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First day of the 505 Class 2026 Pre-World Regatta and UK National Championships at Hayling Island SC. When the wind finally kicked-in around midday it was a classic 10 to 15 knots from the SW, providing the 70 crews with three excellent races in Hayling Bay. Howie Hamlin and Andy Zinn of the USA wasted…

Michael Zankel of Portugal, sailing with Diogo Pereira and João Matos Rosa, is the 2026 Dragon Class European Champion. After the final race Friday, the Easy crew took a ten point victory after the final race on the waters outside Helsinki. Second were Britain’s Blue Haze of Ivan Bradbury, Lars Hendrksen and George Leonchuk, who…

La Roche-Posay Racing Team have worked-up their AC75 to full sailing mode in glorious conditions off Lorient, France, as the French campaign for the Louis Vuitton 38th America’s Cup took flight. Towing out of their new bespoke AC75 base, a fast tow out to the open waters of the Atlantic with more than a fair…

First registration day for the 90+ entries competing in 505 World Championship at Hayling Island Sailing Club. Racing will start Friday 3 July with the first day of the two-day 505 UK National Championship, also the pre-worlds event. Some of those that completed registration and boat weighing early enough took the opportunity to get out…

Michael Zankel of Portugal, sailing with Diogo Pereira and João Matos Rosa, is the third day leader of the Dragon Class 2026 European Championship. With the discard in play, Zankel was able to drop the 13th from race 5 and then took second behind Albin Boman of Sweden in race 6, taking him to a…

Day 2 of the Dragon Class European Championship taking place in the waters outside Helsinki, has a new leader; Jan Woortman, Michael Koch and Marcel Vockel of Germany. Sailing GER 1221 Sapphire, they have a 4, 5, 1, score of 10 pts giving them a one point lead ahead of Michael Zankel, Diogo Pereira and…

The first phase of the 13th edition of Foiling Week in Malcesine, Italy, has come to a close, 30 June 2026. In the Switch One Design fleet, Finley Dickinson GBR finished the opening phase at the top of the standings, ahead of Federico Bergamasco ITA and Magnus Overbeck NED. Other GBR competitors were 7th Simon…

Hayling Island Sailing Club will host the 505 World Championship, opening the regatta with a UK Nationals/Pre Worlds event this Friday 3 July. The 2026 World Championship will start Monday 6 July with over 90 crews entered from nine countries. The last time the Championship was held at HISC was in 2006 when home club…

The French America’s Team, La Roche-Posay Racing Team, unveiled the new livery of their 2023 AC75 hull on Monday in Lorient. This is the third AC75 to be relaunched by a team competing in the 38th America’s Cup, the La Roche-Posay Racing Team’s boat – now resplendent in the azure blue and white colours of…

Manuel Bragança of Brazil delivered an outstanding performance in Tangier, Morocco, to win the 2026 Optimist World Championship. Finishing first overall in the 284 strong fleet with a net score of 65 points, Bragança received the Beacon Challenge Cup, and the Peter Barclay Trophy as the first boy. The overall podium was completed by Elliot…