Day 2 saw the fleets switching from Course Racing to Slalom and completing four races on the Bay of Puck. In the Women’s fleet, the top three remains unchanged. Aimee Bright of New Zealand continues to lead the championship, ahead of Maya Gysler NOR in second and Tuva Oppedal NOR in third. Stella Bilger AUS…

Alex Jackson and Rebecca Videlo took the 2026 Merlin Rocket Allen Inland Championship. Hosted by the Oxford Sailing Club, six races were completed in everything from drifting conditions to big gusts which produced six different winners and a tied championship, with the title decided on countback. Jackson and Videlo finished with 14 points, tied with…

Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez, the final event of the International Maxi Association’s 2026 Mediterranean Maxi Inshore Challenge got underway with a record fleet of 51 maxis competing, including the welcome return of three J Class yachts – Svea, Hanuman and Rainbow. J Class Svea won their first ever race at Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez in…

The 2026 iQFOiL U23 World Championships got underway Monday on the Bay of Puck, Poland, with 148 sailors from 34 nations. In the Men’s fleet, Federico Alan Pilloni (ITA) made the strongest start to the championship, putting together a consistent opening series to take the provisional overall lead tied on 4 pts with Côme Joly…

After nearly two weeks, several hundred kilometers by road and a crossing of the Mediterranean, the AC75 of La Roche-Posay Racing Team has arrived in Naples from Lorient. Having departed from Brittany on 10 September, the French boat arrived in Bagnoli on Thursday 24 September, at the end of a logistical operation that was as…

The Daily Telegraph is reporting that Sir Ben Ainslie and Sir Jim Ratcliffe are in talks to settle their legal dispute over the ownership of the current British America’s Cup boat. Ainslie is reported to have been more conciliatory when discussing the present state of the legal dispute during last weekends America’s Cup Preliminary Regatta…

‘GB1 delivered its strongest racing of the Louis Vuitton 38th America’s Cup Preliminary Regatta in Naples, battling at the front of the fleet to secure two fourth-place finishes on the final day’ That seems a strange tag-line to issue after you scrape a second-to-last finish, but Team GB1 has become used to making the best…

Having competed in 44Cup World Championships for the last 15 years, Aleph Racing finally managed to secure the coveted World title in the RC44 one design class’ most prestigious annual event. Going into the final race, first and second places were secured but who would claim the title was not, Aleph Racing was two points…

The Luna Rossa senior team dominate the final day of the Louis Vuitton 38th America’s Cup Preliminary Regatta, Naples. Sailing in AC40 one designs the Italian AC38 challenger won the final two fleet races and then totally dominated the Match Race final against Emirates Team New Zealand. Luna Rossa helms Peter Burling and Marco Gradoni,…

The new 2026 Melges 24 Open World Champion is Wah Gwan of Anthony Kotoun (USA), while Duane Yoslov’s Looper (USA) is the new Corinthian World Champion. Wah Gwan did not need to start the final race and completed the series with 32 points, winning the World Championship by a remarkable 29-point race margin. The new…