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After four races at the Rolex TP52 Worlds 2026 Porto Cervo it is Jean-Luc Petithugeunin’s French crew on Paprec which has taken the lead after a very solid day, winning one race and taking third in the next to lead the 15 boat fleet by two points.

The second day of the Rolex TP52 World Championship brought two further races, sailed off Porto Cervo in a breeze of around 8-10 knots from the east-southeast.

Welsh Sailing has strengthened its performance pathway for young racing sailors with eight brand new double-handed dinghies thanks to a grant from Sport Wales.

The 2026 World Sailing Annual Conference and World Sailing Awards will be held in Qingdao, known as China’s sailing capital, in the Shandong Province from 16-21 November 2026.

Monday 15th June marked the close of entries for the 44th Copa del Rey Mapfre. Once again, the Mediterranean’s premier sailing regatta has met participation expectations, with six highly competitive classes and more than 100 registered teams.

On Friday 12th the Class association offered a free coaching session to class members, run by class stalwart, John “Titch” Wayling, with the help of Legend – Will Gulliver and Class Chair Rob Cook.

The 73rd Loro Piana Giraglia offshore race started today at noon, sending the fleet on one of the Mediterranean’s great classic courses from Saint-Tropez to Genoa via the Giraglia Rock.

With six weeks still to go until the initial entry deadline, some forty teams from ten nations including the UK, Austria, Belgium, Ireland, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the USA have already confirmed their intention to race.

Emirates GBR CEO and Co-Owner Ben Ainslie has broken down the pivotal moment that decided one of the closest SailGP Finals in recent memory, as Emirates GBR and Australia battled for victory in New York.

I’ve attended a couple of X-Yachts Gold Cups in Denmark, one in Aarhus and one in Haderslev, which has been the obvious location for the Danish boatyard to host events, but the yachts, and their sailors, have naturally ventured further afield.