Sonar World Championship

Main article: Sonar (keelboat)

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

2001,09,24

2004

2005

2007

2011

2013–19

2015

2017

2022

Host cities of the World Championship

Edition			Host			Boat	Sailors					Ref
No.	Date	Year	Host club	Location	Nat.		Nat.	Cont.	No.
01	15-21 Sep	2001	Noroton Yacht Club	Darien, Connecticut	United States	37	1+	1+				[1][2]
N/A	5-11 Oct	2003	St. Petersburg Yacht Club, Florida	St. Petersburg, Florida	United States	Postponed to 2004						[3]
02	8-12 Feb	2004	St. Petersburg Yacht Club, Florida	St. Petersburg, Florida	United States	25	8	3	101	90	11	[4]
03	24-30 Sep	2005	Island Sailing Club, Cowes	Cowes, Isle of Wight	United Kingdom	25	5	3	102	90	12	[5][6]
04	18-22 Sep	2007	Eastern Yacht Club	Marblehead, Massachusetts	United States	51	4+	2+				[7]
05	29Sep -4Oct	2009	Noroton Yacht Club	Darien, Connecticut	United States	58	7+	3+				[8]
06	23-27 Aug	2011	Royal Northern and Clyde Yacht Club	Rhu Peninsula	United Kingdom	18	2+	2+				[9][10]
07	17-22 Sep	2013	Rochester Yacht Club	Rochester, New York	United States	30	5+	3+				[11][12][13][14]
08	16-20 Sep	2015	Falmouth Yacht Club	Falmouth, Maine	United States	27	3+	2+				[15][16][17][18][19]
09	6-10 Sep	2017	Lunenburg Yacht Club	Lunenburg, Nova Scotia	Canada	25	3	2	96	85	11	[20][21][22][23][24]
10	17-22 Sep	2019	Rochester Yacht Club	Rochester, New York	United States	29	3+	2+				[25][26][27][28][29]
11	17Jun -19Jul	2022	Lake Sunapee Yacht Club	Sunapee, New Hampshire	United States	22	2	1	88	75	13	[30][31][32][33][34]
12	11-15 Sep	2024	Noroton Yacht Club	Darien, Connecticut	United States	31	3	2	128	97	31	[35]

Multiple World Champions

Medalists

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2001 details	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)	[36][37]
2004 details	USA 384  Steve Shepstone (USA)  Melissa Shepstone (USA)  Thomas Kinney (USA)  Michael Loeb (USA)	Peter Galloway (USA)	John Ross-Duggan (USA)	[38][39]
2005 details	Nefarious  Steven Shepstone (USA)  Thomas Kinney (USA)  Peter Wilson (USA)  Michael Loeb (USA)	Billy  Paul Bowen (GBR)  Duncan Bates (GBR)  Shaun Kellett (GBR)  Dave Thompson (GBR)	Fast Forward  Peter Galloway (USA)  James Linville (USA)  Paul Steinborn (USA)  Ched Proctor (USA)	[40]
2007 details	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)	[41]
2009 details	USA 369  Dave Franzel (USA)  Todd Cooper (USA)  Greg Anthony (USA)  Conor Hayes (USA)	USA 564  Judson Smith (USA)	USA 411  Karl Ziegler (USA)	[42]
2011 details	Nefarious  Steve Shepstone (USA) UNKNOWN UNKNOWN	Bertie  Simon Barter (GBR)	Jack  Scott McLeod (USA)	[43]
2013 details	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)	[44][45]
2015 details	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	[18][46]
2017 details	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)	[23][47]
2019 details	Michael Wilde (USA) UNKNOWN UNKNOWN	Brian Doyle (USA) UNKNOWN UNKNOWN	Eric Voss (USA) UNKNOWN UNKNOWN	[28]
2022 details	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)	[33]
2024 details	USA 654 - Wind  Morgan Connor (USA)  Jan Raymond (USA)  Wells Connor (USA)  Andrew Buttner (USA)	USA 701 - Fast Forward  Garin Pace (USA)  Paul Steinborn (USA)  Ched Proctor (USA)  Ed Steinborn (USA)	USA 506  T K (USA)  Alison Widmann (USA)  Kevin Sheehan (USA)  Howard Seymour (USA)	[35]