Reports for earlier events, where available, are linked from the ‘medallist’ pages.
Image: "Steve Fleming (GBR158) at the 2017 Worlds, Pwlhelli. Photo: © Robert Muller"
Image: "Steve Bowen (GBR310) at the 2017 Worlds, Pwlhelli. Photo: © Robert Muller"
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Image: "Simon Hipkin at the 2024 Worlds: © Ulrike Verrkamp"
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Image: "Gareth Caldwell at the 2024 Worlds: © Ulrike Verrkamp"
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Image: "Simon Hipkin at the 2024 Worlds: © Ulrike Verrkamp"
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Image: "Steve Fleming:GBR303:ICOD 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: Mikey Radziejowski at the 2014 Worlds, San Francisco. Photo © Robert Muller
Image: David Gilliland (USA 209) - Texas rodeo. 2014 Worlds, San Francisco. Photo © Robert Muller
Image: Frederik Steimann at the 2014 Worlds, San Francisco. Photo © Robert Muller
Image: Steve (GBR) Clarke, Alistair Warren at the 2014 Worlds, San Francisco. Photo © Robert Muller
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
Image: "Michael Brigg sailing his 50 year old veteran (K102) alongside Peter Ullmans state of the art Maas design canoe (GER79) at the 2017 Worlds, Pwlhelli. Photo: © Robert Muller"
Image: "Hugh deLong (GBR275) at the 2017 Worlds, Pwlhelli. Photo: © Robert Muller"
Image: International Canoe
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Image: "Klaus Ropke:GER39:ICOD at the 2024 Worlds: © Ulrike Verrkamp"
Image: Simon Allen (GBR 278). I love the lighting in this one. 2011 worlds, Travemunde, Germany. Photo: © Robert Muller"
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Image: "Michael Costello:USA262 at the 2024 Worlds: © Ulrike Verrkamp"
Image: Robin Wood on his way to winning the 2008 Billy No Mates © James Close, JEC Creative.