For this year’s North Sails Cowes Week the 200th anniversary celebrations bring back the Friday night Fireworks. Last seen in 2019, thanks to the support of new Title Sponsor, North Sails, the Cowes Week fireworks have returned. Over two centuries, Cowes Week has grown from a single race for seven yachts to a globally renowned…

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North Sails Cowes Week 2026 delivered a brutally difficult day for tacticians, sail trimmers and those trying to steer the 641 boats on the racecourse on Moving Day Thursday. Thursday was Royal Navy Day and for the eight dayboat classes starting on the committee vessel in Osborne Bay, 12- to 15-mile courses saw them traversing…

One more day of racing remains before the medal series for the 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17 competitors at the San Pedro Olympic Classes Regatta. In the women’s 49erFX, Britain’s Saskia TIDEY and Freya BLACK (1, 8, 5) have 41 pts to extend their lead to 6 pts. Second are Ebba BERNTSSON and Vilma BOBECK…

The 50th anniversary edition of the RORC Round Britain and Ireland Race starts from the Royal Yacht Squadron Line on Sunday 9 August. The 2026 race brings together offshore legends and the latest racing designs. All 33 boats receiving their warning signal at 13:20 BST. Life in the fast lane of the 2026 RORC Round…

A roundup of day 5 action at the 2026 North Sails Cowes Week. The glamour race of the day was for the prestigious Britannia Cup for the biggest boats in the regatta. It’s Britannia Cup big boat day, and as ever it delivers a big breeze . . . It is really by seconds. It’s…

Nine races on the Leaderboard for the 49er, 49erFX and the Nacra 17, at the San Pedro, USA Olympic Classes Regatta see some lead changes. In the mixed Nacra 17, things are not going well for Britain’s John GIMSON and Anna BURNET who suffered a DSQ in the third race Wednesday, after battling back with…

Day five was North Sails Race Day with the glamour race for the prestigious Britannia Cup, presented by King George VI in 1950 for the biggest boats in the regatta. Over the last few years, the organisers have combined IRC Class Zero, Class One and the Cape 31 class into a supergroup to compete for…

The France America’s Cup Team, La Roche-Posay Racing, have returned to the water with their AC75 (B1) in Lorient, France. They had been in the shed for almost a month for an extended repair and rebuild following water ingress that led to a battery fire, and required the systems to be stripped out of the…

Three more races completed for the 49er, 49erFX and the Nacra 17, at the San Pedro, USA Olympic Classes Regatta. In the men’s 49er after six races, Richard SCHULTHEIS and Fabian RIEGER (6, 3, 8) of Germany are tied for the lead on 23 pts with Harry PRICE and Max PAUL (5, 4, -12) of…