Reports for earlier events, where available, are linked from the ‘medallist’ pages.
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Image: "Glen Truswell:GBR350:M3 at the 2024 Worlds: © Ulrike Verrkamp"
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Image: "Simon Beers at the 2024 Worlds: © Ulrike Verrkamp"
Image: "Charlie Chandler (GBR321) at the 2017 Worlds, Pwlhelli. Photo: © Robert Muller"
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Image: "Milena Lutzen at the 2024 Worlds: © Ulrike Verrkamp"
Image: Alistair Warren and Dragonfly (GBR317) out for a blast on the blown off last day of the 2013 Europa Cup, in which he was runner up. © Jim Champ 2013
Image: "Scarlett O'Hara at the 2011 worlds, Travemunde, Germany. Photo: © Robert Muller"
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: "Chris Maas (USA259) at the 2017 Worlds, Pwlhelli. Photo: © Robert Muller"
Image: Steve (GBR) Clarke, Alistair Warren at the 2014 Worlds, San Francisco. Photo © Robert Muller
Image: "Mark Rounding In Lighter Conditions: Peter Ullmann (GER79) and Chris Maas (USA246) at the 2011 worlds, Travemunde, Germany. Photo: © Robert Muller"
Image: Todd Twigg, Simon Allen at the 2014 Worlds, San Francisco. Photo © Robert Muller
Image: "Now which bit of boat is where in that photo? Paul Hignett considers plumbing the depths of Loch Lomond with racing blown off at the 2013 Europa Cup.. Photo: © Loch Lomond SC"
Image: "Anthony Lowther (CAN4) at the 2017 Worlds, Pwlhelli. Photo: © Robert Muller"
Image: Mark Goodchild at the 2014 Worlds, San Francisco. Photo © Robert Muller
Image: USA 250 at the 2011 Worlds © Robert Muller ex German web site
Image: Robin Wood on his way to winning the 2008 Billy No Mates © James Close, JEC Creative.
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Image: "Milena Lutzen at the 2024 Worlds: © Ulrike Verrkamp"
Image: Alistair Warren taking Dragonfly (GBR317) off the beach for a blast on the blown off last day of the 2013 Europa Cup. At this point he's about 10 yards off the shore and has got to tack to clear the pier the photographer is standing on. © Jim Champ 2013
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Image: "Chris Hampe at the 2024 Worlds: © Ulrike Verrkamp"