International One Design World Championship 2025 at Northeast Harbor, Maine
by International One Design Class 23 Sep 06:13 AEST
International One Design World Championship at Northeast Harbor, Maine © Kip Wing
The 2025 world championship for the International One-Design class (IOD) was a 6-day series this year, hosted by the Northeast Harbor Fleet (Northeast Harbor, Maine), in early September.
Racing was mostly held in shifty light to medium winds, and rising to the top of the scoresheet over 10 races was Team Norwegian Wood from Fishers Island, New York, skippered by John Burnham. The changeable winds that flow down off Cadillac Mountain in Acadia National Park and around the several islands of what’s known as the Great Harbor featured strongly in the regatta and gave the sailors fits, frequently dropping some of the best teams far back of the pack.
The spectacular sailing venue is home to the world’s largest IOD Fleet, which loaned 20 of its 29 boats to the top two or three teams from each IOD fleet in Norway, Sweden, Bermuda, Canada and the U.S. (Nantucket, Marblehead, Fishers Island, Gibson Island, and Northeast Harbor).
Most of the boats in the local fleet are original plank on edge wooden construction, built in the 1930s, and rebuilt as needed over the years. All of the boats, both those with wood and fiberglass hulls, are equipped with bright wooden masts and booms.
Team Norwegian Wood earned its fifth championship title, stretching its success in the class dating back to its first title in 1994, also in Northeast Harbor. Team members consisted of Burnham, Beth Scholle, Jennifer Parsons, Oliver Parsons, and Thomas Walker.
Canadian champion Peter Wickwire with teammates Dan Macmillan, Holly Macmillan, Savannah Taylor, and Jasper Waldman finished strong in the regatta, winning the last two races of the series to secure second overall. Local ace John Henry and Team Gambler took a good run at the title but ultimately finished third; in addition to Henry, the team included Chad Thicken, Scott Lawless, and Carson Crain.
The winner of the 2024 championship in Norway, also from the Fishers Island fleet, finished fourth: Jonathan Farrar, Isabelle Farrar, Mike McNamara, Kevin Gilman, and Graham Siener.
Overall Results:
| Pos | Sailors | Club | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | R10 |
|---|
| 1 | John Burnham
| Fishers Island Fleet | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 12 | [16] |
| 2 | Peter Wickwire
| Chester Fleet | 2 | 7 | 18 | 8 | [20] | 1 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | John Henry Jr
| Northeast Harbor Fleet | 7 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 11 | [15] |
| 4 | Jonathan Farrar
| Fishers Island Fleet | 12 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 8 | [18] |
| 5 | Peter Ill
| Northeast Harbor Fleet | 5 | [16] | 7 | 15 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 14 | 4 | 2 |
| 6 | H Wes Maxwell
| Fishers Island Fleet | [18] | 5 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 4 |
| 7 | Peter McCausland
| Nantucket Fleet | 6 | [20] | 8 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 6 | SRS ‑ 10 | 6 |
| 8 | Hans Johansson
| Swedish Fleet | 14 | 9 | 13 | 3 | [16] | 5 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 9 |
| 9 | Ned Johnston
| Northeast Harbor Fleet | 4 | 4 | 14 | [16] | 13 | 14 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 8 |
| 10 | Anton Karlsson
| Swedish Fleet | 15 | 1 | 10 | [20] | 12 | 13 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 5 |
| 11 | Patrick Cooper
| Bermuda Fleet | 11 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 17 | [18] | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| 12 | Thomas Fremont‑Smith
| Northeast Harbor Fleet | 9 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 10 | [16] | 11 | 12 | 2 | 7 |
| 13 | Bill Widnall
| Marblehead Fleet | 8 | 15 | 5 | 7 | TIE ‑ 14.5 | 7 | [17] | 10 | 5 | 12 |
| 14 | Courtenay Jenkins
| Gibson Island Yacht Squadron | 16 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 15 | [UFD ‑ 21] | 3 |
| 15 | Carolyn Corbet
| Marblehead Fleet | 13 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 7 | 13 | [TLE ‑ 20] |
| 16 | Greg Mancusi‑Ungaro
| Marblehead Fleet | 17 | 19 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 20 | [UFD ‑ 21] | 19 |
| 17 | Espen Eggen
| Fredrikstad Fleet | 10 | 17 | [20] | 4 | TIE ‑ 14.5 | 15 | 15 | 18 | 15 | 11 |
| 18 | Rolf Andreasson
| Swedish Fleet | 19 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 18 | 12 | [20] | 16 | 16 | 17 |
| 19 | Christopher Gould
| Nantucket Fleet | 3 | 18 | 15 | 17 | [19] | 18 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 14 |
| 20 | Colin James
| Bermuda Fleet | [20] | 12 | 16 | 19 | 11 | 20 | 16 | 19 | 14 | 13 |