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Spain’s defending champions Jordi Xammer and Marta Cardona lead after completion of the qualifying races at the 2026 470 World Championship in Enoshima, Japan. Xammer and Cardona (1, 5) lead by three points from Malte Winkel and Bente Batzing (1, 2) of Germany, with third Manon Pennaneac’h and Pierre Williot (7, -19) of France. Overnight…

In recent years our National Championships have attracted between 30 and 70 boats, while Salcombe regularly welcomes over 100 entries, with waiting lists in several of the last seven years.

Thursday started calm and scorchingly hot, but the forecast promised an afternoon breeze. After a couple of hours of postponement it looked like this was coming in, so the fleet went out, but the breeze came and went a couple of times.

Tight fleet racing, shifty winds and plenty of drama made for a fantastic Cock of the North Area Championships at Bassenthwaite Lake, held as part of Bass Week.

Sunshine, a steady breeze and close tactical racing delivered near-perfect conditions on Thursday as the 2026 Klaipeda ORC European Championship fleet completed three windward-leeward races in the Klaipeda City Municipality Leg.

The second day of the J/70 Mixed-Plus World Championship saw three races, bringing the total to six. With the discard race now in effect, Joan Cardona Mendez’s Yupi (ESP) has established a commanding lead in the 38-boat fleet representing 13 countries.

Nominations are now open for the World Sailing Awards 2026, the sport’s premier global awards, celebrating exceptional performance, inspirational leadership and contributions that are helping to shape the future of sailing.

One unexpected swim shouldn’t leave you with a soaked car key. The Waterproof Key Pouch is back in stock.

While we suffer record heat and drought conditions here in the UK and across a lot of Europe, New Zealand is into its winter and the Kiwi America’s Cup defenders, Emirates Team NZ, is testing and training in fresh to strong winds with frequent rain squalls. The Kiwis have sailed their AC75 on 20 days…

Local lad, Rudy McNeill gave a masterclass on how to win a regatta at the recent PYT ILCA KZN Regionals hosted offshore by Point Yacht Club over the Woman’s Day long weekend.