Sonar World Championship

Main article: Sonar (keelboat)

The Sonar World Championship is an bi-annual international sailing regatta for Sonar (keelboat), organized by the host club on behalf of the International Sonar Class Association and recognized by World Sailing, the sports IOC recognized governing body.

Editions

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Host cities of the World Championship
Edition Host Boat Sailors Ref
No. Date Year Host club Location Nat. Nat. Cont. No.
01 15-21 Sep 2001  Noroton Yacht Club Darien, Connecticut  United States 37 1+ 1+ [1][2]
N/A 5-11 Oct 2003  St. Petersburg Yacht Club, Florida St. Petersburg, Florida  United States Postponed to 2004 [3]
02 8-12 Feb 2004  St. Petersburg Yacht Club, Florida St. Petersburg, Florida  United States 25 8 3 101 90 11 [4]
03 24-30 Sep 2005  Island Sailing Club, Cowes Cowes, Isle of Wight  United Kingdom 25 5 3 102 90 12 [5][6]
04 18-22 Sep 2007  Eastern Yacht Club Marblehead, Massachusetts  United States 51 4+ 2+ [7]
05 29Sep -4Oct 2009  Noroton Yacht Club Darien, Connecticut  United States 58 [8]
06 23-27 Aug 2011  Royal Northern and Clyde Yacht Club Rhu Peninsula  United Kingdom 18 [9][10]
07 17-22 Sep 2013  Rochester Yacht Club Rochester, New York  United States 30 [11][12][13]
08 16-20 Sep 2015  Falmouth Yacht Club Falmouth, Maine  United States 27 [14][15][16][17]
09 6-10 Sep 2017  Lunenburg Yacht Club Lunenburg, Nova Scotia  Canada 25 [18][19][20][21]
10 17-22 Sep 2019  Rochester Yacht Club Rochester, New York  United States 24 [22][23][24][25]
11 17Jun -19Jul 2022  Lake Sunapee Yacht Club Sunapee, New Hampshire  United States 22 [26][27][28][29]
12 11-15 Sep 2024  Noroton Yacht Club Darien, Connecticut  United States 31 128 2+ 2+ [30]

Multiple World Champions

Medalists

Games Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
2001
details 		USA 503
 Mark Ploch (USA)

 Paul Beaudin (USA)
 Tac Boston (USA)
 Mark Weber (USA)

 USA 360
 Craig Sinclair (USA) 		USA 384 - Nefarious
 Steve Shepstone (USA) 		[31][2]
2004
details 		USA 384
 Steve Shepstone (USA)

 Melissa Shepstone (USA)
 Thomas Kinney (USA)
 Michael Loeb (USA)

 Peter Galloway (USA)  John Ross-Duggan (USA) [32][4]
2005
details 		Nefarious

 Steven Shepstone (USA)
 Thomas Kinney (USA)
 Peter Wilson (USA)
 Michael Loeb (USA)

Billy

 Paul Bowen (GBR)
 Duncan Bates (GBR)
 Shaun Kellett (GBR)
 Dave Thompson (GBR)

Fast Forward

 Peter Galloway (USA)
 James Linville (USA)
 Paul Steinborn (USA)
 Ched Proctor (USA)

[6]
2007
details 		USA 653 (35)
 Bill Lynn (USA)

 Chris HufStader (USA)
 Ed Keller (USA)
 Doug Sabin (USA)

USA 439 (14) - Troll
 Greg Anthony (USA) 		USA 753 (48) - Dominatrix
 Rick Dominique (USA) 		[7]
2009
details 		USA 369
 Dave Franzel (USA)
 Todd Cooper (USA)
 Greg Anthony (USA)
 Conor Hayes (USA) 		USA 564
 Judson Smith (USA) 		USA 411
 Karl Ziegler (USA) 		[8]
2011
details 		Nefarious
 Steve Shepstone (USA)
UNKNOWN
UNKNOWN 		Bertie
 Simon Barter (GBR) 		Jack
 Scott McLeod (USA) 		[33]
2013
details 		USA 841 (4) - Rafiki

 Eric Voss (USA)
 Kurt Voss (USA)
 Terry Shannon (USA)
 Judson Smith (USA)

USA 506 (23) - Evil Empire
 Colin Gordon (USA) 		USA 701 (21) - Fast Forward
 Peter Galloway (USA) 		[13][34]
2015
details 		24 / USA 360 – Spitfire
 Karl Ziegler (USA)
UNKNOWN
UNKNOWN 		17 / USA 825 – Repulse
 Dave Franzel (USA)
UNKNOWN
UNKNOWN 		9 / CAN 834 – Bella Rena
 Bella Rena (CAN)
UNKNOWN
UNKNOWN 		[16][17]
2017
details 		USA 701 – Fast Forward

 Peter Galloway (USA)
 Garin Pace (USA)
 Ched Proctor (USA)
 Judy Lugar (USA)

 USA 360 – Spitfire

 Karl Ziegler (USA)

USA 841 – Rafiki

 Eric Voss (USA)

[20][21]
2019
details 		 Michael Wilde (USA)
UNKNOWN
UNKNOWN 		 Brian Doyle (USA)
UNKNOWN
UNKNOWN 		 Eric Voss (USA)
UNKNOWN
UNKNOWN 		[25]
2022
details 		Nefarious – USA 384

 Bob Lawrence (USA)
 Paul Sevigny (USA)
 Victor Diaz De Leon (USA)
 Willem Van Waay (USA)

CAN 754 – Ping

 Andreas Josenhans (CAN)
 Kathryn Josenhans (CAN)
 Judy Lugar (CAN)
 Alex Ritchie (CAN)

USA 787 – Resonance

 Brian Doyle (USA)
 Tom Kinney (USA)
 Shane Wells (USA)
 Courtland Doyl (USA)

[29]
2024
details 		USA 654 - Wind

 Morgan Connor (USA)
 Jan Raymond (USA)
 Wells Connor (USA)
 Andrew Buttner (USA)

USA 701 - Fast Forward

 Garin Pace (USA)
 Paul Steinborn (USA)
 Ched Proctor (USA)
 Ed Steinborn (USA)

USA 506

 T K (USA)
 Alison Widmann (USA)
 Kevin Sheehan (USA)
 Howard Seymour (USA)

[30]

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