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Leopard 3 and North Star III winners on day two of the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup
The Maxi 1 class for the 80-100ft giants competing for their Rolex IMA World Championship sailed the longest course at 39 miles, an elongated anticlockwise lap of the entire La Maddalena archipelago. Among the 100ft front runners, Karel Komárek’s V led for the duration on the water but with David M Leuschen and Chris Flowers’…
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Musto iQFOiL World Championships – USA’s Noah Lyons takes lead in the men
Day 2 of the the 2026 Musto iQFOiL World Championships at the Weymouth & Portland National Sailing Academy. In the women, Tamar Steinberg ISR came down to earth with a -7 2 -9 1, but after two discards extends her overall lead to 17 pts Stella Bilger AUS with -22 5 -13 4, also made…
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2026 ILCA 6 Women’s World Championship – Two more wins for Charlotte Rose
Charlotte Rose of the USA added two race wins to go clear leader of the 2026 ILCA 6 Women’s World Championship, two points clear of Emma Plasschaert of Belgium. Plasschaert discarded an eighth from her first race then added a win in the second to count 7 pts. Anna Munch of Denmark stayed in third…
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SAIL – America’s Cup documentary set to premiere at Venice Film Festival
‘SAIL’ set to premiere at the Venice Film Festival on Friday 11 September 2026, is the definitive real-life documentary of the Louis Vuitton 37th America’s Cup, held in Barcelona in 2024. Filmed over two years, SAIL is a compelling documentary, beautifully capturing on-water, off-water and behind the scenes footage, directed by Academy Award winners Frank…
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The Ocean Race Atlantic 2026 – Leaders compress mid-Atlantic
After losing the lead to DMG MORI Global One Monday, both 11th Hour Racing and United by the Ocean have made big gains again as Day 7 has progressed. The two chasing boats still right next to each other, but only a couple of miles behind. On board long-time race leader 11th Hour Racing, skipper…
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Day 1 back-to-back wins for North Star III at Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup
On her first ever competitive outing Peter Dubens’ new North Star III took Back-to-Back race wins on the first day of racing in Porto Cervo for the 36th edition of the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup. North Star III comfortably won Monday’s first Maxi Grand Prix class race by 1:44 under IRC corrected time from Filip…
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2026 ILCA 6 Women’s World Championship – Charlotte Rose and Emma Plasschaert lead Day 1
Charlotte Rose of the USA leads the first day of the 2026 ILCA 6 Women’s World Championship, tied on three points with Emma Plasschaert of Belgium. Rose and Plasschaert both won their first flight races, Rose ahead of Matilda Nicholls GBR, and Plasschaert ahead of Hannah Snellgrove GBR. In the second flight races Maxime Jonker…
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Musto iQFOiL World Championships – Steinberg and Van Opzeeland Day 1 Leaders
Day 1 of the the 2026 Musto iQFOiL World Championships at the Weymouth & Portland National Sailing Academy. In the women, European Champion Tamar Steinberg ISR opened her scoring with four race wins to take a six point lead from Stella Bilger AUS with 9 pts and Maya Gysler NOR with 10 pts. Britain’s Islay…
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ILCA6 Women’s World Championships open in Dun Laoghaire, Ireland
The ILCA6 Women’s World Championships open Monday in Dun Laoghaire, Ireland with a fleet of 105 competitors from 44 countries racing on Dublin Bay. The event follows on from the successful men’s ILCA 7 event and will follow the same format, with 5 days of the Qualifying Series before the final day sees two Final…
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The Ocean Race Atlantic 2026 – United and 11th Hour battle for the lead
At 23:00 UTC Sunday – and as the leading group reached the halfway point in the race in terms of mileage – United by the Ocean and Team Francesca Clapcich powered by 11th Hour Racing continue to battle for the lead of the fleet. Team Francesca Clapcich powered by 11th Hour Racing is in second, and DMG…