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Another nice breezy day at Jeanneau Yachts presented by Mooloolaba Yacht Brokers and 74 Islands Airlie Beach Race Week (ABRW) 2026 – a mix of overcast and sunny skies blended with upwards of 20 knot winds that put crews through their paces.

Croatia’s coastline is breathtaking, but its greatest treasures aren’t always found on the water. In this episode bad weather changes our plans, giving us the perfect excuse to step ashore and discover Croati’s incredible history.

Eleven competitors entered the fifth event in Sailability Scotland’s Challenger Traveller series which was held at the ever popular venue of Loch Venachar Sailing Club. Sailors and their helpers arrived on Thursday and Friday.

In fabulous sunny max A rig weather 14 races were sailed by 12 skippers despite Paul Woodward and Dave Tomlinson being away winning trophies at Cowes Week. But Dave’s big bro Adrian was finally back from being smoked in France.

Maelenn Lemaitre: “Right now I’m a bit tired because after sailing all day I learned so much. I have all this data in my mind, and right now even my name is quite hard to remember!”

There were 19 entries and the competitors were treated to perfect sailing conditions – a steady breeze, waves & sunshine – what more could you ask for?

The race to compete in Saturday’s Final is on at San Pedro OCR as shifting leaderboards and narrow point margins across the 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17 fleets set the stage for a decisive final day of qualifying at the future L.A. 2028 Olympic venue.

After Wednesday’s racing was cut short by increasing winds and the entire fleet remained ashore on Thursday, sailors were finally able to return to Aarhus Bay today for Day 4 of the 2026 ILCA 4 Youth World Championship.

With 30 days remaining before the start, skippers from around the world are converging on Les Sables-d’Olonne for the final phase of preparation for sailing’s original and most gruelling solo, non-stop, unassisted around-the-world challenge.

Fourth in the same class last year at just over one year since he started grand prix big boat sailing, Italian Mauro Gestri and crew lead Abanca ORC Class 0 into the last day of 44th Copa del Rey Mapfre after solid day counting two second places.