Team Boskalis (NED) defends the F18 World Title in Knokke/Belgium. Current World Champion Coen de Koning lines up with his new crew Thijs Visser.
They will also experience fierce competition from their own team mates Hugh Styles (GBR) and Ferdinand van West (NED). Both crews have scored good results so far. Sascha Larsen and Christa van Helden, as well as Gunnar Larsen and Stefan Dubbeldam are aiming for a top ten finish. The organization of the F18 Worlds 2009 received 179 pre-entries, representing fifteen countries.