World Sailing invites bids to host 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 attracts the best youth sailors from around the world, selected by their MNA, and follows a similar format to Olympic Sailing where all sailors compete on a level playing field across all events.

World Sailing is seeking venues, ideally compact that include all Administration, Race Management, Boat Parks, Field of Play, Accommodation, Media Centre, Ceremonies and Spectator facilities. Venues with multiple locations within a 10km radius area will be considered but must allow for easy and safe transport link between venues, and all accommodation to be within the same area.

The overall size of the venue and the plan for communications and logistics are vital considerations.

It is 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 2025 Youth Sailing World Championships 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 2025 edition of the Youth Worlds will feature the same Events and Equipment as the most recent editions of the Championships.

MNAs and Host Cities can bid to hold the event in either the 11-19 July 2025 or 12-20 December 2025.

An MNA or Host City interested in hosting the event shall inform the World Sailing Executive Office by 15 January 2024 of their intent to bid.

All bids must be received by the World Sailing Executive Office by 17:00 UTC on Friday 1 March 2024. All bids received will be treated as confidential.

For further information about the bid guidelines and to submit a bid, please contact bids@sailing.org.

About the Youth Sailing World Championships

The Youth Sailing World Championship was first held in Sweden in 1971. The 2023 Youth Sailing World Championships in Buzios, Brazil will be the 52nd 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.