Sailing at the Island Games

Sailing is an event at the Island Games, the biennial multi-sports event for island nations, territories and dependencies.

Sailing at the Island Games was first introduced as a sport in 1995.

Sailboarding (or as it is sometimes called Windsurfing, which was only invented in 1948), started earlier, in 1993.

All the participants in the Games are surrounded by water (except Gibraltar), so water sports are attractive.

• Sailing ^[1]

- Laser Standard Rig - A maximum of 2 entries per Member Island.

- Laser Radial Rig - A maximum of 2 entries per Member Island.

- The team positions shall be calculated by adding the points of each team’s best three places for each race sailed (this is not necessarily the same 3 sailors in each race).

- Age - minimum 13

• Sailboarding ^[1]

- A maximum of 4 entries per Member Island.

- The team positions shall be calculated by adding the points of each team’s best three places for each race sailed (this is not necessarily the same 3 sailors in each race).

- Age - minimum 13

Top Medalists

	Gold Medals		Total Medals
	No:	Team	No:	Team
Sailing	8 5	Ynys Môn  IOW	13 12	Ynys Môn  IOW
Sailboarding	7 5	Guernsey Menorca	21 13	Guernsey  Jersey

Sailing

Sailing Laser Standard Rig

Year	Games	Host
			Gold	Silver	Bronze
1995	VI	Gibraltar	IOW	Jersey	Gibraltar
1997	VII	Jersey	Jersey	IOW	Guernsey
1999	VIII	Gotland	IOW	Rhodes	Jersey
2001	IX	Isle of Man	Saaremaa	Guernsey	Guernsey
2003	X	Guernsey	Guernsey	Saaremaa	Guernsey
2005	XI	Shetland	Bermuda	Jersey	Jersey
2007	XII	Rhodes	Ynys Môn	IOW	Menorca
2009	XIII	Åland	Åland	Ynys Môn [2]	Ynys Môn[2]
2011	XIV	Isle of Wight	Ynys Môn	Ynys Môn	Åland
2013	XV	Bermuda	Ynys Môn	Åland	Ynys Môn
2015	XVI	Jersey	Ynys Môn [3]	IOW	Bermuda

Sailing Laser Radial Rig

Year	Games	Host
			Gold	Silver	Bronze
1997	VII	Jersey	IOW	IOW	IOM
1999	VIII	Gotland	Gotland	Rhodes	Shetland[4]
2001	IX	Isle of Man	Guernsey	IOW	Shetland[4]
2003	X	Guernsey	IOW	Åland	Guernsey
2005	XI	Shetland	Bermuda	Jersey	Shetland[4]
2007	XII	Rhodes	Saaremaa	Bermuda	Menorca
2009	XIII	Åland	Saaremaa	IOW	Rhodes
2011	XIV	Isle of Wight	Åland	Guernsey	Bermuda
2013	XV	Bermuda	Åland	Ynys Môn	Bermuda
2015	XVI	Jersey	Ynys Môn [3]	Saaremaa	Åland

Sailing Team

Year	Games	Host
			Gold	Silver	Bronze
2001	IX	Isle of Man	Guernsey	Jersey	IOM
2003	X	Guernsey	Guernsey	IOM	Jersey
2005	XI	Shetland	Jersey	Bermuda	Shetland [4]
2007	XII	Rhodes	IOW	Guernsey	Menorca
2009	XIII	Åland	Bermuda	IOW	Menorca
2011	XIV	Isle of Wight	Ynys Môn	Åland	Bermuda
2013	XV	Bermuda	Ynys Môn	Bermuda	Åland
2015	XVI	Jersey	Ynys Môn [3]	Åland	IOW

Sailboarding

	Gold Medals		Total Medals
	No:	Team	No:	Team
Individual	3 3	Guernsey Menorca	12 7	Guernsey Menorca
Team	4 2 2	Guernsey  Jersey Menorca	9 6 4	Jersey  Guernsey Menorca

Sailboarding Individual

Year	Games	Host
			Gold	Silver	Bronze
1993	V	IOW	Guernsey	IOW	Guernsey
1995	VI	Gibraltar	IOW	Guernsey	Jersey
1997	VII	Jersey	IOW	Guernsey	IOW
2003	X	Guernsey	Jersey	Guernsey	Guernsey
2005	XI	Shetland	Guernsey	Åland	Åland
2007	XII	Rhodes	Menorca	Menorca	Menorca
2009	XIII	Åland	Menorca	Menorca	Menorca
2011	XIV	Isle of Wight	Menorca	Guernsey	Bermuda
2013	XV	Bermuda	Cayman Islands [5]	Guernsey	Bermuda
2015	XVI	Jersey	Jersey	Bermuda	Guernsey

Sailboarding Long Distance Individual

Year	Games	Host
			Gold	Silver	Bronze
2005	XI	Shetland	Guernsey	Jersey	Guernsey

Sailboarding Team Event

Year	Games	Host
			Gold	Silver	Bronze
1993	V	IOW	Guernsey	IOW	Jersey
1995	VI	Gibraltar	Guernsey	Jersey	IOW
1997	VII	Jersey	Guernsey	IOW	Jersey
2003	X	Guernsey	Jersey	Guernsey	Åland  Shetland[4]
2005	XI	Shetland	Åland	Guernsey
2007	XII	Rhodes	Menorca	Jersey
2009	XIII	Åland	Menorca	Jersey
2011	XIV	Isle of Wight	Bermuda	Menorca	Jersey
2013	XV	Bermuda	Jersey
2015	XVI	Jersey	Guernsey	Jersey	Menorca

References

1. "IIGA bylaws" (PDF). IIGA.
2. "Sailing Medals at the Island Games". outdoorpartnership.co.uk.
3. "Island Games: Ynys Mon claim five gold medals and five bronze". Daily Post. Retrieved 23 Jul 2015.
4. "Sailing/Sailboarding".
5. "Andy wins GOLD at Island Games". caymanwindsurf.ky. Retrieved 24 Aug 2015.