RC44

RC44 racing at San Diego
Development
Designer	Russell Coutts & Andrej Justin
Year	2007
Builder(s)	Pauger Yachts

The RC44 sailboat was designed by Russell Coutts and with the assistance of naval architect Andrej Justin the boat is built by Pauger Carbon Composite / Pauger Yachts and first launched in 2007. The class is recognised by the International Sailing Federation in November 2009 and held it first World Championships in 2010.

History

The boat was conceived in 2007.

Events

World Championships

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2010 Puerto Calero	17 (USA) James Spithill John Kostecki James Baxter Joey Newton Piet van Nieuwenhuijzen Kyle Langford Jonas Hviid-Nielsen Matt von Bibra Bryce Ruthenberg	BMW Oracle Racing (USA) Larry Ellison Russell Coutts Dirk de Ridder Ross Halcrow Craig Phillips Colin Orsini Reveline Minihane Ryan Godfrey	No Way Back (NED) Pieter Heerema Ray Davies Hervé Cunningham Frederik Sparvath Chresten Plinius Martin Kirketerp Ibsen Frederik Aurell Lasse Berthelsen
2011	not held
2012 Adris	Peninsula Petroleum (GBR) John Bassadone Vasco Vascotto Mikel Pasabant Oliver Gongora German Panei Miguel Jauregui Robin Imaz Pablo Rosano	Aqua (GBR) Chris Baker Cameron Appleton Andrew Estcourt Christian Kamp Benjamin Graham-Evans Chris Noble Mark Towill Matthew Cassidy	Ceeref (SLO) Igor Lah Michele Ivaldi Michele Cannoni Don Cowie Sarah Callahan Kazuhiko Sofuku Maciel Cicchetti Tine Lah Jaro Furlani
2013 Calero Marinas	Ceeref (SLO) Igor Lah Michele Ivaldi Michele Cannoni Sarah Callahan Kazuhiko sofuku Jaro Furlani Maciel Cicchetti Jani Klemencic Paul Westlake	Peninsula Petroleum (GBR) John Bassadone Vasco Vascotto Mikel Pasabant Oliver Gongora German Panei Miguel Jauregui Robin Imaz Pablo Rosano	Aqua (GBR) Chris Baker Cameron Appleton Andrew Estcourt Christian Kamp Benjamin Graham-Evans Chris Noble Matthew Cassidy Mark Towill
2014 Marstrand	Bronenosec (RUS) Vladimir Liubomirov Michele Ivaldi Alberto Barovier Vladimir Ikonnikov Pietro Mantovani Oleg Krivov Polina Liubomirova	Charisma (MON) Nico Poons Tom Slingsby	Aqua (GBR) Christopher Bake Cameron Appleton
2015 Cascais	Nika (RUS) Vladimir Prosikhin	Bronenosec (RUS) Vladimir Liubomirov	Ceeref (SLO) Igor Lah
2016 Sotogrande	Ceeref (SLO) Igor Lah	Peninsula Petroleum (GBR) John Bassadone	Artemis (SWE) Torbjorn Tornqvist
2017 Marstrand	Nika (RUS) Vladimir Prosikhin Hamish Pepper Tomaz Copi Zachary Hurst Mitja Margon Ryan Godfrey Iztok Knafelc Greg Gendell	Ceeref (SLO) Igor Lah Adrian Stead Dirk de Ridder Jon Gunderson Mickey Cannoni Jaro Furlani Simone Mina Matteo Auguardo	Bronenosec (RUS) Vladimir Liubomirov Kirill Frolov Cameron Dunn Alexandr Ekimov Victor Serezhkin Pavel Karachov Pietro Mantovani Egor Terpigorev Alex Kulakov

World Tour

In addition the class holds a tour taking in a number of the key sailing locations in North America, Europe and the Middle East.

External links

• Official RC44 Class Association Website
• Builders Official Website
• ISAF RC44 Microsite Website
• ISAF Homepage