World championships in sailing are

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organised or sanctioned by

World Sailing World Sailing (WS) is the world governing body for the sport of sailing recognized by the International Olympic Committee and the International Paralympic Committee (IPC). History The creation of the International Yacht Racing Union (IYRU) beg ...

(formerly the International Sailing Federation or ISAF). As a sport,

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has the largest number of world championships due to the diversity of equipment and disciplines.

Championships

The number of titles is due to the diversity of equipment. Sanctioned World Championships fall into the following categories:

World Sailing - Initiated Championships

World Sailing - Sanctioned World Championships

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(Presently awarded to the overall winner of 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 global championship series. WMRT is sanctioned with ‘Special Event Status’ by World Sailing, the sport� ...

originally an world sailing event) * Nations Cup * Offshore Racing Congress Rating System ** Currently ORCi ** former ORC Worlds include the IMS, IMS 500, IMS 670, 1/4 TON, 1/2 TON and 1 TON ClassWorld Championships * International Radio Sailing Association Class World Championships ** IRSA / 10 Rater World Championship ** IRSA / Radio A Class World Championship ** IRSA / Marblehead World Championships ** IRSA / One Metre World Championships * Extreme 40 World Championship (Authorised Once) * International Association for Disabled Sailing (IFDS) (from 1990s to 2014) *

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originally recognised through IFDS *

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originally recognised through IFDS * Other Disabled Sailing World Championships (Such as none technical) * PWA World Championships also recognised as a special event

World Sailing - Class World Championships

Classes that are members of

are entitled to hold World Championships if they are spread into a minimum of two continents and have certain number of nations and continents take part in two of the last three championships (the number of nations depend of the size of the equipment).

Multiple World champions

This is not a complete list but the following are known to have won eight or more World Championship titles.

Notes

References

External links

ISAF Official site
{{Main world championships