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Durban sailor Thomas Funke is crowned SA Sailing’s recipient of the Owen Aisher Trophy as the 2025 South African Sailor of the Year.

The storms that affected most of western Europe on Friday also caused all racing on Day 2 of the 5.5 Metre German Open to be cancelled. The morning brought high temperatures, a very hazy Chiemsee and next to zero wind.

Hamilton Island Race Week 2026 was a memorable one indeed! Big breezes on every day bar the last, which turned on much-needed classic light airs, sunshine and flat seas, just when many were thinking they couldn’t manage another day of heavy air racing.

Italian America’s Cup Challenger Luna Rossa returned to test sail their AC75 on Friday. The session was cut short by light weather. Afterwards skipper Peter Burling reflected on where the Italians were up to at this stage of the campaign.

It was slightly reduced fleet at WPNSA that set sail in what the RO described as 17 knots of breeze upon launching despite this several boats elected not to take part in the final race., the course for the day ST3, with a beat of 0.9 and a bearing of 245.

With a first and a fourth from the breeziest day of racing so far at the Puerto Calero Lanzarote 52 SUPER SERIES Royal Cup, Germany’s three times World Champions Platoon Aviation have staked a strong claim to their fourth Royal Cup.

The second day of the Elimination Series got under way today at the 2026 ILCA 7 Men’s World Championship, with two new races added to the scoreboard. Racing started at 12:00 as scheduled, in around 9 knots of wind.

Tønsberg Seilforening, in cooperation with the Norwegian Melges 24 Class Association and the International Melges 24 Class Association, will host the 2026 Melges 24 European Championship.

Thirty-two boats, 182 sailors from five continents and 1,805 nm around Britain and Ireland. The numbers convey the scale of the 50th anniversary Race but barely begin to describe what unfolded after the starting cannon fired on 9 August 2026.

With severe weather forecast to reach the IJsselmeer during the afternoon, the Race Committee made the most of the morning conditions, sending the fleet away on time at 12:00 for what would prove to be the only race of Day 3 at the 2026 Star Europeans.