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The road to Los Angeles 2028 continues this week as the world’s best kiteboarders and windsurfers descend on Long Beach, California, for the 2026 Long Beach Olympic Classes Regatta (OCR).

Backstay’s All-Weather Sailing Logbook is a complete ship’s log for coastal cruisers who refuse to compromise. Printed on all-weather paper under a waterproof cover, it holds up through spray, downpours, and the daily wear on the water.

The most popular race of the series turned out to be a two horse race with most of the fleet having other commitments that day or understandably did not fancy the return leg from Cowes with a forecast of up to 27 knots from the South West.

Alessandro Tomasi and Vaina Picot were crowned champions at the Wingfoil Racing World Cup in Calabria after mastering a dramatic final day in which they were challenged by the weather as well as their rivals.

Ancasta Race Boats has announced a new partnership with Sangiorgio Marine to bring the new Reichel/Pugh-designed Admiral 42 racing yacht to market – a yacht engineered with the singular purpose of winning the Admiral’s Cup.

Monday got off to a promising start with a steady westerly breeze as the fleet assembled at Itchenor for the Senior Schools Firefly Championship. However, the sailing gods had other ideas, with the wind fading and swinging round.

The 2026 J/70 U.S. National Championship concluded Sunday with David Jannetti’s Odd Racing winning the Open title, Ryan Cox’s DJ securing the Corinthian Championship, and Scott Deardorff’s CAKE taking Mixed-Plus honors.

With two years to go until the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games, Australia’s Olympic sailing athletes are set to race on the very waters where Olympic medals will be decided.

The regatta of two distinct halves, with survival conditions testing the fleet over the opening two days before light, shifty breezes created an entirely different challenge through the second half of the week.

Day three of the 2026 Flying Fifteen National Championship at Tees & Hartlepool YC dawned with slightly cooler weather, a light but consistent wind and – mercifully – no sign of the visibility-reducing haze that had delayed proceedings previously.