2026 ILCA 6 Youth World Championships

Date: 11 August 2026 – 19 August 2026

Location: Aarhus, Denmark

The 2026 ILCA 6 Youth World Championships run from 11 to 19 August in Aarhus, Denmark, hosted by the Aarhus International Sailing Center in partnership with the International Laser Class Association. The ILCA 6, formerly the Laser Radial, is the smaller-rigged version of the world's most widely sailed racing dinghy, and its youth worlds are where many future Olympic campaigners first appear on results sheets. This is a restricted-entry championship: places are allocated by country rather than open to all, with the fleet capped at 300 boats for youth men and 150 for youth women. That still makes for a very large regatta, with racing split across qualifying fleets on the Bay of Aarhus. Denmark's second city has become a regular stop for major dinghy championships, and the sailing centre sits close to town, so the event is easy to follow from shore. Racing concludes on 19 August.

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