The 2025 Hansa Class World and International Championships have concluded at Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club.

The event also included the combined NSW and Australian Hansa Class Championships.

The complete list of winners is below:

·        Hansa 2.3 One-Person NSW Championship – 3rd Anthon Delle Vergin (Illawarra)

·        Hansa 2.3 One-Person Australian Championship – 3rd Klaas Meekel (VIC), 2nd AUS & NSW Doug Monk (NSW), 1st AUS & NSW Len Snowdon (NSW)

·        Hansa 303 One-Person NSW Championship – 3rd Gregory Myers (Middle Harbour), 2nd Robert Richards (Batemans Bay), 1st Martin Cross (RPAYC)

·        Hansa 303 One-Person Australian Championship – 3rd Bruce James (VIC), 2nd Martin Cross (NSW), 1st Chris Symonds (TAS)

·        Hansa 303 Two-Person NSW Championship – 3rd Bradley Alderton & Colin Alderton (Port Stephens), 2nd Stayce Ford & Margaret Sanderson (Dobroyd), 1st Sarah Plunkett & John Sanderson (Dobroyd)

·        Hansa 303 Two-Person Australian Championship – 3rd Genevieve Wickham & Mia Lovelady (WA), 2nd Jeff Ibbotson & Jane Groom (ACT), 1st Chris Symonds & Manuela Klinger (TAS)

·        Liberty NSW Championship – 2nd Mick O’Dowd (Crystal Bay), 1st Michael Katzakis (Dobroyd & Crystal Bay)

·        Liberty Australian Championship – 3rd Thisura Balasuriya (WA), 2nd Robert Crofts (WA), 1st Charles Weatherly (VIC)

·        SKUD 18 Australian Championship – 3rd Naomi Ohue & Joe Thompson (QLD), 2nd Neil Rowsthorn & Jack Wallace (QLD), 1st Daniel Fitzgibbon & Chris Somers (QLD)

Australian & New South Wales Hansa Class Special Awards

·        Hansa NSW Championships Trevor Evans Most Improved Sailor Trophy - Stayce Ford (Dobroyd)

·        Australian Hansa Class President’s Trophy – Charles Weatherly (VIC)

·        Australian State Teams Trophy – Victoria

Para World Sailing Prizes

Para Sailing International Championship Prizes:

·        Para Two-Person Keelboat International Championship – 3rd Naomi Ohue & Joe Thompson (QLD), 2nd Neil Rowsthorn & Jack Wallace (QLD), 1st Daniel Fitzgibbon & Chris Somers (QLD)

·        Para One Person International Championship Athletes with Intellectual Impairment -– 2nd Bronwyn Ponder (AUS), 1st Xervier Doney (NZL)

·        Para Two-Person International Championship Athletes with Intellectual Impairment– 3rd Bradley Alderton & Colin Alderton (AUS), 2nd Leo Purdie & Joel Suarez Felipe (HKG/PHI), 1st Xervier Doney & Paul Doney (NZL)

Para World Championship Medals:

·        Para One Person Non-Technical World Championships (Men) – 3rd Jens Kroker (GER), 2nd Piotr Cichocki (POL), 1st Gauthier Bril (FRA)

·        Para One Person Non-Technical World Championships (Women) – 3rd Alessandra Franchi (ITA), 2nd Violeta del Reino (ESP), 1st Olga Gornas-Grudzien (POL)

·        Para One Person AHSN World Championships – 3rd Tessa Watkiss (GBR), 2nd Hanneke Deenen (NED), 1st Vera Voorbach (NED)

International Hansa Class Prizes

International Hansa Class Prizes:

·        SKUD 18 International Championship – 3^rd Naomi Ohue & Joe Thompson (QLD), 2^nd Neil Rowsthorn & Jack Wallace (QLD), 1^st Daniel Fitzgibbon & Chris Somers (QLD)

·        Hansa 2.3 One-Person World Championship – 3^rd Koji Harada (JPN), 2^nd Daisuke Zenju (JPN), 1^st Yui Fujimoto (JPN)

·        Liberty Servo International Championship – 3^rd Tessa Watkiss (GBR), 2^nd Hanneke Deenen (NED), 1^st Vera Voorbach (NED)

·        Liberty World Championship – 3^rd Vera Voorbach (NED), 2^nd Charles Weatherly (AUS), 1^st Foo Yuen Wai 

·        Hansa 303 Two-Person World Championship – 3^rd Piotr Cichocki & Olga Gornas-Grudzien (POL), 2^nd Chris Symonds & Manuela Klinger (AUS), 1^st Rory McKinna & Jess Wong (GBR/AUS)

·        Hansa 303 One-Person World Championship – 3^rd Jens Kroker (GER), 2^nd Piotr Cichocki (POL), 1^st Gauthier Bril (FRA)

Hansa Worlds Special Award

·        Nation Teams Trophy – (3^rd NZL, 2^nd GBR) Australia

Chris Mitchell Award for Inclusion

Chris Mitchell presented to Japan

At the closing ceremony, IHCA President Vera Voorbach announced that the 2027 Worlds were to be held in France, date and details to be confirmed. 

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