Matt Howard won the 2026 OK Dinghy Autumn Trophy in Bandol after a spectacular week on the Côte d’Azur with wind, waves, sunshine and rosé.
Charlie Cumbley took the final race win from Mark Jackson and Dennis Dixon. Placing Cumbley second overall with Tim Petetin third.
Howard and Cumbley have clearly put a marker in the sand ahead of the 2028 World Championship which will be here in Bandol.
2026 OK Dinghy Autumn Trophy Final Leaders
1st GBR 2298 Matthew Howard 9 pts
2nd GBR 6 Charlie Cumbley 17 pts
3rd FRA 8 Timothe Petetin 28 pts
4th GBR 49 James Downer 33 pts
5th NZL 15 Greg Wilcox 41 pts
6th AUS 8 Mark Jackson 42 pts
7th AUS 81 David Meehan 55 pts
8th SWE 14 Hakan Soderberg 63 pts
9th SWE 2884 Lars Bergfeldt 70 pts
10th GBR 17 David Bourne 72 pts