World Sailing invites host cities to bid for next three Youth Sailing World Championships

World Sailing, the world governing body of the sport, is inviting Member National Authorities (MNAs) and host cities to bid for the 2023, 2024 and 2025 Youth Sailing World Championships.

For over 50 years, the Youth Sailing World Championships have been the pinnacle of youth sailing performance, showcasing the future stars of the sailing world and the starting point for many future World and Olympic Champions.

The Youth Sailing World Championships attract the best youth sailors from around the world, selected by their MNA, and follow a similar format to Olympic Sailing where all sailors compete on a level playing field across all events.

World Sailing is seeking compact integrated venues that include all Administration, Race Management, Boat Parks, Field of Play, Accommodation, Media Centre, Ceremonies and Spectator facilities so that the Championships can be contained within a single complex, minimising both costs and travel considerations. In line with World Sailing’s vision, it is also essential that the competition venue ensures a lasting legacy to the sport of sailing in the region and should be run in a sustainable and environmentally sensitive way.

Full details about the bidding process and criteria are available in the Youth Sailing World Championships 2023, 2024 & 2025 Bid Guidelines document.

World Sailing recognises that different venues have different needs and facilities and encourages MNAs and Host Cities interested in bidding to contact World Sailing Events Manager, Pedro Rodrigues, to seek clarification on requirements related to the event.

The 2023, 2024 and 2025 editions of the Youth Worlds will feature the same Events and Equipment as the most recent editions of the Championships with a Male and Female ILCA 6, Male, Female and Mixed 420, Male and Female 29er, Mixed Nacra 15, Male and Female Kiteboarding and Male and Female Windsurf with the recently added iQFOiL equipment.

MNAs and Host Cities can bid to hold the event preferably in:

• 2023, 9-16 December
• 2024, 7-14 December
• 2025, either 12-19 July or 13-20 December

An MNA or Host City interested in hosting the event shall inform the World Sailing Executive Office by 25 May 2022 of their intent to bid.

All bids must be received by the World Sailing Executive Office by 17:00 UTC on Monday 15 August 2022. All bids received will be treated as confidential.

For further information about the bid guidelines and to submit a bid, please contact:

Pedro Rodrigues,
Events Manager
Tel +44(0)7879 275 754
pedro.rodrigues@sailing.org

For further information about Commercial Rights please contact:

Scott Over
Commercial Director
Tel +44(0)7834 266 184
scott.over@sailing.org

About the Youth Worlds

The Youth Worlds was first held in Sweden in 1971. The 2022 Allianz Youth Sailing World Championships in The Hague, Netherlands will be the 51st edition of the championship.

The championship attracts only the best youth sailors from around the world and competition is notoriously tough as competitors are selected by their Member National Authority (MNA) from a host of eligible sailors within each nation.

Past notable winners include American’s Cup skippers, Chris Dickson (NZL), Russell Coutts (NZL), Dean Barker (NZL); Olympic medallists, Nathan Outteridge (AUS), Iain Jensen (AUS), Robert Scheidt (BRA), Amelie Lux (GER), Ben Ainslie (GBR), Iain Percy (GBR), Alessandra Sensini (ITA), Elise Rechichi (AUS) and Tessa Parkinson (AUS); Volvo Ocean Race sailors like Stuart Bannatyne (NZL) and Richard Clarke (CAN).

The most successful Youth World Champions are Great Britain’s Sally Cuthbert and Poland’s Zofia Klepacka having won four successive titles in the Laser II and Mistral respectively.