North Sails Cowes Week celebrated Women’s Day Tuesday with 102 women helms registering for Women’s Day. More than one third of all competitors at North Sails Cowes Week are women this week. The Women’s Day Trophy, awarded annually since 2006 during Cowes Week to recognise the outstanding contributions, commitments and achievements of women in sailing,…

The road to LA 2028 continues this week, with the final tranche of three classes, the 49er, 49erFX and the Nacra 17, at the San Pedro Olympic Classes Regatta. In the women’s 49erFX the discard is already in play after three races. Antonia and Georgia LEWIN-LAFRANCE of Canada take the early lead with 3 pts…

The British Women’s America’s Cup Team has unveiled its new Cobham-Ultra GB2 identity, working alongside Britain’s principal America’s Cup team, GB1. The women’s team previously competed as Athena Pathway, the women’s and youth development programme founded by Sir Ben Ainslie and Hannah Mills OBE in 2022. Athena Pathway remains the main talent identification and development…

North Sails Cowes Week has remained true to its roots over 199 years, and for most boats a single longer orienting race around the Solent each day remains the preferred option. Meanwhile, some of the smaller one-designs prefer multiple short, intense races each day and the event has evolved to deliver that. Joining the list…

In the 21 July 2026 World Sailing Rankings, Britain has 3 No.1 World Ranked competitors: John Gimson and Anna Burnet in the Nacra 17, Emma Wilson in the iQFoil, and Micky Beckett in the ILCA 7. Martin Wrigley and Bettine Harris retain 2nd in the 470, James Grummett and Rhos Hawes move to 2nd in…

During the recent successful SailGP event in Portsmouth with 20,000 ticketed spectators, Andy Rice spoke with SailGP CEO Russell Coutts for this week’s episode of The Foil Podcast. Russell explains how SailGP intends to scale into one of the world’s leading sports properties. By 2030, SailGP is aiming to reach more than 30 million dedicated…

The forecast for Race Day Two had the best breeze in the eastern Solent. The race team sent the fleets in that direction where sailors were rewarded with 8 to 14 knots of breeze and bright sunshine. The Royal connection continues. Her Royal Highness Princess Anne fired the first starting gun at the Royal Yacht…

Mattia Di Martino and Nina Cittar of Italy are the 2026 Nacra 15 World Champions, despite a strong final day challenge by compatriots Alessandro Vargiu and Noa Lisci. Vargiu and Lisci won the two final races but Martino and Cittar had done enough to confirm their overall victory. Third place went to Anahita Fontanille and…

Following a two-hour postponement, over 6,000 sailors were rewarded with definitive Solent conditions. A building 20-knot sea breeze and more than 640 boats racing across the Solent met the ebb tide to produce the short, steep chop for which the racecourse is famous. The new Vintage Class opened the racing, followed by a fleet of…

Two hundred years after seven yachts gathered off Cowes for the first race in 1826, The Princess Royal returned to the Isle of Wight for the opening weekend of the Bicentenary Regatta, which this year has brought more than 630 boats to the Solent. HRH The Princess Royal joined sailors, organisers and the Cowes community…