The ISAF World Sailing Games were an international sailing event organized by the
International Sailing Federation
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(ISAF), held every four years from 1994 to 2006.
History
Beginning in 1994, the ISAF World Sailing Games were held on four occasions. The 1994 IYRU Cup featured more than 1,000 sailors from 76 countries.
The event included competitions in
match racing
A match race is a race between two competitors, going head-to-head.
In sailing, sailboat racing it is differentiated from a fleet racing, fleet race, which almost always involves three or more competitors competing against each other, and team rac ...
, as well as the following sailing classes:
470 (men and women),
Hobie 16
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(open and women), women's
J/22
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,
J/24, men's
Laser
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, and women's
Laser Radial
The Laser Radial or ILCA 6 is a popular one-design class of small sailing dinghy, originally built by Laser Performance and World sailing approved manufactures. It is a singlehanded boat, meaning that it is sailed by one person. The Laser Rad ...
.
In 1998, ISAF hosted the
1998 ISAF World Sailing Games, featuring women’s match racing,
470 (men and women),
Hobie 16
The ISAF International Class Hobie 16 (H16) is a popular catamaran manufactured by the Hobie cat, Hobie Cat Company for racing and day sailing. The craft was the driving force behind the popularization of beachcats and was recently inducted int ...
(open and women),
J/22
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(open and women), men's
Laser
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, and women's
Laser Radial
The Laser Radial or ILCA 6 is a popular one-design class of small sailing dinghy, originally built by Laser Performance and World sailing approved manufactures. It is a singlehanded boat, meaning that it is sailed by one person. The Laser Rad ...
.
For the
2002 ISAF World Sailing Games, the selected classes were
470 (men and women),
Hobie 16
The ISAF International Class Hobie 16 (H16) is a popular catamaran manufactured by the Hobie cat, Hobie Cat Company for racing and day sailing. The craft was the driving force behind the popularization of beachcats and was recently inducted int ...
(open and women), women's
J/22
The J/22 is an American Trailer sailer, trailerable sailboat that was designed by Rod Johnstone as a one-design Sailing (sport), racer and first built in 1983.Sherwood, Richard M.: ''A Field Guide to Sailboats of North America, Second Edition' ...
,
J/80, men's
Laser
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, women's
Laser Radial
The Laser Radial or ILCA 6 is a popular one-design class of small sailing dinghy, originally built by Laser Performance and World sailing approved manufactures. It is a singlehanded boat, meaning that it is sailed by one person. The Laser Rad ...
, and
Techno 293 (open and women).
Each country was allowed to enter up to two sailors per event. Additionally, ISAF rankings leaders in Olympic classes, winners of the
1998 World Sailing Games, and gold medalists from the
2000 Summer Olympics
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received automatic invitations.
The
2006 ISAF World Sailing Games included competitions in 420
team racing,
470 (men and women),
49er, women's
Hobie 16
The ISAF International Class Hobie 16 (H16) is a popular catamaran manufactured by the Hobie cat, Hobie Cat Company for racing and day sailing. The craft was the driving force behind the popularization of beachcats and was recently inducted int ...
,
Hobie Tiger, men's
Laser
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, women's
Laser Radial
The Laser Radial or ILCA 6 is a popular one-design class of small sailing dinghy, originally built by Laser Performance and World sailing approved manufactures. It is a singlehanded boat, meaning that it is sailed by one person. The Laser Rad ...
, and
RS:X (men and women).
Sailors from similar classes were invited to participate. For example, medalists from the 2005
Finn Gold Cup
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and world champions in the
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,
Contender, and
OK classes were invited to compete in the men’s one-person dinghy event in Laser.
Editions
Equipment
Legend:
M – Men; W – Women; Mx – Mixed; O – Open;
References
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Defunct sailing competitions
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