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Tibor Pallay of Portugal took the only race possible in further light winds on Day 3 of the 2026 Finn European Masters on the Mar Menor in Spain. Filipe Silva remains in the overall lead for the third consecutive day with Valerian Lebrun now only three points behind in second. Laurent Hay is up to…

The British America’s Cup Challenger of Record, Ben Ainslie’s GB1 team, with their AC75 race boat, code-named RB4, have completed the move to Bagnoli, the America’s Cup base, situated about six miles to the west from the centre of Naples. Following an 800km, three-day journey by road from northern Italy, where it has undergone an…

Valerian Lebrun, from France, took both race wins on the second day of the 2026 Finn European Masters at Los Alcazares, on the Mar Menor in Spain. Lebrun, counting a 24 from yesterdays race, is in fourth place, eight points off the leader, Portugal’s Filipe Silva (1, 11, 6) who still leads from Laurent Hay…

The 47th Rolex Middle Sea Race has witnessed the fleet arrival back in Malta, following Black Jack 100’s dramatic Monohull Line Honours finish in the afternoon of 19 October. Since then  – Tuesday 23:00 hrs – some twenty yachts have finished in Grand Valletta Harbour. Another 80+ are still racing. Django 7X is provisional leader…

A record 152 yacht racing photographers representing 30 nations have entered this year’s Pantaenius Yacht Racing Image Award, dedicated to the sport of sailing. The seven members of the international jury have now selected the 80 best images, which are available online for the public vote. The jury’s votes will separately determine the overall winner.…

Emirates GBR have begun off-calendar training in Pensacola after SailGP’s first long-term training base opened its doors for the first time. It comes after the league’s dedicated training F50 arrived at the facility last week. Located at the state-of-the-art American Magic High Performance Center in Pensacola, Florida, the base will be used as a year-round…

La Roche-Posay Racing Team, representing the Société Nautique de Saint Tropez, are the first 38th America’s Cup team to launch an AC75 and sail on the Bay of Naples. For La Roche-Posay Racing Team it’s a highly significant moment with the team being first to sail an AC75 on the waters of the host venue.…

Remon Vos’ Black Jack 100, skippered by Tristan Le Brun crossed the finish line of the 2026 Rolex Middle Sea Race at 14:51 Monday 19 Oct. They claimed Monohull Line Honours in an elapsed time of 2 days 3 hours 51 minutes 00 seconds. Latest leading monohull positions Monday 15:30 UK 1st Blackjack Finished 2nd…

Britain’s Christian Hamilton (Khumbu Racing) has won the Bermuda Gold Cup final at his first attempt. Earlier, after winning his semi-final, Hamilton presented a relaxed face to the forthcoming Final . . . “I’m just going to have a beer, relax, chill out and enjoy the fact that we’ve got to the final,” he said.…

Just six years after SailGP hit the water it generated more than US$200 million in revenue and attracted an average 18 million television viewers per race. Russell Coutts and SailGP co-founder Larry Ellison successfully turned an exclusive pastime/recreational sport, into a live-audience and media phenomena, convincing a mainly non-sailing audience that watching competitive, high speed…