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The following were the scheduled events of sailing for the year 2017 throughout the world.

• 19–26 August: Women's Laser Radial World Championship in Medemblik, Netherlands^[1]
  • • :  Marit Bouwmeester (NED)
    • :  Evi Van Acker (BEL)
    • :  Manami Doi (JPN)
• 7–15 July: 470 World Championships in Thessaloniki, Greece^[2]
  • Men's 470
    • :  Mathew Belcher & Will Ryan (AUS)
    • :  Anton Dahlberg & Fredrik Bergström (SWE)
    • :  David Bargehr & Lukas Mähr (AUT)
  • Women's 470
    • :  Agnieszka Skrzypulec & Irmina Gliszczyńska (POL)
    • :  Hannah Mills & Eilidh McIntyre (GBR)
    • :  Tina Mrak & Veronika Macarol (SLO)
• 28 August – 2 September: 49er & 49er FX World Championships in Porto, Portugal^[3]
  • Men's 49er
    • :  Dylan Fletcher-Scott & Stuart Bithell (GBR)
    • :  James Peters & Fynn Sterritt (GBR)
    • :  Benjamin Bildstein & David Hussl (AUT)
  • Women's 49er FX
    • :  Jena Hansen & Katja Salskov-Iversen (DEN)
    • :  Martine Grael & Kahena Kunze (BRA)
    • :  Alex Maloney & Molly Meech (NZL)
• 1–10 September: Finn Gold Cup in Balatonföldvár, Hungary^[4]
  • :  Max Salminen (SWE)
  • :  Jonathan Lobert (FRA)
  • :  Nicholas Heiner (NED)
• 5–10 September: Nacra 17 World Championship in La Grande-Motte, France^[5]
  • • :  Ben Saxton & Katie Dabson (GBR)
    • :  Fernando Echávarri & Tara Pacheco (ESP)
    • :  Ruggero Tita & Caterina Banti (ITA)
• 12–19 September: Laser World Championship in Split, Croatia^[6]
  • • :  Pavlos Kontides (CYP)
    • :  Tom Burton (AUS)
    • :  Matthew Wearn (AUS)
• 16–23 September: 2017 RS:X World Championships in Enoshima, Japan
  • Men's RS:X^[7]
    • :  Ye Bing (CHN)
    • :  Mateo Sanz Lanz (SUI)
    • :  Gao Mengfan (CHN)
  • Women's RS:X^[8]
    • :  Chen Peina (CHN)
    • :  Wu Jiahui (CHN)
    • :  Lu Yunxiu (CHN)

• 22 January – 11 June: 2017 Sailing World Cup
  • 22–29 January: Sailing World Cup Miami in Miami, United States
    • Men's 470 winners:  Stuart McNay & David Hughes (USA)^[9]
    • Women's 470 winners:  Afrodite Zegers & Anneloes van Veen (NED)^[10]
    • Men's 49er winners:  Dylan Fletcher-Scott & Stuart Bithell (GBR)^[11]
    • Women's 49er FX winners:  Martine Grael & Kahena Kunze (BRA)^[12]
    • Men's Laser winner:  Jean-Baptiste Bernaz (FRA)^[13]
    • Women's Laser Radial winner:  Vasileia Karachaliou (GRE)^[14]
    • Mixed Nacra 17 winners:  Ben Saxton & Nicola Groves (GBR)^[15]
    • Men's RS:X winner:  Louis Giard (FRA)^[16]
    • Women's RS:X winner:  Lu Yunxiu (CHN)^[17]
  • 23–30 April: Sailing World Cup Hyères in Hyères, France
    • 2.4 Metre winner:  Damien Seguin (FRA)^[18]
    • Men's 470 winners:  Mathew Belcher & William Ryan (AUS)^[19]
    • Women's 470 winners:  Afrodite Zegers & Anneloes van Veen (NED)^[20]
    • Men's 49er winners:  Diego Botín le Chever & Iago López (ESP)^[21]
    • Women's 49er FX winners:  Martine Grael & Kahena Kunze (BRA)^[22]
    • Men's Finn winner:  Alican Kaynar (TUR)^[23]
    • Men's Formula Kite winner:  Nicolas Parlier (FRA)^[24]
    • Men's Laser winner:  Pavlos Kontides (CYP)^[25]
    • Women's Laser Radial winner:  Evi Van Acker (BEL)^[26]
    • Mixed Nacra 17 winners:  Fernando Echavarri & Tara Pacheco (ESP)^[27]
    • Men's RS:X winner:  Louis Giard (FRA)^[28]
    • Women's RS:X winner:  Zofia Noceti-Klepacka (POL)^[29]
  • 4–11 June: Sailing World Cup Final in Santander, Spain
    • Men's 470 winners:  Panagiotis Mantis & Pavlos Kagialis (GRE)^[30]
    • Women's 470 winners:  Hannah Mills & Eilidh McIntyre (GBR)^[31]
    • Men's 49er winners:  James Peters & Fynn Sterritt (GBR)^[32]
    • Women's 49er FX winners:  Martine Grael & Kahena Kunze (BRA)^[33]
    • Men's Finn winner:  Ben Cornish (GBR)^[34]
    • Men's Formula Kite winner:  Nicolas Parlier (FRA)^[35]
    • Men's Laser winner:  Jean-Baptiste Bernaz (FRA)^[36]
    • Women's Laser Radial winner:  Evi Van Acker (BEL)^[37]
    • Mixed Nacra 17 winners:  Fernando Echavarri & Tara Pacheco (ESP)^[38]
    • Men's RS:X winner:  Kiran Badloe (NED)^[39]
    • Women's RS:X winner:  Patrícia Freitas (BRA)^[40]
• 15 October 2017 – 10 June 2018: 2018 Sailing World Cup
  • 15–22 October: Sailing World Cup Gamagōri in Gamagori, Japan
    • Men's 470 winners:  Mathew Belcher & William Ryan (AUS)^[41]
    • Women's 470 winners:  Agnieszka Skrzypulec & Irmina Gliszczyńska (POL)^[42]
    • Men's 49er winners:  Dylan Fletcher-Scott & Stuart Bithell (GBR)^[43]
    • Women's 49er FX winners:  Victoria Travascio & María Sol Branz (ARG)^[44]
    • Men's Laser winner:  Sam Meech (NZL)^[45]
    • Women's Laser Radial winner:  Anne-Marie Rindom (DEN)^[46]
    • Men's RS:X winner:  Paweł Tarnowski (POL)^[47]
    • Women's RS:X winner:  Hei Man H V Chan (HKG)^[48]

• 27 November – 2 December: RS:X African Championships in Moonbeach Resort, Egypt^[49]
  • :  Hamza Bouras (ALG)
  • :  Jean-Marc Gardette (SEY)
  • :  Mohamed Elsafty (EGY)

• 14–21 November: RS:X Asian Championships in Penghu, Taiwan^[50]
  • Men's RS:X
    • :  Lee Tae-hoon (KOR)
    • :  Cho Won-woo (KOR)
    • :  Makoto Tomizawa (JPN)
  • Women's RS:X
    • :  Hei Man Chan (HKG)
    • :  Sin Lam Sonia Lo (HKG)
    • :  Wai Yan Ngai (HKG)
• 28–29 October: Nacra 17 Asian Championship in Shanghai, China^[51]
  • • :  Ruggero Tita & Caterina Banti (ITA)
    • :  Riley Gibbs & Louisa Chafee (USA)
    • :  Annette Vibourg & Mattias Brun (DEN)

• 5–13 May: Finn European Championship in Marseille, France^[52]
  • :  Jonathan Lobert (FRA)
  • :  Edward Wright (GBR)
  • :  Ben Cornish (GBR)
• 8–13 May: RS:X European Championships in Marseille, France
  • Men's RS:X^[53]
    • :  Louis Giard (FRA)
    • :  Byron Kokkalanis (GRE)
    • :  Mattia Camboni (ITA)
  • Women's RS:X^[54]
    • :  Zofia Noceti-Klepacka (POL)
    • :  Stefania Elfutina (RUS)
    • :  Flavia Tartaglini (ITA)
• 8–13 May: 470 European Championships in Monaco, Monaco^[55]
  • Men's 470
    • :  Carl-Fredrik Fock & Marcus Dackhammar (SWE)
    • :  Guillaume Pirouelle & Jérémie Mion (FRA)
    • :  Jordi Xammar & Nicolás Rodríguez (ESP)
  • Women's 470
    • :  Afrodite Zegers & Anneloes van Veen (NED)
    • :  Elena Berta & Sveva Carraro (ITA)
    • :  Agnieszka Skrzypulec & Jolanta Ogar (POL)
• 30 July – 4 August: 49er & 49er FX European Championships & Nacra 17 European Championship in Kiel, Germany
  • Men's 49er^[56]
    • :  Dylan Fletcher & Stuart Bithell (GBR)
    • :  James Peters & Fynn Sterritt (GBR)
    • :  Jacopo Plazzi & Andrea Tesei (ITA)
  • Women's 49er FX^[56]
    • :  Tina Lutz & Susann Beucke (GER)
    • :  Charlotte Dobson & Saskia Tidey (GBR)
    • :  Victoria Jurczok & Anika Lorenz (GER)
  • Mixed Nacra 17^[57]
    • :  Ruggero Tita & Caterina Banti (ITA)
    • :  Fernando Echavarri & Tara Pacheco (ESP)
    • :  Ben Saxton & Katie Dabson (GBR)
• 1–8 October: Laser European Championships in Barcelona, Spain
  • Men's Laser^[58]
    • :  Nick Thompson (GBR)
    • :  Francesco Marrai (ITA)
    • :  Pavlos Kontides (CYP)
  • Women's Laser Radial^[58]
    • :  Marit Bouwmeester (NED)
    • :  Anne-Marie Rindom (DEN)
    • :  Vasileia Karachaliou (GRE)

• 14–16 January: 470 North American Championships in Coconut Grove, United States^[59]
  • • :  Giacomo Ferrari & Giulio Calabrò (ITA)
    • :  Matthias Schmid & Lukas Maehr (AUT)
    • :  Jordi Xammar & Nicolás Rodríguez (ESP)
• 19–20 January: RS:X North American Championships in Miami, United States^[60]
  • Men's RS:X
    • :  Pedro Pascual (USA)
    • :  Ignacio Berenguer (MEX)
    • :  Juan Bosco Varela Barba (MEX)
  • Women's RS:X
    • :  Marina Aalabau (ESP)
    • :  Bruna Mello (BRA)
    • :  Demita Vega (MEX)
• 21–25 June: Laser North American Championship in Vancouver, Canada^[61]
  • Men's Laser
    • :  Malcolm Lamphere (USA)
    • :  Marek Zaleski (USA)
    • :  Henry Marshall (USA)
  • Open Laser Radial
    • :  Luke Ramsay (CAN)
    • :  Sophia Reineke (USA)
    • :  Maura Dewey (CAN)
• 22–25 June: 49er & 49er FX North American Championships in Kingston, Canada^[62]
  • Men's 49er
    • :  Nevin Snow & Maximiliano Agnese (USA)
    • :  William Jones & Evan DePaul (CAN)
    • :  Ryan Wood & Andrew Wood (CAN)
  • Women's 49er FX
    • :  Erin Rafuse & Danielle Boyd (CAN)
    • :  Carla Munte & Marta Munte (ESP)
    • :  Anna Yamazaki & Sena Takano (JPN)

• 2–5 March: 470 South American Championships in Porto Alegre, Brazil^[63]
  • :  Geison Mendes Dzioubanov & Gustavo Thiesen (BRA)
  • :  Henrique Haddad & Bruno Abdulklech (BRA)
  • :  Fernanda Oliveira & Ana Barbachan (BRA)
• 13–17 November: RS:X South American Championships in Buenos Aires, Argentina^[64]
  • Men's RS:X
    • :  Bautista Saubidet Birkner (ARG)
    • :  Mariano Reutemann (ARG)
    • :  Francisco Saubidet (ARG)
  • Women's & Youth RS:X
    • :  Patrícia Freitas (BRA)
    • :  María Belén Bazo (PER)
    • :  Daniel Pereira (BRA)

• 26 May – 12 June: 2017 Louis Vuitton Cup in Great Sound, Hamilton, Bermuda
  • Winners: Emirates Team New Zealand
• 17–27 June: 2017 America's Cup in Great Sound, Hamilton, Bermuda
  • Emirates Team New Zealand defeated Oracle Team USA, 7–1.
• 20 & 21 June: 2017 Youth America's Cup in Great Sound, Hamilton, Bermuda
  • Winners: Land Rover BAR Academy (50 points); Second: NZL Sailing Team (48 points); Third: Team Tilt (42 points)

• 8 March – 3 December: 2017 Extreme Sailing Series^[65]
  • 8–11 March: Act #1 in Muscat, Oman
    • Winners: SAP Extreme Sailing Team
  • 28 April – 1 May: Act #2 in Qingdao, China
    • Winners: Alinghi
  • 29 June – 2 July: Act #3 in Madeira, Portugal
    • Winners: SAP Extreme Sailing Team
  • 20–23 July: Act #4 in Barcelona, Spain
    • Winners: Oman Air
  • 10–13 August: Act #5 in Hamburg, Germany
    • Winners: Oman Air
  • 25–28 August: Act #6 in Cardiff, United Kingdom
    • Winners: SAP Extreme Sailing Team
  • 19–22 October: Act #7 in San Diego, United States
    • Winners: SAP Extreme Sailing Team
  • 30 November – 3 December: Act #8 in Los Cabos, Mexico
    • Winners: Alinghi

• 3–8 May: Korea
• 11–16 May: Fly! ANA Windsurfing World Cup in Yokosuka, Japan
• 23–28 May: Catalunya, Costa Brava PWA World Cup + Foil Race in Costa Brava, Spain
• 9–15 July: Gran Canaria, Spain
• 21–30 July: Fuerteventura, Spain
• 6–12 August: Tenerife, Spain
• 9–14 September: Waterz Festival in Hvide Sande, Denmark
• 29 September – 8 October: Mercedes-Benz World Cup in Sylt, Germany
• 21–26 November: Nouméa Dream Cup

• 14 October 2017 – 30 June 2018: 2017–18 Volvo Ocean Race
  • 14 October: In-Port Race in Alicante, Spain
  • 22–28 October: Leg #1 from Alicante, Spain to Lisbon, Portugal
  • 3 November: In-Port Race in Lisbon, Portugal
  • 5–24 November: Leg #2 from Lisbon, Spain to Cape Town, South Africa
  • 8 December: In-Port Race in Cape Town, South Africa
  • 10–27 December: Leg #3 from Cape Town, South Africa to Melbourne, Australia

• 16 June – 16 December: 2017 Women's International Match Racing Series
  • 16–21 June: Women’s Match Racing World Championship in Helsinki, Finland^[66]
    • :  Lucy MacGregor, Silja Frost, Rosie Watkins, Imogen Stanley, & Charlotte Lawrence (GBR)
    • :  Renée Groeneveld, Marcelien Bos-de Koning, Lobke Berkhout, Sanne Akkerman, & Mijke Lievens (NED)
    • :  Trine Palludan, Lea Richter Vogelius, Vivi Lund Møller, Anne Sofie Munk-Hansen, & Joan Vestergård Hansen (DEN)
  • 7–12 August: Lysekil Women's Match in Lysekil, Sweden
    •  Renée Groeneveld (NED) defeated  Pauline Courtois (FRA), 3–1 in the final.^[67]
  • 13–18 November: Busan Cup Women's International Match Race in Busan, South Korea
    •  Lucy MacGregor (GBR) defeated  Trine Palludan (DEN), 3–0 in the final.^[68]
  • 30 November – 3 December: Carlos Aguilar Match Race in Saint Thomas, US Virgin Islands (cancelled)
  • 11–16 December: International Bedanne's Cup in Tourville-la-Rivière, France
    •  Pauline Courtois (FRA) defeated  Anne-Claire Le Berre (FRA), 3–1 in the final.^[69]

• 20 March – 8 October: 2017 World Match Racing Tour
  • 20–25 March: Match Cup Australia in Perth, Australia
    •  Phil Robertson (NZL) defeated  Matt Jerwood (AUS), 3–0 in the final.^[70]
  • 29 March – 2 April: Congressional Cup in Long Beach, United States
    •  Ian Williams (GBR) defeated  Johnie Berntsson (SWE), 3–2 in the final.^[71]
  • 2–9 July: GKSS Match Cup in Marstrand, Sweden
    •  Phil Robertson (NZL) defeated  Taylor Canfield (ISV), 3–0 in the final.^[72]
  • 1–6 August: Match Cup Russia in Saint Petersburg, Russia
    •  Phil Robertson (NZL) defeated  Sam Gilmour (AUS), 3–0 in the final.^[73]
  • 5–10 September: Chicago Match Cup in Chicago, United States
    •  Ian Williams (GBR) defeated  Phil Robertson (NZL), 3–0 in the final.^[74]
  • 3-8 October: Match Cup China in Xiamen, China
    •  Torvar Mirsky (AUS) defeated  Phil Robertson (NZL), 3–1 in the final.^[75]

• 17–22 April: IFCA Youth & Masters Slalom World Championships in Almanarre, France
• 17–22 April: IFCA World Championships (Slalom Junior, Youth & Masters) in Hyères, France
• 9–17 June: Dragon World Championship in Cascais, Portugal^[76]
  • :  Provezza Dragon – Andy Beadsworth, Ali Tezdiker, & Simon Fry (TUR)
  • :  Annapurna – Anatoly Loginov, Vadim Statsenko, & Alexander Shalagin (RUS)
  • :  Alfie – Lawrie Smith, Hugo Rocha, João Matos Rosa, & Gonçalo Ribeiro (GBR)
• 10–15 June: RS:One World Championships in Hoi Han, Vietnam
• 20–25 June: Para World Sailing Championships in Kiel, Germany
  • 2.4 Metre:^[77]
    • :  Heiko Kröger (GER)
    • :  Matthew Bugg (AUS)
    • :  Damien Seguin (FRA)
  • Men's Hansa 303:^[78]
    • :  Piotr Cichocki (POL)
    • :  Christopher Symonds (AUS)
    • :  Jens Kroker (GER)
  • Women's Hansa 303:^[79]
    • :  Violeta del Reino Diez del Valle (ESP)
    • :  Ana Paula Gonçalves Marques (BRA)
    • :  Cherrie Pinpin (PHI)
• 24 June – 1 July: RS:X World Youth Championships in Torbole, Italy
• 29 June – 7 July: Star World Championship in Troense, Denmark^[80]
  • :  Eivind Melleby & Joshua Revkin (NOR)
  • :  Lars Grael & Samuel Gonçalves (BRA)
  • :  Reinhard Schmidt & Paul Sradnick (GER)
• 10–14 July: J/80 World Championship in Hamble-le-Rice, United Kingdom
• 11–21 July: Optimist World Championship in Pattaya, Thailand^[81]
  • :  Marco Gradoni (ITA)
  • :  Muhammad Fauzi Bin Kaman Shah (MAS)
  • :  Mic Sig Kos Mohr (CRC)
• 13-16 July: M32 World Championship in Marstrand, Sweden^[82]
  • :  Phil Robertson & crew (NZL)
  • :  Jonas Warrer & crew (DEN)
  • :  Chris Steele & crew (NZL)
• 15–21 July: Contender World Championship in Sønderborg, Denmark^[83]
  • :  Jason Beebe (AUS)
  • :  Mark Bulka (AUS)
  • :  Jesper Nielsen (DEN)
• 16–24 July: Laser 4.7 World Youth Championship in Nieuwpoort, Belgium
  • Boys' Laser 4.7^[84]
    • :  Yılkan Timurşah (TUR)
    • :  Sofiane Karim (FRA)
    • :  Cesare Barabino (ITA)
  • Girls' Laser 4.7^[85]
    • :  Federica Cattarozzi (ITA)
    • :  Giorgia Cingolani (ITA)
    • :  Ana Moncada Sanchez (ESP)
• 19–23 July: Hobie 14 World Championships in Noordwijk, Netherlands
• 21–30 July: Moth World Championship in Malcesine, Italy^[86]
  • :  Paul Goodison (GBR)
  • :  Peter Burling (NZL)
  • :  Iain Jensen (AUS)
• 23–28 July: Topper World Championships in Loctudy, France
• 26–29 July: Hobie Wild Cat World Championships in Noordwijk, Netherlands
• 26 July – 2 August: Laser World Under-21 Championships in Nieuwpoort, Belgium
  • Men's Laser^[87]
    • :  Joel Rodríguez (ESP)
    • :  Jonatán Vadnai (HUN)
    • :  Daniel Whiteley (GBR)
  • Women's Laser Radial^[88]
    • :  Mária Érdi (HUN)
    • :  Hannah Anderssohn (GER)
    • :  Magdalena Kwaśna (POL)
• 29 July – 5 August: 29er World Championship in Long Beach, United States^[89]
  • • :  Benji Daniel & Alex Burger (RSA)
    • :  Benjamin Jaffrezic & Léo Chauvel (FRA)
    • :  Theo Revil & Gautier Guevel (FRA)
• 31 July – 5 August: Open Bic World Championships in Arco, Italy
• 11–17 August: Laser Radial World Youth Championships in Medemblik, Netherlands
  • Boys' Laser Radial^[90]
    • :  Dimitris Papadimitriou (GRE)
    • :  Matias Dietrich (ARG)
    • :  Nicholas Bezy (HKG)
  • Girls' Laser Radial^[91]
    • :  Hannah Anderssohn (GER)
    • :  Dolores Moreira (URU)
    • :  Charlotte Rose (USA)
• 19–26 August: Men's Laser Radial World Championship in Medemblik,

Netherlands^[92]

• • :  Marcin Rudawski (POL)
  • :  Eliot Merceron (SUI)
  • :  Zac Littlewood (AUS)
• 20–25 August: H-Boat World Championship in Brunnen, Switzerland^[93]
  • :  Claus Høj Jensen, Frederik Dahl Hansen, & Rasmus Jørgen Andresen (DEN)
  • :  Morten Nielsen, Niels Henrik Borch, & Claus Rossing (DEN)
  • :  Jan Forsbom, Timo Lankinen, Iiro Törnström, & Jukka Nikulainen (FIN)
• 20–27 August: Finn Silver Cup in Balatonfüred, Hungary^[94]
  • :  Oskari Muhonen (FIN)
  • :  Facundo Olezza (ARG)
  • :  Fionn Lyden (IRL)
• 23–26 August: 420 World Team Racing Championships in Campione del Garda, Italy
• 29 August – 3 September: in Boryeong, South Korea
• 12–16 September: J/70 World Championship in Porto Cervo, Italy^[95]
  • :  Peter S. Duncan & crew (USA)
  • :  Brian Keane & crew (USA)
  • :  Luca Domenici & crew (ITA)
• 15–21 September: 6 Metre World Cup in Vancouver, Canada^[96]
  • :  Junior – Philippe Durr & crew (SUI)
  • :  New Sweden – Ben Mumford & crew (CAN)
  • :  St. Francis IX – Andy Beadsworth & crew (GBR)
• 20–29 September: 505 World Championship in Annapolis, United States^[97]
  • :  Mike Holt & Carl Smit (USA)
  • :  Mike Martin & Adam Lowry (USA)
  • :  Andy Smith & Roger Gilbert (GBR)
• 21–30 September: Laser World Masters Championships in Split, Croatia
• 25–30 September: Flying Dutchman World Championship in Scarlino, Italy^[98]
  • :  Szabolcs Majthényi & András Domokos (HUN)
  • :  Hans-Peter Schwarz & Roland Kirst (GER)
  • :  Jørgen Bojsen-Møller & Jacob Bojsen-Møller (DEN)
• 4–8 October: IKA KiteFoil World Championships in Cagliari, Italy
• 4–9 September: 5.5 Metre World Championship in Benodet, France^[99]
  • :  John B – Gavin McKinney, Mathias Dahlman, & Lars Horn Johannessen (BAH)
  • :  New Moon – Mark Holowesco, Christoph Burger, & Peter Vlasov (BAH)
  • :  Feng Shui – Arend Jan Pasman, Ron Azier, & Kim Chabani (NED)
• 14–20 October: Kiteboarding World Championships in Porto Pollo, Italy
• 13–17 November: KiteFoil GoldCup Final (World Championships) in The Pearl, Qatar
• 18–24 November: Formula Kite World Championships in Muscat, Oman
• 11–15 December: Youth Sailing World Championships in Sanya, China^[100]
  • Boys' 29er winners:  Théo Revil & Gautier Guevel (FRA)
  • Girls' 29er winners:  Margherita Porro & Sofia Leoni (ITA)
  • Boys' 420 winners:  Otto Henry & Rome Featherstone (AUS)
  • Girls' 420 winners:  Carmen Cowles & Emma Cowles (USA)
  • Boys' Laser Radial winner:  Maor Ben Hrosh (ISR)
  • Girls' Laser Radial winner:  Charlotte Rose (USA)
  • Mixed Nacra 15 winners:  Max Wallenberg & Amanda Bjork-Anastassov (SUI)
  • Boys' RS:X winner:  Yoav Cohen (ISR)
  • Girls' RS:X winner:  Emma Wilson (GBR)
  • Nation's Trophy winners:  Italy

• 15–19 April: Laser 4.7 European Championship in Murcia, Spain
• 6–13 May: RS:X European Youth Championships in Marseille, France
• 28 May – 2 June: International 14 European Championship in Riva del Garda, Italy
• 3–5 June: RS Feva European Championship in Versoix, Switzerland
• 28 June −2 July: European Match Racing Championship in Ledro, Italy
• 29 June – 2 July: 11:Metre One Design European Championship in Flensburg, Germany
• 4–9 July: IFCA Men slalom european championship in La Tranche-sur-Mer, France
• 5–9 July: 505 European Championship in Warnemünde, Germany
• 11–16 July: in Gizzeria Lido, Italy
• 13–17 July: Soling European Championship in Riva del Garda, Italy^[101]
  • :  Farkas Litkey, Károly Vezér, & Csaba Weinhardt (HUN)
  • :  Florian Felzmann, Michael Felzmann, & Margund Schuh (AUT)
  • :  Igor Yushko, Sergey Pichugin, & Igor Severianov (UKR)
• 16–21 July: F16 European Championship in Morges, Switzerland
• 18–22 July: Para Sailing European Championship in Gdynia, Poland
• 22–30 July: 420 European Championships in Athens, Greece
• 24–28 July: RS100 European Championship in Alto Lario, Italy
• 25–29 July: OK European Championship in Faaborg, Denmark^[102]
  • :  Lars Johan Brodtkorb (NOR)
  • :  Charlie Cumbley (GBR)
  • :  Bo Petersen (DEN)
• 6–13 August: 420 European Junior Championships & 470 European Junior Championships in Riva del Garda, Italy
• 12–17 August: Formula Kite European Championships in Tirmata, Turkey
• 14–19 August: Dragon European Championship in Thun, Switzerland^[103]
  • :  Pow Wow – Pedro Andrade, Bernardo Torres Pego, & Charles Nankin (POR)
  • :  Rocknrolla – Dimitry Samokhin, Andrey Korolyuk, & Alexey Bushuev (RUS)
  • :  Bunker Prince – Yevhen Braslavets, Sergey Pugachev, & Sergey Timokhof (RUS)
• 14–17 September: Sunfish European Championship in Punta Ala, Italy
• 1–8 October: Laser European Championships in Barcelona, Spain
  • Men's Laser Radial^[58]
    • :  Marcin Rudawski (POL)
    • :  Marcelo Cairo Assenza (ESP)
    • :  Dimitri Papadimitriou (GRE)
• 21–27 October: Hansa European Championships in Étang de Thau, France
• 24–29 October: Star European Championship in Sanremo, Italy^[104]
  • :  Torben Grael & Arthur Lopes (BRA)
  • :  Diego Negri & Sergio Lambertenghi (ITA)
  • :  Augie Diaz & Bruno Prada (USA)

• 13–17 August: 29er North American Championship in Kingston, Canada
• 24–27 August: Soling North American Championship in Milwaukee, United States^[105]
  • :  Peter Hall, William Hall, & Gord Devries (CAN)
  • :  Michael Dietzel, Hannes Ramoser, & Connor Clafin (GER)
  • :  Ross Richards, Patrick Richards, & Drew Kosmoski (USA)
• 5–10 September: Star North American Championship in Marblehead, United States^[106]
  • :  Augie Diaz & Bruno Prada (USA)
  • :  Luke Lawrence & Ian Coleman (USA)
  • :  George Szabo & Ed Morey (USA)

• 23–27 November: Star South American Championship in Olivos, Argentina^[107]
  • :  M. Bellotti & M. Bueno (BRA)
  • :  H. Longarela & H. Longarela (ARG)
  • :  F. MacGowan & A. Simonet (ARG)

• 6–11 March: Bacardi Cup in Miami, United States^[108]
  • Winners:  Mark Mendelblatt & Magnus Liljedahl (USA)
• 24 March – 1 April: Trofeo Princesa Sofia in Palma, Spain^[109]
  • Men's 470 winners:  Tetsuya Isozaku & Akira Takayanagi (JPN)
  • Women's 470 winners:  Afrodite Zegers & Anneloes van Veen (NED)
  • Men's 49er winners:  James Peters & Fynn Sterritt (GBR)
  • Women's 49er FX winners:  Victoria Jurczok & Anika Lorenz (GER)
  • Men's Finn winner:  Max Salminen (SWE)
  • Men's Laser winner:  Francesco Marrai (ITA)
  • Women's Laser Radial winner:  Zhang Dongshuang (CHN)
  • Mixed Nacra 17 winners:  Fernando Echavarri & Tara Pacheco (ESP)
  • Men's RS:X winner:  Paweł Tarnowski (POL)
  • Women's RS:X winner:  Zofia Noceti-Klepacka (POL)
  • Dragon winners:  Lady Tati – Patrick de Barros & crew (POR)
  • J/80 winners:  Francisco Javier Chacartegui Cirerol & crew (ESP)
• 23–27 May: Delta Lloyd Regatta in Medemblik, Netherlands
  • Men's Laser winner:  Elliot Hanson (GBR)^[110]
  • Women's Laser Radial winner:  Manami Doi (JPN)^[111]
  • Men's & Women's 470 winners:  Pavel Sozykin & Denis Gribanov (RUS)^[112]
  • Men's 49er winners:  Tim Fischer & Fabian Graf (GER)^[113]
  • Women's 49er FX winners:  Enia Ninčević & Peiar Cupac (CRO)^[114]
  • Men's RS:X winner:  Dorian van Rijsselberghe (NED)^[115]
  • 2.4 Metre winner:  Megan Pascoe (GBR)^[116]
• 17–25 June: Kiel Week in Kiel, Germany
  • Men's 470 winners:  Mathew Belcher & Will Ryan (AUS)^[117]
  • Women's 470 winners:  Frederike Loewe & Anna Markfort (GER)^[118]
  • Men's 49er winners:  David Gilmour & Joel Turner (AUS)^[119]
  • Women's 49er FX winners:  Charlotte Dobson & Saskia Tidey (GBR)^[120]
  • Men's Finn winner:  Deniss Karpak (EST)^[121]
  • Men's Laser winner:  Francesco Marrai (ITA)^[122]
  • Women's Laser Radial winner:  Silvia Zennaro (ITA)^[123]
  • Mixed Nacra 17 winners:  Thomas Zajac & Barbara Matz (AUT)^[124]
  • 12 Metre winners:  Kiwi Magic – Johan Blach Petersen & crew (DEN)^[125]
  • 2.4 Metre winner:  Heiko Kröger (GER)^[126]
  • 29er winners:  Benjamin Jaffrezic & Léo Chauvel (FRA)^[127]
  • 420 winners:  Telis Athanasopoulos Yogo & Dimitrios Tassios (GRE)^[128]
  • 5.5 Metre winners:  Hans Köster, Johannes Hensler, Jacob Oersted, & Lea Rüdiger (GER)^[129]
  • 505 winners:  Jørgen Bojsen-Møller & Jacob Bojsen-Møller (DEN)^[130]
  • Albin Express winners:  Jan Brink, Jörg Rüterhenke, Lasse Waltje, & Jan Günther (GER)^[131]
  • Contender winner:  Jesper Nielsen (DEN)^[132]
  • Europe winner:  Anna Livbjerg (DEN)^[133]
  • Flying Dutchman winners:  Kay-Uwe Lüdtke & Kai Schäfers (GER)^[134]
  • Formula 18 winners:  Iordanis Paschalidis & Konstantinos Trigkonis (GRE)^[135]
  • Hobie 16 winners:  Knud Jansen & Christina Schober (GER)^[136]
  • J/24 winners:  Mike Ingham, Max Holzer, Marianne Schoke, Quinn Schwenker, & Paul Abdullah (USA)^[137]
  • J/70 winners:  Jens Marten, Justus Braatz, Terje Klockemann, & Tobias Strenge (GER)^[138]
  • J/80 winners:  Martin Menzner, Frank Lichte, Mika Rolfs, & Nils Beltermann (GER)^[139]
  • Laser 4.7 winner:  Tobias Sandmo Birkeland (NOR)^[140]
  • Open Laser Radial winner:  Caroline Sofia Rosmo (NOR)^[141]
  • Melges 24 winners:  Lennart Burke, Johan Müller, Valentin Ahlhaus, Daniel Schmidt, & Thore Petersen (GER)^[142]
  • Nordic Folkboat winners:  Per Jørgensen, Kristian Hansen, & Bent Nielsen (DEN)^[143]
  • OK winner:  Jim Hunt (GBR)^[144]
• 5–9 December: Star Sailors League Finals in Nassau, Bahamas^[145]
  • Winners:  Paul Goodison & Frithjof Kleen (GBR)
• 26 December 2017 – 1 January 2018: 2017 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race from Sydney, Australia to Hobart, Australia
  • Line honours:  LDV Comanche – Jim Cooney (AUS), 1d 9h 15m 24s^[146]
  • Handicap winners:  Ichi Ban – Matthew Allen (AUS), 2d 12h 13m 31s^[147]