Open Sailing World Championship for Lightning Class
The Lightning World Championship is a bi-annual international sailing regatta for lightning (dinghy) , organized by the host club on behalf of the International Lightning Class Association and recognized by World Sailing , the sport's IOC -recognized governing body. The class gained class status in November 1962 from World Sailing, so its first Worlds were in 1963, although an International Regatta was held in 1961.
Editions
Host cities of the World Championship
Edition
Host
Boats
Participant
Ref
No.
Date
Year
Host club
Location
Nat.
Sailor
Nat.
Cont.
0 11963
Club de Regatas Lima Lima Peru 35
105
8
3
[ 1] [ 2]
0 29-19 Sept
1965
Naples Italy 43
129
12
4
[ 3] [ 4]
0 31967
Royal Canadian Yacht Club Toronto Canada 37
0
8
3
[ 5] [ 6] [ 7]
0 41969
Olivos, Buenos Aires Argentina 43
129
12
3
[ 8] [ 9]
0 51971
Helsinki Finland 40
121
10
3
[ 10] [ 11]
0 61973
Fort Erie, Ontario Canada 39
117
8
3
[ 12] [ 13]
0 71975
Salinas, Ecuador Ecuador
49
147
10
3
[ 14] [ 15]
0 81977
Spiez Switzerland
54
160
12
4
[ 16] [ 17]
0 91979
Heath, Texas United States 52
156
11
3
[ 18] [ 19]
10
1981
Gran Hotel Pucon Pucon Chile [ 20] [ 21]
11
1983
Circola Velici
Napoletani
Italy 41
123
8
3
[ 22] [ 23]
12
1985
Beach Haven, New Jersey United States 40
121
8
3
[ 24] [ 25]
13
1987
Cartagena Colombia 39
117
9
3
[ 26] [ 27]
14
2-7 July
1989
Athens Greece
45
135
8
3
[ 28] [ 29]
15
1991
Severn Sailing Association Annapolis United States 39
117
8
3
[ 30] [ 31]
16
1993
lhabela Island
Brazil 42
126
7
3
[ 32] [ 33]
17
2-8 July
1995
Kuopion Pursiscura
Kuopio Finland 35
105
6
3
[ 34] [ 35]
18
8-13 June
1997
Royal St. Lawrence Yacht Club Montreal, Quebec Canada 58
175
9
3
[ 36] [ 37] [ 38]
19
22-29 Nov
1999
Salinas, Ecuador Ecuador 45
135
7
3
[ 39] [ 40] [ 41]
20
20-24 July
2001
Marsala, Sicily Italy
44
132
9
3
[ 42] [ 43]
21
13-18 Apr
2003
Biscayne Bay Yacht Club Miami United States
60
180
11
3
[ 44] [ 45] [ 46]
22
19-26 Nov
2005
Higuerillas
Chile
45
135
8
3
[ 47] [ 48] [ 49] [ 50]
23
21-27 July
2007
Athens Greece
48
145
12
5
[ 51] [ 52]
24
11-29 Sept
2009
Colchester, Vermont United States
60
180
10
5
[ 53] [ 54] [ 55] [ 56]
25
2011
Buzios, Rio de Janeiro
Brazil 30
90
9
5
[ 57] [ 58] [ 59]
26
6-14 June
2013
Castiglione del Lago Italy 46
139
10
5
[ 60] [ 61]
27
18-25 July
2015
Fort Erie, Ontario Canada 63
190
10
5
[ 62] [ 63] [ 64]
28
21-25 Nov
2017
Salinas, Ecuador Ecuador 56
168
12
5
[ 65] [ 66] [ 67]
29
12-17 June
2019
Espoo Finland 49
147
12
5
[ 68] [ 69] [ 70] [ 71]
N/A
13-22 May
2021
Charleston United States Postponed due to COVID
[ 72] [ 73]
30
17-21 May
2022
Charleston United States 50
150
8
4
[ 74] [ 75]
31
23-27 Nov
2023
Cartagena Colombia [ 76] [ 77]
Medalists
References
World Sailing eventsOne Person Dinghies Two Person Dinghies Keelboat Multihull Board Yacht Radio (medalists ) Former Worlds
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