6 Metre World Cup

The 6 Metre World Cup also known as 6 Metre World Championship is a biennial international sailing regattas in the 6 Metre class organized by the host club on behalf of the International Six Metre Association and recognized by World Sailing.^[1]

The principal trophy is the Six Metre World Cup. Swedish sailor Pelle Petterson has won most titles, with three titles between 1977 and 1983. Swiss sailor Bernard Haissly and Swedish Carl-Gustaf Piehl, have two each.

The most championships has been won by Swedish sailors, on eight occasions, followed by Swiss sailors, three titles, and sailors of Canada and the United States (two each).

The International 6 Metre was an Olympic class from 1908 to 1952.

History

The first 6 Metre World Cup were held in Seattle in 1973.

Editions

Ed.			Host / Location			Boats	Sailors			Ref.
Ed.	Day/Month	Year	Host club	City	Country		Comp.	Nat.	Cont.
1	9-16 Sept.	1973		Seattle	United States	Open				[2]
2		1975		Sandhamn	Sweden	Open				[3]
3		1977		Marstrand	Sweden	Open				[4]
4	4-12 Sept.	1979	Corinthian Yacht Club of Seattle  Seattle Yacht Club	Seattle	United States					[5]
5	21–30 August	1981		Romanshorn	France					[6]
6		1983	Newport Harbor Yacht Club	Newport Beach, California	United States					[7]
7	10–21 April	1985		Cannes	France					[8]
8	28Sep -6Oct	1987	Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club	Centre Island, Oyster Bay, New York	United States	Open				[9]
9		1989					Marstrand	Sweden	Open				[10]
10		1991		Torquay	United Kingdom	Open				[11]
11		1993		Cannes	France	Open				[12]
12		1995			Sweden	Open				[13]
13	1–8 May	1997		Cannes	France	Open				[14]
14	11–18 July	1999		Hanko	Finland	Open				[15]
15	14–21 June	2003		Saint-Tropez	France	Open				[16]
16	26-30 Jul	2005	Royal Swedish Yacht Club	Saltsjöbaden, Stockholm	Sweden	Modern
						Classics				[17][18]
17	16-23 Jul	2007	Royal Yacht Squadron	Cowes, Isle of Wight	United Kingdom	Modern	23
						Classics	25			[19]
18	8-12 Sep	2009	Sail Newport	Newport	United States	Modern	9			[20][21]
						Classics	24
19	5-12 Aug	2011		Helsinki	Finland	Modern	9
						Classics	45			[22]
20	1-8 Aug	2013	Flensburger Segel Club	Glücksburg	Germany	Modern	11
						Classics	23			[23]
21	17-21 Sep	2015	Societe Nautique de La Trinite-sur-Mer	La Trinité-sur-Mer, Morbihan, Brittany	France	Modern	19
						Classics	23			[24][25]
22	15-21 Sep	2017	Royal Vancouver Yacht Club	Vancouver, British Columbia	Canada	Modern	24
						Classics	21			[26]
23	5-9 Aug	2019	Hango Segelforening	0	Sweden	Modern	15			[27][28]
						Classics	32
24	13-18 Jun	2022	Real Club Nautico de Sanxenxo	Sanxenxo, Galicia	Spain	Modern	22			[29] [30][31][32][33]
						Classics	18
25	31Aug -8Sep	2023	Royal Yacht Squadron	Cowes, Isle of Wight	United Kingdom	Modern	18			[34][35][36][37]
						Classics	15
26	-	2025	Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club	Centre Island, Oyster Bay, New York	United States	Modern
						Classics
27	-	2027"	Nylandska Jaktklubben	Helsinki, Uusimaa	Finland	Modern
						Classics

Medalists

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Ref.
1973 Seattle USA 20 Boats	US100 - St Francis V  Tom Blackaller (USA)	KA8 - Pacemaker  David Forbes (AUS)	US87 - May Be VII  Sunny Vynne (USA)
1975 Sandhamn 35 Boats	S75 - May Be X  Patric Fredell (SWE)	KA7 - Toogooloowoo V	US101 - Poisson Soluble
1977 Marstrand 19 Boats	S91 - Irene  Pelle Pettersson (SWE)	S88 - May Be XI  Patric Fredell (SWE)	US111 - Razzle Dazzle  Scott Rohrer (USA)
1979 Seattle 25 Boats	S97 - Irene  Pelle Pettersson (SWE)	US100 - St Francis V  Tom Blackaller (USA)	US115 - Warhorse  Brian Wertheimer (USA)
1981 Lake Constance Boats	no wind
1983 Newport Harbor 15 Boats[38]	S104/US117 - Irene/California I  Pelle Pettersson (SWE)	US116 - Chinook  Carl Buchan (USA)	US118 - St Francis VIII  Paul Cayard (USA)
1985 Cannes FRA 39 Boats	Z77 - Junior  Philippe Dürr (SUI)	US120 - St Francis IX  Tom Blackaller (USA)	N85 - Filippa  Thomas Lundqvist (SWE)
1987 Oyster Bay 23 Boats	K86 - Scoundrel  Bruce Owen (GBR)	S114 - Notorious  Jörgen Sundelin (SWE)	S112 - J Cool  Peter Norlin (SWE)
1989 Marstrand SWE 37 Boats	US120 - St Francis IX US120  John Kostecki (USA)	S125 - Kratos Pettersson	S118 - Sexa Nova Johansson
1991 Torquay	SWE Leif Carlsson
1993 Cannes FRA 24 Boats	ITA 74 - Nivola  Flavio Favini (ITA)  Toni Bassani (ITA)	SWE 115 - May Be XIV  Patric Fredell (SWE)	Woodoo SWE122  Leif Carlsson (SWE)  Erntemark Carlsson (SWE)
1995 Sandhamn 25 Boats	S 114 - NOTORIOUS  Carl-Gustav Piehl (SWE)	S 116 - INDISPENSABLE  Jacob Wallenberg (SWE)	S 123 - STING  Thomas Lundqvist (SWE)
1997 Cannes 22 Boats	GBR - Scoundrel  Bruce Owen (GBR)  Jonathan Howe (GBR)  Rob Lipsett (GBR)  Jonny Smallridge (GBR)  Guy Barron (GBR)	SWE - Sophie Too  Mats Johansson (SWE)	SWE - May Be XIV  Patric Fredell (SWE)
1999 Modern Hanko 13 Boats	SUI 77 - Fleau  Bernard Haissly (SUI)  Nicolas Berthoud (SUI)  Christophe Megavand (SUI)  Jean Michel Pachoud (SUI) Gerald Bechard	SWE / FIN 115 - May Be XIV  Tom Jungell (FIN)  Henrik Lundberg (FIN)  Jari Bremer (FIN) Mikael Blom Abe Kaakinen	GER 104 - Courage VII  Dietrich Grünau (GER) Albert Batzill Eddy Eich Hannes Brochier Albert Diesch
1999 Classic Hanko 32 Boats	FIN 50 - Alibaba II  Henrik TENSTRÖM (FIN)  Nappe MOLANDER (FIN)  John BLÄSSAR (FIN)  Timo LAURILA (FIN)  Kristian RÄME (FIN)	FIN 38 - Mariana  Antero KAIRAMO (FIN)  Rabbe KIHLMAN (FIN)  Eero KAIRAMO (FIN)  Jaakko KAIRAMO (FIN)	FIN 44 - Toy  Eero LEHTINEN (FIN)  Magnus BÄCKSTRÖM (FIN)  Kenneth PERÄNEN (FIN)  Jari JÄRVI (FIN)  Jarmo HALONEN (FIN)
2003 Modern St.-Tropez FRA 20 Boats	SWE114 - NOTORIOUS  Carl-Gustav Piehl (SWE)	GER104 - COURAGE VII  Dietrich Grünau (GER)  Albert Batzill (GER)	SWE125 - DELPHINA  John Michael Larsson (SWE)
2003 Classic St.-Tropez FRA 14 Boats	FIN44 - TOY  Eero LEHTINEN (FIN)  Kenneth PERÄNEN (FIN)	FRA111 - DIX AOUT  Bernard Divorne (FRA)  Pierre-Paul Heckly (FRA)	GBR48 - CAPRICE  Tim Street (GBR)  Richard Bond (GBR)
2005 Modern Sandhamn 24 Boats	GER - Courage IX Dietrich Grünau Albert Batzill Eddy Eich	GBR - Battlecry Ben Clothier	SUI - Fleau Bernard Haissly
2005 Classic Sandhamn 27 Boats	DEN 64 - Sun Ray (1939/2005)  Hans J. Oen (USA)  Jørgen Jensen (DEN)  Frank Stolpe (FIN)  Joakim Rechnitzer (DEN)  Troels Bækholm (DEN)	FIN 44 - TOY (1938)  Eero LEHTINEN (FIN)	FIN 12 - FRIDOLIN (1930)  Timo Koljonen (FIN)
2007 Modern Cowes 23 Boats	Fleau - SUI Bernard Haissly	Battlecry - GBR Ben Clothier John Prentice	Courage IX - GER Dietrich Grünau
2007 classic Cowes 25 Boats	SWE 6 - Fagel Bla (1937)  Fredrich Dahlman (SWE)	DEN 64 - Sun Ray (1939/2005)  Erik Tingleff Larsen (DEN)  Hans J. Oen (USA)	GBR 48 - Caprice (1946)  Paul Smith (GBR)
2009 Modern Newport USA 9 Boats	Sophie II  Hugo Stenbeck (SWE)	Scoundrel  Rob Gray (GBR)	Arunga  Bob Cadranell (USA)
2009 Classic Newport USA 24 Boats	KC10 - Gallant  Eric Jespersen (CAN)	FIN12 - Fridolin  Johan Garkman (FIN)  Peter Arstrand (FIN)	DEN65 - Great Dane  Erik Tingleff Larsen (DEN)
2011 Modern Helsinki 9 Boats	FRA 177 - Junior  Yann Marilley (FRA)	SWE 115 - May Be XIV  Patric Fredell (SWE)	SWE 132 - Sophie II  Hugo Stenbeck (SWE)
2011 Classic Helsinki 45 Boats	FIN 49 - Sara af Hangö  Henrik Tenström (FIN)	KC 10 - Gallant  Eric Jespersen (CAN)	US 83 - Llanoria  Erik BentzanENTZEN (USA)en
2013 Modern Flensburg 11 Boats	CAN 135 - St. Francis IX  Ross MacDonald (CAN)  Andrew Costa (CAN)  Steve Kinsey (CAN)  Timothy Vogel (CAN)  Tony Griffin (CAN)	GBR 107 - Valhalla Robert Smith John Pollard Nick Pearson Paul Smith Stephen Procter	GER 118 - Courage IX Albert Batzill Dietrich Grünau Albert Diensch Eddy Eich Hannes Brochier
2013 Classics Flensburg 23 Boats	FIN 12  Henrik Lundberg (FIN)  Johan Garkman (FIN)  Peter Arstrand (FIN)  Peter Tevstroem (FIN)  Tom Boremus (FIN)	NOR 71  Lars Guck (NOR)	USA 83  Eric Jespersen (USA)
2015 Modern La Trinité-sur-Mer 19 Boats	FRA 177 - Junior No Limit Yacht  Yann Marilley (FRA)  Nicolas Berthoud (SUI)  Kaspar Schadegg (SUI)  Philippe Dürr (SUI)  Alexandre Nicole (FRA)	SUI 132 - Sophie  Hugo Stenbeck (USA)	CAN 111 - Blade Steve Kinsey
2015 Classics La Trinité-sur-Mer 23 Boats	US 83 - LLANORIA  Eric Jespersen (CAN)  Herb Cole (USA)  Pete Watkins (USA)  Kris Bundy (USA)  Peter Hoffman (USA)  Matthew Henley (CAN)	K 22 - TITIA  Andy Postle (GBR)	KC 10 - GALLANT  Ben Mumford (CAN)
2017 Vancouver[39]	SUI 77 - Junior  Philippe Durr (SUI)	CAN 129 - New Sweden  Ben Mumford (CAN)	K 12 - St. Francis IX  Andy Beadsworth (GBR)
2019 Modern Hanko FIN Boats[40][41]	SUI 77 - Junior  Philippe Durr (SUI) Nicolas Berthoud Kaspar Schadegg Yann Marillet Alexandre Nicole
2019 Classics Hanko FIN 16 Boats	E 16  King of Spain Juan Carlos (ESP)  Inaqui Castaner (ESP)  Alberto Viejo (ESP)  Roi Alvarez (ESP)  Ross MacDonald (CAN)
2022 Modern Sanxenxo ESP 22 Boats	SUI 142 - MOMO  Dieter Schoen (SUI)  Markus Wieser (GER)  Dirk de Ridder (NED)  Ross Halcrow (NZL) Victor Manuel Mariño Prieto	JUNIOR  SUI 77	SELJM  POR 4	[42][43]
2022 Classics Sanxenxo ESP 18 Boats	FRA 111 - DIX AOÛT  Louis Heckly (FRA)  Loïc Le Garrec (FRA)  Bill Hugues Leclerc (FRA)  Frédéric Baratay (FRA)  Jonas Lambelet (FRA)  Bernard Divorne (FRA)	ESP 16 - BRIBON 500	ESP 59 - AIDA
2023	USA 126 - Scoundrel 2  Jamie Hilton (USA)  Dave Hughes (USA)  Mike marshall (USA)  Allan Terhune, Jr. (USA)  Addison Caproni (USA)	GBR 112 - STELLA Violeta Alvarez	SUI 142 - MOMO Dieter Schoen	[37]
2023 - Classics	ESP 16 - BRIBON  His Majesty King Juan Carlos of Spain (ESP)  Ross McDonald (NZL)  Alejandro Abascal (ESP)  Simon Fisher (GBR)  Aleberto Viejo (ESP)  Roi Alvarex (ESP)	FRA 111 - DIX AOÛT	GBR 31 - SILVERVINGEN	[37]

See also

• World Sailing