Tasar World Championship

The Tasar World Championship is an bi-annual international sailing regatta for Tasar (dinghy) class, they are organized by the host club on behalf of the International Tasar Class Association and recognized by World Sailing, the sports IOC recognized governing body. The class gained World Sailing recognition at the end of 2001.^[1]

Events

See also: World championships in sailing

2003

2005

2007

2009

2011

2013

2015

2017

2019

2021

2022

2024

2025

Host cities of the Tasar World Championship

Ed.			Hosts			Sailor			Boats				Ref.
No	Day/Month	Year	Host club	City	Country	No.	Nat.	Cont.	Boats			Mix
01	20–27 Jun	2003	Canadian Forces Sailing Association	Esquimalt, BC	Canada	126	6	4	62				[2][3][4]
02	1-8 Jul	2005	Darwin Sailing Club	Darwin	Australia	261	6	4	130	49	8	73	[5][6]
03	2–11 Jul	2007	Australian Tasar Council / Cape Panwa Hotel	Phuket	Thailand	116	8	5	58	21	1	36	[7][8][9][10]
04	18–27 Sep.	2009	Wakayama Sailing Center	Wakayama	Japan	175	6	4	78				[11][12][13]
05	16–23 Sep.	2011	Royal Torbay Yacht Club	Torbay	United Kingdom	106	6	4	53	15	1	37	[14][15][16][17]
06	10–17 Aug	2013	Columbia Gorge Racing Association	Cascade Locks, Oregon	United States	118	6	4	59	21	0	38	[18][19][20][21][22][23]
07	2–9 Jan	2015	Geographe Bay Yacht Club	Busselton	Australia	244	7	4	122	34	7	81	[24][25][26][27]
08	30Jul –6Aug	2017		Gamagori	Japan	210	5	4	97	44	2	51	[28][29][30][31]
09	29Jul -3Aug	2019	Hayling Island Sailing Club	Hayling Island	United Kingdom	134	7	4	67	25	2	40	[32][33][34][35]
N/A	10–18 Sep.	2021	Seattle Yacht Club /  Corinthian Yacht Club of Seattle	Seattle, Washington	United States	Delay to 2022 due to COVID							[36][37]
10	17–25 Sep	2022	Seattle Yacht Club /  Corinthian Yacht Club of Seattle	Seattle, Washington	United States	60	5	4	30	8	0	22	[38][39][40]
11	2–9 Jan	2024	Sandringham Yacht Club	Melbourne	Australia	204	7	4	102	37	2	63	[41][42][43]
12	17-21 July	2025	Circolo Vela Arco	Lake Garda	Italy	72	8	3	36	10	1	25	[44][45] [46] [47][48]

Multiple World Champions

See also: World championships in sailing § Multiple World champions

Compiled from the data below the table includes up to and including 2024.

Ranking	Sailor	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	No. Entries*	Ref.
1	Jonathan McKee (USA)	4	2	0	6	7	[49]
1	Libby Mckee (USA)	4	2	0	6	7	[50]
3	Robert Douglass (AUS)	3	3	1	7	10	[51]
3	Nicole Douglass (AUS)	3	3	1	7	10	[52]

Medalists

Year / Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Ref.
2003 details	Jonathan McKee (USA)  Libby Johnson-McKee (USA)	Carol Buchan (USA)  Carl Buchan (USA)	Jay Renehan (USA)  Lisa Renehan (USA)	[53]
2005 details	Robert Douglass Nicole Douglass (AUS)	Craig McPhee Kevin Kellow (AUS)	Ikuya Tanaka Noriko Tanaka (JPN)	[53]
2007 details	Jonathan McKee (USA)  Libby Johnson-McKee (USA)	Rob Douglass (AUS)  Nicole Douglass (AUS)	Brett Young (AUS)  Kevin Kellow (AUS)	[53]
2009 details	Rob Douglass (AUS)  Nicole Douglass (AUS)	Craig McPhee (AUS)  Phillippa Arevalo (AUS)	Hiroaki Sato (JPN)  Yasuaki Muragishi (JPN)	[53]
2011 details	Paul Ridgway (AUS)  Bronwyn Ridgway (AUS)	Rob Douglass (AUS)  Nicole Douglass (AUS)	Malcolm Davies (GBR)  Fiona Davies (GBR)	[16]
2013 details	Anthony Boscolo (USA)  Haley Lane (USA)	Michael Karas (USA)  Molly Jackson (USA)	Dalton Bergan (USA)  Lindsay Bergan (USA)	[21][23]
2015 details	2858 – Doppio  Chris Dance (AUS)  Peter Hackett (AUS)	2848 – Coollit  Rob Douglass (AUS)  Nicole Douglass (AUS)	2916 – Fast & Thorough & Sharp as a Tack  Jay Renehan (USA)  Lisa Renehan (USA)	[27]
2017 details	USA 2597 (37) - Dr. Beverly  Jonathan McKee (USA)  Libby Johnson-McKee (USA)	AUS 2858 (60) – Doppio  Chris Dance (AUS)  Jeremy Elmslie (AUS)	AUS 2848 (11) – Coollit II  Robert Douglass (AUS)  Nicole Douglass (AUS)	[26]
2019 details	AUS 2848  Robert Douglass (AUS)  Nicole Douglass (AUS)	AUS 2942  James Burman (AUS)  Tara Burman (AUS)	GBR 2877  James Peters (GBR)  Charlie Darling (GBR)	[35]
2022 details	USA 2690  Dalton Bergan (USA)  Lindsay Bergan (USA)	USA 2981  Jonathan McKee (USA)  Libby Johnson McKee (USA)	USA 2982  Jay Renehan (USA)  Lisa Renehan (USA)	[39]
2024	USA 2981 - DR BEVERLY  Jonathan McKee (USA)  Libby Johnson McKee (USA)	AUS 2976 - SKIPPY  Harrison Sly (AUS)  Zara Challis (AUS)	AUS 2980 - MAGIC  Chris Dance (AUS)  Peter Hackett (AUS)	[43]
2025	GBR-3002  Nick Craig (GBR)  Toby Lewis (GBR)	USA 2981 - DR BEVERLY  Jonathan McKee (USA)  Libby Johnson McKee (USA)	AUS-2925  Hugh Tait (AUS)  Anna Tait (AUS)	[47]

International Regatta

Prior to gaining World Sailing status the class held the following International regattas.

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1981 Canberra	AUS David Jones Malcolm Jones
1983 Vancouver	USA Charlie McKee Leslie Miller
1985 Sydney	USA Charlie McKee Becky Brown
1986 London	AUS Rick Longbottom Louise Scullion
1988 Yeppoon	AUS Adrian Finglas Adam Beashel
1989 Vancouver	USA Charlie McKee Becky Brown
1991 Adelaide	USA Charlie McKee Becky Brown
1992 Hayama	USA Jay Renehan Lisa Renehan
1994 Torbay	AUS Russell Ford Cheryl Hutchins
1996 Cascade Locks	USA Jonathan McKee Libby McKee	USA Charlie McKee Becky McKee	CAN Thilo Giese Beth Caulkin
1998 Melbourne	AUS Brett Young Alan Blenkle	AUS B. Paine	AUS M. Conry
1999 Hamana-Ko	AUS Ben Nicholas Thomas Winter	JPN Ikuya Tanaka Noriko Tanaka	JPN George Motoyoshi Natsuki Motoyoshi
2001 Whitstable	USA Carol Buchan Carl Buchan	CAN Thilo Giese Sandra Towers	AUS Craig McPhee Kevin Kellow