The following were the scheduled events of sailing for the year 2016 throughout the world.

Events

Olympic classes events

Olympic Games

*7–20 August:

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil ** Men's 470 *** : *** : *** : ** Women's 470 *** : *** : *** : ** Men's 49er *** : *** : *** : ** Women's 49er FX *** : *** : *** : ** Men's Finn *** : *** : *** : ** Men's Laser *** : *** : *** : ** Women's Laser Radial *** : *** : *** : ** Mixed Nacra 17 *** : *** : *** : ** Men's RS:X *** : *** : *** : ** Women's RS:X *** : *** : *** :

World championships

*9–14 February:

49er & 49er FX World Championships The 49er World Championships are international sailing regattas in the 49er and 49er FX classes organized by the International Sailing Federation. It was first held in 1997. In 2013, the 49er FX class was added to the programme. The 49er has been ...

Clearwater Clearwater or Clear Water may refer to: Places Canada * Clear Water Academy, a private Catholic school located in Calgary, Alberta * Clearwater (provincial electoral district), a former provincial electoral district in Alberta * Clearwater, Briti ...

, United States **Men's 49er *** : *** : *** : **Women's 49er FX *** : *** : *** : *20–27 February: RS:X World Championships in

Eilat Eilat ( , ; he, אֵילַת ; ar, إِيلَات, Īlāt) is Israel's southernmost city, with a population of , a busy port and popular resort at the northern tip of the Red Sea, on what is known in Israel as the Gulf of Eilat and in Jordan ...

, Israel **Men's RS:X *** : *** : *** : **Women's RS:X *** : *** : *** : *20–27 February:

470 World Championships The 470 World Championships have been held every year since 1970 and organised by the International 470 Class Association and recognized by the International Sailing Federation. When the Championship forms part of the ISAF Sailing World Championship ...

in San Isidro, Argentina **Men's 470< *** : *** : *** : **Women's 470 *** : *** : *** : *12–20 April: Laser Radial World Championships in Nuevo Vallarta, Mexico ** : ** : ** : *5–15 May:

Finn Gold Cup The Finn Gold Cup is the premier competition in Finn Class sailboat racing. Organized by the International Sailing Federation, it decides the Finn World Championships and has been held every year since 1956. Finn is an Olympic class. Edition ...

Gaeta Gaeta (; lat, Cāiēta; Southern Laziale: ''Gaieta'') is a city in the province of Latina, in Lazio, Southern Italy. Set on a promontory stretching towards the Gulf of Gaeta, it is from Rome and from Naples. The town has played a consp ...

, Italy ** : ** : ** : *10–18 May:

Laser World Championship The Laser World Championship have been held every year since 1974, organized by the International Sailing Federation. Laser is an Olympic sailing class. Editions Medalists Multiple medallist See also *ISAF Sailing World Championships *Men' ...

in Nuevo Vallarta, Mexico ** : ** : ** :

Sailing World Cup

*7 December 2015 – 11 December 2016:

2016 ISAF Sailing World Cup Sixteen or 16 may refer to: *16 (number), the natural number following 15 and preceding 17 *one of the years 16 BC, AD 16, 1916, 2016 Films * ''Pathinaaru'' or ''Sixteen'', a 2010 Tamil film * ''Sixteen'' (1943 film), a 1943 Argentine film dir ...

**23–30 January: Sailing World Cup Miami in Miami, United States **25–1 May: Sailing World Cup Hyères in Hyères, France **6–12 June: Sailing World Cup Weymouth in Weymouth & Portland, United Kingdom **19–25 September: Sailing World Cup Qingdao in

Qingdao Qingdao (, also spelled Tsingtao; , Mandarin: ) is a major city in eastern Shandong Province. The city's name in Chinese characters literally means " azure island". Located on China's Yellow Sea coast, it is a major nodal city of the One Belt ...

, China **4–11 December: Sailing World Cup Final in Melbourne, Australia

African championships

*12–17 January: 470 African Championships in Cape Town, South Africa ** : ** : ** :

European championships

*26 February – 4 March:

Laser European Championships The ILCA European Championships, until 2020 the Laser European Championships, are annual European Championship sailing regattas in the Laser (dinghy), Laser and Laser Radial classes organised by the EurILCA. Editions Medalists Men's ILCA 6 Wome ...

in Las Palmas, Spain **Men's Laser *** : *** : *** : **Women's Laser Radial *** : *** : *** : *4–14 March:

Finn European Championship The Finn European Championship is an annual European Championship sailing regatta in the Finn (dinghy) The Finn dinghy is a single-handed, cat-rigged sailboat, and a former Olympic class for men's sailing. Since its debut at the 1952 Summer Olym ...

in Barcelona, Spain ** : ** : ** : *5–12 April:

470 European Championships The 470 European Championships are international sailing regattas in the 470 class The 470 (Four-Seventy) is a double-handed monohull planing dinghy with a centreboard, Bermuda rig, and centre sheeting. Equipped with a spinnaker, trapeze and a l ...

Mallorca Mallorca, or Majorca, is the largest island in the Balearic Islands, which are part of Spain and located in the Mediterranean. The capital of the island, Palma, is also the capital of the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands. The Bal ...

, Spain **Men's 470 *** : *** : *** : **Women's 470 *** : *** : *** : *11–16 April:

49er & 49er FX European Championships 49er & 49er FX European Championships are annual European Championship sailing regattas in the 49er and the 49er FX 49er or Forty-Niner most often refers to: *A miner or other person that took part in the 1849 California Gold Rush *San Francisco ...

in Barcelona, Spain *2–9 July: RS:X European Championships in Helsinki, Finland **Men's RS:X *** : *** : *** : **Women's RS:X *** : *** : *** : *16–24 September:

Nacra 17 European Championship Nacra 17 European Championship is an annual European Championship sailing regatta in the Nacra 17 class organised by the Nacra 17 Class. Editions Medalists References {{International sailing Nacra 17 class sailing competitions European cha ...

in Thessaloniki, Greece

North American championships

*16–18 January: 470 North American Championships in Coconut Grove, United States ** : ** : ** : *21–24 July: Laser North American Championships in

Cascade Locks Cascade Locks is a city in Hood River County, Oregon, United States. The city took its name from a set of locks built to improve navigation past the Cascades Rapids of the Columbia River. The U.S. federal government approved the plan for the l ...

, United States **Men's Laser *** : *** : *** : **Open Laser Radial *** : *** : *** : *19–13 August: RS:X North American Championships in

Kingston Kingston may refer to: Places * List of places called Kingston, including the five most populated: ** Kingston, Jamaica ** Kingston upon Hull, England ** City of Kingston, Victoria, Australia ** Kingston, Ontario, Canada ** Kingston upon Thames, ...

, Canada *26–28 August: 49er & 49er FX North American Championships in

Newport Newport most commonly refers to: *Newport, Wales *Newport, Rhode Island, US Newport or New Port may also refer to: Places Asia *Newport City, Metro Manila, a Philippine district in Pasay Europe Ireland *Newport, County Mayo, a town on the ...

, United States **Men's 49er *** : *** : *** : **Women's 49er FX *** : *** : *** :

South American championships

*10–13 February: 470 South American Championship in San Isidro, Argentina *11–14 July: 49er & 49er FX South American Championships in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil **Men's 49er *** : *** : *** : **Women's 49er FX *** : *** : *** : *27–31 July: RS:X South American Championships in São Paulo, Brazil

Other major events

America's Cup

*25 July 2015 – 20 November 2016:

2015–16 America's Cup World Series The second America's Cup World Series were held between 2015 and 2016 in the lead up to the 2017 America's Cup. The series was won by Land Rover BAR and confers two points towards the 2017 Louis Vuitton Cup. The runner up was Oracle Team USA which ...

**7 & 8 May:

New York New York most commonly refers to: * New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York * New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States New York may also refer to: Film and television * '' ...

, United States **11 & 12 June: Chicago, United States **23 & 24 July: Portsmouth, United Kingdom **10 & 11 September: Toulon, France **19 & 20 November: Fukuoka, Japan

Extreme Sailing Series

*16 February – 11 December:

2016 Extreme Sailing Series The 2016 Extreme Sailing Series was the tenth edition of the sailing series and the sixth year of it being a fully global event. 2016 saw the series move away from the Extreme 40 catamaran, and into the GC32 foiling catamaran. Acts Act 1 ...

** 16–19 February: Act #1 in Muscat, Oman *** Winners: Oman Air ** 27 April – 1 May: Act #2 in

, China *** Winners:

Alinghi Alinghi, or Alinghi Red Bull Racing because of the sports marketing branding by Red Bull, is the syndicate set up by Ernesto Bertarelli, racing under the colors of the Société Nautique de Genève, to challenge for the America's Cup, as well as ...

** 24–26 June: Act #3 in Cardiff, United Kingdom *** Winners: Oman Air ** 14–17 July: Act #4 in Hamburg, Germany *** Winners: Oman Air ** 25–28 August 2016: Act #5 in St. Petersburg, Russia *** Winners:

** 22–25 October: Act #6 in Madeira Islands, Portugal *** Winners:

** 6–9 October: Act #7 in

Lisbon Lisbon (; pt, Lisboa ) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 544,851 within its administrative limits in an area of 100.05 km2. Grande Lisboa, Lisbon's urban area extends beyond the city's administr ...

, Portugal *** Winners:

** 8–11 December: Act #8 in

Sydney Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mountain ...

, Australia *** Winners:

World Match Racing Tour

*8 May 2015 – 30 January 2016: 2015 World Match Racing Tour **26–30 January:

Monsoon Cup The Monsoon Cup was a yacht race in Malaysia, held in the state of Terengganu. Overview The Monsoon Cup was an annual event on the Alpari World Match Racing Tour calendar. It was also widely considered as the most formidable leg of the Tour. A ...

in Johor, Malaysia *2 March – 9 July: 2016 World Match Racing Tour **2–7 March: World Match Racing Tour Fremantle in

Fremantle Fremantle () () is a port city in Western Australia, located at the mouth of the Swan River in the metropolitan area of Perth, the state capital. Fremantle Harbour serves as the port of Perth. The Western Australian vernacular diminutive for ...

, Australia **5–10 April:

Congressional Cup Congressional Cup is an annual match racing sailing competition and event on the World Match Racing Tour Founded in 2000, the World Match Racing Tour (WMRT) features world class sailors including America’s Cup and Olympic champions, in a gl ...

in Long Beach, United States **9–14 May:

Danish Open Danish Open may refer to: * Denmark Open a badminton tournament * Danish Open (golf) a defunct golf tournament * Danish Open (tennis) The Danish Open (sponsored as the e-Boks Open) was a professional women's tennis tournament played 2010–12 on in ...

in Copenhagen, Denmark **30 May – 4 June: World Match Racing Tour Newport in

, United States **4–9 July: Match Cup Sweden in Marstrand, Sweden

Other classes

World championships

*7–17 April: Star World Championship in Miami, United States *3–9 June: Hansa World Championships in

Medemblik Medemblik () is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland and the region of West-Frisia. It lies immediately south of the polder and former municipality of Wieringermeer. History Medemblik was a prosperous ...

, Netherlands *20–26 June: 470 World Junior Championship in Kiel, Germany ** Men's 470 *** : *** : *** : ** Women's 470 *** : *** : *** : *14–19 July: 6 Metre World Championship in Brunnen, Switzerland *15–23 July:

420 World Championships The 420 World Championships are international sailing Sailing employs the wind—acting on sails, wingsails or kites—to propel a craft on the surface of the ''water'' (sailing ship, sailboat, raft, windsurfer, or kitesurfer), on ''ice'' ( ...

in Sanremo, Italy *22–29 July: OK World Championship in

Quiberon Quiberon (; , ) is a commune in the French department of Morbihan, administrative region of Brittany, western France. It is situated on the southern part of the Quiberon peninsula, the northern part being the commune of Saint-Pierre-Quiberon. It ...

, France *25–29 July: RS100 World Championship in Travemünde, Germany *30 July – 5 August: Dart 18 World Championships in

, Netherlands *30 July – 5 August: RS Tera World Championships in

Santoña Santoña is a town in the eastern coast of the autonomous community of Cantabria, on the north coast of Spain. It is situated by the bay of the same name. It is from the capital Santander. Santoña is divided into two zones, an urban plain, and a ...

, Spain *22 August – 3 September: International 14 World Championships in

Carnac Carnac (; br, italic=no, Karnag, ) is a commune beside the Gulf of Morbihan on the south coast of Brittany in the Morbihan department in north-western France. Its inhabitants are called ''Carnacois'' in French. Carnac is renowned for the C ...

, France *9–15 September: Formula Kite World Championships in Weifang, China *15–19 November: IKA KiteFoil GoldCup Final / World Championships (Open) in The Pearl, Qatar *12–17 December: RS:One World Championships in Dubai, United Arab Emirates *14–20 December: ISAF Youth Sailing World Championships in Auckland, New Zealand

European championships

*22–26 March: Zoom 8 European Championships in Palamos, Spain *30 April – 6 May: Soling European Championship in Traunsee, Austria *13–16 May: RS Feva European championship in Lipno, Czech Republic *16–22 May: IKA European Championship in

Cagliari Cagliari (, also , , ; sc, Casteddu ; lat, Caralis) is an Italian municipality and the capital of the island of Sardinia, an autonomous region of Italy. Cagliari's Sardinian name ''Casteddu'' means ''castle''. It has about 155,000 inhabitant ...

Crotone Crotone (, ; nap, label= Crotonese, Cutrone or ) is a city and ''comune'' in Calabria, Italy. Founded as the Achaean colony of Kroton ( grc, Κρότων or ; la, Crotona) in Magna Graecia, it was known as Cotrone from the Middle Ages until ...

, Italy *21–24 July: Sunfish European Championship in Marina di Grosseto, Italy *29 July – 6 August: 420 European Junior Championships & 470 European Junior Championships in Lake Balaton, Hungary *30 July – 6 August: Fireball European Championship in

Brenzone Brenzone sul Garda is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Verona in the Italian region of Veneto, located on the eastern shore of Lake Garda about west of Venice and about northwest of Verona. The municipality of Brenzone is formed ...

, Italy *10–14 August: European Match Racing Championship in Christiansminde, Denmark *2–9 September: Melges 24 European Championships in Hyères, France *20–25 September:

Snipe European Championship The Snipe European Championship is an international sailing regatta in the Snipe class and the most important European competition of the class. It was previously called the ''Europe and Africa Snipe Class Championship''. It takes place every two ...

in Santiago de la Ribera, Spain

North American championships

*14–18 August: 29er North American Championship in

, Canada

South American championships

*21–24 April: Soling North American Championship in Porto Alegre, Brazil

Other events

*25 March – 2 April:

Trofeo Princesa Sofia Trofeo Princesa Sofia is an annual sailing regatta in Palma de Majorca, Spain. The 46th edition was held in April and May 2015. It is part of the 2015 EUROSAF Champions Sailing Cup. Winners Men's 470 *2015 – Lucas Calabrese & Juan de la ...

Palma Palma or La Palma means palm in a number of languages and may also refer to: Geography Africa *Palma, Mozambique, city ** Palma District *La Palma, one of the Canary Islands, Spain **La Palma (DO), a ''Denominación de Origen'' for wines from the ...

, Spain *9–14 May:

Garda Trentino Olympic Week Garda Trentino Olympic Week is an annual sailing regatta in Riva del Garda, Italy. It hosts the Olympic and Paralympic classes. It is part of the 2015 EUROSAF Champions Sailing Cup The EUROSAF Champions Sailing Cup is a series of sailing rega ...

in Malcesine, Italy *24–28 May:

Delta Lloyd Regatta Medemblik Regatta, formerly known as the Delta Lloyd Regatta, is an annual sailing regatta in Medemblik, the Netherlands. It hosts the Olympic sailing classes, Olympic and Paralympic classes. It is part of the 2015 EUROSAF Champions Sailing Cup. ...

, Netherlands *18–26 June: Kiel Week in Kiel, Germany **Men's 470 winners: **Women's 470 winners: **Men's 49er winners: **Women's 49er FX winners: **Men's Finn winner: **Men's Laser winner: **Women's Laser Radial winner: **Mixed Nacra 17 winners: **12 Metre winners: **2.4 Metre winner: **29er winners: **420 winners: **5.5 Metre winners: **505 winners: **Albin Ballad winners: **Albin Express winners: **Contender winner: **Europe winner: **Flying Dutchman winners: **Formula 18 winners: **Hobie 16 winners: **J/24 winners: **J/80 winners: **Laser 4.7 winner: **Laser Radial winner: **Melges 24 winners: **Musto Skiff winner: **Nordic Folkboat winners: **OK winner: **Sonar winners: *26 December – 30 December:

2016 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race The 2016 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, sponsored by Rolex and hosted by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia in Sydney, New South Wales, was the 72nd annual running of the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race. It began on Sydney Harbour at 1pm on Boxing ...

from

, Australia to

Hobart Hobart ( ; Nuennonne/Palawa kani: ''nipaluna'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania. Home to almost half of all Tasmanians, it is the least-populated Australian state capital city, and second-small ...

, Australia ** Line honours: , 1d 13h 31m 20s ** Handicap winners: , 2d 16h 13m 37s

Deaths

*7 December –

Paul Elvstrøm Paul Bert Elvstrøm (25 February 1928 – 7 December 2016) was a Danish yachtsman. He won four Olympic gold medals and twenty world titles in a range of classes including Snipe, Soling, Star, Flying Dutchman, Finn, 505, and 5.5 Metre. ...

, 88, Danish Olympic sailor

References

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