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The following were the scheduled events of sailing for the year 2016 throughout the world.

Events[]

Olympic classes events[]

Olympic Games[]

• 7–20 August: 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • Men's 470
    • :  Šime Fantela & Igor Marenić (CRO)
    • :  Mathew Belcher & William Ryan (AUS)
    • :  Panagiotis Mantis & Pavlos Kagialis (GRE)
  • Women's 470
    • :  Hannah Mills & Saskia Clark (GBR)
    • :  Jo Aleh & Polly Powrie (NZL)
    • :  Camille Lecointre & Hélène Defrance (FRA)
  • Men's 49er
    • :  Peter Burling & Blair Tuke (NZL)
    • :  Nathan Outteridge & Iain Jensen (AUS)
    • :  Erik Heil & Thomas Plößel (GER)
  • Women's 49er FX
    • :  Martine Grael & Kahena Kunze (BRA)
    • :  Alex Maloney & Molly Meech (NZL)
    • :  Jena Mai Hansen & Katja Salskov-Iversen (DEN)
  • Men's Finn
    • :  Giles Scott (GBR)
    • :  Vasilij Žbogar (SLO)
    • :  Caleb Paine (USA)
  • Men's Laser
    • :  Tom Burton (AUS)
    • :  Tonči Stipanović (CRO)
    • :  Sam Meech (NZL)
  • Women's Laser Radial
    • :  Marit Bouwmeester (NED)
    • :  Annalise Murphy (IRL)
    • :  Anne-Marie Rindom (DEN)
  • Mixed Nacra 17
    • :  Santiago Lange & Cecilia Carranza Saroli (ARG)
    • :  Jason Waterhouse & Lisa Darmanin (AUS)
    • :  Thomas Zajac & Tanja Frank (AUT)
  • Men's RS:X
    • :  Dorian van Rijsselberghe (NED)
    • :  Nick Dempsey (GBR)
    • :  Pierre Le Coq (FRA)
  • Women's RS:X
    • :  Charline Picon (FRA)
    • :  Chen Peina (CHN)
    • :  Stefania Elfutina (RUS)

World championships[]

• 9–14 February: 49er & 49er FX World Championships in Clearwater, United States^[1]
  • Men's 49er
    • :  Peter Burling & Blair Tuke (NZL)
    • :  Nico Delle Karth & Nikolaus Leopold Resch (AUT)
    • :  Dylan Fletcher-Scott & Alain Sign (GBR)
  • Women's 49er FX
    • :  Támara Echegoyen & Berta Betanzos (ESP)
    • :   &  (DEN)
    • :  Victoria Jurczok & Anika Lorenz (GER)
• 20–27 February: RS:X World Championships in Eilat, Israel
  • Men's RS:X^[2]
    • :  Piotr Myszka (POL)
    • :  Dorian van Rijsselberghe (NED)
    • :  Kiran Badloe (NED)
  • Women's RS:X^[3]
    • :  Małgorzata Białecka (POL)
    • :  Bryony Shaw (GBR)
    • :  Lilian de Geus (NED)
• 20–27 February: 470 World Championships in San Isidro, Argentina
  • Men's 470^[4]
    • :  Šime Fantela & Igor Marenić (CRO)
    • :  Paul Snow-Hansen & Daniel Willcox (NZL)
    • :  Mathew Belcher & Will Ryan (AUS)
  • Women's 470^[5]
    • :  Camille Lecointre & Hélène Defrance (FRA)
    • :  Jo Aleh & Polly Powrie (NZL)
    • :  Lara Vadlau & Jolanta Ogar (AUT)
• 12–20 April: Laser Radial World Championships in Nuevo Vallarta, Mexico^[6]
  • :  Alison Young (GBR)
  • :  Paige Railey (USA)
  • :  Anne-Marie Rindom (DEN)
• 5–15 May: Finn Gold Cup in Gaeta, Italy^[7]
  • :  Giles Scott (GBR)
  • :  Jonas Høgh-Christensen (DEN)
  • :  Pieter-Jan Postma (NED)
• 10–18 May: Laser World Championship in Nuevo Vallarta, Mexico^[8]
  • :  Nick Thompson (GBR)
  • :  Jean-Baptiste Bernaz (FRA)
  • :  Rutger van Schaardenburg (NED)

Sailing World Cup[]

• 7 December 2015 – 11 December 2016:
  • 23–30 January: Sailing World Cup Miami in Miami, United States
  • 25–1 May: in Hyères, France
  • 6–12 June: Sailing World Cup Weymouth in Weymouth & Portland, United Kingdom
  • 19–25 September: in Qingdao, China
  • 4–11 December: in Melbourne, Australia

African championships[]

• 12–17 January: in Cape Town, South Africa^[9]
  • :  Asenathi Jim & Roger Hudson (RSA)
  • :   & Alex Burger (RSA)
  • :   &  (RSA)

European championships[]

• 26 February – 4 March: Laser European Championships in Las Palmas, Spain
  • Men's Laser^[10]
    • :  Jesper Stålheim (SWE)
    • :  Kristian Ruth (NOR)
    • :   (ITA)
  • Women's Laser Radial^[11]
    • :  Marit Bouwmeester (NED)
    • :  Josefin Olsson (SWE)
    • :  Tuula Tenkanen (FIN)
• 4–14 March: Finn European Championship in Barcelona, Spain^[12]
  • :  Pieter-Jan Postma (NED)
  • :  Zsombor Berecz (HUN)
  • :   (CRO)
• 5–12 April: 470 European Championships in Mallorca, Spain
  • Men's 470^[13]
    • :  Mathew Belcher & Will Ryan (AUS)
    • :   & Jérémie Mion (FRA)
    • :  Stuart McNay & David Hughes (USA)
  • Women's 470^[14]
    • :  Lara Vadlau & Jolanta Ogar (AUT)
    • :  Afrodite Kyranakou & Anneloes van Veen (NED)
    • :  Fernanda Oliveira & Ana Barbachan (BRA)
• 11–16 April: 49er & 49er FX European Championships in Barcelona, Spain
• 2–9 July: RS:X European Championships in Helsinki, Finland
  • Men's RS:X^[15]
    • :  Thomas Goyard (FRA)
    • :   (GBR)
    • :  Paweł Tarnowski (POL)
  • Women's RS:X^[16]
    • :  Charline Picon (FRA)
    • :  Zofia Noceti-Klepacka (POL)
    • :  Stefania Elfutina (RUS)
• 16–24 September: Nacra 17 European Championship in Thessaloniki, Greece

North American championships[]

• 16–18 January: in Coconut Grove, United States^[17]
  • :  Stuart McNay & David Hughes (USA)
  • :  Fernanda Oliveira & Ana Barbachan (BRA)
  • :  Panagiotis Mantis & Pavlos Kagialis (GRE)
• 21–24 July: in Cascade Locks, United States^[18]
  • Men's Laser
    • :   (USA)
    • :   (USA)
    • :   (CAN)
  • Open Laser Radial
    • :   (USA)
    • :   (CAN)
    • :   (USA)
• 19–13 August: in Kingston, Canada
• 26–28 August: 49er & 49er FX North American Championships in Newport, United States^[19]
  • Men's 49er
    • :   &  (USA)
    • :   &  (USA)
    • :   &  (USA)
  • Women's 49er FX
    • :   &  (CAN)
    • :   & Mariah Millen (CAN)
    • :   &  (USA)

South American championships[]

• 10–13 February: in San Isidro, Argentina
• 11–14 July: 49er & 49er FX South American Championships in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • Men's 49er^[20]
    • :  Nathan Outteridge & Iain Jensen (AUS)
    • :  Łukasz Przybytek & Paweł Kołodziński (POL)
    • :  Peter Burling & Blair Tuke (NZL)
  • Women's 49er FX^[21]
    • :  Victoria Travascio & María Sol Branz (ARG)
    • :  Alexandra Maloney & Molly Meech (NZL)
    • :  Sarah Steyaert & Aude Compan (FRA)
• 27–31 July: in São Paulo, Brazil

Other major events[]

America's Cup[]

• 25 July 2015 – 20 November 2016: 2015–16 America's Cup World Series
  • 7 & 8 May: New York, United States
  • 11 & 12 June: Chicago, United States
  • 23 & 24 July: Portsmouth, United Kingdom
  • 10 & 11 September: Toulon, France
  • 19 & 20 November: Fukuoka, Japan

Extreme Sailing Series[]

• 16 February – 11 December: 2016 Extreme Sailing Series^[22]
  • 16–19 February: Act #1 in Muscat, Oman
    • Winners: Oman Air
  • 27 April – 1 May: Act #2 in Qingdao, China
    • Winners: Alinghi
  • 24–26 June: Act #3 in Cardiff, United Kingdom
    • Winners: Oman Air
  • 14–17 July: Act #4 in Hamburg, Germany
    • Winners: Oman Air
  • 25–28 August 2016: Act #5 in St. Petersburg, Russia
    • Winners: Alinghi
  • 22–25 October: Act #6 in Madeira Islands, Portugal
    • Winners: Alinghi
  • 6–9 October: Act #7 in Lisbon, Portugal
    • Winners: Alinghi
  • 8–11 December: Act #8 in Sydney, Australia
    • Winners: Alinghi

World Match Racing Tour[]

• 8 May 2015 – 30 January 2016: 2015 World Match Racing Tour
  • 26–30 January: Monsoon Cup in Johor, Malaysia
• 2 March – 9 July: 2016 World Match Racing Tour
  • 2–7 March: in Fremantle, Australia
  • 5–10 April: Congressional Cup in Long Beach, United States
  • 9–14 May: in Copenhagen, Denmark
  • 30 May – 4 June: in Newport, United States
  • 4–9 July: Match Cup Sweden in Marstrand, Sweden

Other classes[]

World championships[]

• 7–17 April: Star World Championship in Miami, United States
• 3–9 June: in Medemblik, Netherlands
• 20–26 June: in Kiel, Germany
  • Men's 470^[23]
    • :  Keiju Okada &  (JPN)
    • :   &  (ESP)
    • :   &  (JPN)
  • Women's 470^[24]
    • :  Silvia Mas Depares &  (ESP)
    • :   &  (FRA)
    • :   &  (GRE)
• 14–19 July: 6 Metre World Championship in Brunnen, Switzerland
• 15–23 July: 420 World Championships in Sanremo, Italy
• 22–29 July: in Quiberon, France
• 25–29 July: in Travemünde, Germany
• 30 July – 5 August: in Medemblik, Netherlands
• 30 July – 5 August: in Santoña, Spain
• 22 August – 3 September: in Carnac, France
• 9–15 September: in Weifang, China
• 15–19 November: in The Pearl, Qatar
• 12–17 December: in Dubai, United Arab Emirates
• 14–20 December: ISAF Youth Sailing World Championships in Auckland, New Zealand

European championships[]

• 22–26 March: in Palamos, Spain
• 30 April – 6 May: Soling European Championship in Traunsee, Austria
• 13–16 May: in Lipno, Czech Republic
• 16–22 May: in Cagliari, Italy
• 22–26 June: in Cesenatico, Italy
• 23–26 June: in Kiel, Germany^[25]
  • :  , , , & Michele Paoletti (ITA)
  • :  , Enrico Fonda, , &  (MON)
  • :  , Guilherme Almeida, , &  (ESP)
• 25–29 June: in Torbole, Italy
• 25 June – 1 July: in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
• 29 June – 4 July: in Tønsberg, Norway
• 2–9 July: in Helsinki, Finland
• 5–13 July: in Brest, France
• 7–10 July: in Riva del Garda, Italy
• 15–23 July: in Crotone, Italy
• 21–24 July: in Marina di Grosseto, Italy
• 29 July – 6 August: & in Lake Balaton, Hungary
• 30 July – 6 August: in Brenzone, Italy
• 10–14 August: in , Denmark
• 2–9 September: in Hyères, France
• 20–25 September: Snipe European Championship in Santiago de la Ribera, Spain

North American championships[]

• 14–18 August: in Kingston, Canada

South American championships[]

• 21–24 April: Soling North American Championship in Porto Alegre, Brazil

Other events[]

• 25 March – 2 April: Trofeo Princesa Sofia in Palma, Spain
• 9–14 May: Garda Trentino Olympic Week in Malcesine, Italy
• 24–28 May: Delta Lloyd Regatta in Medemblik, Netherlands
• 18–26 June: Kiel Week in Kiel, Germany
  • Men's 470 winners:  Ferdinand Gerz & Oliver Szymanski (GER)^[26]
  • Women's 470 winners:  Alisa Kirilyuk & Liudmila Dmitrieva (RUS)^[26]
  • Men's 49er winners:  Peter Burling & Blair Tuke (NZL)^[27]
  • Women's 49er FX winners:  Tina Lutz & Susann Beucke (GER)^[28]
  • Men's Finn winner:   (GER)^[29]
  • Men's Laser winner:  Philipp Buhl (GER)^[30]
  • Women's Laser Radial winner:   (NOR)^[31]
  • Mixed Nacra 17 winners:  Paul Kohlhoff & Carolina Werner (GER)^[32]
  • 12 Metre winners:   – , , , , , , Nikolaj Nielsen, , , , , , Tommy Olsson, , , & Stig Westergaard (USA)^[33]
  • 2.4 Metre winner:  Heiko Kröger (GER)^[34]
  • 29er winners:   &  (GER)^[35]
  • 420 winners:   & Jack Parkin (USA)^[36]
  • 5.5 Metre winners:  , , & Gerhard Kruse (GER)^[37]
  • 505 winners:   &  (GBR)^[38]
  • Albin Ballad winners:  , , , &  (GER)^[39]
  • Albin Express winners:  Jan Brink, Jan Günther, , &  (GER)^[40]
  • Contender winner:   (DEN)^[41]
  • Europe winner:   (NOR)^[42]
  • Flying Dutchman winners:   &  (GER)^[43]
  • Formula 18 winners:   &  (GER)^[44]
  • Hobie 16 winners:   &  (GER)^[45]
  • J/24 winners:  , , , , &  (GER)^[46]
  • J/80 winners:  , , , &  (GER)^[47]
  • Laser 4.7 winner:   (BLR)^[48]
  • Laser Radial winner:   (FIN)^[49]
  • Melges 24 winners:  Andrea Pozzi, , , , &  (ITA)^[50]
  • Musto Skiff winner:   (GER)^[51]
  • Nordic Folkboat winners:  , , &  (GER)^[52]
  • OK winner:   (SWE)^[53]
  • Sonar winners:  , Siegmund Mainka, & Jens Kroker (GER)^[54]
• 26 December – 30 December: 2016 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race from Sydney, Australia to Hobart, Australia
  • Line honours:  Perpetual Loyal – Anthony Bell (AUS), 1d 13h 31m 20s^[55]
  • Handicap winners:  Giacomo –  (NZL), 2d 16h 13m 37s^[56]

Deaths[]

• 7 December – Paul Elvstrøm, 88, Danish Olympic sailor

References[]