Reports for earlier events, where available, are linked from the ‘medallist’ pages.
Image: "Just about the most dramatic IC photo I've ever seen. Emma Grigull (GER65) at the 2017 Worlds, Pwlhelli. 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"
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Image: "Simon Hipkin at the 2024 Worlds: © Ulrike Verrkamp"
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Image: "Tim Garvin at the 2024 Worlds: © Ulrike Verrkamp"
Image: Chris Hampe mid gybe at the 2014 Worlds, San Francisco. Photo © Robert Muller
Image: Start Sequence Race 4 at the 2014 Worlds, San Francisco. 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: "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: Simon Allen (GBR 278). I love the lighting in this one. 2011 worlds, Travemunde, Germany. Photo: © Robert Muller"
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Image: "Milena LUTZEN at the 2024 Worlds: © Ulrike Verrkamp"
Image: Mark Goodchild cutting through the waves at the 2014 Worlds, San Francisco. © Robert Muller
Image: "A smile for the camera? Between races at the 2013 Europa Cup.. Photo: © Loch Lomond SC"
Image: Chris Hampe and Phil Robin at the 2014 Worlds © David Thompson
Image: Mark Goodchild at the 2014 Worlds © David Thompson
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Image: "Simon Beers:GER83 Maas design:This:is:prob:from:the:NYCC:r3 at the 2024 Worlds: © Ulrike Verrkamp"
Image: "John Ellis (GBR334) at the 2017 Worlds, Pwlhelli. Photo: © Robert Muller"
Image: "Todd Twigg (USA248) at the 2017 Worlds, Pwlhelli. Photo: © Robert Muller"
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Image: "Dan Skinner at the 2024 Worlds: © Ulrike Verrkamp"
Image: Robin Wood on his way to winning the 2008 Billy No Mates © James Close, JEC Creative.