5] |
| 2007 | XII | Rhodes | Saaremaa | Bermuda | Menorca |
| 2009 | XIII | Åland | Saaremaa | Isle of Wight | Rhodes |
| 2011 | XIV | Isle of Wight | Åland | Guernsey | Bermuda |
| 2013 | XV | Bermuda | Markus Rönnberg Åland Islands | Bleddyn Mon Ynys Môn | Kalin Hillier Bermuda |
| 2015 | XVI | Jersey | Benjamin Todd Ynys Môn [3] | Kristo Õunap Saaremaa | Milio Schauman Åland |
| 2019 | XVIII | Gibraltar | Clementine Thompson Guernsey | Silver Vahstein Saaremaa | Daniel Rüütel Saaremaa |
| 2023 | XIX | Guernsey | Andrew Bridgman Guernsey [6] | Per Sahlberg Åland | James Tilley Jersey |
| Year | Games | Host | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
| 2001 | IX | Isle of Man | Guernsey | Jersey | Isle of Man |
| 2003 | X | Guernsey | Guernsey | Isle of Man | Jersey |
| 2005 | XI | Shetland | Jersey | Bermuda | Shetland [5] |
| 2007 | XII | Rhodes | Isle of Wight | Guernsey | Menorca |
| 2009 | XIII | Åland | Bermuda | Isle of Wight | Menorca |
| 2011 | XIV | Isle of Wight | Ynys Môn | Åland | Bermuda |
| 2013 | XV | Bermuda | Ynys Môn | Bermuda | Åland |
| 2015 | XVI | Jersey | Ynys Môn [3] | Åland | Isle of Wight |
| 2019 | XVIII | Gibraltar | Saaremaa | Guernsey | Bermuda |
| 2023 | XIX | Guernsey | Åland Islands | Isle of Wight | Ynys Môn |
| Gold Medals | Total Medals | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No: | Team | No: | Team | |
| Individual | 3 3 | Guernsey Menorca | 12 7 | Guernsey Menorca |
| Team | 4 2 2 | Guernsey Jersey Menorca | 9 6 4 | Jersey Guernsey Menorca |
| Year | Games | Host | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
| 1993 | V | Isle of Wight | Guernsey | Isle of Wight | Guernsey |
| 1995 | VI | Gibraltar | Isle of Wight | Guernsey | Jersey |
| 1997 | VII | Jersey | Isle of Wight | Guernsey | Isle of Wight |
| 2003 | X | Guernsey | Jersey | Guernsey | Guernsey |
| 2005 | XI | Shetland | Guernsey | Åland | Åland |
| 2007 | XII | Rhodes | Menorca | Menorca | Menorca |
| 2009 | XIII | Åland | Menorca | Menorca | Menorca |
| 2011 | XIV | Isle of Wight | Menorca | Guernsey | Bermuda |
| 2013 | XV | Bermuda | Andrew Petts  Cayman Islands [7] | Pierre le Page Guernsey | Alex Jones Bermuda |
| 2015 | XVI | Jersey | Stephen Pertegas Melia Jersey | David Kendell Bermuda | Jo Robinson Guernsey |
| Year | Games | Host | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
| 2005 | XI | Shetland | Guernsey | Jersey | Guernsey |
| Year | Games | Host | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
| 1993 | V | Isle of Wight | Guernsey | Isle of Wight | Jersey |
| 1995 | VI | Gibraltar | Guernsey | Jersey | Isle of Wight |
| 1997 | VII | Jersey | Guernsey | Isle of Wight | Jersey |
| 2003 | X | Guernsey | Jersey | Guernsey | Åland Shetland [5] |
| 2005 | XI | Shetland | Åland | Guernsey | |
| 2007 | XII | Rhodes | Menorca | Jersey | |
| 2009 | XIII | Åland Islands | Menorca | Jersey | |
| 2011 | XIV | Isle of Wight | Bermuda | Menorca | Jersey |
| 2013 | XV | Bermuda | Jersey | not awarded | not awarded |
| 2015 | XVI | Jersey | Guernsey | Jersey | Menorca |
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