Anyone can nominate male and female sailors in any discipline of the sport. Sailors nominated must have performed an outstanding achievement in the sport of sailing between September 1 2017 and August 31 2018. Nominations must be received by World Sailing no later than 19.00 UTC on Saturday September 1 2018.

Vem som helst kan nominera manliga och kvinnliga seglare i alla discipliner inom sporten. Nominerade seglare måste ha gjort en fantastisk prestation inom seglingssporten mellan 1 september 2017 och 31 augusti 2018. Nomineringen måste vara inne senast 19.00 UTC den 1 september.

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Tidigare vinnare av Rolex World Sailor of the Year:

2017 Peter Burling (NZL), Marit Bouwmeester (NED)

2016 Santiago Lange (ARG), Hannah Mills & Saskia Clark (GBR).

2015 Peter Burling & Blair Tuke (NZL), Sarah Ayton (GBR)

2014 James Spithill (AUS), Martine Grael & Kahena Kunze (BRA)

2013 Mat Belcher (AUS), Jo Aleh & Polly Powrie (NZL)

2012 Ben Ainslie (GBR), Lijia Xu (CHN)

2011 Iker Martinez & Xabier Fernandez (ESP), Anna Tunnicliffe (USA)

2010 Tom Slingsby (AUS), Blanca Manchon (ESP)

2009 Torben Grael (BRA), Anna Tunnicliffe (USA)

2008 Ben Ainslie (GBR), Alessandra Sensini (ITA)

2007 Ed Baird (USA), Claire Leroy (FRA)

2006 Mike Sanderson (NZL), Paige Railey (USA)

2005 Fernando Echavarri & Anton Paz (ESP), Ellen MacArthur (GBR)

2004 Robert Scheidt (BRA), Sofia Bekatorou & Emilia Tsoulfa (GRE)

2003 Russell Coutts (SUI), Siren Sundby (NOR)

2002 Ben Ainslie (GBR), Sofia Bekatorou & Emilia Tsoulfa (GRE)

2001 Robert Scheidt (BRA), Ellen MacArthur (GBR)

2000 Mark Reynolds & Magnus Liljedahl (USA), Shirley Robertson (GBR)

1999 Mateusz Kusznierewicz (POL), Margriet Matthijse (NED)

1998 Ben Ainslie (GBR), Carolijn Brouwer (NED)

1997 Pete Goss (GBR), Ruslana Taran & Elena Pakholchik (UKR)

1996 Jochen Schümann (GER), Lai Shan Lee (HKG)

1995 Russell Coutts (NZL), Isabelle Autissier (FRA)

1994 Peter Blake (NZL) & Robin Knox-Johnston (GBR), Theresa Zabell (ESP