Flying Fifteen World Championship

The Flying Fifteen World Championship is an annual international sailing regatta of Flying Fifteen keelboats, organized by the host club on behalf of the International Flying Fifteen Class Association and recognized by World Sailing, the sports IOC recognized governing body.[1]

Events

Before the class was recongnised by World Sailing, International Open meetings were held in 1979 at the Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club in Australia and 1980 at Hayling Island Sailing Club in England.

1982

1984

1986

1988

1990

1992,03,19

1994

1995

1997

1999

2001

2005

2007

2009

2011

2013

2015

2017

2022

2023

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Host cities of the Flying Fifteen World Championship

1984

1988

1992,03,19

1997

2007

2011

2023

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Host cities of the Flying Fifteen World Championship

Ed.		Location			Participation			Ref.
Ed.	Year	Host club	Location	Nat.	Boats	Nat	Cont
01	1982	Napier Sailing Club	Napier	New Zealand				[2]
02	1984	Kinsale Yacht Club	Kinsale	Ireland			[2]
03	1986	Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club	Hong Kong	Hong Kong			[2]
04	1988	Royal Norfolk & Suffolk Yacht Club	Lowestoft	United Kingdom			[2]
05	1990	Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron	Brisbane	Australia			[2]
06	1992	National Yacht Club	Dún Laoghaire	Ireland			[2]
07	1994	Timaru Yacht & Power Boat Club	Timaru	New Zealand			[2]
08	1995	Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club		Hong Kong	58		[2]
09	1997	Cowes Corinthian Yacht Club	Cowes	United Kingdom	91		[2]
10	1999	Esperance Bay Yacht Club		Australia	72		[2]
11	2001	Royal Natal Yacht Club	Durban	South Africa	51		[2]
12	2003	National Yacht Club	Dún Laoghaire	Ireland	77	7	[2]
13	2005	Royal Akarana Yacht Club	Auckland	New Zealand	70		[3][2]
14	2007	Reial Club Nàutic Port de Pollença	Mallorca	Spain	72			[2]
15	2009	Royal Yacht Club of Victoria	Melbourne	Australia	80		[4]
16	2011	Hayling Island Sailing Club	Hayling Island	United Kingdom	60	8	[2]
17	2013	Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	52	7		[5][2]
18	2015	Centre De Nautique	Crozon-Morgat	France	69	7		[6][2]
19	2017	Napier Sailing Club	Napier	New Zealand	57			[7]
20	2019	National Yacht Club	Dún Laoghaire	Ireland				[8]
	2021	Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club	Perth	Australia	Postponed COVID			^[citation needed]
	2022	Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club	Perth	Australia	Postponed COVID			[9]
21	2022/23	Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club	Perth	Australia				[10][11][2]
22	2023	Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy	Portland	United Kingdom				[12]

Multiple World champions

Ranking	Sailor	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	No. Entries
1	Chris Turner (GBR)	5	0	0	5	5
1	Graham Vials (GBR)	5	0	0	5	5
3	Steve Goacher (GBR)	4	2	2	8	14
4	Phil Evans (GBR)	3	2	2	7	12

Medalists

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Ref.
1979 Perth (AUS)	Free 'N' Easy 2246  John Cassidy (AUS)  Don Russell (AUS)	Australia Graham Lillingston B. Thornley	Great Britain J. Royce M. Nokes	[13]
1980 Hayling Island (GBR)	(Segundo 1  Barry Finlayson (NZL)  Ian Norrie (NZL)	Great Britain Eddie Gilmore Colin Coffey	Great Britain Bernie Trenowth Jr Peter Howard	[14]
1982 Napier NZL	Zero G 2386  Peter Gale (AUS)  Mark Rimmington (AUS)	New Zealand Roger Craddock Stephen Battley	Great Britain John McCann William Bassett	[15]
1984 Kinsale IRL	Gripple Nipper 2682  Australia Graham Lillingston Mike McKenzie	Great Britain Graham Bailey Bill Masterman	Great Britain Phil Morrison Martin Gotrel	[16]
1986 Hong Kong	Instant Replay 2975  Glen Coulton (AUS)  Grant Schultz (AUS)	Great Britain Phil Morrison Nigel Appleton	Australia Peter Gale Mark Rimmington	[17]
1988 Lowestoft GBR	Deejay 3182  Great Britain Nigel Buckley Tim Hancock	Great Britain Greg Wells Steve Billingham	Australia Craig Rainey Simon Walsh	[18]
1990 Brisbane AUS	Willie Wonka 3234  Alan Bax (GBR)  Alan Lockhart (GBR)	New Zealand Roger Craddock Steve Cunnold	Great Britain Ian Cleaver Greg Wells	[19]
1992 Dún Laoghaire IRL	Funny Face 3292  Great Britain Ruper Mander Gareth Edwards	Australia Jamie Thompson Michael Brown	Great Britain Steve Goacher Phil Evans	[20]
1994 Timaru	Whiffler 3371  New Zealand Roger Craddock Steve Cunnold	New Zealand Andrew Ball Stuart Happ	Great Britain Rupert Mander Chris Hewkin	[21]
1995 Hong Kong	GBR 3521  Steve Goacher (GBR)  Phil Evans (GBR)	Great Britain Ian Barker Bill Masterman	New Zealand Roger Craddock Steve Cunnold	[22]
1997 Cowes GBR See Detail	GBR 3521  Steve Goacher (GBR)  Phil Evans (GBR)	Great Britain Rupert Mander Chris Hewkin	Great Britain David McKee Sally McKee	[23]
1999 Esperance (AUS) See Detail	GBR 3621 - Two Lunches  Steve Goacher (GBR)  Phil Evans (GBR)	GBR 3648 - Gecko  Mike Hart (GBR)  Chris Gowers (GBR)	GBR 3611 - Scratch And Sniff  Alan Bax (GBR)  Bill Masterman (GBR)	[24]
2001 Durban RSA See Detail	GBR 3591  Charles Apthorp (GBR)  Andy Weatherspoon (GBR)	GBR 3721  Steve Goacher (GBR)  Phil Evans (GBR)	GBR 3648  Mike Hart (GBR)  Chris Gowers (GBR)	[25]
2003 Dún Laoghaire (IRL) See Detail	GBR 3630  Barry Parkin (GBR)  Sue Parkin (GBR)	GBR 3703  Mike Hart (GBR)  Richard Rigg (GBR)	AUS 3781  Rod Beurteaux (AUS)  Chris O'Keefe (AUS)	[26]
2005 Auckland NZL See Detail	AUS 3743 - Spot The Difference  Nick Jerwood (AUS)  Janet Jerwood (AUS)	GBR 3591 - Fourwinds  Charles Apthorp (GBR)  Alan Green (GBR)	NZL 3739 - Ffortune  Aaron Goodmanson (NZL)  Alister Rowlands (NZL)	[27]
2007 Puerto Pollenca ESP See Detail	GBR 3817  Mike Hart (GBR)  Tim Hall (GBR)	GBR 3721  Steve Goacher (GBR)  Phil Evans (GBR)	NZL 3739  Aaron Goodmanson (NZL)  Alister Rowlands (NZL)	^[citation needed]
2009 Melbourne AUS See Detail	AUS 3833  Grant Alderson (AUS)  Dean McAullay (AUS)	GBR 3911  Barry Parkin (GBR)  Tim Hall (GBR)	GBR 3821  Steve Goacher (GBR)  Phil Evans (GBR)	[28]
2011 GBR See Detail	GBR 3972  Graham Vials (GBR)  Chris Turner (GBR)	GBR 3928  Mike McIntyre (GBR)  Gemma McIntyre (GBR)	GBR 3902  Andy McKee (GBR)  Richard Jones (GBR)	^[citation needed]
2013 HKG See Detail	GBR 4004 Foof  Graham Vials (GBR)  Chris Turner (GBR)	AUS 3986 Ineffable  Nick Jerwood (AUS)  Janet Jerwood (AUS)	AUS 3933 El Toro  Grant ALDERSON (AUS)  Dean McAullay (AUS)	[5]
2015 FRA See Detail	GBR 4004  Graham Vials (GBR)  Chris Turner (GBR)	GBR 3760  Jérémy Davy (GBR)  Martin Huett (GBR)	GBR 4030  Greg Wells (GBR)  Richard Rigg (GBR)	[29]
2017 NZL See Detail	GBR 4021  Steve Goacher (GBR)  Tim Harper (GBR)	AUS 3986 - Ineffable  Nick Jerwood (AUS)  Janet Jerwood (AUS)	NZL 3840 - Ffrenetic  Murray Gilbert (NZL)  Jonathan BURGESS (NZL)	[30]
2019 (IRL) See Detail	GBR 4071 - Floaty McFloatFace  Graham Vials (GBR)  Chris Turner (GBR)	GBR 4005 - Fiery Chariot  Andy McKee (GBR)  Richard Jones (GBR)	GBR 4002 - Hyderated  Richard Lovering (GBR)  Matt Alvarado (GBR)	[12]
2022/23 Freemantle (AUS) See Detail	GBR 4071 - Floaty McFloat Face  Graham Vials (GBR)  Chris Turner (GBR)	4105 - Best Foot Forward  Nick Jerwood (AUS)  Brad Sheridan (AUS)	3980 - Ffast Lane 3  Lachy Gilmour (AUS)  Ryan Donaldson (AUS)	[11]

References

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