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107 yachts carrying 945 sailors representing 55 countries set sail Saturday in the 47th Rolex Middle Sea Race from Malta’s magnificent Grand Harbour. The most dramatic start of the morning was the final start with defending overall champion Balthasar, the Mills 72 skippered by Louis Balcaen, nailing the start close to the Saluting Battery, before…

Christian Hamilton GBR will meet Chris Poole USA in the Final of the 2026 Bermuda Gold Cup on Sunday. Hamilton came through to the final after a 3 to 0 quarter final victory over Eric Monnin of Switzerland, and a tough semi final against Aurélien Pierroz of France, taking a 3 to 2 victory. Chris…

Ginevra Caracciolo ITA and Karol Krupski Teterycz ESP are the 2026 ILCA Under-21 European champions in the ILCA 6 and ILCA 7 respectively. The ILCA 7 Under-19 title went to Kutsal Güneş Kurnaz TUR, who finished seventh overall. Podium – ILCA 6 Ginevra Caracciolo ITA 53 pt Maria Vittoria Arseni ITA 59 pt Linda Dokoupilova…

After completion of the 2026 Bermuda Gold Cup Repechage stage the top four qualify to join the Third Stage Knock-out Quarter-Finals. Johnie Berntsson SWE (Berntsson Sailing) topped the Repechage leaderboard with six wins from seven matches and will go through to the Knock-out Quarter-Finals together with Pauline Courtois FRA (Match in Pink), Chris Poole USA…

After the disappointing results from the second 38th America’s Cup Preliminary Regatta in Naples, the latest GB1 Challenger video attempts to explain their performance. Undoubtedly the British AC38 Challengers are keen to move on, and the sooner they can get their revamped AC75 in the water the better, and hopefully put this and the teams other shore…

Houthi rebels claim to have shot down a British sourced, Saudi Typhoon fighter, in a new escalation of the Middle East conflict. If confirmed, the escalation puts more pressure on sports events scheduled in Saudi Arabia and the UAE over the final months of the year. Formula 1 has already moved the Grand Prix scheduled…

Cobham-Ultra GB2 has confirmed the eight young sailors who will represent Great Britain at the Youth America’s Cup in Naples in 2027, with the final four racing crew to be selected from the squad ahead of the event: The British team will be looking to build on its performance at the 37th America’s Cup in…

2026 Bermuda Gold Cup Round Robin Stage is complete and the Repechage has begun . . . Latest reports show British skipper Christian Hamilton (Khumbu Racing) topped the Round Robin leaderboard with eight wins, in a four-way tie with Aurelien Pierroz FRA  (Match Again), Oskar Engstrom SWE (Team Libros) and Jeppe Borch DEN (Borch Matchrace).…

Denmark’s Jeppe Borch (Borch Match Race Team) and Sweden’s Oscar Engström (Team Liros) made a flying start to the 2026 Bermuda King Edward VII Gold Cup. With five wins from six matches, the Scandinavian duo are the early frontrunners at the penultimate stage of the 2026 World Match Racing Tour (WMRT). British skipper Christian Hamilton…

The 47th Rolex Middle Sea Race will start on Saturday, 17 October 2026 from Grand Harbour, organized by the Royal Malta Yacht Club. Its anti-clockwise 606-nautical-mile course takes competitors from Grand Harbour in Valletta through the Strait of Messina, around the volcanic island of Stromboli and past the Aeolian and Aegadian archipelagos, before returning to…