RC44
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.
|  RC44 racing at San Diego
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| Development | |
|---|---|
| Designer | Russell Coutts & Andrej Justin | 
| Year | 2007 | 
| Builder(s) | Pauger Yachts | 
Events
    
    World Championships
    
| Gold | Silver | Bronze | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 Puerto Calero[2] |  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 HervĂ© Cunningham Frederik Sparvath Chresten Plinius Martin Kirketerp Ibsen Frederik Aurell Lasse Berthelsen | 
| 2011 | not held | ||
| 2012 Adris[3] |  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 Kyle Langford |  Aqua (GBR) Christopher Bake Cameron Appleton | 
| 2015 Cascais | Nika RUS  Vladimir Prosikhin (RUS) | Bronenosec - RUS  Vladimir Liubomirov (RUS) | Ceeref - SLO  Igor Lah (SLO) | 
| 2016 Sotogrande | Ceeref - SLO  Igor Lah (SLO) | Peninsula Petroleum - GBR  John Bassadone (GBR) | Artemis - SWE  Torbjorn Tornqvist (SWE) | 
| 2017 Marstrand | Nika Sailing Team RUS 10 
 | Ceeref - SLO Igor Lah | Bronenosec RUS Vladimir Liubomirov | 
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.
References
    
- James Boyd. The RC44 Phenomenon. Sailing World. January 24, 2017
- Results
- Results

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