William Borghesi of the UAE’s Kidzink Youth was crowned 2026 SB20 World Champion, becoming the youngest skipper in the SB20 Class to win the title. Borghesi was sailing with Matteo Barison, Federico Zampiccoli and Goncalo Lopes. The final day race was abandoned Friday after 32 knots of mistral winds from the west arrived at COYCH…

Gales, calms, equipment failures and now a major South Atlantic storm reshape the race as the fleet races towards the Southern Ocean challenge. A severe South Atlantic storm system is developing in the path of the Golden Globe Race fleet, with the first major impacts expected from Sunday, 25 October. Race leader Damien Guillou, currently…

Filipe Silva from Portugal has won his second Finn European Masters after one final race at Los Alcazares, Mar Menor, Spain, on Friday. Silva took second in the race behind Eric Bakker, from The Netherlands to secure overall victory by 20 points. Silva previously won the 2019 Finn European Masters in Schwerin, Germany. With Laurent…

Argentina’s Mateo Majdalani and Eugenia Bosco have regained the lead in the provisional standings with 27 points. Majdalani and Bosco made the most of the conditions to reclaim the lead, recording finishes of 3-1-1-3 across the four races. They are just one point ahead of Sweden’s Emil Järudd and Hanna Jonsson on 28. Järudd and…

Portugal’s Filipe Silva has extended his lead at the 2026 Finn European Masters at Los Alcazares, Mar Menor, Spain. Valerian Lebrun and Laurent Hay, both from France, remain second and third with the race wins going to Silva and Britain’s Lawrence Crispin. Filipe Silva has a nine-point lead, but with everyone in the top 10…

Sweden’s Emil Järudd and Hanna Jonsson have taken the overall lead at the Nacra València Cup on 13 pts after six races. Argentina’s Mateo Majdalani and Eugenia Bosco are second with 19 pts, and third are Micah Wilkinson and Kate Stewart of New Zealand with 23 pts. A lack of wind in Valencia kept the…

The rush is on . . . With the AC40 preliminaries done and dusted, the teams are finishing their Cup bases and trucking in the new iterations of their ‘old’ AC75s. France were the first to hit the water, and even the much debated-about GB1 boat has arrived safe and sound, with an on water…

The opening day of the Nacra 17 Cup València saw all three scheduled races completed in excellent sailing conditions. Argentina’s Mateo Majdalani and Eugenia Bosco claimed two race wins and a second place from the three races sailed to take the overall lead. Second are Sweden’s Emil Jarudd and Hanna Jonsson, tied on nine points…

The U.S. State Department has ordered nonessential government employees and their families to leave Saudi Arabia, warning that hostilities between Houthi rebels and Saudi forces could “escalate rapidly. The U.S. Department of State issued travel advisories to protect American citizens in Saudi Arabia. They maintain a Level 3: Reconsider Travel advisory for Saudi Arabia, on…

After two lost days of sailing the SB20 World Championship at COYCH Hyères, finally completed three races on Wednesday. UAE3823 Kidzinc Youth, of William Borghesi is top if the leader board with 3, 5, 5 on 13 pts. Second is FRA 3716 the French Youth Team Socare Marbrerie of Julien Bunel with 9, 4, 1…