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A beautiful sailing day in Cheshire welcomed an impressive fleet of 28 boats and 34 sailors to Budworth Sailing Club for the penultimate round of the Border Counties Midweek Series.

The Long Beach Yacht Club has posted the Notice of Race for the 62nd Congressional Cup, from April 28 – May 2, 2027.

Townsville’s Breiana Whitehead has closed out her international season with a hard-fought fifth-place finish at the 2026 Formula Kite European Championships in Akyaka, Türkiye, one of the sport’s most celebrated kiting venues.

After a dramatic 25 knot penultimate day at the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup, organised by the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda in conjunction with the International Maxi Association, Saturday’s concluding race took place in more benign conditions.

Day 2 of the H2 2026 Nationals brought stronger winds than day 1, so our PRO created larger trapezoid courses for the 3 races scheduled. It was a tough day for the competitors, especially after the strong tide had started to ebb.

Otto (NOR 68, Bent Christian Wilhelmsen, Lasse Berthelsen, Herve Cunningham) have won their first ever major 5.5 Metre event following a dominant performance at the Multi Nations event at Malcesine on Lake Garda this week.

Charlotte Rose USA is the new 2026 ILCA 6 Women’s World Champion, sealing the title on Saturday with a 2-6 in windy and wavy Final Series conditions, with breeze in the 12-17 knot range.

The third day of the OK Dinghy Europeans saw tight racing throughout. With the wind oscillating between 220-270 degrees and blowing between 14-18 knots, the day proved both a tactical and a physical challenge for the sailors.

Mubadala Brazil SailGP Team has confirmed that driver Martine Grael has left following a planned roster shake-up. Grael, SailGP’s first female driver, posted on social media on Friday that she was “officially unemployed”.

This month, Shirley Robertson’s Sailing Podcast hosts one of the sport’s big-name trimmers as Australian multiple America’s Cup campaigner Joey Newton joins the double Olympic gold medallist for a look at his life as a professional sailor.