Flying Dutchman World Championship

The Flying Dutchman World Championship, also known as FD Worlds, are international sailing regattas in the Flying Dutchman class organized by the International Flying Dutchman Class Organization since 1956 and recognised by World Sailing.^[1]

The Szabolcs Majthényi & András Domokos team has been the most successful in the history of the championships, with fourteen titles, making Hungary the most successful among the nations. Danish sailors together have won thirteen championships as well, followed by sailors of West Germany with eight titles.

Flying Dutchman was an Olympic class from 1960 to 1992.

History

The first Flying Dutchman World Championships were held in Starnberger See in 1956.

Editions

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Ed.			Hosts			Sailor			Boats				Ref.
No	Day/Month	Year	Host club	City	Country	No.	Nat.	Cont.	Boats			Mix
01	19-25 Aug	1956		Lake Starnberg	West Germany
02	18-25 Aug	1957		Rimini	Italy	174	10		87				[3]
03	2-7 Sep	1958		Attersee	Austria	92	17		46				[4]
04	20-25 Jul	1959	Whitstable Yacht Club	Whitstable	United Kingdom	30	15		15				[5][6]
	-	1960	Not held due to the Summer Olympics
	-	1961	NOT HELD
05	3-10 Mar	1962		St Petersberg, Florida	United States	38	18		19				[7]
06	30Sep -5Oct	1963		Tutzing	Germany	46	23		23				[8]
	-	1964	Not held due to the Summer Olympics
07	13-19 Sep	1965		Alassio	Italy	48	23		24				[9]
	-	1966	NOT HELD
08	-	1967		Montreal	Canada	44	21		22				[10]
	-	1968	Not held due to the Summer Olympics
09	6-13 Jul	1969		Naples	Italy	74	24		37				[11]
10	20-26 Feb	1970		Adelaide	Australia	32	9		16				[12]
11	26Jul -1Aug	1971		La Rochelle	France	60	24		30				[13]
N/A	-	1972	Not held due to the Summer Olympics
12	8-12 Sep	1973		Rochester	United States	52	12		26				[14]
13	11-16 Jul	1974		Weymouth	United Kingdom	108	23		54				[15]
14	5-10 Aug	1975		Buffalo	United States	62	17		31				[16]
	-	1976	Not held due to the Summer Olympics
15	6-15 Jun	1977		Torbole	Italy	86	21		43				[17]
16	17-22 Sep	1978		Hayling Island	United Kingdom	100	23		50				[18]
17	23Jun -2Jul	1979		Kiel	Germany	108	25		54				[19]
18	8-14 Jun	1980		Malmo	Sweden	92	24		46				[20]
19	9-20 Oct	1981		Palamos	Spain	92	17		46				[21]
20	2-10 Jan	1982		Geelong	Australia	86	13		43				[22]
21	3-12 Jun	1983		Cagliari	Italy	120	25		60				[23]
22	4-12 Apr	1984		La Rochelle	France	106	22		53				[24]
23	1-12 Jul	1985		Gargnano	Italy	100	20		50				[25]
24	12-23 Feb	1986		Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	112	15		56				[26]
25	26Jun -4Jul	1987		Kiel	Germany	160	26		80				[27]
26	1-9 Jul	1988		Medemblik	Netherlands	100	21		50				[28]
27	16-23 Sep	1989		Alassio	Italy	102	20		51				[29]
28	1-8 Sep	1990		Newport, Rhode Island	United States	144	17		72				[30]
29	29Dec -8Jan	1991/92		Tautanga	New Zealand	132	19		66				[31]
30	10-17 May	1992		Cadiz	Spain	134	25		67				[32]
31	1-7 Aug	1993		Travemünde	Germany	140	10	3	70				[33][34]
32	2-9 Jan	1994		Adelaide	Australia	72	7	4	36				[35][36]
33	27Aug -3Sep	1995		Torbole	Italy								[37][38]
34	1Jan -25May	1996		Balatonföldvár	Hungary								[39][40]
35	31Mar -5Apr	1997		St. Petersburg, Florida	United States								[41]
36	25Jul -1Aug	1998		Marina Den Oever	Netherlands	224	21	5	112				[42]
37	23-31 Jul	1999	Lee on the Solent Sailing Club	Lee-on-the-Solent	United Kingdom				77				[43][44]
38	13-24 Nov	2000		Durban	South Africa								[45][46][47]
39	20Jun -28May	2001	Gilleleje Sejlklub	Gilleleje	Denmark	136	15	3	68				[48][49]
40	28Aug -3Sep	2002		Tavira	Portugal	98	12	3	49				[50]
41	27Dec -6Jan	2003/04	Sandringham Yacht Club	Sandringham, Victoria	Australia	110	12	3	55				[51][52]
42	28Jul -4Aug	2004	Rostocker Yachtclub	Rostock, Warnemunde	Germany	186	12	3	93				[53]
43	9-16 Sep	2005		Balanton	Hungary	166	15	3	83				[54]
44	4-11 Apr	2006	St. Petersburg Yacht Club, Florida	St. Petersburg, Florida	United States	68	9	3	34				[55][56]
45	13-16 Jul	2007		Mar Menor	Spain	144	15	3	72				[57]
46	31Dec -11Jan	2008/09	Napier Sailing Club	Napier	New Zealand	88	11	3	44				[58][59]
47	31Jul -7Aug	2009	Royal Yacht Club Hollandia	Medemblik	Netherlands								[60]
48	27Jul -6Aug	2010	Yacht Club Bucuresti & Yacht Club Compass	Constanta	Romania	44	9	2	22				[61][62]
49	30Jun -9Jul	2011	Fraglia Vela Malcesine	Malcesine, Lake Garda	Italy	132	16	4	66				[63] [64]
50	25-30 Sep	2012	Santa Cruz Yacht Club	Santa Cruz, California	United States	92	11	4	46				[65] [66][67][68][69]
51	24May -1Jun	2013	Spartacus Sailing Club	Lake Balaton, Balatonföldvár	Hungary	170	18	4	86				[70] [71]
52	11-19 Jul	2014	Largs Sailing Club	Largs	United Kingdom	78	11	4	39				[72] [73][74]
53	1-8 Jan	2015	Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron	Kirribilli, Sydney	Australia	94	9	3	47				[75] [76]
54	20–29 May	2016		Hannoverschen	Germany	226	14	3	113				[77]
55	25-30 Sep	2017	Club Nautico Scarlino	Puntone di Scarlino, Tuscany	Italy	204	15	2	102				[78]
56	20-28 Jul	2018	Royal Yacht Club Hollandia	Medemblik	Netherlands								[79][80]
57	13-21 Feb	2019	Nelson Yacht Club	Nelson/Marlborough	New Zealand	82	9	3	41				[81][82][83]
N/A	Sep	2020	Club Nautico Altea	Altea, Valencian	Spain	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic							[84]
58	4-11 Sep	2021	Club Nautico Altea	Altea, Valencian	Spain	68	6	1	34				[85][86][87]
59	3-9 Sep	2022	Campione Univela	Lake Garda	Italy	136	12	3	68	59	0	9	[88]
60	21-29 Jul	2023	Gdynia Sports and Recreation Center	Gdynia	Poland	116	9	2	58	51	0	8	[89][90][91]
61	22Mar -1Apr	2024	St. Petersburg Yacht Club, Florida	St. Petersburg, Florida	United States	66	6	3	33	29	0	4	[92][93][94][95]
62	4-12 Apr	2025	Club Nautico Puerto Sherry		Spain	120	8	1	60	50	0	10	[96][97]

Multiple medallists

Source from the results table below updated to include up to 2024

Pos	Athlete	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Entries	Ref.
01	Szabolcs Majthenyi (HUN)	14	9	1	24	30	[98]
01	Andras Domokos (HUN)	14	9	1	24	31	[99]
	Jorgen Bojsen-Moller (DEN)	10	3	1	14	19	[100]
04	Jacob Bojsen-Moller (DEN)	8	3	2	13	17	[101]
05	Albert Batzill (GER)	4	2	1	7	7	[102]
06	Ian McCrossin (AUS)	3	3	0	6	17	[103]
06	James Cook (AUS)	3	3	0	6	15	[104]
08	Rodney Pattisson (GBR)	3	0	0	3	5	[105]
09	Kay Uwe Lüdtke (GER)	2	3	2	7	18	[106]
11	Rudi Batzill (GER)	2	1	0	3	3	[107]
12	Evert Bastet (CAN)	2	0	2	4	7	[108]
13	Rolf Mulka (EUA)	2	0	1	3	3	[109]
13	Ingo Von Bredow (EUA)	2	0	1	3	3	[110]
15	Jens Bojsen-Moller (DEN)	2	0	0	2	4	[111]
15	Iain Mcdonald Smith (GBR)	2	0	0	2	2	[112]
15	Hans Fogh (DEN)	2	0	0	2	4	[113]
15	Paul Foerster (USA)	2	0	0	2	2	[114]
15	Stephen Bourdow (USA)	2	0	0	2	2	[115]

Medalists

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1956 Starnberger See	West Germany Rolf Mulka Ingo von Bredow	East Germany Walter Berger Walter Hohensee	West Germany Harald Kuehling Hans Lorentz	[116]
1957 Rimini	West Germany Rolf Mulka Ingo von Bredow	Netherlands Jaap Helder Joop van Meggelen	West Germany Jürgen Wagner Hans Hauschildt	[116]
1958 Attersee	Australia Rolly Tasker Ian Palmer	Italy Vittorio Porta Emilio Massino	Netherlands Norman Oerlemans Bob Boeschoten
1959 Whitstable	Italy Mario Capio Tullio Pizzorno	Great Britain Adrian Jardine Angus Fryer	West Germany Rolf Mulka Ingo von Bredow
1962 St. Petersburg	Denmark Hans Fogh Paul Elvstrøm	Australia Rolly Tasker Andrew White	Great Britain Stuart Jardine James Ramus
1963 Starnberger See	Switzerland Jean-Pierre Renevier Serge Graz	Great Britain Keith Musto Tony Morgan	Italy Mario Capio Marco Sartori
1965 Alassio	Great Britain Dick Pitcher Ian McCormack	Italy Mario Capio Marco Sartori	East Germany Hans-Jürgen Cochius Werner Christoph
1967 Montréal	Great Britain John Oakeley David Hunt	New Zealand Geoff Smale Ralph Roberts	Austria Karl Geiger Werner Fischer
1969 Naples	Great Britain Rodney Pattisson Ian MacDonald-Smith	France Alain Draeger Pierre Nottet	Great Britain Keith Musto John Wigglesworth
1970 Adelaide	Great Britain Rodney Pattisson Ian MacDonald-Smith	Great Britain John Truett Edward Leask	Australia Craig Whitworth Bob Miller
1971 La Rochelle	Great Britain Rodney Pattisson Julian Brooke-Houghton	New Zealand Jock Bilger Murray Ross	Australia Mark Bethwaite Tim Alexander
1973 Rochester	Denmark Hans Fogh Evert Bastet	France Marc Pajot Yves Pajot	Brazil Reinaldo Conrad Burkhard Cordes
1974 Weymouth	East Germany Ilja Wolf Bernd Klenke	East Germany Herbert Hüttner Ulf Pagenkopf	Canada Hans Fogh Evert Bastet
1975 Abino Bay	France Marc Pajot Yves Pajot	New Zealand Jock Bilger Murray Ross	West Germany Jörg Diesch Eckart Diesch
1977 Nago-Torbole	Switzerland Jörg Hotz André Nicolet	West Germany Jörg Diesch Eckart Diesch	Netherlands Erik Vollebregt Sjoerd Vollebregt
1978 Hayling Island	West Germany Albert Batzill Rudolf Batzill	West Germany Jörg Diesch Eckart Diesch	Spain Alejandro Abascal Miguel Noguer
1979 Kiel	France Marc Bouet Thierry Poirey	Spain Alejandro Abascal Miguel Noguer	Netherlands Erik Vollebregt Sjoerd Vollebregt
1980 Malmö	Canada Terry McLaughlin Evert Bastet	West Germany Albert Batzill Rudolf Batzill	West Germany Jörg Diesch Eckart Diesch
1981 Palamós	West Germany Albert Batzill Rudolf Batzill	West Germany Jörg Diesch Eckart Diesch	Italy Marco Savelli Roberto Gazzei
1982 Geelong	West Germany Anton Schwarz Peter Fröschl	Sweden Bengt Hagander Magnus Kjell	Canada Terry McLaughlin Evert Bastet
1983 Cagliari	United States Jonathan McKee William Carl Buchan	West Germany Jörg Diesch Eckart Diesch	Soviet Union Sergey Borodinov Vladyslav Akimenko
1984 La Rochelle	West Germany Albert Batzill Klaus Wende	France Marc Bouet Bruno Gandolphe	France Laurent Delage Thierry Poirey
1985 Gargnano	Denmark Jørgen Schönherr Michael Poulsen	West Germany Jörg Diesch Eckart Diesch	Italy Mario Celon Claudio Celon
1986 Rio de Janeiro	West Germany Jörg Diesch Eckart Diesch	West Germany Albert Batzill Klaus Wende	Canada Frank McLaughlin John Millen
1987 Kiel	Spain Luis Doreste Andor Serra	Soviet Union Sergey Borodinov Viktor Budantsev	West Germany Markus Wieser Franz Wieser
1988 Medemblik	Denmark Jørgen Bojsen-Møller Christian Grønborg	New Zealand Murray Jones Greg Knowles	France Thierry Berger Vincent Berger
1989 Alassio	West Germany Albert Batzill Peter Lang	West Germany Markus Wieser Peter Fröschl	Norway Ole Petter Pollen Erik Bjørkum
1990 Newport	Denmark Jørgen Bojsen Møller Jens Bojsen-Møller	France Thierry Berger Vincent Berger	West Germany Albert Batzill Peter Lang
1991 Tauranga	United States Paul Foerster Stephen Bourdow	France Thierry Berger Vincent Berger	Denmark Jørgen Bojsen Møller Jens Bojsen-Møller
1992 Cadiz	United States Paul Foerster Stephen Bourdow	New Zealand Murray Jones Greg Knowles	France Thierry Berger Vincent Berger
1993 Travemünde	Denmark Jørgen Bojsen Møller Jens Bojsen-Møller	Austria Stephan Schurich Mark Dieckmann	Germany Andreas Piettner Max Friedrich
1994 Adelaide	Hungary Szabolcs Majthényi András Domokos	Australia Ian McCrossin James Cook	New Zealand Paul Francis Simon Mander
1995 Nago-Torbole	Australia Ian McCrossin James Cook	Germany Eddy Eich Ben Hagenmeyer	Netherlands Wim Lageslag Peter van Koppen
1996 Balatonfüred	Germany Ulf Lehmann Stefan Mädicke	Hungary Szabolcs Majthényi András Domokos	Germany Uwe Steingroß Sven Hermenau
1997 St. Petersburg	Australia Ian McCrossin James Cook	Italy Roberto Cipriani Stefano Morelli	Germany Hans-Peter Schwarz Roland Kirst
1998 Den Oever	Netherlands Enno Kramer Hein Dijksterhuis	Australia Ian McCrossin James Cook	Netherlands Wim Langeslag Jacob Bojsen-Møller
1999 Lee-on-the-Solent	Denmark Jørgen Schonherr Jacob Bojsen-Møller	Germany Jörn Borowski Andreas Berlin	Netherlands Enno Kramer Hein Dijksterhuis
2000 Durban	Australia Ian McCrossin James Cook	Germany Hans-Peter Schwarz Roland Kirst	Great Britain John Best James Cole
2001 Gilleleje	Denmark Jørgen Bojsen-Møller Jacob Bojsen-Møller	Hungary Szabolcs Majthényi András Domokos	Germany Hans-Peter Schwarz Roland Kirst
2002 Tavira	Hungary Szabolcs Majthényi András Domokos	Germany Hans-Peter Schwarz Roland Kirst	Italy Roberto Cipriani Stefano Morelli
2003 Sandringham	Hungary Szabolcs Majthényi András Domokos	Australia Norman Rydge Richard Scarr	Germany Hans-Peter Schwarz Peter van Koppen
2004 Warnemünde	Hungary Szabolcs Majthényi András Domokos	Denmark Jørgen Bojsen-Møller Jacob Bojsen-Møller	Germany Jörn Borowski Andreas Berlin
2005 Balatonföldvár	Denmark Jørgen Bojsen-Møller Jacob Bojsen-Møller	Hungary Szabolcs Majthényi András Domokos	Australia Norman Rydge Richard Scarr
2006 St. Petersburg	Hungary Szabolcs Majthényi András Domokos	Germany Hans-Peter Schwarz Roland Kirst	Italy Roberto Cipriani Stefano Morelli
2007 Los Alcázares	Denmark Jørgen Bojsen-Møller Jacob Bojsen-Møller	Spain Carlos Beltri Javier Cayuela	Germany Dirk Bogumil Michael Lisken
2008 Napier	Hungary Szabolcs Majthényi András Domokos	Australia Ian McCrossin James Cook	Australia Norman Rydge Richard Scarr
2009 Medemblik	Denmark Jørgen Bojsen-Møller Jacob Bojsen-Møller	Hungary Szabolcs Majthényi András Domokos	Netherlands Bas van der Pol Mark van der Pol
2010 Constanţa	Hungary Szabolcs Majthényi András Domokos	Netherlands Enno Kramer Ard Geelkerken	Italy Nicola Vespasiani Francesco Vespasiani
2011 Malcesine	Hungary Szabolcs Majthényi András Domokos	Denmark Jørgen Bojsen-Møller Jacob Bojsen-Møller	Netherlands Enno Kramer Ard Geelkerken
2012 Santa Cruz	Hungary Szabolcs Majthényi András Domokos	Netherlands Enno Kramer Ard Geelkerken	Germany Kay-Uwe Lüdtke Kai Schäfers
2013 Balatonföldvár	Netherlands Enno Kramer Ard Geelkerken	Hungary Szabolcs Majthényi András Domokos	Denmark Jørgen Bojsen-Møller Jacob Bojsen-Møller
2014 Largs	Hungary Szabolcs Majthényi András Domokos	Netherlands Enno Kramer Ard Geelkerken	Italy Nicola Vespasiani Francesco Vespasiani
2015 Sydney	Hungary Szabolcs Majthényi András Domokos	Netherlands Enno Kramer Ard Geelkerken	Germany Kilian König Johannes Brack
2016 Steinhude	Denmark Jørgen Bojsen-Møller Jacob Bojsen-Møller	Germany Kay-Uwe Lüdtke Kai Schäfers	Germany Kilian König Johannes Brack
2017 Scarlino	Hungary Szabolcs Majthényi András Domokos	Germany Hans-Peter Schwarz Roland Kirst	Denmark Jørgen Bojsen-Møller Jacob Bojsen-Møller	[117]
2018 Medemblik	Denmark Jørgen Bojsen-Møller Jacob Bojsen-Møller	Hungary Szabolcs Majthényi András Domokos	Italy Nicola Vespasiani Francesco Vespasiani	[118]
2019 Nelson	Hungary Szabolcs Majthényi András Domokos	Germany Kay-Uwe Lüdtke Kai Schäfers	Netherlands Enno Kramer Ard Geelkerken	[119]
2021 Altea	Hungary Szabolcs Majthényi András Domokos	Germany Kay-Uwe Lüdtke Kai Schäfers	Spain Francisco Martinez Torregrosa Jose Luis Ruiz	[87]
2022	Germany Kay-Uwe Lüdtke Kai Schäfers	Denmark Jørgen Bojsen-Møller Jacob Bojsen-Møller	Hungary Szabolcs Majthényi András Domokos	[88]
2023	Denmark Jørgen Bojsen-Møller Jacob Bojsen-Møller	Hungary Szabolcs Majthényi András Domokos	Germany Kay-Uwe Lüdtke Kai Schäfers	[91]
2024	Germany Kay-Uwe Lüdtke Kai Schäfers	Hungary Szabolcs Majthényi András Domokos	Germany Kilian König Johannes Brack	[95]
2025	Germany Kilian König Johannes Brack	Hungary Szabolcs Majthényi András Domokos	Italy Nicola Vespasiani Francesco Vespasiani	[120]

See also

• World Sailing
• World championships in sailing