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Day one of the Giorgio Armani Superyacht Regatta delivered perfect sailing conditions, with a steady Mistral wind of around 14 knots. At 12.05 p.m., the 100-foot Dubois yacht Nostromo led the fleet away right on schedule.

You could be forgiven for thinking you have walked through a wormhole back in time if you happen to pass by Leigh on Sea on Saturday May 30th, seeing a beach full of cutting edge timber-constructed Solos.

A perfect forecast of an 8 knot westerly, increasing to 12, allowing Island Barn to use its full east / width of 1 km, promised a good days racing. The class was probably a little tired from The National Champs a week earlier.

The Castle Cove Phantom fleet of nine were joined by three talented visitors to sail in the beautiful Portland harbour in wonderful sunshine accompanied by warm breezes in what is part of the Craftinsure Super Series.

When she started the second leg of La Solitaire du Figaro Paprec from Vigo last Sunday, Marie Gendron (Kereis SNCF Voyageurs) would have signed up straight away to be leading the fleet.

Two of Musto’s long-standing brand ambassadors, Irish offshore racer Pamela Lee and Team Malizia co-skipper Will Harris, will team up together to take on the 2026 CIC Normandy Channel Race which starts on 31 May 2026.

Draycote hosted the second and final selector of the season, the Peter Scott Trophy, closing the World Team qualification series. Following the heavy weather seen at Grafham just three weeks earlier, Draycote delivered an entirely different challenge.

The forecast was not looking good to sail the Christchurch Ledge Race from some way out and so it proved. With about 3 knots and little prospect of an awful lot more, the Race Officer, Nick Hopwood, decided to delay for half an hour.

Due to the weather conditions encountered by the fleet during Leg 2 of La Solitaire du Figaro Paprec, between Vigo and Pornichet, the ETA of the leading competitors is now expected from late Thursday afternoon onwards.

The third round of the Contender traveller series returned south to take place on the 9th and 10th May in Poole, warmly welcomed by Poole Yacht Club.