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The 2026 Europe Class European Masters Championship attracted 50 competitors from ten nations to Lake Biscarrosse-Latécoère, in the Landes region of south-west France from 2 to 8 August. French sailor Cyril Richard was crowned European Champion, winning seven of the ten races against a strong international fleet that included several former World champions and Olympians.…

The 2026 RORC Round Britain and Ireland Race started from the Royal Yacht Squadron Line in Cowes on Sunday 9 August. In bright sunshine, the 32 competing boats, crewed by 182 sailors from five continents, made a clean start, beating to windward in a light easterly breeze, and the fleet was soon racing east out…

The 2026 National Solo Championship, hosted by the Royal Torbay Yacht Club, attracted an entry of 80 with a full range of age groups, from youth through to Veteran. The Solo class, designed by Jack Holt in 1956 continues its steady growth rate, with sail numbers now over 6100 and competition as keen as ever.…

British Sailing Team members took three medals – 2 Silver and 1 Bronze – in the final three Olympic Class events at the San Pedro Olympic Classes Regatta. Overall across the ten Olympic Class events at the Long Beach and San Pedro OCR British Sailing Team competitors won 3 Gold, 2 Silver and 3 Bronze,…

For this year’s North Sails Cowes Week the 200th anniversary celebrations bring back the Friday night Fireworks. Last seen in 2019, thanks to the support of new Title Sponsor, North Sails, the Cowes Week fireworks have returned. Over two centuries, Cowes Week has grown from a single race for seven yachts to a globally renowned…

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North Sails Cowes Week 2026 delivered a brutally difficult day for tacticians, sail trimmers and those trying to steer the 641 boats on the racecourse on Moving Day Thursday. Thursday was Royal Navy Day and for the eight dayboat classes starting on the committee vessel in Osborne Bay, 12- to 15-mile courses saw them traversing…

One more day of racing remains before the medal series for the 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17 competitors at the San Pedro Olympic Classes Regatta. In the women’s 49erFX, Britain’s Saskia TIDEY and Freya BLACK (1, 8, 5) have 41 pts to extend their lead to 6 pts. Second are Ebba BERNTSSON and Vilma BOBECK…

The 50th anniversary edition of the RORC Round Britain and Ireland Race starts from the Royal Yacht Squadron Line on Sunday 9 August. The 2026 race brings together offshore legends and the latest racing designs. All 33 boats receiving their warning signal at 13:20 BST. Life in the fast lane of the 2026 RORC Round…

A roundup of day 5 action at the 2026 North Sails Cowes Week. The glamour race of the day was for the prestigious Britannia Cup for the biggest boats in the regatta. It’s big boat day, Britannia Cup, and as ever it delivers the big breeze . . . It is really by seconds. It’s…