Hobie F18 World Championship

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The Hobie Tiger World Championship and the Hobie Wildcat World Championship also known as the Hobie F18 World Championship was an annual international sailing regatta for Hobie cats designed to compete in the Formula 18 but with additional rules. The design were the Hobie Tiger which was later superceeded by the Hobie Wildcate. The event was organized by the host club on behalf of the International Hobie Class Association and recognized by World Sailing, the sports IOC recognized governing body.^[1]

Editions

Event			Host			Sailors			Boats				Ref.
Ed.	Date	Year	Host club	Location	Nat.	No.	Nat.	Cont.	Boats			Mix
Hobie Tiger
1	9-12 Jun	1999	Circolo Vela Torbole	Nago–Torbole, Lake Garda	Italy	148	17	5	74				[2] [3]
2	26-30 Jun	2001	Vela Club Campione Sul Garda	Lake Garda	Italy	176	12	5	88				[4]
3	10-14 Feb	2003		Raffles Marina	Singapore	66	14	6	33	22	0	11	[5] [6] [7]
4	28-31 Mar	2005	Santa Barbara Yacht Club	Santa Barbara, California	United States	174	15	6	87				[8]
5	24-28 Jul	2006		Rodeira Beach, Cangas	Spain	118	12	6	59				[9] [10] [11] [12]
6	3-8 Mar	2008	Langebaan Yacht Club	Langebaan, WC	South Africa	126	14	4	63	49	0	14	[13] [14] [15] [16]
7	19-28 Jul	2013	Lubecker Yacht Club / Travemunder Woche	Travemünde, Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein	Germany	32	6	3	16	14	0	2	[17]
8	29Jul -1Aug	2015	Vela Club Campione del Garda	Lake Garda	Italy	32	6	3	16	12	0	4	[18]
Hobie Wildcat
1		2013	Lubecker Yacht Club / Travemunder Woche	Travemünde, Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein	Germany	44	6	3	22	15	0	7
2	29Jul -1Aug	2015	Vela Club Campione del Garda	Lake Garda	Italy	50	9	3	28	22	0	7	[19]
3		2017		Noordwijk	Netherlands	32	7	3	16	12	0	4

Medalists

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Ref.
1999 - Tiger - 75 Boats	FRA-5016  Gerard Navarin (FRA)  Bruno Bomati (FRA)	RSA-503  Allan Lawrence (RSA)  Gordon Mcgillivray (RSA)	PNG-504  Mark Laruffa (ITA)  David Silvester (AUS)
2001 - Tiger - 88 Boats	ITA-884  Alberto Sonino (ITA)  Gabriele Bruni (ITA)	AUS-807  Brad Sumner (AUS)  Kevin Winchester (AUS)	AUS-729  Gavin Colby (AUS)  Cori Camenish (AUS)
2003 - Tiger - 33 Boats	1235  Mitch Booth (NED)  Taylor Booth (AUS)	1144  Greg Thomas (USA)  Jacques Bernier (USA)	1213  Gavin Colby (SUI)  Cori Camenish (SUI)	[7]
2005 - Tiger - 87 Boats	1604  Enrique Figueroa (PUR)  Jorge Hernandez (PUR)	435  Taylor Booth (AUS)  Mitch Booth (NED)	1569  Moana Vaireaux (FRA)  Petit Romain (FRA)
2006 - Tiger - 59 Boats	11  Jean-Christophe Mourniac (FRA)  Franck Citeau (FRA)	2030  Moana Vaireaux (FRA)  Petit Romain (FRA)	2106  Christophe Renaud De Malet (FRA)  Alban Rossollin (FRA)
2008 - Tiger - 63 Boats	2465  Mark Laruffa (AUS)  Daniel Sims (AUS)	2423  Mitch Booth (NED)  Tiffany Baring-Gould (RSA)	1962  Robbie Lovig (AUS)  Lachlan Gibson (AUS)
2013 - Tiger - 16 Boats	AUS 2621  Robbie Lovig (AUS)  Andy Dinsdale (AUS)	RSA 2287  Allan Lawrence (RSA)  Daniel Lawrence (RSA)	RSA 2004  Blaine Dodds (RSA)  Peter Dodds (RSA)
2013 - Wildcat - 22 Boats	FRA 550  Emeric Dary (FRA)  Maxime Blondeau (FRA)	DEN 233  Daniel Bjørnholt (DEN)  Nicolaj Bjornholt (DEN)	GER 286  Daniel Paysen (GER)  Nico Heinrich (GER)
2015 - Tiger - 16 Boats	RSA 2466  William Edwards (RSA)  Douglas Edwards (RSA)	RSA 2004  Blaine Dodds (RSA)  Peter-Blaine Dodds (RSA)	RSA 2636  Shaun Ferry (RSA)  Lee Hawkins (RSA)
2015 - Wildcat - 28 Boats	ESP 563  Mitch Booth (ESP)  Ruben Booth (ESP)	FRA 550  CLEMENT Peduzzi (FRA)  Maxime Blondeau (FRA)	ITA 3  Elia Mazzucchi (ITA)  Jacopo Lisignoli (ITA)
2017 - Wildcat - 16 Boats	ESP 594  Mitch Booth (AUS)  Rita Booth (ESP)	RSA 394  Blaine Dodds (RSA)  Charles Girad (RSA)	ESP 21  Jordi Sanchez (ESP)  Alberto Torne (ESP)