Editions
| Event | Host | Sailor | Ref. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed. | Date | Year | Host club | City | Country | Gender |  |  | Nat. | Cont. | |
| 1 | 1974 |  Bermuda |
Open | 108 | 24 | ||||||
| 1975 | NOT HELD | ||||||||||
| 2 | 1976 | Kiel |  West Germany |
Open | 77 | 24 | |||||
| 3 | 1977 | Cabo Frio |  Brazil |
Open | 104 | 23 | |||||
| 1978 | NOT HELD | ||||||||||
| 4 | 1979 | Perth |  Australia |
Open | 93 | 25 | |||||
| 5 | 1980 | Kingston |  Canada |
Open | 350 | 25 | |||||
| 1981 | NOT HELD | ||||||||||
| 6 | 1982 | Sardinia |  Italy |
Open | 254 | 28 | |||||
| 7 | 1983 | Gulfport |  United States |
Open | 145 | 27 | |||||
| 1984 | NOT HELD | ||||||||||
| 8 | 1985 | Halmstad |  Sweden |
Open | 108 | 28 | |||||
| 1986 | NOT HELD | ||||||||||
| 9 | 1987 | Melbourne | Australia |
Open | 130 | 20 | |||||
| 10 | 27 August – 2 Sept. | 1988 | Falmouth |  United Kingdom |
Open | 88 | 24 | ||||
| 11 | 1989 | Aarhus |  Denmark |
Open | 104 | 28 | |||||
| 12 | 1990 | Newport | United States |
Open | 103 | 26 | |||||
| 13 | 1991 | Porto Carras |  Greece |
Open | 105 | 31 | |||||
| 1992 | NOT HELD | ||||||||||
| 14 | 7–17 March | 1993 | Auckland |  New Zealand |
Open | 99 | 29 | ||||
| 15 | 1994 | Wakayama |  Japan |
Open | 120 | 36 | |||||
| 16 | 1995 | Tenerife |  Spain |
Open | 137 | 39 | |||||
| 17 | 9–16 April | 1996 | Simon's Town |  South Africa |
Open | 135 | 42 | ||||
| 18 | 13–22 October | 1997 | Algarrobo |  Chile |
Open | 128 | 34 | ||||
| 19 | 3–13 March | 1998 | Dubai |  United Arab Emirates |
Open | 130 | 59 | 6 | |||
| part of the 1998 ISAF World Sailing Games | |||||||||||
| 20 | 4–13 January | 1999 | Melbourne | Australia |
Open | 141 | 46 | ||||
| 21 | 13–22 March | 2000 | Cancún |  Mexico |
? | 138 | 50 | 6 | |||
| 22 | 30 July – 8 August | 2001 | Cork |  Ireland |
? | 162 | 50 | 6 | |||
| 23 | 9–11 September | 2002 | Cape Cod | United States |
? | 131 | 44 | 6 | |||
| 24 | 11–24 September | 2003 | Cádiz | Spain |
? | 145 | 60 | 6 | |||
| part of the 2003 ISAF Sailing World Championships | |||||||||||
| 25 | 10–19 May | 2004 | Bitez |  Turkey |
? | 145 | 59 | 6 | |||
| 26 | 18–28 September | 2005 | Fortaleza | Brazil |
? | 136 | 38 | 6 | |||
| 27 | 12–20 September | 2006 | Jeju |  South Korea |
? | 128 | 39 | 6 | |||
| 28 | 28 June – 13 July | 2007 |  Clube Naval de Cascais | Cascais |  Portugal |
? | 149 | 60 | 6 | ||
| part of the 2007 ISAF Sailing World Championships | |||||||||||
| 29 | 5–13 February | 2008 | |  Gosford Sailing Club | Gosford | Australia |
? | 157 | 55 | 6 | ||
| 30 | 17–26 August | 2009 | St. Margaret Sailing Club | Tantallon, Nova Scotia | Canada |
? | 163 | 48 | 5 | ||
| 31 | 27 Aug. –5 Sep | 2010 | Hayling Island Sailing Club | Hayling Island, Hampshire | United Kingdom |
? | 159 | 53 | 6 | ||
| 32 | 3–18 December | 2011 | Perth | Australia |
? | 147 | 65 | 6 | |||
| part of the 2011 ISAF Sailing World Championships | |||||||||||
| 33 | 30 Apr –10 May | 2012 | Boltenhagen | Germany |
? | 168 | 62 | 6 | |||
| 34 | 14–23 November | 2013 | Al Musannah Sports City | Al Musannah |  Oman |
Male | 126 | 50 | 6 | ||
| 35 | 8–21 Sept | 2014 | Santander | Spain |
Male | 147 | 69 | 6 | |||
| part of the 2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships | |||||||||||
| 36 | 29 June – 8 July | 2015 | Canadian Olympic-training Regatta, Kingston | Portsmouth Olympic Harbour, Kingston, Ontario | Canada |
Male | 158 | N/A | 62 | 6 | |
| 37 | 10–18 May | 2016 | Vallarta Yacht Club | Nuevo Vallarta, Nayarit | Mexico |
Male | 112 | N/A | 44 | 6 | |
| 38 | 12–19 September | 2017 | Sailing Club Mornar | Split |  Croatia |
Male | 147 | N/A | 52 | 5 | |
| 39 | 2018 | Aarhus | Denmark |
Male | 165 | N/A | 66 | 6 | |||
| part of the 2018 Sailing World Championships | |||||||||||
| 40 | 4–9 July | 2019 | Sakaiminato | Japan |
Male | 156 | N/A | 56 | 6 | ||
| 41 | 11–16 February | 2020 | Melbourne | Australia |
Male | 124 | N/A | 44 | 5 | ||
| 42 | 5–10 November | 2021 | Barcelona | Spain |
Male | 135 | N/A | 43 | 5 | ||
| 43 | 23–28 May | 2022 | Vallarta Yacht Club | Nuevo Vallarta, Nayarit | Mexico |
Male | 125 | N/A | 45 | 5 | |
| 44 | 13–20 August | 2023 | The Hague |  Netherlands |
Male | 135 | N/A | 43 | 5 | ||
| part of the 2023 Sailing World Championships | |||||||||||
| 46 | 26–31 January | 2024 | Adelaide Sailing Club | West Beach, Adelaide, SA | Australia |
Male | 152 | N/A | 52 | 5 | |
| 47 | 12–17 May | 2025 | Qingdao Olympic Sailing Centre | Qingdao, Fushan Bay, Shandong |  China |
Male | 137 | N/A | 40 | 5 | |
| 48 | 25–30 August | 2026 |  Royal St. George Yacht Club and  National Yacht Club | Dún Laoghaire | Ireland |
Male | 141 | N/A | 45 | 5 | |
