Masters Lightning World Championship

The Lightning Youth World Championship is an bi-annual international sailing regatta for lightning (dinghy), organized by the host club on behalf of the International Lightning Class Association and recognized by World Sailing, the sports IOC recognized governing body.

Editions

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Ed	Date	Year ! Host club	Location	Nat. ! Sailors	M	F	Nats	Cont.
{{0}}1	-	1999 \| {{yachtclub\|Salinas Yacht Club}}	Salinas	{{ECU}} \|				\|{{cite magazine\|title=2000 Class Yearbook\|publisher=International Lightning Class Assoicaiton\|url=https://www.lightningclass.org/docs.ashx?id=711171\|access-date=2023-07-02}}
{{0}}2	18-22 Jul	2001 \| {{yachtclub\|Circolo Velico Marsala}}	Marsala, Sicily	{{ITA}} \|				\|{{cite magazine\|title=2002 Class Yearbook\|publisher=International Lightning Class Assoicaiton\|url=https://www.lightningclass.org/docs.ashx?id=703570\|access-date=2023-07-02}}
{{0}}3	-	2003 \| {{yachtclub\|Coral Reef Yacht Club}}	Miami, Florida	{{USA}} \|				\|{{cite magazine\|title=2004 Class Yearbook\|publisher=International Lightning Class Assoicaiton\|url=https://www.lightningclass.org/docs.ashx?id=703574\|access-date=2023-07-02}}
{{0}}4	-	2005 \| {{yachtclub\|Club de Yates Higuerillas}}	Concon, Chile	{{CHI}} \|				\|{{cite magazine\|title=2006 Class Yearbook\|publisher=International Lightning Class Assoicaiton\|url=https://www.lightningclass.org/docs.ashx?id=708364\|access-date=2023-07-02}}
{{0}}5	-	2007 \| {{yachtclub\|Yacht Club of Greece}}	Athens	{{GRE}} \|				\|{{cite magazine\|title=2008 Class Yearbook\|publisher=International Lightning Class Assoicaiton\|url=https://www.lightningclass.org/docs.ashx?id=709036\|access-date=2023-07-02}}
{{0}}6	-	2009 \| {{yachtclub\|Mallets Bay Yacht Club}}	Colchester, Vermont	{{USA}} \|				\|{{cite magazine\|title=2010 Class Yearbook\|publisher=International Lightning Class Assoicaiton\|url=https://www.lightningclass.org/docs.ashx?id=413230\|access-date=2023-07-02}}
{{0}}7	-	2011 \| {{yachtclub\|Iate Clube Armacao de Buzios}}	Buzios	{{BRA}} \|				\|{{cite magazine\|title=2012 Class Yearbook\|publisher=International Lightning Class Assoicaiton\|url=https://www.lightningclass.org/docs.ashx?id=710270\|access-date=2023-07-02}}
{{0}}8		2012 \| {{yachtclub\|Club Velico Castiglionese}}	Castiglione del Lago	{{ITA}} \|				\|{{cite magazine\|title=2013-14 Class Yearbook\|publisher=International Lightning Class Assoicaiton\|url=https://www.lightningclass.org/docs.ashx?id=710364\|access-date=2023-07-02}}
{{0}}9	15-19 Jul	2015 \| {{yachtclub\|Buffalo Canoe Club}}	Fort Erie, Ontario	{{CAN}} \| 21					\| {{cite web\|url=http://www.lightningworlds.com/\|title=2015Etchells World Official Event Website}}{{cite web\|url=https://yachtscoring.com/emenu.cfm?eID=1276 \| title=2015 Lightning Class International Masters Championship on Yacht Scoring - A complete web based regatta administration and yacht scoring program }}{{cite web \| url=https://www.yachtscoring.com/event_results_cumulative.cfm?eID=1276 \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803205620/https://www.yachtscoring.com/event_results_cumulative.cfm?eID=1276 \| archive-date=2020-08-03 \| title=2015 Lightning Class International Masters Championship on Yacht Scoring - A complete web based regatta administration and yacht scoring program }}
10	17-20 Nov	2017 \| {{yachtclub\|Salinas Yacht Club}}	Salinas	{{ECU}} \| 23					\| {{cite web\|url=https://yachtscoring.com/emenu.cfm?eID=4331 \| title=2017 International Lightning Masters Championship on Yacht Scoring - A complete web based regatta administration and yacht scoring program }}{{cite web\|url=https://yachtscoring.com/event_results_cumulative.cfm?eID=4331\|title=2017 International Lightning Masters Championship on Yacht Scoring - A complete web based regatta administration and yacht scoring program\|website=yachtscoring.com}}
11	23-27 Nov	2019 \| Espoon Pursiseura ry	Espoo	{{FIN}} \| 22	66			5	3 \| {{cite web\|url=https://manage2sail.com/en-US/event/46d5f946-3c06-4a3f-b2e0-3370c1cdc8f0#!details\|title=2019 World Official Event Website}}{{cite web\|url=https://manage2sail.com/en-US/event/46d5f946-3c06-4a3f-b2e0-3370c1cdc8f0#!/results?classId=Lightning \| title=Lightning Class 2019 Masters World and Open European Championships manage2sail }}0
12	12-16 May	2022 \| {{yachtclub\|Carolina Yacht Club}}	Wrightsville Beach	{{USA}} \| 42	126			2	1 \| {{cite web\|url=https://carolinayachtclub.org/\|title=2022Etchells World Official Event Website}}{{cite web\|url=https://yachtscoring.com/emenu.cfm?eID=14815 \| title=2022 Lightning Masters World Championships on Yacht Scoring - A complete web based regatta administration and yacht scoring program }}{{Cite web\|url=https://yachtscoring.com/event_results_cumulative.cfm?eID=14815\|title=2022 Lightning Masters World Championships on Yacht Scoring - A complete web based regatta administration and yacht scoring program\|website=yachtscoring.com}}
13	16-23 Oct	2023 \| {{yachtclub\|Club Naval Santa Cruz de Castillogrande}}	Cartagena, Colombia	{{COL}} \| 14	42			5	4 \| {{cite web\|url=http://lightningworlds2023.com/\|title=2023Etchells World Official Event Website}}{{cite web\|url=https://yachtscoring.com/emenu.cfm?eID=16023 \| title=2023 Lightning Class South American Championship & Masters' World Championship on Yacht Scoring - A complete web based regatta administration and yacht scoring program }}{{cite web\|url=https://yachtscoring.com/event_results_cumulative.cfm?eID=16023 \| title=2023 Lightning Class South American Championship & Masters' World Championship on Yacht Scoring - A complete web based regatta administration and yacht scoring program }}
14	Jun	2025 \| {{yachtclub\|Nautical Athletic Club of Voula}}	Voula	{{GRE}} \| 17					\| {{cite web\|url=https://www.yachtscoring.com/event_results_cumulative/16947 \| title=2025 Lightning Class European Championship & Masters' World Championship on Yacht Scoring - A complete web based regatta administration and yacht scoring program }}

Masters World Championships

{{MedalistTable}}!!Ref.

1999 Salina
Ecuador

2001 Marsala
Italy

|Richard Hallagan
Hendrix Ten Eyck
Tammi Jamison

{{CAN}} Peter Hall
Phillip Kerrigan
Jay Deacon

|{{Citation needed|date=January 2022}}

2003
USA

|USA14900
{{flagathlete|James Crane|USA}}
Larry Bone
Kip Hamblet

|USA14866
{{flagathlete|Bill Mauk|USA}}
John Humphrey
Claus Engle

|USA14739
{{flagathlete|Jack Elfman|USA}}
Cindy Lister-Elfman
Mike Holly

|{{cite web | url=http://www.lightningclass.org/results/results03/Masters_and_Worlds_03/results_from_the_masters.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030608093259/http://www.lightningclass.org/results/results03/Masters_and_Worlds_03/results_from_the_masters.htm | archive-date=2003-06-08 | title=Results from the Masters }}

2005
Chile

|CAN 14768
{{flagathlete|Peter Hall|CAN}}
{{flagathlete|Phillip Kerrigan|CAN}}
{{flagathlete|Jay Deacon|CAN}}

|USA 15122
{{flagathlete|Jim Carson|USA}}
{{flagathlete|Jay Lutz|USA}}
{{flagathlete|Michael Schon|USA}}

|USA 14866
{{flagathlete|Bill Mauk|USA}}
{{flagathlete|Bill Fastiggi|USA}}
{{flagathlete|Suzie Cobrun|USA}}

|{{cite web | url=http://www.lightning.cl/2005Worlds/MastersResults.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081224160928/http://www.lightning.cl/2005Worlds/MastersResults.htm | archive-date=2008-12-24 | title=Sailwave results for Lightning International Masters Club de Yates Higuerillas }}

2007 Athens

|Bill Mauk
Vladimir Kulinichenko
Michel Sumpton

|{{Citation needed|date=January 2022}}

2009 Colchester, VT

|Jim Crane
Brenda Crane
Tom Allen

|{{Citation needed|date=January 2022}}

2011 Buzios, Brazil

|Claus Biekarck
Gunner Ficker
Marcelo Batista da Silva

|{{Citation needed|date=January 2022}}

2013
Italy

|Ched Proctor
Jamie Ewing
Jay Lurie

|{{Citation needed|date=January 2022}}

2015
Canada

|USA 15470
{{flagathlete|David Dellenbaugh|USA}}
{{flagathlete|Jeff Eiber|USA}}
{{flagathlete|Jay Lurie|USA}}

|ECU 14673 - Black Beauty
{{flagathlete|Juan Santos|ECU}}
{{flagathlete|Juan Jose Feretti|ECU}}
{{flagathlete|Hank Wissenz|ECU}}

|USA 15445
{{flagathlete|Matt Fisher|USA}}
{{flagathlete|Dan Moriarty|USA}}
{{flagathlete|Tobi Moriarty|USA}}

2017
Ecuador
23 Boats

|USA 15507
{{flagathlete|Ched Proctor|USA}}
Meredith Killion
Todd Wake

|BRA 14893
{{flagathlete|Cláudio Biekarck|BRA}}
Gunnar Ficker
Marcelo Silva

|USA 15590
{{flagathlete|Jeff Linton|USA}}
Amy Smith Linton
Steve Davis

2019
{{FIN}}
27 Boats

|USA 15507
{{flagathlete|Ched Proctor|USA}}
{{flagathlete|Bill Faude|USA}}
{{flagathlete|Meredith Killion|USA}}

|USA 9
{{flagathlete|Tom Allen|USA}}
{{flagathlete|Jane Allen|USA}}
{{flagathlete|Shelby Allen|USA}}

|CAN 15499
{{flagathlete|Larry MacDonald|CAN}}
{{flagathlete|Jody Starck|CAN}}
{{flagathlete|Ian Jones|CAN}}

|{{Cite web|url=https://manage2sail.com/en-US/event/46d5f946-3c06-4a3f-b2e0-3370c1cdc8f0#!/results?classId=Lightning|title=Lightning Class 2019 Masters World and Open European Championships manage2sail|website=manage2sail.com}}

2022
USA
42 Boats

|USA 15499
Jody Starck
William Faude
Randy Borges
Tom Starck

|USA 15496
Marvin Beckmann
Jimmy Barnash
Andrew Brennan

|15507
Ched Proctor
Meredith Killion
Sam Blouin

2023
{{COL}}
14 Boats

|USA 15561 - Danilu (61)
{{flagathlete|Augie Diaz|USA}}
{{flagathlete|Kim Couranz|USA}}
{{flagathlete|Alfonso Garcia Bringas|USA}}

|USA 15595 - Hard Asset (15)
{{flagathlete|Joshua Goldman|USA}}
{{flagathlete|Jackson Benvenutti|USA}}
{{flagathlete|Monica Morgan|USA}}

|USA 15499 (21)
{{flagathlete|Jody Starck|USA}}
{{flagathlete|Ian Jones|USA}}
{{flagathlete|Debbie Probst|USA}}

2025
{{GRE}}
17 Boats

|USA 15561 - Danilu (61)
{{flagathlete|Augie Diaz|USA}}
UNKNOWN
UNKNOWN

|USA 15611 - Team Patstrong
{{flagathlete|David Starck|USA}}
UNKNOWN
UNKNOWN

|USA 15296 - Silver Girl
{{flagathlete|Geoff Becker|USA}}
UNKNOWN
UNKNOWN

References

Category:Lightning (dinghy)

Lightning

Category:Recurring sporting events established in 1999