The following Yacht Clubs and sailors participated in the 11th International Yacht Club Challenge in August 2018:
1 & 2 – USA
Manhattan Yacht Club
Team A – Commodore Michael Fortenbaugh
Rear Commodore Luigi Galbiati
Eivind Karlsen
Malcolm Forbes
Matthew Winalski
Team B – TJ Dalton
Eric Bulis
Eric Thygesen
Peter Jarman
Mark Stehli
Ken Zorovich
3 & 4 – Argentina
Club Universitario de Buenos Aires
Team A – Martin Rubio
Manuel Lopez de Gomara
Marcos Marti Garro
Pablo Luchetti
Martin Rubio
Marcos Servente
Team B – Rafael Prieto
Maria Landini
Leo Flory
Alejandro Zarich
Juan Matias Prieto
5 – Spain
Club Nautic Costa Brava Vela Palamos
Joan Costa
Marçal Costa
Joan Herp
David Charles
Carlos Palomares, Technical Director
6 – Uruguay
Yacht Club Uruguayo
Camilo Neiro
Gonzalo Alcantara
Fernando Perez
Pablo Moleri
Nicolas Valle
7 – Australia
Royal Perth Yacht Club
Michael Hallam
Ken Harnett
Lewis MacKinnon
Anna Spartalis
Nick Jones
8 & 9 – Japan
Laguna Marina Yacht Club
Team A – Kazuhiko Sawada, Team Leader
Kenji Yamauchi
Keisuke Yamamoto
Wataru Ozawa
Toshie Banno
Wakana Adachi
Tanaka
Kobayashi
Kobayashi Jr.
Team B – Atsushi Ota, Team Leader
Koji Sakakibara
Noda
Noda Jr
10 – Scotland
University of Glasgow Sailing Club
Alasdair Ireland, Team Captain
Henry O’Brien
Jo Barrie
Olivia Von Pein
Alex Brown
11 – New Zealand
Royal Akarana Yacht Club
Howard Spencer, Team Leader
Al Gair
Ramon Davies
Nick Burridge
James Dagg
Suellen Davies
Brad Davies
12 – Bermuda
Royal Hamilton Amateur Dinghy Club
Trevor Boyce, Team Leader
Gary Taylor
Jorge Chiapparo
Nico Stefani
13 – South Africa
Lake Deneys Yacht Club
Anthony Engelbrecht, Rear Commodore
Rodney Beresford
Sharon Beresford
Yolande Engelbrecht
Anthony Engelbrecht
Thomas Bouwer
Jacques Opperman
14 – Canada
Quebec Yacht Club
Thomas Barbeau – Team Leader
Yannik Richard
Simon Foucreau
Andre Begin-Drolet
Joel Crepault
