Finalists Revealed for the 2025 World Sailing Awards

World Sailing is very proud to announce the finalists for this year's male and female Rolex World Sailor of the Year, male and female Kuehne+Nagel Young World Sailor of the Year, 11th Hour Racing Impact Award, and Team of the Year. 

The finalists include The America's Cup winners, multi-time offshore champions, world champions, trailblazers and organisations committed to making a difference to the global sailing community. Each finalist impressed the judging panel with their achievements over the past year. 

Voting for all World Sailing Awards opened in mid October and everyone who loves sailing is invited to help decide the winners. Voting closed at 23:00 UTC on Sunday 26 October. 



The public vote will make up 50% of the final decisions with 50% contributed by World Sailing's expert panels. 

This year's awards will be announced at a live ceremony on Wednesday 5 November in Dún Laoghaire, Ireland, where the President's Development Award, Beppe Croce Trophy and the World Sailing Technology Award will also be presented.