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The Phantom Craftinsure Super Series has now drawn to a close, and what a season it has been. Across seven events and venues stretching from the South Coast to Yorkshire and the Midlands, the Series has delivered exactly what it set out to provide.

The 4th edition of the RS Games was the first to be held outside the UK, and Travemünder Woche proved to be the perfect venue with its combination of festival atmosphere, food stalls, crowded waterfront, fantastic nightlife and superb sailing conditions.

In the second heat of the Finals series for the Topper 5.3 Gold fleet Hari Clark had to work hard throughout the race to keep ahead of Ziyan Chu, where in the previous race, Clark, the 2024 Topper 4.2 World Champion had enjoyed a very clear lead.

Nine visitors joined three local boats as the Lightning Fleet decamped south for a double header on the Thames for the next leg of the Lightning 368 Sanders Sails Travellers Series.

This event is unique to Poole Yacht Club consisting of two races around the harbour islands on Saturday and a conventional open meeting on the Sunday with four races around the cans. It was attended by ten GP14s including six visiting boats.

An independent antifouling study on seven types of leisure boat coatings has found that biocide-free silicone paint worked best, and a paint marketed as environmentally friendly was ‘extremely toxic’. After six months – sections where no paint was applied show the most growth. Credit: Ann Larsson/University of Gothenburg Researchers from Chalmers University of Technology in…

Yesterday, James Hayhoe (AUS) commented that in this year’s 59th Governor’s Cup every match is tough — often a bit of a cliché. However, on Day 3 of this five-day championship virtually all the matches were hotly contested.

In line with the key objectives identified in World Sailing’s strategy Ready for the Future and Navigating Offshore, World Sailing’s plan to support offshore sailing, a new system has been established to enhance the development of the OSR.

With Wing Foiling confirmed as an invited class for the 2027 World Sailing Championships and the international racing circuit continuing to expand, Australian Sailing’s High Performance Pathway Program hosted a Wing Foiling Camp in Townsville.

When presented with a forecast that is a bit ‘iffy’, it’s vital to grab the stable wind when it’s there and make use of it. Read the wind, have the buoys ready, and press the go button when you can.