6 Metre World Championships

The 6 Metre World Championships are biennial international sailing regattas in the 6 Metre class organized by the International Sailing Federation and the International Six Metre Association.^[1]

Most titles has Swedish sailor Pelle Petterson won, with three titles between 1977 and 1983. Second most titles have Swiss Bernard Haissly and Swedish Carl-Gustaf Piehl, with two.

The most championships has been won by Swedish sailors, eighth editions, followed by Swiss sailors, three titles, and sailors of Canada and the United States (two each).

The 6 Metre was an Olympic class from 1908 to 1952.

History

The first 6 Metre World Championships were held in Seattle in 1973.

Editions

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1973 Seattle	United States Tom Blackaller
1975 Sandhamn	Sweden Patric Fredell
1977 Marstrand	Sweden Pelle Pettersson
1979 Seattle	Sweden Pelle Pettersson
1981 Lake Constance	no champion decided
1983 Newport	Sweden Pelle Pettersson
1985 Cannes	Switzerland Philippe Dürr
1987 Oyster Bay	Great Britain Bruce Owen
1989 Marstrand	United States John Kostecki
1991 Torquay	Sweden Leif Carlsson
1993 Cannes	Italy Favini
1995 Sandhamn	Sweden Carl-Gustav Piehl
1997 Cannes	Great Britain Bruce Owen
1999 Hanko	Switzerland Bernard Haissly
2003 St.-Tropez	Sweden Carl-Gustav Piehl	Germany Dietrich Grünau	Sweden
2005 Sandhamn	Courage IX (GER) Dietrich Grünau Albert Batzill Eddy Eich	Battlecry (GBR) Ben Clothier	Fleau (SUI) Bernard Haissly
2007 Cowes	Fleau (SUI) Bernard Haissly	Battlecry (GBR) Ben Clothier	Courage IX (GER) Dietrich Grünau
2009 Newport	Sophie II (SWE) Hugo Stenbeck	Scoundrel (GBR) Rob Gray	Scoundrel (USA) Bob Cadranell
2011 Helsinki	Junior (FRA) Yann Marilley	May Be XIV (SWE) Patric Fredell	Sophie II (SWE) Hugo Stenbeck
2013 Flensburg	St. Francis IX (CAN) Ross MacDonald	Valhalla (GBR) Robert Smith	Courage IX (GER) Albert Batzill

See also

• ISAF Sailing World Championships
• International Sailing Federation

References