Reports for earlier events, where available, are linked from the ‘medallist’ pages.
Image: "Marei Charlotte Junge (GER60) at the 2011 worlds, Travemunde, Germany. Photo: © Robert Muller"
Image: SWE101 at the 2011 Worlds © Robert Muller ex German web site
Image: Robin Wood at the 2014 Worlds. Flat is fast... © David Thompson
Image: "Steve Bowen (GBR310) at the 2017 Worlds, Pwlhelli. Photo: © Robert Muller"
Image: "Uphill Challenge: Peter Ullmann (GER79) leads a bunch of others at the 2011 worlds, Travemunde, Germany. Photo: © Robert Muller"
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Image: "Simon Hipkin at the 2024 Worlds: © Ulrike Verrkamp"
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: Michael Leitch at the 2014 Worlds, San Francisco. Photo © Robert Muller
Image: "Purple Thrills by name and by nature... Arne Stahl (GER76) at the 2011 worlds, Travemunde, Germany. Photo: © Robert Muller"
Image: "Great Spray Effects. Frederik Steimann (GER68) at the 2011 worlds, Travemunde, Germany. Photo: © Robert Muller"
Image: "Colin Newman featured on the start line at the 2013 Europeans. Is that a great start for Hugh deLongh in 275, or is it a step too far? . Photo: © Loch Lomond SC"
Image: GBR308 at the 2011 Worlds © Robert Muller ex German web site
Image: GBR303 at the 2011 Worlds © Robert Muller ex German web site
Image: Simon Allen (GBR 278). I love the lighting in this one. 2011 worlds, Travemunde, Germany. Photo: © Robert Muller"
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Image: "Emma GRIGULL at the 2024 Worlds: © Ulrike Verrkamp"
Image: Mark Goodchild cutting through the waves at the 2014 Worlds, San Francisco. © Robert Muller
Image: Paul Hignett out for a blast on the blown off last day of the 2013 Europa Cup. He's sailing Colin Newman's IC OD Extended Play, GBR 295. © Jim Champ 2013
Image: Mikey Radziejowski at the 2014 Worlds, San Francisco. Photo © Robert Muller
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Image: "Gareth Caldwell at the 2024 Worlds: © Ulrike Verrkamp"