Reports for earlier events, where available, are linked from the ‘medallist’ pages.
Image: "Ready About! (Tacking for the Windward Mark) Chris Maas (USA246) at the 2011 worlds, Travemunde, Germany. Photo: © Robert Muller"
Image: Start Sequence Race 4 at the 2014 Worlds, San Francisco. Photo © Robert Muller
Image: David Gilliland (USA 209) - Texas rodeo. 2014 Worlds, San Francisco. Photo © Robert Muller
Image: "Steve Fleming (GBR158) at the 2017 Worlds, Pwlhelli. Photo: © Robert Muller"
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Image: "Emma GRIGULL at the 2024 Worlds: © Ulrike Verrkamp"
Image: GBR303 at the 2011 Worlds © Robert Muller ex German web site
Assembled by Tim Gittins
Date: 1913
Designer: Sven Thorell
A Swedish B Class canoe by Sven Thorell, 1913. Sven Thorell was probably the most significant Swedish Canoe designer, both of sail and paddle boats, in the first half of the 20th C.
K26 Zenith, built to the Sol design, is still in existence in the UK. This blog has more about her history, her designer and her current painstaking restoration.
This web site is provided by the International Canoe Federation's Sailing Committee
Image: Robin Wood on his way to winning the 2008 Billy No Mates © James Close, JEC Creative.
Image: Chris Hampe and Phil Robin at the 2014 Worlds © David Thompson
Image: Steve (GBR) Clarke at the 2014 Worlds. © David Thompson
Image: Robin Wood on his way to winning the 2008 Billy No Mates © James Close, JEC Creative.
Image: Local hero Del Olsen (USA 253) in front of the skyline of San Francisco at the 2014 World. Photo © Robert Muller (slightly edited)
Image: "Just about the most dramatic IC photo I've ever seen. Emma Grigull (GER65) at the 2017 Worlds, Pwlhelli. Photo: © Robert Muller"
Image: Chris Hampe mid gybe at the 2014 Worlds, San Francisco. Photo © Robert Muller
Image: "Eckhardt Pagel (GER74) at the 2011 worlds, Travemunde, Germany. Photo: © Robert Muller"
Image: Simon Allen (GBR 278). I love the lighting in this one. 2011 worlds, Travemunde, Germany. Photo: © Robert Muller"
Image: Robin Wood at the 2014 Worlds. Flat is fast... © David Thompson
Image: Canoes starting at the 2008 Billy No Mates. From Left, Gareth Caldwell, Robin Wood, John Nixon. © James Close, JEC Creative.
Image: "The mountains of the Llyn Peninsula behind, and Brett Holly (AUS1) at the 2017 Worlds, Pwlhelli. Photo: © Robert Muller"