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Belgian skipper Quentin Debois will leave the port of Cadiz on Tuesday 6 January between 8am and 1pm to begin his attempt to break the world record for a solo east-west Atlantic crossing.

Official racing got underway today in classic champagne sailing conditions, with clear blue skies and sunshine doing their best to convince everyone it was going to be an easy day (it wasn’t).

Today’s two races were punctuated by shifty light airs that were hard to read and react to, leading to countless capsizes and one crew falling overboard, but quickly pulled back aboard by his skipper – a day when swimming was second only to sailing.

Stunning Beau Outteridge photos and full results from the huge fleets racing at Belmont 16s Sailing Club.

Zofia Wells (Glwendowie BC), got 2026 off to a great start with very consistent sailing on opening day in the PredictWind Tanner Cup, being sailed from Kohimarama Yacht Club in Auckland.

After some very windy weather over Christmas and the wrong tides over New Year, it was champagne (albeit cold champagne) conditions over the weekend for the oldest Illusion trophy in the programme – the Ice Breaker!

Entering the water at 12.55pm from Waikuku Beach at Otou, North Cape, the 36-year-old will attempt to swim the entire east coast of the North Island, carrying a clear call to decision makers in Wellington: commit to ending bottom trawling.

The 2026 Bough Beech Icicle Series got off to a cracking start on 4 January. As with much of the country, temperatures barely rose above freezing all day, and a fickle Force 2 westerly added to the chill factor.

The 2025/26 B14 Australian National Titles delivered five days of varied and demanding racing at Midway Point Yacht Club, showcasing the full breadth of conditions the B14 class thrives in.

Hungary’s Maria Erdi has taken the lead in the qualifying series of the ILCA 6 Class of the 2026 Oceania and Australian Open and Youth Championships in Hobart, Tasmania.