The following are the expected participants in the 2013 World Championships in Fishers Island. There may be boats available to issue second invitations according to the Championship Regulations.
| Fleet | Skipper | | Defending Champion (BER) | Penny Simmons | | Bermuda | Patrick Cooper | | Chester | Declined | | Fishers Island | Charlie Van Voorhis | | Long Island Sound | Jim Bishop Jr. | | Marblehead | Bill Widnall and Matt Lindblad | | Nantucket | Peter McCausland | | Nantucket 2 | Roy Weedon | | Northeast Harbor | John Henry | | Northeast Harbor 2 | David Schoeder | | Norway | Declined | | Norway 2 | Declined | | San Francisco | Mark Pearce | | St. Mawes | Declined | | Sweden | Declined |
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