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The National 12 fleet return to Brightlingsea Sailing Club this year for their national championships, having previously visited in 2016 and 2011. The whole event is sponsored by Allen.

Ten D-Zeros and four Hadrons lined up on the beach for the first day of CHRW – known to many as Fed Week – one of the biggest and best, in my opinion, dinghy regattas on the UK’s South Coast.

On the weekend of 16/17 August Hythe & Saltwood Sailing Club hosted the 7th event in the British Contender Association Travellers’ Trophy 2025. Those who made the trip to the SE Kent coast were rewarded with a great weekend – on and off the water.

Two out of three race wins on the penultimate day took Graham Vials and Chris Turner within a whisker of their 6th Flying 15 World Championship title.

Takashi Okura’s Sled move into second place on the 12 boat leaderboard some five points behind Andy Soriano’s regatta leaders Alegre which took a well earned second in the only contest to be sailed today.

Paul Meilhat’s streak continues, while the fleet pushes hard behind. Just three hours to regroup in Porto before the leg resumes toward Cartagena.

A total of 172 boats entered this year’s Falmouth Sailing Week, 111 of them racing in the Carrick Roads and 61 in Falmouth Bay. Great racing was enjoyed by all despite the sometimes light and shifty breezes.

John Pollard’s team Xcellent (GBR) still leads the SB20 European Championship in Ostend after a relentless day on the North Sea.

Haderslev-based yacht builder X-Yachts can now proudly call itself World Champion in sailing. The newly developed XR 41 Formula X secured the 2025 ORC World Championship title in Class B this August in Tallinn, Estonia.

A slightly reluctant fleet were chivvied off the shore convinced there was no wind to find a very pleasant rolling sea and steady force 3.