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The fifth and final day of the 2026 Tornado World Championship in Quiberon was brought to an early close as strong winds exceeding 30 knots swept across the race area, making racing unsafe. With no further racing possible, Markus and Nicolas Betz (GER 2) were confirmed as the 2026 Tornado World Champions. The German team…

The Dutch have been Contender enthusiasts from the earliest days of the class, and now for the first time, the Netherlands has a Contender World Champion, and it happened in Medemblik. Pim Van Vugt is the 2026 Contender World Champion, posting a consistent; 1, 2, 2, 1, 1 with a 4 discard to win by…

Violeta Alvarez’s GBR57 Erica has won the International Six Metre Classic Swiss Championship after posting a 2,3 scoreline in the two races sailed on the third and final day of the regatta on Lake Geneva. Having started the day at the top of the leaderboard, Alvarez went on to secure her Classic Championship victory by…

Lisa Vucetti and Vittorio Bonifacio from Italy are the new Junior World Champions after an exciting Medal Series. The Italian pair won two gold medals – the overall Junior World Championship title and the Under-21 title. The silver medallists are Israel’s Roy Levy and Ariel Gral, while the bronze medals were won by France’s Lomane…

Emirates GBR SailGP Team has landed in Portsmouth and marked its arrival by abseiling one of the city’s most prominent landmarks – the Spinnaker Tower. Emirates GBR Wing Trimmer Stuart Bithell MBE and Development Sailor Kai Hockley took on the challenge of abseiling the 170-metre tower, and following the experience the pair both stated they…

Britain’s Emma Wilson won the women’s iQFOiL gold at the Long Beach Olympic Board Classes Regatta. Wilson finished with a win in the four-person final race, ahead of Aimee Bright of New Zealand with Marta Maggetti of Italy third. Islay Watson also made the final to finish 4th. In the men’s iQFOiL Britain’s Andy Brown…

After two races sailed in volatile and highly challenging conditions on Switzerland’s Lake Geneva, Eric Monnin’s SUI100 Duclop leads in the Open fleet, with Violeta Alvarez on GBR57 Erica topping the leaderboard in the Classics. In the Open fleet, Eric Monnin’s SUI100 Duclop chalked up a 1, 2 scoreline for the opening day. Second is…

Top 10 Selected for the 470 Junior World Championships after another long day on the water in Gdynia. The fleets had to wait a long time for the breeze to return, but in the end, the race committee managed to complete two races for the Gold Fleet and three races for the Silver Fleet. Going…

The legal Rumble in the 38th America’s Cup jungle has surfaced again at the UK Admiralty Court, with new documents filed as part of Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s Ineos claim against Sir Ben Ainslie’s America’s Cup team Athena Racing. Sir Jim and Ineos are claiming that Ainslie’s, Athena Racing must hand over the ‘£180m boat’ [Britannia]…

No races completed on the opening day of the 2026 International Six Metre Swiss Championships on Lake Geneva. The abandonment of all racing was due to light and unstable winds left in the wake of a thunderstorm cell that moved through the region in the early afternoon, bringing squalls and heavy rain. After attempting race…