# Open Snipe World Championship

The Open Snipe World Championship is an annual international sailing regatta for Snipe (dinghy), organized by the host club on behalf of the Internal Snipe Class Association and recognized by World Sailing, the sports IOC recognized governing body. The trophy awarded for the World Championship is Commodore Hub E. Isaacks and O'Leary Trophies. The class got recognised status by World Sailing in 1958.

## Qualification

Entry is limited to the best national boats under an established quota based on the number of properly registered boat owners submitted to the SCIRA office by each National Secretary on the dues paid members for that year.
The following formula is used ("Registered Boats" must include: owner's name, address, fleet number and hull number to which the member has paid dues upon):
| Average Number of Registered Boats for the past 2 years | Entries |
| 1–5 | 1 |
| 6–15 | 2 |
| 16–30 | 3 |
| 31–50 | 4 |
| 51–100 | 5 |
| 101–200 | 6 |
| 201–300 | 7 |
| 300+ | 8 |
Additionally, the following skippers have an automatic entry to the championship that is not included in their home country's quota:
* Last World Champion, European Champion, Western Hemisphere & Orient Champion, Women's World Champion and first and second place in the Junior World Championship.
* Any former Commodore Hub E. Isaacks Trophy winning skipper.
* One additional skipper from the host country, providing that it does not have among its other representatives the Junior or Senior World, European or Western Hemisphere & Orient Champion.
* One additional skipper from the host fleet.
If the total entrants do not meet a total of 80 boats, those unassigned entry slots will be re-allocated to a pool of qualified entrants by SCIRA and the organizing authority.

## Editions

| Edition | Edition | Edition | Hosts | Hosts | Hosts | Sailor | Sailor | Sailor | Boats | Boats | Boats | Boats | Ref. |
| No | Day/Month | Year | Host club | City | Country | No. | Nat. | Cont. | Boats | | | Mix | Ref. |
| 01 | 16-25 Oct | 1959 | Clube dos Jangadeiros | Porto Alegre | Brazil | 32 | 16 | 4 | 16 | | | | |
| 02 | 16-22 Sep. | 1961 | American Yacht Club (New York) | Rye | United States | 36 | 18 | 4 | 18 | | | | |
| 03 | 7-14 Sep | 1963 | | Bendor Island | France | 38 | 18 | 4 | 24 | | | | |
| 04 | 8-14 Sep | 1965 | Real Club Náutico de Gran Canaria | Las Palmas | Spain | 50 | 25 | 4 | 25 | | | | |
| 05 | 5-10 Nov | 1967 | Coral Harbour Yacht Club | Nassau | Bahamas | 48 | 24 | 4 | 24 | | | | |
| 06 | 24 Oct -1 Nov | 1969 | Clube Náutico da Ilha de Luanda | Luanda | Angola | 48 | 23 | 5 | 24 | | | | |
| 07 | 8-15 Oct | 1971 | Iate Clube do Rio de Janeiro | Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | 44 | 21 | 5 | 22 | | | | |
| 08 | 12-20 Oct | 1973 | Real Club Mediterráneo | Málaga | Spain | 84 | 22 | 5 | 42 | | | | |
| 09 | 28Nov - 5Dec | 1975 | Yacht Club Punta del Este | Punta del Este | Uruguay | 60 | 16 | 4 | 30 | 28 | 0 | 2 | |
| 10 | 21-28 Aug | 1977 | Skovshoved Sejlklub | Copenhagen | Denmark | 74 | 20 | 4 | 37 | | | | |
| 11 | 12-19 Aug | 1979 | Northern Yacht Club | North Sydney | Canada | 60 | 17 | 4 | 30 | | | | |
| 12 | 3-12 Sept | 1981 | Alamitos Bay Yacht Club | Long Beach | United States | 72 | 19 | 4 | 36 | | | | |
| 13 | 6-12 Sep | 1983 | Sport Club do Porto | Porto | Portugal | 37 | 74 | 18 | 4 | | | | |
| 14 | 23 Nov - 1 Dec | 1985 | Club Náutico San Isidro | Buenos Aires | Argentina | 70 | 19 | 4 | 35 | | | | |
| 15 | 31Aug - 4Sep | 1987 | Société des Régates Rochelaises | La Rochelle | France | 98 | 16 | 4 | 49 | | | | |
| 16 | 22-28 Aug | 1989 | Saga Prefecture Yacht Harbor | Karatsu | Japan | 88 | 15 | 4 | 44 | 38 | 2 | 4 | |
| 17 | 2-10 Aug | 1991 | Tønsberg Seilforening | Tønsberg | Norway | 100 | 20 | 4 | 50 | | | | |
| 18 | Nov | 1993 | Clube dos Jangadeiros | Porto Alegre | Brazil | 92 | 17 | 4 | 46 | 40 | 0 | 6 | |
| 19 | 3-9 Jul | 1995 | Club Nautico di Rimini | Rimini | Italy | 96 | 18 | 4 | 48 | 35 | 0 | 13 | |
| 20 | 13-18 Sep | 1997 | Mission Bay Yacht Club | San Diego | United States | 104 | 20 | 4 | 52 | 39 | 0 | 13 | |
| 21 | 3-11 Sep | 1999 | Real Club de Regatas de Santiago de la Ribera | Santiago de la Ribera | Spain | 114 | 21 | 4 | 57 | 47 | 1 | 9 | |
| 22 | 24 Nov - 2 Dec | 2001 | Yacht Club Punta del Este | Punta del Este | Uruguay | 122 | 19 | 4 | 61 | 53 | 0 | 8 | |
| 23 | 2-9 Aug | 2003 | Borstahusens Segelsällskaps | Borstahusen | Sweden | 116 | 18 | 4 | 58 | 40 | 0 | 18 | |
| 24 | 23-30 Jul | 2005 | Kaiyoh Yacht Harbor | Gamagori | Japan | 102 | 15 | 4 | 51 | 39 | 0 | 12 | |
| 25 | 8-15 Sep | 2007 | Clube de Vela Atlântico | Porto | Portugal | 114 | 17 | 4 | 57 | 47 | 0 | 10 | |
| 26 | 7-11 Sep | 2009 | San Diego Yacht Club | San Diego | United States | 98 | 18 | 4 | 49 | 34 | 0 | 15 | |
| 27 | 6-13 Aug | 2011 | Royal Danish Yacht Club & Espergærde Sejlklub | Rungsted | Denmark | 118 | 17 | 4 | 59 | 37 | 1 | 21 | |
| 28 | 21-29 Sep | 2013 | Iate Clube do Rio de Janeiro | Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | 154 | 15 | 4 | 77 | 66 | 0 | 11 | |
| 29 | 12-26 Sep | 2015 | Circolo della Vela Talamone | Talamone | Italy | 166 | 18 | 4 | 83 | 61 | 2 | 20 | |
| 30 | 5-11 Aug | 2017 | Real Club Náutico de La Coruña | Corunna | Spain | 170 | 18 | 4 | 85 | 62 | 0 | 23 | |
| 31 | 8-12 Oct | 2019 | Lars Grael Sailing School | Ilhabela | Brazil | 140 | 11 | 4 | 70 | 49 | 1 | 20 | |
| 32 | 18-25 Aug | 2022 | Clube Naval de Cascais | Cascais | Portugal | 170 | 19 | 4 | 85 | 60 | 1 | 24 | |
| 33 | 24 Oct - 2 Nov | 2024 | Yacht Club Argentino | Buenos Aires | Argentina | 168 | 12 | 4 | 84 | 59 | 0 | 25 | [87][88] [89] |

## Multiple World champions

Compiled from the data below the table includes up to and including .
| Ranking | Sailor | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | No. Entries |- |

## Medalists

| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1959 | Denmark Paul Elvstrøm Erik Johansen | United States Gonzalo Diaz | Japan Masyuki Ishii |
| 1961 | Brazil Axel Schmidt Erik Schmidt | United States Harry Levinson Alan Levinson | Spain Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba Luis Triay |
| 1963 | Brazil Axel Schmidt Erik Schmidt | Brazil Reinaldo Conrad | Bahamas Basil Kelly |
| 1965 | Brazil Axel Schmidt Erik Schmidt | United States Harry Levinson Alan Levinson | Puerto Rico John Hoyt Hovey Freeman |
| 1967 | Brazil Nelson Piccolo C. Henrique de Lorenzi | United States Earl Elms David Ullman | Yugoslavia Anton Grego Simo Nikolić |
| 1969 | United States Earl Elms Mike Shear | Brazil Reinaldo Conrad Mário Buckup | Portugal Paulo Santos Fernando da Silva |
| 1971 | United States Earl Elms Craig Martin | Brazil Ralph Conrad João Pedro Reinhard | Spain Félix Gancedo Antonio Burgos |
| 1973 | Spain Félix Gancedo Rafael Parga | Denmark Per Brodsted Steen Brodsted | Sweden Erik Thosell Claes Nordwall |
| 1975 | Spain Félix Gancedo Manuel Bernal | United States Agustín Diaz Gonzalo Diaz | Finland Peter Bjurstrom Hakan Bjurstrom |
| 1977 | Brazil Boris Ostergren Ernesto Neugebauer | United States Tom Nute Randy Smith | Brazil Marco Aurelio Paradeda Luiz Pejnovic |
| 1979 | United States Dave Chapin Tim Dixon | United States Mark Reynolds DeAnn Wright | Brazil Boris Ostergren Ernesto Neugebauer |
| 1981 | United States Jeff Lenhart Patrick Muglia | Spain Félix Gancedo Carlos Llamas | Brazil Torben Grael Lars Grael |
| 1983 | Brazil Torben Grael Lars Grael | United States Craig Martin Kenyon Martin | Spain Jorge Haenelt Laureano Wizner |
| 1985 | Argentina Santiago Lange Miguel Saubidet | Argentina Johnny MacCall Sergio Ripoll | Japan Miyuca Kai Akio Kaneko |
| 1987 | Brazil Torben Grael Marcelo Maia | Argentina Santiago Lange Miguel Saubidet | Uruguay Horacio Carabelli Luis Chiapparo |
| 1989 | Uruguay Ricardo Fabini Harol Meerhoff | Brazil Torben Grael Marcelo Maia | Japan Nobuhiro Utada Noriaki Sugitani |
| 1991 | Argentina Axel Roger Jorge Quiroga | Finland Hakan Bjurstrom Rikard Bjurstrom | Norway Birger Jansen Janett Krefting |
| 1993 | Argentina Santiago Lange Mariano Parada | Brazil George Nehm Fernando Krahe | Argentina Guillermo Parada Sergio Ripole |
| 1995 | Argentina Santiago Lange Mariano Parada | Argentina Guillermo Parada Gonzalo Martínez | United States Douglas Hart John Rogers |
| 1997 | Brazil Mauricio Oliveira Eduardo Neves | Brazil Alexandre Paradeda Flavio Fernandes | Russia Andrey Kirilyuk Galina Kirilyuk |
| 1999 | Cuba Nélido Manso Octavio Lorenzo | Brazil Andre Fonseca Rodrigo Duarte | Spain Fernando Rita Larrucea Javier Sintes Rita |
| 2001 | Brazil Alexandre Paradeda Eduardo Paradeda | Brazil Federico Vasconcellos Felipe Vasconcellos | Argentina Christian Noe Alejandro Noe |
| 2003 | United States Augie Diaz John Rogers | United States George Szabo Brian Janney | Spain Francisco Sánchez Ferrer Marina Sánchez Ferrer |
| 2005 | United States Augie Diaz Pamela Kelly | Japan Shigeru Matsuzaki Hiroyuki Sugiura | Uruguay Pablo Defazio Eduardo Medici |
| 2007 | United States Tomas Hornos Enrique Quintero | Japan Kenji Abe Hiroshi Yamachica | United States Peter Commette Sheehan Commette |
| 2009 | Brazil Bruno Amorim Dante Bianchi | Spain Gustavo del Castillo Felipe Llinares Pascual | United States Ernesto Rodriguez Megan Place |
| 2011 | Brazil Alexandre do Amaral Gabriel Borges | Brazil Alexandre Paradeda Gabriel Kieling | Brazil Bruno Amorim Dante Bianchi |
| 2013 | Brazil Bruno Amorim Dante Bianchi | Brazil Mario C. Urban Rafael Sapucaia | Brazil Alexandre Paradeda Gabriel Kieling |
| 2015 | Brazil Mateus Tavares Gustavo Carvalho | Argentina Luis Soubié Diego Lipszyc | Spain Álvaro Martinez Iribarne Gabriel Utrera Thompson |
| 2017 | Puerto Rico Raúl Ríos Maximiliano Agnese | Spain Gustavo del Castillo Rafael del Castillo | Spain Rayco Tabares Gonzalo Morales Quintana |
| 2019 | Brazil Henrique Haddad Gustavo Nascimento | Brazil Alexandre Paradeda Gabriel Kieling | Spain Damian Borrás Jordi Triay |
| 2022 | Spain Alfredo González González Cristian Sánchez Barreto | Brazil Alexandre Paradeda Gabriel Kieling | United States Ernesto Rodriguez Kathleen Tocke |
| 2024 | BRA 31678 Juliana Duque (BRA) Bruna Patricio (BRA) | LTU 31604 Gintare Scheidt (LTU) Maj Kristin Hansen Borgen (NOR) | [[Martina Reino Cacho|ESP}} Patricia Reino Cacho (ESP) |

## Early International Regattas

| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1934 New Rochelle Yacht Club, New Rochelle | United States William E. Bracey | United States F.M. Ellsworth | United States Karl Haimerl |
| 1935 Dallas Sailing Club, Dallas | United States Perry Richardson Bass Jimmie Maxwell | United States H.S. Thompson | United States William E. Bracey |
| 1936 Oshkosh Yacht Club, Wisconsin | United States Philip Benson, Jr. Bill Benson | United States George Q. McGown | United States A.M. Deacon |
| 1937 Sea Cliff Yacht Club, New York | United States Authur M. Deacon | United States William Leo | United States Cort Ames |
| 1938 Wawasee Yacht Club, Indiana | United States Charles Gabor | United States Cleo Payne | United States Henry Schuette |
| 1939 Los Angeles Yacht Club, Los Angeles | United States Walter Hall | United States Darby Metcalf | United States Ray Hopkins |
| 1940 Canandaigua Yacht Club, New York | United States Darby Metcalf Fred Schenck | United States Ted Varalyay L. Varalyay | United States Don Cochran |
| 1941 Fort Worth Boat Club, Texas | United States Darby Metcalf George Lounsberry | United States Steve Bechtel, Jr. | United States Ted Varalyay |
| 1942 Crescent Sail Yacht Club, Michigan | United States Clifford Heinzerling Ralph Heinzerling | United States Gail DeJarnette | United States Ted A. Wells |
| 1945 Chicago Corinthian Yacht Club, Illinois | United States Bob White Betty White | United States Don Cochran | United States Don Borough |
| 1946 Chautauqua Lake Yacht Club, New York | United States Bob Davis Ken Davis | United States Victor Larson | United States Bob Carrick |
| 1947 Société Nautique de Genève, Geneva | United States Ted A. Wells Art Lippitt | Argentina Jorge Emilio Brauer Roberto García Guevara | Norway Felix V. Roznieki |
| 1948 Real Club Náutico de Palma, Palma de Mallorca | Argentina Carlos Vilar Castex Jorge Vilar Castex | Spain Antonio Pérez Rodríguez Antonio Ferrer Tur | Portugal Antonio Jose Vilardebó Jaime Sacadura |
| 1949 Larchmont Yacht Club, New York | United States Ted A. Wells Marjorie A. Wells | Argentina Jorge Vilar Castex Carlos Vilar Castex | Norway Per Skjønberg |
| 1951 Miramar Yacht Club, Habana | Argentina Jorge Vilar Castex Carlos Vilar Castex | United States Francis Seavy | Cuba Jorge Mantilla |
| 1953 Société des Régates, Monaco | Portugal Antonio José Conde Martins Fernando Lima Bello | United States Tom Frost | Cuba Clemente Inclan |
| 1955 Real Club Marítimo de Santander, Santander | Italy Mario Capio Lorenzo Podestà | Cuba Jorge Mantilla | Portugal Helder Soares Oliveira |
| 1957 Clube Naval de Cascais, Cascais | Spain Juan Manuel Alonso-Allende Gabriel Laiseca | Switzerland Raymond Fragniere | United States Fred Schenck |

## Trophies

Commodore Hub E. Isaacks and O'Leary Trophies are the main trophies awarded at the Open Snipe World Championship. The Commodore Hub E. Isaacks Trophy is awarded to the fleet of the winning skipper, while the O’Leary Trophy is awarded to the person who crews for the winning skipper in the majority of races sailed in the World Championships.
Another two perpetual trophies are presented in the championship: The Earl Elms Perpetual Trophy is awarded to the fleet of the winning skipper of the final race of the World Championship, and the Bibi Juetz Perpetual Trophy to the highest placing mixed team.
This competition is held every two years in the odd numbered years since the year 1949. Previously, it was held every year since 1934. It is named after Hub E. Isaacs, of Dallas, Texas, first commodore of the Snipe Class International Racing Association (SCIRA), who donated the trophy.
The O'Leary Trophy is awarded since 1961 and it was donated by Cathy O’Leary y Helen O’Leary Hall.
| Year | Skipper | O'Leary Trophy Crew | Commodore Hub E. Isaacks Trophy | Commodore Hub E. Isaacks Trophy |
| Year | Skipper | O'Leary Trophy Crew | Skipper's Fleet | Club |
| 1934 | William E. Bracey | | 1 | Dallas Sailing Club |
| 1935 | Perry Bass | Jimmie Maxwell^ | 34 | Wichita Falls Sailing Club |
| 1936 | Philip A. Benson, Jr. | Bill Benson^ | 4 | Sea Cliff Yacht Club |
| 1937 | Arthur M. Deacon | | 3-Western Long Island Sound | Horseshoe Harbor Yacht Club |
| 1938 | Charles Gabor | | 10 | Lake Mohawk Yacht Club |
| 1939 | Walter Hall | Bob Hall^ | 62 | Lake Merritt Sailing Club |
| 1940 | Darby Metcalf | Fred Schenck^ | 90 | Los Angeles Yacht Club |
| 1941 | Darby Metcalf | George Lounsberry^ | 90 | Los Angeles Yacht Club |
| 1942 | Charles Heinzerling | Ralph Heinzerling^ | 112 | Lake Lackawanna Yacht Club |
| 1945 | Bob White | Betty White^ | 94-Newport Harbor | Balboa Yacht Club |
| 1946 | Bob Davis | Ken Davis^ | 94-Newport Harbor | Balboa Yacht Club |
| 1947 | Ted A. Wells | Art Lippitt^ | 93-Wichita | Wichita Sailing Club |
| 1948 | Carlos Vilar | Jorge Vilar^ | 274 | Club Náutico San Isidro |
| 1949 | Ted A. Wells | Marjorie A. Wells^ | 93-Wichita | Wichita Sailing Club |
| 1951 | Jorge Vilar | Carlos Vilar^ | 274 | Club Náutico San Isidro |
| 1953 | Antonio José Conde Martins | Fernando Lima Bello^ | 216-Centro de Vela da | Mocidade Portuguesa |
| 1955 | Mario Capio | Lorenzo Podestà^ | 404-Spalturno |
| 1957 | Juan Manuel Alonso-Allende | Gabriel Laiseca^ | 151 | Real Sporting Club |
| 1959 | Paul Elvstrom | Erik Johansen^ | 585 | Hellerup Sejlklub |
| 1961 | Axel Schmidt | Eric Schmidt | 477-Saco de São Francisco | Rio Yacht Club |
| 1963 | Axel Schmidt | Eric Schmidt | 477-Saco de São Francisco | Rio Yacht Club |
| 1965 | Axel Schmidt | Eric Schmidt | 477-Saco de São Francisco | Rio Yacht Club |
| 1967 | Nelson Piccolo | C. Henrique de Lorenzi | 426-Rio Grande do Sul | Clube dos Jangadeiros |
| 1969 | Earl Elms | Mike Shear | 495-Mission Bay | Mission Bay Yacht Club |
| 1971 | Earl Elms | Craig Martin | 495-Mission Bay | Mission Bay Yacht Club |
| 1973 | Félix Gancedo | Rafael Parga | 146 | Real Club Mediterráneo |
| 1975 | Félix Gancedo | Manuel Bernal | 146 | Real Club Mediterráneo |
| 1977 | Boris Ostergren | Ernesto Neugebauer | 427-Cristal | Veleiros do Sul |
| 1979 | Dave Chapin | Tim Dixon | 91 | Island Bay Yacht Club |
| 1981 | Jeff Lenhart | Patrick Muglia | 495-Mission Bay | Mission Bay Yacht Club |
| 1983 | Torben Grael | Lars Grael | 477-Saco de São Francisco | Rio Yacht Club |
| 1985 | Santiago Lange | Miguel Saubidet | 274 | Club Náutico San Isidro |
| 1987 | Torben Grael | Marcelo Maia | 477-Saco de São Francisco | Rio Yacht Club |
| 1989 | Ricardo Fabini | Harol Meerhoff | 506 | Yacht Club Uruguayo |
| 1991 | Axel Rodger | Jorge Quiroga | 737 | Club Universitario de Buenos Aires |
| 1993 | Santiago Lange | Mariano Parada | 274 | Club Náutico San Isidro |
| 1995 | Santiago Lange | Mariano Parada | 274 | Club Náutico San Isidro |
| 1997 | Mauricio Oliveira | Eduardo Neves | 159-Rio de Janeiro | Iate Clube do Rio de Janeiro |
| 1999 | Nélido Manso | Octavio Lorenzo | 22-La Habana |
| 2001 | Alexandre Paradeda | Eduardo Paradeda | 426-Rio Grande do Sul | Clube dos Jangadeiros |
| 2003 | Augie Diaz | Jon Rogers | 196 | Coconut Grove Sailing Club |
| 2005 | Augie Diaz | Pamela Kelly | 196 | Coconut Grove Sailing Club |
| 2007 | Tomas Hornos | Enrique Quintero | 244 | Cottage Park Yacht Club |
| 2009 | Bruno Amorim | Dante Bianchi | 159-Rio de Janeiro | Iate Clube do Rio de Janeiro |
| 2011 | Alexandre do Amaral | Gabriel Borges | 368-Baia de Guanabara | Clube de Regatas Guanabara |
| 2013 | Bruno Amorim | Dante Bianchi | 159-Rio de Janeiro | Iate Clube do Rio de Janeiro |
| 2015 | Mateus Tavares | Gustavo Carvalho | 662-Salvador de Bahia | Yacht Clube da Bahia |
| 2017 | Raúl Ríos | Max Agnese | 591 | Club Náutico de San Juan |
| 2019 | Henrique Haddad | Gustavo Nascimento | 159-Rio de Janeiro | Iate Clube do Rio de Janeiro |
| 2022 | Alfredo González González | Cristian Sánchez Barreto | 623 | Real Club Náutico de Arrecife |
| 2024 | Julio Alsogaray | Malena Sciarra | 575 | Club Náutico San Pedro |
^Crew did not receive the O'Leary Trophy because it was not established yet

## See Also

* Female Snipe World Championship
* Masters Snipe World Championship
* Youth Snipe World Championship