Sailing World Championships 49er (skiff) Year Location 2009 Riva del Garda (ita) 2008 Sorrento (aus) Australia Great Britain Ukraine (Nathan Outteridge, Ben Austin) (Stevie Morrison, Ben Rhodes) (Rodion Luka, George Leonchuk) 2007 Cascais (por) Great Britain Austria Australia (Stevie Morrison, Ben Rhodes) (Nico delle Karth, Nikolaus Resch) (Nathan Outteridge, Ben Austin) 2006 Aix-les-Bains (fra) Great Britain Greece Great Britain (Chris Draper, Simon Hiscocks) (Athanasios Pachoumas, Athanasios Siouzios) (Stevie Morrison, Ben Rhodes) 2005 Moskva (rus) Ukraine Great Britain Italy (Rodion Luka, George Leonchuk) (Chris Draper, Simon Hiscocks) (Piero Sibello, Gianfranco Sibello) 2004 Athínai (gre) Spain Great Britain Germany (Iker Martínez, Xabi Fernández) (Chris Draper, Simon Hiscocks) (Marcus Baur, Max Groy) 2003 Cádiz (spa) Great Britain Norway Ukraine (Chris Draper, Simon Hiscocks) (Christoffer Sundby, Frode Bovim) (Rodion Luka, George Leonchuk) 2002 Kaneohe (usa) Spain Great Britain Great Britain (Iker Martínez, Xabi Fernández) (Chris Draper, Simon Hiscocks) (Paul Brotherton, Mark Asquith) 2001 Malcesine (ita) USA Spain Ukraine (Jonathan McKee, Charlie McKee) (Iker Martínez, Xabi Fernández) (Luka Rodion, George Leonchuk) 2000 Bahía de San Carlos (mex) Spain Denmark Australia (Santiago López, Javier de la Plaza) (Michael Hestbæk, Jonatan Persson) (Chris Nicholson, Daniel Phillips) 1999 Melbourne Australia Australia USA (Chris Nicholson, Ed Smyth) (Adam Beashel, Teague Czislowski) (Morgan Larson, Kevin Hall) 1998 Bandol (fra) Australia Great Britain USA (Chris Nicholson, Daniel Phillips) (Andy Budgen, Ian Budgen) (Morgan Larson, Kevin Hall) 1997 Fremantle (aus) Australia USA USA (Chris Nicholson, Daniel Phillips) (Jonathan McKee, Chrlie McKee) (Morgan Larson, Kevin Hall)