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November 21:  Finn Gold Cup

10/30/2015

 
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What: The Finn Gold Cup

Where: Takapuna, New Zealand

When: November 21 - 29, 2015

More: The Finn Gold Cup is the annual World Championships for the Finn class of Olympic sailing.

Fun Fact: Competition is open to men and women.

​Official: http://www.fingoldcup.org/2015

November 20:  Laser Radial Women's World Championship

10/30/2015

 
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What: The Laser Radial Women's World Championship

Where: Al-Mussanah Sports City, Oman

When: November 20 - 26, 2015

More: The Laser Radial is the women's single-handed dinghy class for the Olympics; the worlds are held annually.

Fun Fact: Al-Mussanah, a planned-city north of Muscat built for the Asian Beach Games in 2010, also hosted the (men's Standard) Laser Worlds in 2013.

Official: http://laserradialworldchampionship.com

November 16:  49er & 49er FX World Championships

10/30/2015

 
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What: The 49er World Championships

Where: Buenos Aires, Argentina

When: November 16 -21, 2015

More: 49er (men) and 49er FX (women) are the Olympic sailing classes for two-handed skiff dinghys. The Championships are held annually since 1997 (FX added in 2013).

Fun Fact: Nathan Outteridge of Australia's bronze medal in 2014 gave him a total of seven career medals since 2007, including four golds.

Official: http://49er.org/event/2015-world-championship

October 17:  World Windsurfing Championships

10/1/2015

 
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What: The 2015 RS:X World Windsurfing Championships

Where: Al-Mussanah, Oman

When: October 17 - 24, 2015

More: The annual championships for men and women has been held since 2003 under the current RS:X designation format.

Fun Fact: Barbara Kendall of New Zealand is the overall medal winner, with nine total, the last a silver in 2008. On the men's side, both Nikolaos Kaklamanakis of Greece and Aaron McIntosh of New Zealand both have six.

Official: http://www.rsxclass.com/worlds2015

October 10:  470 World Championships

10/1/2015

 
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What: The International 470 World Championship

Where: Haifa, Israel

When: October 10 - 17, 2015

More: The 470 is an Olympic sailing class, for two-person teams of men and women (competing separately).

Fun Fact: The top six men's and three women's teams not already qualified for the Olympics will qualify through this event for the Rio Games.

Official: http://2015worlds.470.org
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