Sailing at the Island Games

Sailing is an event at the Island Games, the biennial multi-sports event for island nations, territories and dependencies.

Sailing at the Island Games was first introduced as a sport in 1995.

Sailboarding (or as it is sometimes called Windsurfing, which was only invented in 1948), started earlier, in 1993.

All the participants in the Games are surrounded by water (except Gibraltar), so water sports are attractive.

• Sailing ^[1]

- ILCA 7 Laser Standard Rig - A maximum of 2 entries per Member Island.

- ILCA 6 Laser Radial Rig - A maximum of 2 entries per Member Island.

- The team positions shall be calculated by adding the points of each team’s best three places for each race sailed (this is not necessarily the same 3 sailors in each race).

- Age - minimum 13

• Sailboarding ^[1]

- A maximum of 4 entries per Member Island.

- The team positions shall be calculated by adding the points of each team’s best three places for each race sailed (this is not necessarily the same 3 sailors in each race).

- Age - minimum 13

Events

Event	V 1993	VI 1995	VII 1997	VIII 1999	IX 2001	X 2003	XI 2005	XII 2007	XIII 2009	XIV 2011	XV 2013	XVI 2015	XVII	XVIII 2019	XIX 2023
Laser Standard		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		X	X
Laser Radial			X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		X	X
Sailing Team					X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		X	X
Sailboarding	X	X	X			X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Sailboarding Team	X	X	X			X	X	X	X	X	X	X

Top Medalists

	Gold Medals		Total Medals
	No:	Team	No:	Team
Sailing	9 6	Ynys Môn   Guernsey	16 15	Ynys Môn   Guernsey
Sailboarding	7 5	Guernsey   Menorca	21 13	Guernsey   Jersey

Sailing

Sailing Laser Standard Rig

Year	Games	Host
			Gold	Silver	Bronze
1995	VI	Gibraltar	Isle of Wight	Jersey	Gibraltar
1997	VII	Jersey	Jersey	Isle of Wight	Guernsey
1999	VIII	Gotland	Isle of Wight	Rhodes	Jersey
2001	IX	Isle of Man	Saaremaa	Guernsey	Guernsey
2003	X	Guernsey	Guernsey	Saaremaa	Guernsey
2005	XI	Shetland	Bermuda	Jersey	Jersey
2007	XII	Rhodes	Ynys Môn	Isle of Wight	Menorca
2009	XIII	Åland	Åland	Ynys Môn^[2]	Ynys Môn^[2]
2011	XIV	Isle of Wight	Ynys Môn	Ynys Môn	Åland
2013	XV	Bermuda	Eifion Mon   Ynys Môn	Niklas Areschoug   Åland Islands	Dyfrig Mon   Ynys Môn
2015	XVI	Jersey	Eifion Mon   Ynys Môn^[3]	Harry Blowers   Isle of Wight	Kalin Hillier   Bermuda
2019	XVIII	Gibraltar^[4]	Dominic Breen-Turner   Ynys Môn	Andrew Bridgman   Guernsey	Peeter Kaju   Saaremaa
2023	XIX	Guernsey	Borja Torres Florit   Menorca	Dominic Breen-Turner   Ynys Môn	Nicole Stovell   Bermuda

Sailing Laser Radial Rig

Year	Games	Host
			Gold	Silver	Bronze
1997	VII	Jersey	Isle of Wight	Isle of Wight	Isle of Wight
1999	VIII	Gotland	Gotland	Rhodes	Shetland^[5]
2001	IX	Isle of Man	Guernsey	Isle of Wight	Shetland^[5]
2003	X	Guernsey	Isle of Wight	Åland	Guernsey
2005	XI	Shetland	Bermuda	Jersey	Shetland^[5]
2007	XII	Rhodes	Saaremaa	Bermuda	Menorca
2009	XIII	Åland	Saaremaa	Isle of Wight	Rhodes
2011	XIV	Isle of Wight	Åland	Guernsey	Bermuda
2013	XV	Bermuda	Markus Rönnberg   Åland Islands	Bleddyn Mon   Ynys Môn	Kalin Hillier   Bermuda
2015	XVI	Jersey	Benjamin Todd   Ynys Môn^[3]	Kristo Õunap   Saaremaa	Milio Schauman   Åland
2019	XVIII	Gibraltar	Clementine Thompson   Guernsey	Silver Vahstein   Saaremaa	Daniel Rüütel   Saaremaa
2023	XIX	Guernsey	Andrew Bridgman   Guernsey ^[6]	Per Sahlberg   Åland	James Tilley   Jersey

Sailing Team

Year	Games	Host
			Gold	Silver	Bronze
2001	IX	Isle of Man	Guernsey	Jersey	Isle of Man
2003	X	Guernsey	Guernsey	Isle of Man	Jersey
2005	XI	Shetland	Jersey	Bermuda	Shetland ^[5]
2007	XII	Rhodes	Isle of Wight	Guernsey	Menorca
2009	XIII	Åland	Bermuda	Isle of Wight	Menorca
2011	XIV	Isle of Wight	Ynys Môn	Åland	Bermuda
2013	XV	Bermuda	Ynys Môn	Bermuda	Åland
2015	XVI	Jersey	Ynys Môn^[3]	Åland	Isle of Wight
2019	XVIII	Gibraltar	Saaremaa	Guernsey	Bermuda
2023	XIX	Guernsey	Åland Islands	Isle of Wight	Ynys Môn

Sailboarding

	Gold Medals		Total Medals
	No:	Team	No:	Team
Individual	3 3	Guernsey   Menorca	12 7	Guernsey   Menorca
Team	4 2 2	Guernsey   Jersey   Menorca	9 6 4	Jersey   Guernsey   Menorca

Sailboarding Individual

Year	Games	Host
			Gold	Silver	Bronze
1993	V	Isle of Wight	Guernsey	Isle of Wight	Guernsey
1995	VI	Gibraltar	Isle of Wight	Guernsey	Jersey
1997	VII	Jersey	Isle of Wight	Guernsey	Isle of Wight
2003	X	Guernsey	Jersey	Guernsey	Guernsey
2005	XI	Shetland	Guernsey	Åland	Åland
2007	XII	Rhodes	Menorca	Menorca	Menorca
2009	XIII	Åland	Menorca	Menorca	Menorca
2011	XIV	Isle of Wight	Menorca	Guernsey	Bermuda
2013	XV	Bermuda	Andrew Petts   Cayman Islands ^[7]	Pierre le Page   Guernsey	Alex Jones   Bermuda
2015	XVI	Jersey	Stephen Pertegas Melia   Jersey	David Kendell   Bermuda	Jo Robinson   Guernsey

Sailboarding Long Distance Individual

Year	Games	Host
			Gold	Silver	Bronze
2005	XI	Shetland	Guernsey	Jersey	Guernsey

Sailboarding Team Event

Year	Games	Host
			Gold	Silver	Bronze
1993	V	Isle of Wight	Guernsey	Isle of Wight	Jersey
1995	VI	Gibraltar	Guernsey	Jersey	Isle of Wight
1997	VII	Jersey	Guernsey	Isle of Wight	Jersey
2003	X	Guernsey	Jersey	Guernsey	Åland   Shetland^[5]
2005	XI	Shetland	Åland	Guernsey
2007	XII	Rhodes	Menorca	Jersey
2009	XIII	Åland Islands	Menorca	Jersey
2011	XIV	Isle of Wight	Bermuda	Menorca	Jersey
2013	XV	Bermuda	Jersey	not awarded	not awarded
2015	XVI	Jersey	Guernsey	Jersey	Menorca

References

1. "IIGA bylaws" (PDF). IIGA.
2. "Sailing Medals at the Island Games". outdoorpartnership.co.uk.
3. "Island Games: Ynys Mon claim five gold medals and five bronze". Daily Post. Retrieved 23 Jul 2015.
4. NatWest Island Games XVIII Gibraltar 2019
5. "Sailing/Sailboarding".
6. "2023 Island Games: Guernsey's Andrew Bridgman wins sailing gold". 13 July 2023.
7. "Andy wins GOLD at Island Games". caymanwindsurfing.com. Retrieved 24 Aug 2015.