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At the start of September, Lorient-based start-up SKAW Sailing, led by Benoît Marie and Caroline Boule, launched its first yacht: the SKAW [A], a radical new cruising yacht that brings offshore racing know-how into the world of performance cruising.

Strong westerly winds and challenging chop deliver four Course Races as the battle intensifies ahead of the final day of qualification.

After a messy westerly on Saturday spinning round the trees of Hampton Home Park – or in places just not getting through – Minima’s 2026 Regatta was galvanised by a glorious southerly on the second day.

TF35 racing resumes tomorrow on Lake Geneva with the TF35 Versoix Grand Prix, the second event of the autumn series and the sixth, and penultimate, meeting of the season. Racing will take place from 11-13 September, hosted by the Club Nautique de Versoix.

Seven category champions have been crowned after the 2026 RORC Cowes Offshore Series brought nearly 150 boats together for a season of accessible, high-quality offshore racing from Cowes.

The day of the Upper Thames Craftinsure Silver Tiller (combined Rowsell Sails Thames Series and Craftinsure Vintage Series event) started perfectly on Sunday 6th September, with Merlin Rocket sailors waking up fresh, well-rested and raring to go.

Team Malizia has finished The Ocean Race Atlantic in fourth position this Thursday 10 September at 16:06 local time (14:06 UTC) after a particularly intense eight-day, 3,000-nautical-mile sprint from New York, USA, to Lorient, France.

Francesca Clapcich (ITA/USA) and her crew onboard 11th Hour Racing – Will Harris (GBR), Elodie-Jane Mettraux (SUI/FRA) and Alberto Bona (ITA), with Julien Champolion (FRA) as the team’s onboard reporter – have finished second in The Ocean Race Atlantic.

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The Streaker HD Sails Southern Paddle Series continued at Downs Sailing Club. It featured all the conditions typically seen at Downs, from light, shifty airs to huge planing reaches and waves.