Sonar World Championship

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
Ed. Year Host Participant Ref
Host club Location Nat. Boats Sailor Nat. Cont.
01 2001-09-15 to 09–21 Noroton Yacht Club Noroton, Connecticut   United States 37 [1][2]
N/A 2003-10-05 to 10–11 St. Petersburg Yacht Club St. Petersburg, Florida   United States Postponed to 2004 [3]
02 2004-02-08 to 02–12 St. Petersburg Yacht Club St. Petersburg, Florida   United States 25 [4]
03 2005-09-24 to 09–30 Island Sailing Club Cowes   United Kingdom [5][6]
04 2007-09-18 to 09–22 Eastern Yacht Club Marblehead, Massachusetts   United States 51 [7]
05 2009-09-29 to 10–04 Noroton Yacht Club Noroton, Connecticut   United States 58 [8]
06 2011-08-23 to 08–27 Royal Northern and Clyde Yacht Club Rhu Peninsula   United Kingdom 18 [9][10]
07 2013-09-17 to 09–22 Rochester Yacht Club Rochester, New York   United States 30 [11][12][13]
08 2015-09-16 to 09–20 Falmouth Yacht Club Falmouth, Maine   United States 27 [14][15][16][17]
09 2017-09-06 to 09–10 Lunenburg Yacht Club Lunenburg, Nova Scotia   Canada 25 [18][19][20][21]
10 2019-09-17 to 09–22 Rochester Yacht Club Rochester, New York   United States 24 [22][23][24][25]
11 2022-06-17 to 07–19 Lake Sunapee Yacht Club Sunapee, New Hampshire   United States 22 [26][27][28][29]

Multiple World Champions

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Medalists

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Games Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
2001
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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)
[30][2]
2004
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USA 384
  Steve Shepstone (USA)

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

  Peter Galloway (USA)   John Ross-Duggan (USA) [31][4]
2005
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Nefarious
  Steve Shepstone (USA)
UNKNOWN
UNKNOWN
Billy
  Paul Bowen (GBR)
Fast Forward
  Peter Galloway (USA)
[6]
2007
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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
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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
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Nefarious
  Steve Shepstone (USA)
UNKNOWN
UNKNOWN
Bertie
  Simon Barter (GBR)
Jack
  Scott McLeod (USA)
[32]
2013
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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][33]
2015
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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
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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
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  Michael Wilde (USA)   Brian Doyle (USA)   Eric Voss (USA) [25]
2022
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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]

References

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