The 2025 Six Metre World Championship hosted by the Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club concluded with a final seventh race in glorious sunshine and a light breeze. Both Open and Classic Champions were declared with a race to spare.
Dieter Schoen, Markus Wieser, Eberhard Magg, Mattias Paschen-Schauenburg and Alvaro Marinho sailing the 2025 Judel/Vrolijk designed Momo II for the Royal British Virgin Island Yacht Club are 2025 Open International Six Metre World Champions.
His Majesty King Juan Carlos of Spain, Ross MacDonald, Alejandro Abscal, Pedro Campos, Alberto Puga and Eduardo Marin sailing the
1947 Arvid Laurin designed Bribon for the Real Club Nautico de Sanxenxo are 2025 Classic International Six Metre World Champions.
The 2025 Six Metre Corinthian World Champions are Rainer Müller’s Max’Inux skippered by Peter Wealick of the Royal Vancouver YC in the Open Division, and Thomas Kuhmann’s Flapper of the Bayerischer Yacht-Club in the Classics.
27 September 2025 – Oyster Bay, NY, USA – Three races for both divisions on the penultimate day of the 2025 Six Metre World Championships at the Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club, produced some great competition and a new race winner. With six of eight possible races completed the single discard comes into play, and the leading packs are now becoming established.
Racing was initially delayed for two hours to allow some squally rainstorms to go through, but threatened lightning failed to materialise. At 12.30 Race Officer Shannon Bush and the SCYC Race Committee got proceedings underway in the last of the rain and a broadly southerly breeze, which varied from around 6 to 20 knots and shifted constantly as the various fronts rolled through.
In the Classic Division His Majesty King Juan Carlos of Spain, sailing for the Real Club Nautico de Sanxenxo, and crewed by Ross MacDonald, Alejandro Abscal, Alberto Puga, Roi Alvarez and Eduardo Marin claimed the new Copa Rey Juan Carlos and also retained the historic Djinn Trophy. This is His Majesty’s fourth Classic World Championship win, but for Bribon herself, previously known as Gallant, it’s her fifth. Her first was under skipper Eric Jespersen in 2009 at Newport, and with His Majesty she was victorious in 2017 in Vancouver, 2019 in Hanko, 2023 in Cowes and now in Oyster Bay. She also won the Classic European Championships in 2012, 2018, 2021 and 2022, making her one of the most successful Sixes of all time.
Speaking on behalf of team Bribon, Team Manager Pedro Campos said “Well, it couldn’t have gone any better for us, because winning is the best thing that can happen to you. And on top of that, we’ve been very solid. Finishing first four times and third once says it all.
“Today we didn’t even need to sail the last race to win the championship, and the racecourse here is very, very tricky. In our case, since fortunately the boat’s tactics work quite well, the fact that the racecourse is so difficult doesn’t affect us as much. But the main strength – the rival’s secret – is that the boat is totally versatile. It sails well in light air, it sails well in strong breeze, and it sails well in medium winds. Other boats, in their conditions, can be just as good or even better, but only in one set of conditions—while ours performs in all three.
“This week, honestly, we’ve seen him [His Majesty] looking really good. He has been out sailing almost every day, enjoying it enormously, and it always gives us a huge boost to see him there – with his years, and still racing, winning, and building a great team.
“A title always carries a lot of weight—you connect it with great memories—but what’s really special is the place itself. This venue has wonderful things. It is similar to Galicia. But it also has sailing conditions that, as I said, are tough but make it very, very attractive. And then the people are very kind, in general. And of course, being just over an hour from New York, the families and guests, who are very important, have also been able to enjoy themselves a lot.”
Also crowned with a race in hand was the 2025 Six Metre Open World Champion Momo II, sailed by Dieter Schoen of the Royal British Virgin Islands Yacht Club, crewed by Markus Wieser, Eberhard Magg, Mattias Paschen-Schauenburg and Alvaro Marinho. Momo II was only launched shortly prior to the regatta, making their achievement all the more impressive. She is a Judel/Vrolijk design and a development of Schoen’s first Six which came from the same design office and with which he won both the World and European Championships in 2022.
Speaking prior to the Prize Giving, Dieter Schoen paid tribute to his team for their work in getting this new boat ready for the worlds. “We won the World Championship a few years ago. It’s a big achievement. It took us a lot of effort to make it possible to be here with our new boat. There was some work to be done to get the boat ready in the boatyard and Nipper took care of this. He did an excellent job together with Federico who was responsible for the rigging.
“We designed a lot of new details for the boat, so there was a lot going on in the last nine months to be ready to race here. We had the chance to sail not more than four or five days in Kiel before we came. It’s a good atmosphere is the class with competitive sailing, and this is what I like, so to win a World Championship that’s an achievement for us We were quite sure that the boat was going well. We had a good feeling already in Kiel, although there was not a lot of sailing, but our feeling that the boat was performing well was quite good.”
Whilst the two champions were able to sit out the final race, the remaining places were yet to be decided so both fleets were back under starters order. The breeze held just long enough for three legs of the course to be sailed, with the Race Committee shortening at the top of the second beat as the wind began to die.
In the Classic Division a second place in race seven ensured that the silver medal went to Mauricio Sanchez-Bella sailing for the RCN Sanxenxo aboard Titia, which was designed in 1952 by David Boyd to represent Britain at that year’s Olympics. The bronze medal was won by San Diego Yacht Club’s Greg Stewart in his beautiful C H Crane designed Sprig, which was built in 1930 by Henry B Nevins and finished fourth in the final race.
Classics race seven winner was Madcap, sailed by Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club’s Hugh Jones and Russell Byers, who were also leading when the first attempt to run race seven was abandoned. For Hugh in particular, it was a lovely way to end the regatta as he has Chaired the SCYC’s Regatta Committee for this event and played a huge role in bringing the Worlds back to the club for the first time since 1987.
Open Division silver and bronze medal all rested on the final race, with just three points separating second to fourth placed Duclop, Eau Vive and Aera. It wasn’t long before reigning Open World Champion Jamie Hilton and his team aboard Rainer Müller’s Eau Vive had found the front of the fleet, but in the unpredictable breeze holding the lead was going to be the challenge. She needed to beat Laurence Clerc’s Duclop of the SN Geneve, skippered by Eric Monnin, by two places and keep Foti Lykiardopolu’s Aera of the Royal Yacht Squadron behind her to secure the title. At the bottom of the run Eau Vive was still just ahead of the pack, but Duclop remained in striking distance. Duclop gave it her all on what was to be the final beat, but ultimately, she could do no better than third, allowing Eau Vive to claim the silver medal, while Duclop took bronze.
Back ashore the teams came together under the marquee on the SCYC’s spectacular harbourside lawn to enjoy cocktails, a delicious gala dinner, celebrate their champions and enjoy one final evening of camaraderie. Alongside the main trophies a number of special trophies recognising boats built to different iterations of the Six Metre Rule, crews including young people and female sailors, and Corinthian (all amateur) competitors were also presented.
The Lucie Trophy goes to the highest place boat that includes a woman in the crew, and this year was won by second placed Classic Titia, whose crew includes Alicia Freire.
The Nelson Trophy is presented to the first boat in the Open Division constructed prior to 6 September 1979, and went to Adam Henley’s Scallwag from Port Townsend YC, which was built by Carl Eichenlaub to a Gary Mull design in 1979.
The Robbe & Berking Trophy goes to the first Classic yacht sailing with cream/white sails and a wooden rig and was awarded to Sprig, which was without doubt one of the prettiest boats in a fleet of very beautiful yachts.
The IYRS Astor Cup is for the highest placed boat with a crew member aged 25 or under and was won by Aera, whose bowman is New Zealand International Moth sailor Sam Street.
The Tim Street Perpetual Trophy for the first Classic racing with a certificate issued under Appendix A went to Sprig.
The Open Corinthian (all amateur) Trophée Pierre-Paul Heckly went to Rainer Müller’s Max’Inux skippered by Peter Wealick of the Royal Vancouver YC, and the May Be VI Classic Corinthian Trophy was won by Thomas Kuhmann’s Flapper of the Bayerischer Yacht-Club.
The Open Division Shipshape Trophy for the practice race was won by Momo II, and the Maharadjah du Djeezupuhr Trophy for the Classic practice race went to Bribon.
Speaking at the gala dinner, International Six Metre Association President Louis Heckly paid tribute to the Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club for creating a truly outstanding championship. In particular, he thanked them for their warm hospitality and the great friendships that the event has fostered. He also reminded everyone that whilst the 2025 Six Metre World Championship may be over, there is still plenty of Six Metre sailing to come this season. And he invited everyone to join him at the 2026 Six Metre European Championships at the Société Nautique de Genève on Lake Geneva, Switzerland from 15 to 24 July 2026, and for the 2027 World Championships at the Nyländska Jaktklubben, Helsinki, Finland from 8 to 14 August 2027.
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2025 International Six Metre Open World Championship
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Super challenging conditions but three great races on day four of the 2025 Six Metre World Championship at Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club
A race six win helps Momo II establish a five-point lead over her nearest Open Championship rivals, whilst overall second to fourth placed Duclop, Eau Vive and Aera are separated by just three points going into the final day.
Bribon takes two race wins to lead the Classic Championship by four points from Titia in second, with only three points separate Sprig, Flapper and Jill for third to fifth places.
95 years young Sprig wins her first ever World Championship race.
25 September 2025 – Oyster Bay, NY, USA – Three races for both divisions on the penultimate day of the 2025 Six Metre World Championships at the Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club, produced some great competition and a new race winner. With six of eight possible races completed the single discard comes into play, and the leading packs are now becoming established.
Racing was initially delayed for two hours to allow some squally rainstorms to go through, but threatened lightning failed to materialise. At 12.30 Race Officer Shannon Bush and the SCYC Race Committee got proceedings underway in the last of the rain and a broadly southerly breeze, which varied from around 6 to 20 knots and shifted constantly as the various fronts rolled through.
In the Open Championship Dieter Schoen’s new Judel/Vrolijk designed Momo II took two race wins and a third place, which she now discards, to consolidate her overall lead, an impressive performance for a team that only took delivery of their new boat just in time for this regatta. The other Open Division race winner was Laurence Clerc’s Duclop, skippered by Eric Monnin, a 1981 Pelle Peterson design, which led race four from the off and defended her position fiercely all the way to the line. With a second and third in the following races, Duclop moves up from fourth into second overall, five points behind Momo II. Just one point behind her though is Rainer Müller’s elegant new Ian Howlett designed Eau Vive, being sailed this week by Jamie Hilton and his reigning World Championship team, who have dropped from second to third thanks to a 5, 3, 2 score today. Still very firmly in contention for a podium finish is Foti Lykiardopulo’s 1989 Pelle Peterson designed Aera, who’s 2, 5, 4 score today leaves them in fourth, only two points adrift of Eau Vive.
Momo II’s Alvaro Marinho was happy with, but by no means complacent about, their day’s racing saying, “It was a long, shifty, patchy, very difficult day and the weather here you never know what’s happening, so we take it race by race. Obviously, it was a super day of sailing and in the end we are happy with our performance. It feels good but we know that we need to keep working, not just to do a good day tomorrow, but also to learn more from the boat. The boat is brand new so we’re learning a lot each day. We keep on that mode, the team mood is good, so we take it day by day, tomorrow is another race.”
His Majesty King Juan Carlos of Spain’s 78-year-old Arvid Laurin designed Bribon had another great day winning races five and six and placing third in race four in the Classic Championship. This puts her into a four-point lead over fellow Spaniard Mauricio Sanchez-Bella’s Titia, which came away from the day with a straight set of second places, enabling her to move up from fourth to second overall. Today’s other Classics race winner was 95-year-old Sprig, a Clinton H Crane design sailed by Greg Stewart. This is Greg’s third World Championship with Sprig, but it is the first time they have ever won a race. They followed up with a third and fifth and now lie in third place overall, eight points behind Titia, but only one point ahead of Thomas Kuhmann’s 1939 Christian Jensen designed Flapper, who has dropped from third to fifth.
Greg Stewart broke off from his team’s celebrations at the bar to tell us, “Today went very well. This morning, we said we were going to go out and really work on getting some better starts. And in the first race we had a good start, and we were up in the front of the group with the King and the other top boats, and we ended up winning the first race which is the first ever worlds race that I’ve won. I’ve done the worlds in 2009 in Newport when out top score was a seventh, our top score in Vancouver in 2017 was a second. I didn’t want to jinx it so I didn’t say anything until we crossed the line, but as soon as we realised the whole team was ecstatic. In the next race we got a third so that was our third-best result ever. So a great day for us.”
It was a very long day, with the boats not making it back into the harbour until dusk. But everyone was relieved to now have sufficient races completed to validate the championship and allow a discard. And they were also delighted to have enjoyed three really good, challenging races in a variety of conditions.
Back ashore Ute Monnin-Wagner was particularly pleased with how Duclop’s championship is going, saying, “We’ve now won two races, so we are quite happy. It was fun sailing today with three races so that was good. Every time you go out sailing there is something you can tune or do better so it’s all about learning I would say. Racing in this class is quite tough, but it’s a world championship so everybody wants to be in front, everybody wants to win, everybody wants to be as good as possible or even better. Performance is everything.”
Flapper’s Thomas Kuhmann concurred saying, “Today was great. Three races was tough though and we had very changeable conditions, very shifty winds. And then towards the late afternoon it got stronger and there was some rough sea, so we had all sorts of wind and sea today. The racing is very tough. There is a top group that is the usual suspects that probably will win the championship and go on the podium. There is a tough call between them all the time, and we happen to be part of them but not quite at the top. So, we have a goal to improve!”
The championship concludes tomorrow with two final races remaining to be sailed, so there’s still plenty of room for manoeuvre on the scoreboards. The first start is scheduled for 10.30 and the forecast indicates the sun will make a welcome return, and the breeze will be light to moderate from the west-northwest, so hopefully a final day rather more typical of the lovely late summer conditions for which this area is renowned.
Wins for Duclop and Momo II in the Open Division, gave Momo II a three-point lead over Eau Vive with Aera just one point adrift in third and Duclop fourth.
Classics Fun and Jill both experience significant gear failures forcing Fun to retire from race three, but Jill went on to finish in fourth regardless.
24 September 2025 – Oyster Bay, NY, USA – A lack of sunshine didn’t detract from the sparkle of the International Six Metre fleet on day three of their 2025 World Championships at the Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club on Long Island. Races two and three of the series were completed in a steady breeze from 080 degrees, which built from around 6 knots at the start of race two, to circa 12 knots by the end of race three.
In the Classic Championship overall standings His Majesty King Juan Carlos of Spain’s Bribon scored two impressive race wins and now leads the regatta on five points. She has a six-point delta over Alessandro Maria Rinaldi’s Jill, who hangs onto second despite a near dismasting during race two. Two further points behind lies Thomas Kuhmann’s Flapper, in third, while Mauricio Sanchez-Bella’s Titia and Greg Stuart’s Sprig are both on 16 points, with Titia taking fourth place on countback.
After racing His Majesty was very happy with their results. “It was a hard fight but thanks to God we won. We are very happy, but we still have a lot of work to do. I am very sad that the French team, who are good friends of mine, had to pull out today. We missed our fight with them!”
Open Division race one went to Laurence Clerc’s Duclop skippered by Eric Monnin, while race two was won by Dieter Schoen’s Momo II, which had finished second in the morning race. In the overall standings Momo II now leads the regatta by three points from Rainer Müller’s Eau Vive skippered by Jamie Hilton which had a solid day with a fourth and a third. Just one point behind is Foti Lykiardopulo’s Aera, thanks to the third and second they added to their score card. Duclop’s race two win was followed by a fifth, putting Duclop into fourth overall, five points behind Aera and just one point ahead of Basil Vasiliou’s Jane Anne.
Speaking after racing Eric Monnin of Duclop said. “It was great to win a race at the World Championship after a difficult day yesterday, so it feels good. I think we’ve got momentum and hope to continue tomorrow. We also had a little more difficult race in the last race, but I think compared to yesterday we improved a lot so we’re ready to go for tomorrow. I think the wind was a bit more stable and steady. We had classical tactics, we wanted to go right, and we were able to do that. We could do what we wanted to do and that helped a lot. Yesterday we were struggling a lot more in the middle of the fleet. We feel good, but we need to improve every day and hopefully grab one or two places here and there.”
Classic Division Race by Race
Classic Division day three was dominated by Bribon, who won both races. In race two she was challenged hard by Louis Heckly’s Fun, but she kept the upper hand and led the fleet home, with Fun second, Maruicio Sanchez-Bella’s Titia third, and race one winner Alessandro Maria Rinaldi’s Jill fourth.
Off the line in race three Bribon got another good start near the committee boat, while Fun looked good in the middle of the line. But only a few minutes into the race Fun was forced to pull up and drop her sails. Back ashore owner Louis Heckly explained that the boat has suffered a serious structural issue that prevented them from continuing. They are currently working on the boat in the hope of being able to continue the regatta tomorrow.
Meanwhile back on the Classics racecourse Bribon’s choice to stay right was a canny one and by the top mark she had already established her lead with Titia, Flapper and Jill trailing in her wake. Titia and Flapper enjoyed a close tousle around the course to come second and third respectively, but on each leg Jill seemed to drop back slightly, although she just managed to fend off Totem and Spring, with the three-boats crossing the line in that order.
After sailing Jill’s owner explained that on the first beat, they suffered an almost catastrophic failure of one of the bronze bolts that holds the wooden spreaders to their wooden mast. The super quick thinking of the crew saved the mast, but they could only sail under jib alone for the rest of the upwind legs, making their fourth place all the more impressive. Fortunately, the bolt was quickly replaced once back on the mooring, so they will sail again tomorrow.
For Mauricio Sanchez-Bella the improved conditions were most welcome, “First of all it was the first day with a nice wind and perfect conditions, so we’re very happy to race in these conditions. Particularly for us, we came from second to last, to having a third place and a second place. I am very happy to have the two Spanish boats ahead in the last race, so a perfect day, I’m very happy. “
Open Division Race by Race
Race two for the Opens was to be Duclop’s from the off, but behind her there were plenty of place changes. At the end of the first run Aera was in second with Momo II third, Jane Ann fourth, Rainer Müller’s Sting skippered by Reigh North fifth and Eau Vive sixth. By the second weather mark Aera was still just holding off Momo II, with Eau Vive now up into fourth and Jane Ann fifth. But on the final run, despite their best efforts, Aera could not hold off Momo II who slid past them to take second with Aera third, Eau Vive fourth and Jane Ann fifth.
In race three both Sting and Henrick Andersin’s Oiva were called over the line and had to restart. Momo II made a lovely start towards the pin end of the line and led Aera around the first lap with Duclop third, Eau Vive fourth and Jane Ann fifth as they rounded the leeward gate. On the second lap Momo II began to pull out her lead, winning the race from Aera by some 25 seconds. Behind them Eau Vive took third with Jane Ann fourth. The battle for fifth place went right down to the line with Duclop just surging forward to take fifth from Junior with Eugenio Galdon Brugarolas’s Maybe XIV a very close seventh.
Jamie Hilton of Eau Vive summed up his feelings saying, “It was a great day of racing. The breeze was a little bit more than we expected. We’re still figuring out the boat, but the guys on Momo, Aera and Duclop just don’t leave a lot of room for many mistakes. I don’t think we made any big mistakes, they were just a bit better than us today. Especially Momo who are going really well.”
Two days of racing remain, with five races being required to validate the championships. Once six races have been sailed the single discard will come into play, with a maximum of eight races being scheduled. The forecast for the penultimate day promises a southerly breeze but with potential for rain and thunder at times, so another tricky day for competitors and Race Committee alike. A change to the schedule has been published to bring the start of racing on Thursday and Friday forward to 10.30 and to allow up to three races to be sailed on Thursday.
You can follow the latest news on the ISMA’s Instagram and Facebook channels and via 6metre.com. Provisional Results after three races Classic Championship 1. ESP16 – Bribon – Real Club Nautico Sanxenxo – 3, 1, 1 = 5 2. USA56 – Jill – Alessandro Maria Rinaldi – 1, 4, 6 = 11 3. USA171 – Flapper – Thomas Kuhmann – 6, 4, 3 = 13 4. ESP72 – Titia – Mauricio Sanchez-Bella – 11, 3, 2 = 16 5. USA43 – Sprig – Greg Stewart – 5, 5, 6 = 16
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