Watch Live: The World Sailing Awards 2022

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Thousands of votes have already been registered for the male and female Rolex World Sailor of the Year and 11th Hour Racing Sustainability Award.

The online poll will remain open until 0200 UTC on Tuesday 25 October. Have your say by casting your vote here.

Watch Live

Viewers can tune in live from 16.30 UTC here for the 90-minute World Sailing Awards 2022 show. Produced exclusively for World Sailing by Sunset+Vine with World Sailing’s own video production and graphics team, the World Sailing Awards 2022 show will be presented by Alec Wilkinson and Shirley Robertson.

Rolex World Sailor of the Year 2022

A total of nine athletes – world champions, Olympic medallists and world record holders – have been shortlisted this year.

The winners will have their name engraved on the iconic marble and silver trophy depicting the globe, crowned with five silver spinnakers representing the continents, as well as a souvenir they will keep close to them forever.

The 2022 Rolex World Sailor of the Year finalists are:

Female category

• Hélène Noesmoen (FRA)
• Odile van Aanholt & Annette Duetz (NED)
• Caterina Marianna Banti (ITA)

Male category

• Ruggero Tita (ITA)
• Jean-Baptiste Bernaz (FRA)
• Nicolas Goyard (FRA)
• Bart Lambriex& Floris van der Werken (NED)

More details about the nominees and their achievements can be found here.

World Sailing 11th Hour Racing Sustainability Award 2022

The 2022 nominees are:

• The Flipflopi Project
• Fundación Ecomar
• EurILCA Sustainability Program
• Greenboats 

More details about the nominees and their initiatives can be found here.

Team of the Year

The Team of the Year Award will be presented to a crew of two or more sailors from any category of sailing and celebrates teams who personify the sporting values of integrity, ambition, resilience and resourcefulness.

Boat of the Year

The World Sailing Boat of the Year Award will be presented in recognition of outstanding boat design, innovative concepts and ground-breaking technological advancements that are changing the face of sailing, pioneering change across the world.

About the World Sailing Awards

World Sailing launched the World Sailor of the Year Awards in 1994 to reward individual sailors for outstanding achievements in the sport. Rolex has been sponsors of the award since 2001, celebrating more than two decades of excellence and achievement in sailing.

World Sailing and 11th Hour Racing joined forces in 2018 to celebrate the delivery of high impact and replicable sustainability within the maritime industry aligned to World Sailing’s Sustainability Agenda 2030. The winner will receive a 10,000 USD prize to fund their continued sustainability efforts and the iconic trophy made from recycled carbon fibre from an America’s Cup boat infused with bio resin.